Tech billionaire Elon Musk expressed surprise after his AI chatbot, Grok claimed that Nigeria recorded about four million more births than the entire European Union in 2025. The exchange, shared by Musk on X on Saturday, began with a user asking whether Nigeria had one million more births than the EU last year. Grok dismissed the claim, saying Nigeria had roughly 7.5 million births last year, while the EU had about 3.5 million, a difference of around four million. Musk followed up by asking Grok: “Are you, wait. Are you sure that Nigeria had 4 million births than the EU last year?” Grok maintained its position, stating Nigeria had about seven point five to seven point six million births, while the EU had three point five five million in 2024. The conversation generated widespread reactions on X, with users debating Nigeria’s rapidly growing population and Europe’s declining birth rate. However, PUNCH Online could not independently verify the figures cited by Grok. While estimates from international organisations, including the United Nations and the World Bank, consistently show that Nigeria has one of the world’s highest fertility rates and that many European countries are experiencing declining birth rates, the specific figures cited by Grok could not be confirmed from official demographic data. Nigeria remains Africa’s most populous country, with an estimated population exceeding 230 million.