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Birth rate in Niger

Niger: Birth rate was 41.89 births per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
41.89 births per 1,000 people
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
4th
of 236 countries
All-time high
58.63 births per 1,000 people
in 1950
All-time low
41.89 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Birth rate in Niger, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per 1,000 people.

Analysis

Niger recorded 41.89 births per 1,000 people for birth rate in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate in Niger peaked at 58.63 births per 1,000 people in 1950 and was at its lowest, 41.89 births per 1,000 people, in 2023.

Niger ranks 4th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Birth rate in Niger, year by year

Year births per 1,000 people Change
1950 58.63 births per 1,000 people —
1951 58.58 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1952 58.52 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1953 58.36 births per 1,000 people -0.3%
1954 58.27 births per 1,000 people -0.2%
1955 58.13 births per 1,000 people -0.2%
1956 57.95 births per 1,000 people -0.3%
1957 57.85 births per 1,000 people -0.2%
1958 57.8 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1959 57.66 births per 1,000 people -0.2%
1960 57.61 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1961 57.41 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
1962 57.24 births per 1,000 people -0.3%
1963 57.03 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
1964 56.76 births per 1,000 people -0.5%
1965 56.38 births per 1,000 people -0.7%
1966 56.22 births per 1,000 people -0.3%
1967 56 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
1968 55.78 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
1969 55.62 births per 1,000 people -0.3%
1970 55.58 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1971 55.5 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1972 55.48 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1973 55.46 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1974 55.5 births per 1,000 people +0.1%
1975 55.48 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1976 55.49 births per 1,000 people +0.0%
1977 55.54 births per 1,000 people +0.1%
1978 56.02 births per 1,000 people +0.9%
1979 56.26 births per 1,000 people +0.4%
1980 56.54 births per 1,000 people +0.5%
1981 56.6 births per 1,000 people +0.1%
1982 56.58 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1983 56.56 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1984 56.48 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1985 56.39 births per 1,000 people -0.2%
1986 56.1 births per 1,000 people -0.5%
1987 55.94 births per 1,000 people -0.3%
1988 55.48 births per 1,000 people -0.8%
1989 55.16 births per 1,000 people -0.6%
1990 55.09 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1991 54.79 births per 1,000 people -0.5%
1992 54.52 births per 1,000 people -0.5%
1993 54.33 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
1994 54.11 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
1995 54.09 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1996 54.08 births per 1,000 people -0.0%
1997 54.02 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1998 53.99 births per 1,000 people -0.1%
1999 53.77 births per 1,000 people -0.4%
2000 53.39 births per 1,000 people -0.7%
2001 53.02 births per 1,000 people -0.7%
2002 52.58 births per 1,000 people -0.8%
2003 52.18 births per 1,000 people -0.8%
2004 51.78 births per 1,000 people -0.8%
2005 51.42 births per 1,000 people -0.7%
2006 50.97 births per 1,000 people -0.9%
2007 50.59 births per 1,000 people -0.7%
2008 50.17 births per 1,000 people -0.8%
2009 49.8 births per 1,000 people -0.7%
2010 49.35 births per 1,000 people -0.9%
2011 48.82 births per 1,000 people -1.1%
2012 48.22 births per 1,000 people -1.2%
2013 47.8 births per 1,000 people -0.9%
2014 47.2 births per 1,000 people -1.2%
2015 46.58 births per 1,000 people -1.3%
2016 45.88 births per 1,000 people -1.5%
2017 45.06 births per 1,000 people -1.8%
2018 44.18 births per 1,000 people -1.9%
2019 43.37 births per 1,000 people -1.8%
2020 42.6 births per 1,000 people -1.8%
2021 41.93 births per 1,000 people -1.6%
2022 41.95 births per 1,000 people +0.0%
2023 41.89 births per 1,000 people -0.1%

Niger compared with similar countries

  • Niger's 41.89 births per 1,000 people is above the median for low income countries, which is 32.09 births per 1,000 people, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Niger's 41.89 births per 1,000 people is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 31.17 births per 1,000 people, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 58.18 births per 1,000 people 57.66 births per 1,000 people 58.63 births per 1,000 people 10
1960s 56.61 births per 1,000 people 55.62 births per 1,000 people 57.61 births per 1,000 people 10
1970s 55.63 births per 1,000 people 55.46 births per 1,000 people 56.26 births per 1,000 people 10
1980s 56.18 births per 1,000 people 55.16 births per 1,000 people 56.6 births per 1,000 people 10
1990s 54.28 births per 1,000 people 53.77 births per 1,000 people 55.09 births per 1,000 people 10
2000s 51.59 births per 1,000 people 49.8 births per 1,000 people 53.39 births per 1,000 people 10
2010s 46.65 births per 1,000 people 43.37 births per 1,000 people 49.35 births per 1,000 people 10
2020s 42.09 births per 1,000 people 41.89 births per 1,000 people 42.6 births per 1,000 people 4

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 1 Central African Republic 46.36 births per 1,000 people compare
  2. 2 Somalia 42.96 births per 1,000 people compare
  3. 3 Chad 42.4 births per 1,000 people compare
  4. 5 Democratic Republic of Congo 41.3 births per 1,000 people compare
  5. 6 Mali 40.03 births per 1,000 people compare
  6. 7 Angola 37.59 births per 1,000 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate in Niger?
Birth rate in Niger was 41.89 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 58.63 births per 1,000 people in 1950.
What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 41.89 births per 1,000 people in 2023.
How does Niger rank for birth rate?
Niger ranks 4th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Niger data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
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