Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Nigeria

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Nigeria chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.48 in Nigeria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs Nigeria population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Djibouti	Nigeria
1960	6.85	6.36
1961	6.85	6.35
1962	6.85	6.36
1963	6.86	6.35
1964	6.87	6.36
1965	6.86	6.37
1966	6.88	6.39
1967	6.87	6.4
1968	6.88	6.42
1969	6.88	6.44
1970	6.88	6.47
1971	6.88	6.53
1972	6.85	6.58
1973	6.82	6.63
1974	6.78	6.7
1975	6.74	6.77
1976	6.69	6.81
1977	6.64	6.86
1978	6.59	6.92
1979	6.52	6.89
1980	6.46	6.85
1981	6.4	6.82
1982	6.34	6.8
1983	6.3	6.78
1984	6.25	6.7
1985	6.19	6.62
1986	6.14	6.56
1987	6.09	6.5
1988	6.03	6.5
1989	5.97	6.49
1990	5.93	6.46
1991	5.86	6.43
1992	5.75	6.39
1993	5.64	6.35
1994	5.51	6.32
1995	5.33	6.27
1996	5.15	6.22
1997	4.97	6.14
1998	4.8	6.07
1999	4.69	6.08
2000	4.6	6.12
2001	4.52	6.13
2002	4.41	6.12
2003	4.3	6.1
2004	4.16	6.09
2005	4.04	6.06
2006	3.9	6.05
2007	3.76	6.03
2008	3.62	6.02
2009	3.52	5.99
2010	3.43	5.95
2011	3.34	5.89
2012	3.26	5.8
2013	3.19	5.69
2014	3.12	5.62
2015	3.04	5.5
2016	2.97	5.34
2017	2.92	5.18
2018	2.86	5.02
2019	2.8	4.86
2020	2.75	4.7
2021	2.7	4.64
2022	2.65	4.55
2023	2.61	4.48
2024	2.62	4.38
2025	2.58	4.3
2026	2.54	4.2
2027	2.51	4.1
2028	2.48	4.01
2029	2.45	3.92
2030	2.42	3.82
2031	2.39	3.73
2032	2.36	3.65
2033	2.33	3.56
2034	2.31	3.48
2035	2.29	3.41
2036	2.27	3.34
2037	2.25	3.27
2038	2.23	3.21
2039	2.21	3.16
2040	2.19	3.1
2041	2.17	3.04
2042	2.16	2.99
2043	2.14	2.94
2044	2.13	2.89
2045	2.11	2.85
2046	2.1	2.8
2047	2.09	2.76
2048	2.08	2.73
2049	2.06	2.69
2050	2.05	2.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Nigeria
1960	44.2%	41.1%
1961	44%	41.1%
1962	43.8%	41.1%
1963	43.7%	41.2%
1964	43.5%	41.4%
1965	43.6%	41.5%
1966	43.8%	41.7%
1967	44%	41.8%
1968	44.3%	42%
1969	44.5%	42.2%
1970	44.7%	42.4%
1971	44.9%	42.5%
1972	45%	42.8%
1973	45.2%	43%
1974	45.3%	43.2%
1975	45.4%	43.4%
1976	45.5%	43.7%
1977	45.5%	43.9%
1978	45.6%	44.2%
1979	45.5%	44.4%
1980	45.5%	44.6%
1981	45.4%	44.8%
1982	45.3%	45%
1983	45.1%	45.2%
1984	45%	45.4%
1985	44.8%	45.5%
1986	44.6%	45.6%
1987	44.4%	45.6%
1988	44.2%	45.5%
1989	44%	45.5%
1990	43.7%	45.3%
1991	43.5%	45.2%
1992	43.3%	45%
1993	43.1%	44.8%
1994	42.8%	44.6%
1995	42.5%	44.4%
1996	42.2%	44.2%
1997	41.5%	44.1%
1998	40.6%	43.9%
1999	40%	43.8%
2000	39.6%	43.7%
2001	39.1%	43.7%
2002	38.7%	43.8%
2003	38.6%	43.8%
2004	38.5%	43.9%
2005	38.4%	44%
2006	38.1%	44.1%
2007	37.7%	44.2%
2008	37.2%	44.3%
2009	36.8%	44.4%
2010	36.4%	44.4%
2011	35.9%	44.5%
2012	35.5%	44.5%
2013	35.1%	44.5%
2014	34.6%	44.4%
2015	34%	44.3%
2016	33.4%	44.1%
2017	32.8%	43.9%
2018	32.2%	43.6%
2019	31.6%	43.2%
2020	31%	42.8%
2021	30.5%	42.4%
2022	30%	42%
2023	29.6%	41.5%
2024	29.2%	41%
2025	28.8%	40.5%
2026	28.5%	40%
2027	28.1%	39.5%
2028	27.8%	39%
2029	27.5%	38.5%
2030	27.3%	38%
2031	27%	37.6%
2032	26.8%	37.2%
2033	26.6%	36.8%
2034	26.4%	36.5%
2035	26.2%	36.2%
2036	26.1%	35.9%
2037	25.9%	35.5%
2038	25.7%	35.2%
2039	25.5%	34.9%
2040	25.3%	34.5%
2041	25.1%	34.2%
2042	24.9%	33.8%
2043	24.7%	33.5%
2044	24.5%	33.1%
2045	24.3%	32.8%
2046	24.1%	32.4%
2047	23.8%	32%
2048	23.6%	31.6%
2049	23.4%	31.3%
2050	23.2%	30.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 41% in Nigeria in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Nigeria compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Nigeria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +2.29% in Nigeria. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Djibouti	Nigeria
1960	2,299	901,301
1961	2,412	932,111
1962	2,538	966,452
1963	2,687	995,116
1964	2,864	1,028,272
1965	3,054	1,061,840
1966	3,268	1,095,582
1967	3,484	1,082,884
1968	3,712	1,168,254
1969	3,950	1,213,484
1970	4,249	1,295,507
1971	4,484	1,373,896
1972	4,885	1,448,928
1973	5,234	1,525,485
1974	5,601	1,624,813
1975	6,034	1,718,623
1976	6,567	1,827,289
1977	7,195	1,923,917
1978	7,886	2,019,621
1979	8,573	2,074,807
1980	9,187	2,121,618
1981	9,654	2,179,884
1982	10,058	2,233,401
1983	10,391	2,292,089
1984	10,713	2,278,060
1985	11,106	2,289,784
1986	11,671	2,295,003
1987	12,357	2,322,397
1988	13,107	2,376,419
1989	13,851	2,452,324
1990	15,074	2,491,928
1991	16,553	2,527,807
1992	16,971	2,596,173
1993	15,805	2,673,675
1994	15,989	2,735,198
1995	15,651	2,830,771
1996	15,408	2,882,205
1997	15,255	2,936,500
1998	15,845	3,003,946
1999	16,491	3,155,425
2000	17,014	3,343,196
2001	17,710	3,478,370
2002	18,167	3,606,814
2003	18,341	3,751,120
2004	17,756	3,877,376
2005	17,361	4,013,788
2006	16,901	4,135,703
2007	16,647	4,265,428
2008	16,356	4,412,976
2009	16,323	4,528,149
2010	16,225	4,629,173
2011	16,169	4,728,363
2012	16,026	4,774,508
2013	15,986	4,811,751
2014	15,857	4,862,319
2015	15,718	4,823,045
2016	15,621	4,761,594
2017	15,593	4,706,183
2018	15,524	4,659,898
2019	15,368	4,609,941
2020	14,970	4,525,164
2021	14,555	4,641,562
2022	15,337	4,739,502
2023	15,349	4,834,309

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Nigeria

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 993 deaths in Nigeria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Nigeria
1985	821	1,344
1986	804	1,363
1987	785	1,351
1988	768	1,332
1989	746	1,304
1990	725	1,285
1991	731	1,282
1992	780	1,246
1993	704	1,200
1994	682	1,193
1995	634	1,186
1996	609	1,185
1997	582	1,184
1998	555	1,189
1999	524	1,165
2000	501	1,136
2001	441	1,130
2002	404	1,117
2003	391	1,090
2004	364	1,075
2005	315	1,060
2006	298	1,067
2007	285	1,063
2008	273	1,081
2009	263	1,088
2010	243	1,094
2011	229	1,108
2012	221	1,124
2013	219	1,146
2014	212	1,155
2015	210	1,168
2016	204	1,155
2017	201	1,142
2018	199	1,118
2019	194	1,091
2020	192	1,065
2021	221	1,046
2022	174	1,016
2023	162	993

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 10.5% in Nigeria. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Djibouti	Nigeria
1964	-	32.7%
1965	-	32%
1966	-	31.3%
1967	-	30.7%
1968	-	30%
1969	-	29.3%
1970	-	28.5%
1971	-	27.7%
1972	-	26.9%
1973	-	26.1%
1974	-	25.2%
1975	-	24.4%
1976	17.1%	23.6%
1977	16.6%	22.9%
1978	16.2%	22.3%
1979	15.7%	21.8%
1980	15.3%	21.3%
1981	14.8%	21%
1982	14.4%	20.8%
1983	14%	20.7%
1984	13.6%	20.7%
1985	13.2%	20.8%
1986	12.8%	20.9%
1987	12.5%	20.9%
1988	12.2%	21%
1989	11.9%	21%
1990	11.6%	21%
1991	11.4%	20.9%
1992	11.2%	20.8%
1993	11.1%	20.7%
1994	10.9%	20.6%
1995	10.8%	20.4%
1996	10.7%	20.1%
1997	10.5%	19.7%
1998	10.3%	19.3%
1999	10.2%	18.8%
2000	9.95%	18.2%
2001	9.72%	17.7%
2002	9.48%	17.1%
2003	9.24%	16.5%
2004	9%	16%
2005	8.77%	15.5%
2006	8.53%	15%
2007	8.28%	14.5%
2008	8.03%	14.1%
2009	7.81%	13.8%
2010	7.59%	13.5%
2011	7.36%	13.3%
2012	7.14%	13.1%
2013	6.93%	12.9%
2014	6.72%	12.8%
2015	6.51%	12.6%
2016	6.33%	12.5%
2017	6.13%	12.3%
2018	5.94%	12%
2019	5.75%	11.8%
2020	5.56%	11.4%
2021	5.38%	11.1%
2022	5.22%	10.8%
2023	5.04%	10.5%