# Live births in Nigeria

Live births in Nigeria was 7.51 million in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `ng`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/nigeria
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=ng

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 7,509,758 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 7,406,815 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 7,330,875 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 7,218,484 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 7,266,105 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 7,314,240 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 7,347,957 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 7,382,060 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 7,426,774 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 7,415,859 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 7,321,803 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 7,244,727 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 7,162,528 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 7,022,105 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 6,886,601 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 6,745,470 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 6,574,697 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 6,435,928 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 6,289,434 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 6,132,384 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 5,997,118 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 5,848,982 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 5,705,335 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 5,547,161 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 5,346,097 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 5,179,498 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 5,079,895 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 4,988,092 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 4,884,848 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 4,748,227 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 4,636,869 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 4,526,023 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 4,419,699 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 4,323,148 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 4,234,043 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 4,114,696 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 4,018,041 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 3,951,095 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 3,896,700 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 3,840,878 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 3,823,155 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 3,725,277 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 3,640,502 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 3,561,961 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 3,488,883 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 3,414,498 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 3,302,205 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 3,197,711 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 3,107,689 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 3,001,195 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 2,895,609 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 2,810,108 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 2,732,849 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 2,648,473 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 2,581,934 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 2,519,965 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 2,461,109 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 2,405,893 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 2,348,954 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 2,297,200 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 2,243,201 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 2,195,278 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 2,141,004 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 2,093,279 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 2,047,963 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 2,009,025 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 1,970,252 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 1,928,436 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 1,887,407 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 1,847,612 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 1,811,346 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 1,773,064 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 1,742,392 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 1,706,938 (estimated) |