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Africa > Nigeria > People

NIGERIAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 42.3 [40th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 54.6 [186th of 226]
Definition: People > Age structure > 15-64 years
Age structure > 65 years and over 3.1 % [180th of 225]
Definition: People > Age structure > 65 years and over
Birth rate 37.23 births/1,000 population Time series [31st of 226]
Definition: People > Birth rate
Chinese population 2,000 [70th of 127]
Definition: People > Chinese population
Death rate 16.88 deaths/1,000 population Time series [15th of 226]
Definition: People > Death rate
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%
Definition: People > Ethnic groups
Nobel prize laureates 1 [27th of 44]
Definition: People > Nobel prize laureates
Percentage living in urban areas 47% [127th of 199]
Definition: People > Percentage living in urban areas
Population 146,255,312 Time series [9th of 242]
Definition: People > Population
Population growth rate 2.025% Time series [63rd of 235]
Definition: People > Population growth rate
Population in 2015 160,931 [8th of 225]
Definition: People > Population in 2015
Projected population growth 139.73% [24th of 141]
Definition: People > Projected population growth
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.04 [45th of 223]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > 15-64 years
Sex ratio > Total population 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [31st of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Total population
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [57th of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Under 15 years
Total fertility rate 5.01 children born/woman Time series [31st of 225]
Definition: People > Total fertility rate
Total Population 131,859,731 [9th of 227]
Definition: People > Total Population
Urban population 63,397,300 Time series [9th of 195]
Definition: People > Urban population
Urbanization 45 [131st of 204]
Definition: People > Urbanization

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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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