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