A Nigerian family planning expert has said that it would be difficult to implement the suggestion that Nigerians should only have three children

Isaac Ogo pointed to the tradition of polygamy and the belief that the children were seen as a "gift from God" in a male-dominated society. Recent UN figures suggest that Nigeria's population could jump to 730 million by 2100 - behind only India and China. Nigeria is a "high birth, high death" society where many people think: "I need to have as many children as I want, as I don't know which will survive." Nigeria is one of the world's worst places to have a baby, according to the UN. About 145 women die each day in pregnancy or childbirth, as do 2,300 children below five years of age.