Benin vs Nigeria: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

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 vs. Human Development Index 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

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.