Cote d'Ivoire vs Nigeria: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Cote d'Ivoire
4.28 live births per woman
in 2023
Nigeria
4.48 live births per woman
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire rank
19th
Nigeria rank
16th
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.48 live births per woman against 4.28 live births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.2 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.6 live births per woman | 6.4 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1960s | 7.82 live births per woman | 6.38 live births per woman | 1.44 live births per woman | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 7.86 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 1.14 live births per woman | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 7.28 live births per woman | 6.66 live births per woman | 0.614 live births per woman | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 6.17 live births per woman | 6.27 live births per woman | 0.1047 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 5.53 live births per woman | 6.07 live births per woman | 0.5462 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 4.97 live births per woman | 5.49 live births per woman | 0.5213 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 4.38 live births per woman | 4.59 live births per woman | 0.2165 live births per woman | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Cote d'Ivoire or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.48 live births per woman against 4.28 live births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria?
- 0.2 live births per woman, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.