Nigeria
Thomas Stephens
and
Magnus Lyche
Which best defines
nigeria?
Pro-natalist
Or
anti-natalist
First….
For those who don’t know
the definitions of anti-natalist
and pro-natalist
 Pro natalist
 the policy or practice of encouraging the
bearing of children, especially government
support of a higher birth rate
 Anti-natalist
 The policy or practice of discouraging the
bearing of children by which governments
teach the population to use contraceptives
So which is correct…
Yes that’s right Nigeria is ANTI-NATALIST! it
is neither anti-natalist nor pro-natalist, but
if anything the country should be antil
natalist.
The National policy on population in
Nigeria identified several objectives
including
 Promoting an awareness of population
problems and the effects of rapid
population growth.
 Providing information on the benefits of
small family size
 Making family planning services easily
accessible to all couples at an affordable
cost.
Specific objectives of the
policy
 Reducing the proportion of women who marry
before the age of 18 by 80% by the year 2000
 Reducing the number of children a women
bears over her lifetime from the average of
more than sic children to an average of four.
 Reducing the percentage of women having
more than four children by 80% by the year
2000
Objectives Continued…
 Reducing the rate of population growth from
3% per year to 2% by 2000
 Extending family planning coverage to 80% of
women of child bearing age by 2000
 Reducing infant mortality rate from the 1975
level of 111 per 1000 to 30 per 1000 live births
by 2000
 Providing 75% of rural communities with basic
social amenities by 2000 to stimulate and
sustain self-reliant development.
The main reasons for this
 The growing population means that there
is a higher chance of famine because not
enough food is produced.
 Not enough places in schools to give all
children some form of an education.
 Not enough money to be split between
people in order for them to survive in life
on their own without aid from others.
Previous slide continued
 People are left without homes if to many
people are living in an area or is due to
not being able to afford nor have the
ability to make shelter.
 Medicine is starting to improve in the
country, which means more babies are
surviving and get through childhood.
Facts about Nigeria to get a
good understanding of why
they want less babies
 Total population – 149 229 090
 Median age (due to amount of babies
being given birth to) - 19.1
 Growth of population(%) – 1.999%
 Birth rate – 36.65 births per 1000
 Death rate – 16.56 deaths per 1000
Problems in Nigeria
 Infant mortality – 94.25 deaths per 1000
births
 Life expectancy 46.16
 4.82 children born per each women over 18
Final conclusion
 From what we have seen Nigeria still has a
long way to go before they can lower the
amount of child births for economic and
medicinal reasons.
 After the economy and medical facilities
have been increased or stabilized then we
may see a development in the population
structure within the country
END OF PRESENTATION!