Demographics of Nigeria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	08 May 2024

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There are 115.86 million males and 113.29 million females in Nigeria. The percentage of the male population is 50.56%, compared to 49.44% of the female population. Nigeria has 2.56 million more males than females, the 5th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Nigeria in 2024 will be 102.263 males per 100 females. Nigeria is in the 196th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Nigeria population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	37,189,369	1.90
1955	40,839,223	1.88
1960	44,928,342	2.01
1965	49,925,799	2.18
1970	55,569,264	2.25
1975	62,851,312	2.80
1980	72,951,439	3.08
1985	83,585,251	2.66
1990	95,214,257	2.63
1995	108,187,610	2.53
2000	122,851,984	2.63
2005	140,490,722	2.69
2010	160,952,853	2.76
2015	183,995,785	2.49
2020	208,327,405	2.44
2021	213,401,323	2.37
2022	218,541,212	2.39
2023	223,804,632	2.37
2024	229,152,217	2.35

Population
Growth

Nigeria death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	1,009,623	1,696,576	27.144	45.613
1955	1,088,067	1,868,836	26.635	45.747
1960	1,178,708	2,071,559	26.235	46.107
1965	1,258,330	2,319,607	25.207	46.467
1970	1,353,093	2,594,511	24.347	46.685
1975	1,336,292	3,020,729	21.269	48.079
1980	1,396,900	3,459,590	19.170	47.476
1985	1,570,962	3,777,044	18.795	45.189
1990	1,773,185	4,167,695	18.631	43.791
1995	2,040,259	4,732,369	18.859	43.744
2000	2,145,653	5,344,502	17.464	43.500
2005	2,232,152	6,053,810	15.883	43.075
2010	2,354,679	6,775,913	14.628	42.094
2015	2,541,011	7,273,185	13.803	39.510
2020	2,708,008	7,806,449	12.997	37.467
2021	2,792,704	7,923,294	13.083	37.117
2022	2,717,203	8,002,758	12.431	36.611
2023	2,747,861	8,109,136	12.275	36.224
2024	2,780,512	8,234,398	12.131	35.925

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Nigeria
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	3,539,994	34,319,750	9.350
1955	4,952,844	36,132,719	12.055
1960	6,955,737	38,182,075	15.410
1965	8,296,771	41,830,443	16.551
1970	9,942,297	46,039,103	17.760
1975	12,535,584	50,837,988	19.780
1980	16,139,321	57,321,403	21.970
1985	21,434,266	62,179,034	25.635
1990	28,276,132	66,993,856	29.680
1995	34,785,545	73,225,920	32.205
2000	42,627,440	79,724,569	34.840
2005	54,288,918	84,650,560	39.074
2010	68,949,828	89,628,433	43.480
2015	86,673,094	94,508,650	47.838
2020	107,112,526	99,040,175	51.958
2021	111,530,092	99,916,581	52.746
2022	116,057,853	100,786,283	53.521
2023	120,696,717	101,651,655	54.283
2024	125,447,884	102,515,388	55.030

Population
Urbanization

Nigeria population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	18,456,672	17,988,461	36,445,132	15.90	102.603
05-09	16,258,817	15,815,353	32,074,169	14.00	102.804
10-14	14,637,785	14,153,570	28,791,356	12.56	103.421
15-19	12,757,579	12,282,187	25,039,767	10.93	103.871
20-24	10,633,395	10,255,424	20,888,819	9.12	103.686
25-29	8,650,856	8,400,278	17,051,133	7.44	102.983
30-34	7,213,574	7,027,775	14,241,348	6.21	102.644
35-39	6,125,943	6,007,185	12,133,128	5.29	101.977
40-44	5,375,390	5,283,408	10,658,797	4.65	101.741
45-49	4,427,838	4,368,805	8,796,644	3.84	101.351
50-54	3,397,491	3,389,277	6,786,768	2.96	100.242
55-59	2,615,942	2,655,495	5,271,437	2.30	98.511
60-64	2,014,103	2,088,954	4,103,058	1.79	96.417
65-69	1,451,251	1,543,582	2,994,832	1.31	94.018
70-74	944,556	1,028,085	1,972,640	0.86	91.875
75-79	552,645	602,868	1,155,514	0.50	91.669
80-84	253,530	286,659	540,189	0.24	88.443
85-89	76,511	94,704	171,216	0.07	80.790
90-94	13,094	19,566	32,660	0.01	66.922
95-99	1,141	2,280	3,421	0.00	50.044
100+	49	140	188	0.00	35.000
Total	115,858,162	113,294,056	229,152,216		102.263

Population pyramid
Gender ratio