Fertility & birth rates in Nigeria and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Nigeria vs Uzbekistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nigeria was 4.48 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Uzbekistan
1960	6.36	6.61
1961	6.35	6.75
1962	6.36	6.88
1963	6.35	6.81
1964	6.36	6.82
1965	6.37	6.81
1966	6.39	6.66
1967	6.4	6.57
1968	6.42	6.39
1969	6.44	6.34
1970	6.47	6.31
1971	6.53	6.28
1972	6.58	6.25
1973	6.63	6.16
1974	6.7	6.05
1975	6.77	5.92
1976	6.81	5.75
1977	6.86	5.54
1978	6.92	5.28
1979	6.89	5.16
1980	6.85	5.04
1981	6.82	4.91
1982	6.8	4.82
1983	6.78	4.71
1984	6.7	4.73
1985	6.62	4.69
1986	6.56	4.68
1987	6.5	4.53
1988	6.5	4.26
1989	6.49	4.1
1990	6.46	4.12
1991	6.43	4.19
1992	6.39	4.06
1993	6.35	3.86
1994	6.32	3.66
1995	6.27	3.57
1996	6.22	3.39
1997	6.14	3.19
1998	6.07	2.99
1999	6.08	2.83
2000	6.12	2.7
2001	6.13	2.61
2002	6.12	2.58
2003	6.1	2.5
2004	6.09	2.5
2005	6.06	2.44
2006	6.05	2.46
2007	6.03	2.57
2008	6.02	2.64
2009	5.99	2.56
2010	5.95	2.44
2011	5.89	2.35
2012	5.8	2.34
2013	5.69	2.44
2014	5.62	2.55
2015	5.5	2.58
2016	5.34	2.56
2017	5.18	2.57
2018	5.02	2.71
2019	4.86	2.87
2020	4.7	3.06
2021	4.64	3.27
2022	4.55	3.4
2023	4.48	3.5
2024	4.38	3.49
2025	4.3	3.45
2026	4.2	3.4
2027	4.1	3.36
2028	4.01	3.31
2029	3.92	3.27
2030	3.82	3.22
2031	3.73	3.18
2032	3.65	3.13
2033	3.56	3.09
2034	3.48	3.05
2035	3.41	3.01
2036	3.34	2.98
2037	3.27	2.94
2038	3.21	2.91
2039	3.16	2.87
2040	3.1	2.84
2041	3.04	2.81
2042	2.99	2.78
2043	2.94	2.75
2044	2.89	2.72
2045	2.85	2.69
2046	2.8	2.66
2047	2.76	2.63
2048	2.73	2.6
2049	2.69	2.58
2050	2.66	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nigeria	Uzbekistan
1960	41.1%	39.8%
1961	41.1%	41.2%
1962	41.1%	42.4%
1963	41.2%	43.4%
1964	41.4%	44.2%
1965	41.5%	44.7%
1966	41.7%	44.8%
1967	41.8%	44.9%
1968	42%	44.8%
1969	42.2%	44.7%
1970	42.4%	44.6%
1971	42.5%	44.4%
1972	42.8%	44.3%
1973	43%	44%
1974	43.2%	43.7%
1975	43.4%	43.3%
1976	43.7%	42.8%
1977	43.9%	42.3%
1978	44.2%	41.7%
1979	44.4%	41.2%
1980	44.6%	40.8%
1981	44.8%	40.5%
1982	45%	40.3%
1983	45.2%	40.1%
1984	45.4%	40.1%
1985	45.5%	40.1%
1986	45.6%	40.1%
1987	45.6%	40.1%
1988	45.5%	40%
1989	45.5%	39.9%
1990	45.3%	39.9%
1991	45.2%	39.9%
1992	45%	39.8%
1993	44.8%	39.8%
1994	44.6%	39.7%
1995	44.4%	39.4%
1996	44.2%	39.2%
1997	44.1%	38.8%
1998	43.9%	38.2%
1999	43.8%	37.5%
2000	43.7%	36.7%
2001	43.7%	35.8%
2002	43.8%	34.9%
2003	43.8%	34%
2004	43.9%	33.1%
2005	44%	32.3%
2006	44.1%	31.4%
2007	44.2%	30.6%
2008	44.3%	29.9%
2009	44.4%	29.4%
2010	44.4%	28.9%
2011	44.5%	28.5%
2012	44.5%	28.2%
2013	44.5%	28.1%
2014	44.4%	28.1%
2015	44.3%	28.3%
2016	44.1%	28.5%
2017	43.9%	28.8%
2018	43.6%	29%
2019	43.2%	29.3%
2020	42.8%	29.7%
2021	42.4%	30.2%
2022	42%	30.6%
2023	41.5%	30.9%
2024	41%	31.1%
2025	40.5%	31.3%
2026	40%	31.5%
2027	39.5%	31.6%
2028	39%	31.6%
2029	38.5%	31.6%
2030	38%	31.4%
2031	37.6%	31.3%
2032	37.2%	31.1%
2033	36.8%	30.9%
2034	36.5%	30.6%
2035	36.2%	30.3%
2036	35.9%	29.8%
2037	35.5%	29.3%
2038	35.2%	28.8%
2039	34.9%	28.3%
2040	34.5%	28%
2041	34.2%	27.6%
2042	33.8%	27.4%
2043	33.5%	27.2%
2044	33.1%	27%
2045	32.8%	26.9%
2046	32.4%	26.8%
2047	32%	26.8%
2048	31.6%	26.7%
2049	31.3%	26.7%
2050	30.9%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41% of the population in Nigeria and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 45.3% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nigeria and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Nigeria vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Nigeria and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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
