Benin vs Nigeria: Fertility rate: births per woman
Benin
4.56 live births per woman
in 2023
Nigeria
4.48 live births per woman
in 2023
Benin rank
15th
Nigeria rank
16th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Benin
- Nigeria
How they compare
Benin currently reports 4.56 live births per woman against 4.48 live births per woman in Nigeria, a difference of 0.074 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Globally, Benin ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 236 countries.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.