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In its report on the state of world population 2019, UNFPA stated that Nigeria's growth rate averaged 2.6% from 2010 to 2019. The fertility rate among Nigerian women has risen from 6.4 in 1969 to 5.3 in 2019; this means that an average Nigerian woman gives birth to at least five children.
The world fertility rate, or the average number of births per woman, was 4.8 in 1969; 2.9 in 1994; and 2.5 in 2019. The report indicates that the contraceptive prevalence rate among Nigerian women aged 15-49 is only 19%, adding that decision-making on badual and reproductive health is Reproductive and reproductive rights of these women averaged 51% between 2007 and 2018.
This means that 49% of Nigerian women still do not have the power to decide on their badual and reproductive health and their reproductive rights. The UN agency estimated that the Nigerian population grew from 54.7 million inhabitants in 1969 to 105.4 million in 1994 and 201.0 million in 2019. Of these 201 million, 44% or 88.44 million are between 0 and 14 years old, while 32% are 64.32 at the age of 10 and 24 years old.
The reports revealed that "reproductive rights are still out of reach for too many women, including the more than 200 million women who want to avoid pregnancy but can not access information and services. modern contraception. In the end, almost 4.3 billion people of childbearing age in the world will currently have inadequate access to badual and reproductive health services. In 1969, the world population reached 3.6 billion, an increase of about 1 billion from 17 years earlier. the creation of UNFPA.
The UN agency has managed to reduce by about 50% the fertility rates in the world. In the least developed countries, fertility was about six births per woman in 1969.
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