Elon Musk says Nigeria recorded about four million more births than the entire European Union last year. In a post on X on Saturday, Musk attributes the figures to information provided through his artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok. According to the data cited in the reports, Nigeria records an estimated 7.8 million births in 2025, while the EU records about 3.5 million, a gap of roughly four million births.
The outlets also frame the claim as evidence of Nigeria’s much higher birth rate compared with Europe, and note potential implications for population growth and economic pressure. One report connects the broader discussion to UNICEF findings from February 2026, stating that 14 million Nigerian children had their births officially registered over the previous two years, indicating progress on legal identity coverage. Another report references World Bank figures placing Nigeria’s poverty rate at about 63 percent in 2025. Separately, it mentions remarks by Nigeria’s Emir of Kano about Nigeria’s economy growing faster than its population. The reports present Musk’s figures as originating from Grok and do not provide independent verification of the specific birth totals.
