The DHS Program

The Society for Meida Advocacy on Health Nigeria (Leadership Nigeria)

"...The 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) report revealed that if fertility were to remain constant at current levels, a woman in Nigeria would bear an average of 5.3 children in her lifetime. While fertility is low among adolescents (107 births per 1,000 women), the report showed that it peaks at 256 births per 1,000 among women aged from 25 to 59 years and fertility is higher among rural women than among urban women. On average, rural women will give birth to about 1.4 children more than urban women during their reproductive years (5.9 and 4.5, respectively)..."

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The Society for Meida Advocacy on Health Nigeria (Leadership Nigeria)

"...The 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) report revealed that if fertility were to remain constant at current levels, a woman in Nigeria would bear an average of 5.3 children in her lifetime. While fertility is low among adolescents (107 births per 1,000 women), the report showed that it peaks at 256 births per 1,000 among women aged from 25 to 59 years and fertility is higher among rural women than among urban women. On average, rural women will give birth to about 1.4 children more than urban women during their reproductive years (5.9 and 4.5, respectively)..."