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Crime > Violent crime Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & United States

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STAT Nigeria United States HISTORY
Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 1.5
Ranked 127th.
88.8
Ranked 1st. 59 times more than Nigeria
Murder rate 18,422
Ranked 5th. 42% more than United States
12,996
Ranked 9th.

Murder rate per million people 121.83
Ranked 54th. 3 times more than United States
42.01
Ranked 43th.

Murders 18,422
Ranked 5th. 42% more than United States
12,996
Ranked 9th.

Murders per million people 121.83
Ranked 54th. 3 times more than United States
42.01
Ranked 43th.

SOURCES: Annexe I of the Small Arms Survey 2007 ; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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