Fertility rate, total in Niger
Niger: Fertility rate, total was 5.93 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Niger, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
Niger recorded 5.93 births per woman for fertility rate, total in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Niger peaked at 7.93 births per woman in 1985 and was at its lowest, 5.93 births per woman, in 2024.
Niger ranks 5th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.5 births per woman | 7.47 births per woman | 7.53 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.57 births per woman | 7.51 births per woman | 7.72 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.87 births per woman | 7.78 births per woman | 7.93 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.8 births per woman | 7.78 births per woman | 7.84 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.76 births per woman | 7.68 births per woman | 7.83 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.19 births per woman | 6.54 births per woman | 7.64 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.14 births per woman | 5.93 births per woman | 6.37 births per woman | 5 |
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More health data for Niger
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 423,756 (2025)
- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 425,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 439,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 417,693 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 7.01 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.91 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 431,792 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 409,736 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 393,646 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Niger?
- Fertility rate, total in Niger was 5.93 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 7.93 births per woman in 1985.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.93 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Niger rank for fertility rate, total?
- Niger ranks 5th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.