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Nigeria may boast one of the biggest populations on the continent of Africa, with 155 million citizens, but it also boasts one the smallest capital cities, Abuja, which is home to only 0.25% of the population. Lagos, often mistaken as the nation’s capital, is the largest city with a population that experts can only estimate to be between 10 million and 15 million.

Borders:

Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km

Population:

155,215,573

GDP per capita:

$2,334.26 per capita

Capital with population:

Abuja - 339,000

Largest city with population:

Lagos - (est. 10,000,000 to 15,000,000)

Alternative names:

Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Nigeria - Ethnolinguistic Groups	Nigeria - Gas and Oil	Nigeria	Calabar, Nigeria Region [includes Mount Cameroon] (Tactical Pilotage Chart) original scale 1:500,000 Portion of Defense Mapping Agency Series TPC, Sheet L-3A, Edition 1, 1996 [Compiled April 1995, air information current through 20 October 1995]
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