Demographics of Nigeria
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 37,256 | - |
1955 | 40,709 | 1.99 |
1960 | 44,986 | 2.03 |
1965 | 49,382 | 1.63 |
1970 | 52,565 | 1.13 |
1975 | 55,399 | 0.94 |
1980 | 57,580 | 0.72 |
1985 | 59,594 | 0.7 |
1990 | 61,630 | 0.63 |
1995 | 63,439 | 0.54 |
2000 | 65,017 | 0.48 |
2005 | 66,260 | 0.16 |
2010 | 65,388 | -0.44 |
2015 | 63,695 | -0.54 |
2016 | 63,360 | -0.53 |
2017 | 63,040 | -0.51 |
2018 | 62,763 | -0.44 |
2019 | 62,508 | -0.41 |
2020 | 62,273 | -0.38 |
2021 | 62,092 | -0.29 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 1,172,229 | 1,758,250 | 30.68 | 45.99 |
1955 | 1,181,472 | 1,904,377 | 28.68 | 46.28 |
1960 | 1,193,584 | 2,095,755 | 26.38 | 46.34 |
1965 | 1,224,578 | 2,303,811 | 24.39 | 45.94 |
1970 | 1,280,996 | 2,600,333 | 22.81 | 46.32 |
1975 | 1,347,435 | 3,012,555 | 21.13 | 47.23 |
1980 | 1,421,524 | 3,439,130 | 19.41 | 46.94 |
1985 | 1,562,645 | 3,825,809 | 18.63 | 45.67 |
1990 | 1,770,553 | 4,217,441 | 18.58 | 44.27 |
1995 | 1,990,887 | 4,697,555 | 18.41 | 43.45 |
2000 | 2,194,413 | 5,288,000 | 17.89 | 43.16 |
2005 | 2,262,899 | 5,921,406 | 16.27 | 42.54 |
2010 | 2,269,281 | 6,568,643 | 14.27 | 41.34 |
2015 | 2,301,290 | 7,137,102 | 12.69 | 39.36 |
2020 | 2,359,446 | 7,639,486 | 11.42 | 37.01 |
2021 | 2,379,631 | 7,748,319 | 11.23 | 36.60 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 3,539,994 | 34,319,750 | - | 9.350 |
1955 | 4,952,844 | 36,132,719 | 7.01 | 12.055 |
1960 | 6,955,737 | 38,182,075 | 7.05 | 15.410 |
1965 | 8,296,771 | 41,830,443 | 3.62 | 16.551 |
1970 | 9,942,297 | 46,039,103 | 3.76 | 17.760 |
1975 | 12,535,584 | 50,837,988 | 4.97 | 19.780 |
1980 | 16,139,321 | 57,321,403 | 5.06 | 21.970 |
1985 | 21,434,266 | 62,179,034 | 5.74 | 25.635 |
1990 | 28,276,132 | 66,993,856 | 5.59 | 29.680 |
1995 | 34,785,545 | 73,225,920 | 4.18 | 32.205 |
2000 | 42,627,440 | 79,724,569 | 4.14 | 34.840 |
2005 | 54,288,918 | 84,650,560 | 4.93 | 39.074 |
2010 | 68,949,828 | 89,628,433 | 4.86 | 43.480 |
2015 | 86,673,094 | 94,508,650 | 4.54 | 47.838 |
2020 | 107,112,526 | 99,040,175 | 4.19 | 51.958 |
2021 | 111,530,092 | 99,916,581 | 4.12 | 52.746 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 17,651,819 | 16,818,907 | 34,470,726 | 16.31 | 104.952 |
05-09 | 15,633,685 | 14,952,037 | 30,585,722 | 14.47 | 104.559 |
10-14 | 13,521,470 | 12,977,195 | 26,498,665 | 12.53 | 104.194 |
15-19 | 11,489,157 | 11,077,974 | 22,567,131 | 10.68 | 103.712 |
20-24 | 9,474,857 | 9,186,463 | 18,661,320 | 8.83 | 103.139 |
25-29 | 7,863,762 | 7,646,421 | 15,510,183 | 7.34 | 102.842 |
30-34 | 6,748,063 | 6,564,660 | 13,312,723 | 6.30 | 102.794 |
35-39 | 5,872,832 | 5,705,890 | 11,578,722 | 5.48 | 102.926 |
40-44 | 4,934,037 | 4,817,794 | 9,751,831 | 4.61 | 102.413 |
45-49 | 3,949,342 | 3,907,717 | 7,857,059 | 3.72 | 101.065 |
50-54 | 3,051,109 | 3,094,428 | 6,145,537 | 2.91 | 98.600 |
55-59 | 2,390,734 | 2,486,664 | 4,877,398 | 2.31 | 96.142 |
60-64 | 1,814,530 | 1,940,075 | 3,754,605 | 1.78 | 93.529 |
65-69 | 1,265,046 | 1,402,997 | 2,668,043 | 1.26 | 90.167 |
70-74 | 830,140 | 920,714 | 1,750,854 | 0.83 | 90.163 |
75-79 | 444,816 | 499,300 | 944,116 | 0.45 | 89.088 |
80-84 | 168,756 | 195,512 | 364,268 | 0.17 | 86.315 |
85-89 | 40,441 | 48,814 | 89,255 | 0.04 | 82.847 |
90-94 | 5,028 | 6,587 | 11,615 | 0.01 | 76.332 |
95-99 | 358 | 540 | 898 | 0.00 | 66.296 |
100+ | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0.00 | 65.000 |
Total | 107,149,995 | 104,250,709 | 211,400,704 | 102.781 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio