Nigeria alone had four million more births than EU – Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has said Nigeria unsocial had 4 cardinal much births than the full European Union.

Musk made the assertion connected his X relationship on Saturday, citing his artificial quality chatbot, Grok, arsenic the root of the information.

“Nigeria unsocial had 4 cardinal much births than the full EU past year,” helium wrote connected X.

Musk’s remarks item Nigeria’s precocious commencement complaint compared with the European Union.

Available information from Musk’s Grok showed that Nigeria recorded an estimated 7.8 cardinal births successful 2025, portion the European Union had 3.5 cardinal births. This means Nigeria recorded astir 4 cardinal much births than the EU.

DAILY POST reports that successful February 2026, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said 14 cardinal Nigerian children had their births officially registered implicit the erstwhile 2 years, marking important advancement successful ineligible individuality coverage.

Africa’s astir populous state continues to grounds a precocious commencement rate, placing further strain connected its already fragile economy.

World Bank information showed that Nigeria’s poorness complaint stood astatine 63 percent successful 2025 amid rising economical hardship fueled by the skyrocketing outgo of living.

Meanwhile, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said astatine the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit th...