How many babies are born in Nigeria each year?

An estimated 7.71 million babies are born in Nigeria in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 21,110 a day and 5.82% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Nigeria?

Nigeria has an estimated 31.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.21 children per woman.

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How many babies are born in Nigeria?

7.71 million babies born in Nigeria in 2026 — 5.82% of all births worldwide, and the 3rd largest of any country. UN projection

21,110births per day
880per hour
15per minute
31.8births per 1,000 people
4.21children per woman
242.4 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Nigeria through history

Estimated annual births in Nigeria, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

Every figure refers to the area inside Nigeria's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1 CE	~22K	~500K	43.0	Modelled estimate
1000	~290K	~7M	41.2	Modelled estimate
1500	~460K	~11M	41.5	Modelled estimate
1800	~548K	~12.1M	45.3	Historical reconstruction
1900	~845K	~18.7M	45.3	Historical reconstruction
1950	1.71M	37.3M	45.8	UN estimate
2000	5.55M	126M	43.9	UN estimate
2024	7.56M	233M	32.5	UN projection
2026	7.71M	242M	31.8	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Nigeria are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 7.71M. That is roughly 358 times the estimated ~21.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.21 children per woman, fertility in Nigeria is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.