Table 3: Trend of wanted fertility rate and use of contraceptive in nigeria 1990-2018.

1990 2003 2008 2013 2018
Total fertility rate 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.3
Wanted/desire fertility rate 5.65 5.31 5.24 5.16 4.8
Fertility gap(actual fertility minus wanted) 0.35 0.39 0.46 0.34 0.5
% of currently married women using contraceptive
(any modern method)
4 8 10 10 12
% of women with knowledge of any modern contraceptive method 95.8 92.1

Source: author compilation from NDHS for various years.