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Age structure > 0-14 years
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42.3 |
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[40th of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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54.6 |
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[186th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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3.1 %
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[180th of 225]
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Birth rate
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37.23 births/1,000 population |
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[31st of 226]
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Chinese population
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2,000 |
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[70th of 127]
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Death rate
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16.88 deaths/1,000 population |
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[15th of 226]
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Ethnic groups
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5% |
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Nobel prize laureates
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1 |
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[27th of 44]
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Percentage living in urban areas
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47% |
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[127th of 199]
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Population
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146,255,312 |
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[9th of 242]
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Population growth rate
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2.025% |
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[63rd of 235]
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Population in 2015
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160,931 |
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[8th of 225]
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Projected population growth
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139.73% |
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[24th of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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1.04 |
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[45th of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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1.04 male(s)/female |
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[31st of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.05 male(s)/female |
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[57th of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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5.01 children born/woman |
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[31st of 225]
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Total Population
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131,859,731 |
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[9th of 227]
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Urban population
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63,397,300
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[9th of 195]
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Urbanization
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45 |
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[131st of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; The Nobel Foundation; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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