Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Niger

Total fertility rate in Niger in 2024 — 5.94 births. Ranked 5 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21.2%.

2024 5.94 births −2.08% vs 2023
World rank 5of 217
Period maximum 7.93 births1985
Period minimum 5.94 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Niger, 1960–20245.566.577.5819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.53 births1962: 7.5 births1964: 7.48 births1966: 7.48 births1968: 7.5 births1970: 7.51 births1972: 7.52 births1974: 7.54 births1976: 7.56 births1978: 7.66 births1980: 7.78 births1982: 7.86 births1984: 7.92 births1986: 7.9 births1988: 7.84 births1990: 7.81 births1992: 7.8 births1994: 7.79 births1996: 7.78 births1998: 7.84 births2000: 7.83 births2002: 7.8 births2004: 7.78 births2006: 7.74 births2008: 7.7 births2010: 7.64 births2012: 7.53 births2014: 7.34 births2016: 7.04 births2018: 6.71 births2020: 6.37 births2022: 6.14 births2024: 5.94 births
Change over the period: −1.6 (−21.18%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Niger

Niger 5.94 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Western Africa computed 4.37 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 5.94 −0.13 −2.08%
2023 6.06 −0.07 −1.21%
2022 6.14 −0.07 −1.05%
2021 6.2 −0.17 −2.65%
2020 6.37 −0.17 −2.57%
2019 6.54 −0.17 −2.52%
2018 6.71 −0.17 −2.44%
2017 6.87 −0.17 −2.4%
2016 7.04 −0.17 −2.38%
2015 7.22 −0.13 −1.73%
2014 7.34 −0.1 −1.38%
2013 7.45 −0.08 −1.09%
2012 7.53 −0.06 −0.86%
2011 7.59 −0.05 −0.63%
2010 7.64 −0.04 −0.51%
2009 7.68 −0.02 −0.3%
2008 7.7 −0.02 −0.31%
2007 7.73 −0.02 −0.23%
2006 7.74 −0.03 −0.32%
2005 7.77 −0.01 −0.1%
2004 7.78 −0.01 −0.15%
2003 7.79 −0.01 −0.1%
2002 7.8 −0.01 −0.17%
2001 7.81 −0.02 −0.24%
2000 7.83 −0.01 −0.14%
1999 7.84 +0 +0%
1998 7.84 +0.04 +0.49%
1997 7.8 +0.02 +0.28%
1996 7.78 +0 +0.05%
1995 7.78 −0.01 −0.13%
1994 7.79 −0 −0.05%
1993 7.79 −0 −0.06%
1992 7.8 −0 −0.04%
1991 7.8 −0.01 −0.1%
1990 7.81 −0.01 −0.15%
1989 7.82 −0.02 −0.29%
1988 7.84 −0.03 −0.38%
1987 7.87 −0.03 −0.42%
1986 7.9 −0.03 −0.35%
1985 7.93 +0.01 +0.14%
1984 7.92 +0.02 +0.24%
1983 7.9 +0.04 +0.51%
1982 7.86 +0.04 +0.51%
1981 7.82 +0.04 +0.51%
1980 7.78 +0.06 +0.78%
1979 7.72 +0.06 +0.78%
1978 7.66 +0.07 +0.88%
1977 7.6 +0.03 +0.42%
1976 7.56 +0.02 +0.32%
1975 7.54 +0 +0%
1974 7.54 +0.01 +0.13%
1973 7.53 +0.01 +0.08%
1972 7.52 +0 +0.07%
1971 7.52 +0 +0.05%
1970 7.51 +0.01 +0.11%
1969 7.51 +0.01 +0.12%
1968 7.5 +0.01 +0.09%
1967 7.49 +0.01 +0.12%
1966 7.48 +0.01 +0.2%
1965 7.47 −0.01 −0.19%
1964 7.48 −0.01 −0.12%
1963 7.49 −0.01 −0.16%
1962 7.5 −0.01 −0.15%
1961 7.51 −0.02 −0.24%
1960 7.53

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.