NationMaster - Nigerian People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	42.3		[40th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	54.6		[186th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	3.1 %		[180th of 225]
Chinese population	2,000		[70th of 127]
Gender development	0.449		[121st of 141]
Nobel prize laureates	1		[27th of 44]
Percentage living in urban areas	47%		[127th of 199]
Population in 2015	160,931		[8th of 225]
Projected population growth	139.73%		[24th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.04		[45th of 223]
Urban population growth > annual %	3.97 annual %	...	[28th of 195]
Urbanization	45		[131st of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	23.4%		[120th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	55.5%		[99th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	78		[102nd of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	64		[111st of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	15		[148th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	102		[156th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	800		[23rd of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	42		[148th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; 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; 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; 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); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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Idorenyin Willie
24th May 2005

I think the forth coming Census should count Nigerians as one. By this I mean the oneness of my country, Nigeria should superceed the show off of which tribe is the most populous. There should be no room for counting of goats, hens. lambs among other just to ensure supremacy - it might strangle the result of the Census because there is a vow to stop it this time. I am proud to be a NIGERIAN. Thanks to our able president.

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