	Nigeria	Uzbekistan
1960	901,301	267,165
1961	932,111	279,841
1962	966,452	292,788
1963	995,116	293,432
1964	1,028,272	298,790
1965	1,061,840	302,264
1966	1,095,582	297,844
1967	1,082,884	298,350
1968	1,168,254	295,651
1969	1,213,484	302,833
1970	1,295,507	313,216
1971	1,373,896	323,171
1972	1,448,928	333,230
1973	1,525,485	341,807
1974	1,624,813	350,422
1975	1,718,623	357,382
1976	1,827,289	363,110
1977	1,923,917	369,572
1978	2,019,621	372,068
1979	2,074,807	387,754
1980	2,121,618	401,557
1981	2,179,884	413,897
1982	2,233,401	431,389
1983	2,292,089	454,464
1984	2,278,060	485,617
1985	2,289,784	508,893
1986	2,295,003	533,234
1987	2,322,397	537,292
1988	2,376,419	525,126
1989	2,452,324	522,323
1990	2,491,928	540,581
1991	2,527,807	557,886
1992	2,596,173	548,793
1993	2,673,675	527,557
1994	2,735,198	502,279
1995	2,830,771	493,966
1996	2,882,205	471,010
1997	2,936,500	441,631
1998	3,003,946	408,532
1999	3,155,425	385,448
2000	3,343,196	365,138
2001	3,478,370	356,483
2002	3,606,814	359,231
2003	3,751,120	355,098
2004	3,877,376	363,994
2005	4,013,788	363,462
2006	4,135,703	383,265
2007	4,265,428	426,880
2008	4,412,976	461,665
2009	4,528,149	471,839
2010	4,629,173	461,293
2011	4,728,363	454,858
2012	4,774,508	463,333
2013	4,811,751	501,742
2014	4,862,319	536,881
2015	4,823,045	552,781
2016	4,761,594	549,045
2017	4,706,183	548,372
2018	4,659,898	585,119
2019	4,609,941	618,154
2020	4,525,164	643,750
2021	4,641,562	689,325
2022	4,739,502	715,410
2023	4,834,309	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Nigeria vs Uzbekistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 993 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nigeria, compared to 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nigeria	Uzbekistan
1985	1,344	72
1986	1,363	69
1987	1,351	63
1988	1,332	58
1989	1,304	53
1990	1,285	50
1991	1,282	47
1992	1,246	46
1993	1,200	47
1994	1,193	49
1995	1,186	46
1996	1,185	44
1997	1,184	42
1998	1,189	42
1999	1,165	43
2000	1,136	42
2001	1,130	42
2002	1,117	41
2003	1,090	40
2004	1,075	39
2005	1,060	39
2006	1,067	38
2007	1,063	37
2008	1,081	35
2009	1,088	34
2010	1,094	34
2011	1,108	33
2012	1,124	33
2013	1,146	32
2014	1,155	32
2015	1,168	31
2016	1,155	31
2017	1,142	30
2018	1,118	29
2019	1,091	29
2020	1,065	29
2021	1,046	28
2022	1,016	27
2023	993	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.5% in Nigeria and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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
	Nigeria	Uzbekistan
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	23.6%	-
1977	22.9%	-
1978	22.3%	-
1979	21.8%	12.5%
1980	21.3%	11.7%
1981	21%	10.9%
1982	20.8%	10.2%
1983	20.7%	9.5%
1984	20.7%	8.91%
1985	20.8%	8.4%
1986	20.9%	7.96%
1987	20.9%	7.59%
1988	21%	7.31%
1989	21%	7.13%
1990	21%	7.04%
1991	20.9%	7.01%
1992	20.8%	7.01%
1993	20.7%	6.99%
1994	20.6%	6.95%
1995	20.4%	6.91%
1996	20.1%	6.83%
1997	19.7%	6.72%
1998	19.3%	6.57%
1999	18.8%	6.38%
2000	18.2%	6.15%
2001	17.7%	5.88%
2002	17.1%	5.57%
2003	16.5%	5.25%
2004	16%	4.92%
2005	15.5%	4.57%
2006	15%	4.24%
2007	14.5%	3.9%
2008	14.1%	3.59%
2009	13.8%	3.29%
2010	13.5%	3.01%
2011	13.3%	2.75%
2012	13.1%	2.52%
2013	12.9%	2.32%
2014	12.8%	2.14%
2015	12.6%	1.98%
2016	12.5%	1.85%
2017	12.3%	1.73%
2018	12%	1.64%
2019	11.8%	1.56%
2020	11.4%	1.5%
2021	11.1%	1.44%
2022	10.8%	1.38%
2023	10.5%	1.33%