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Nigeria vs South Africa: Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Nigeria's Fertility rate, total (births per woman) was 4.38, compared to South Africa's 2.21. That makes Nigeria's value 98.7% higher than South Africa's.

Nigeria

Rank #15 of 217 globally

Nigeria trend
Latest (2024)
4.38
Year-over-year
-2.2%
10-year change
-22.1%
Peak
6.06 (2005)
Trough
4.38 (2024)

South Africa

Rank #94 of 217 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2024)
2.21
Year-over-year
-0.5%
10-year change
-9.0%
Peak
2.68 (2008)
Trough
2.21 (2024)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN), CC BY 4.0.