Nigeria · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Nigeria (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Nigeria? Answer: Current population of Nigeria is: 223 836 019*[1], area 923768 km², population density 242.31 p/km². Capital of Nigeria is Abuja. Continent: Africa.

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Nigeria · Population 1950-2100

Nigeria · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Nigeria as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Nigeria population at your birthday?*

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Current Nigeria population

223 836 019

Today This year
Population growth Today
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Changes every 6.608 sec.
Population growth This year
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Births Today
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Changes every 4.411 sec.
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Deaths Today
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Changes every 13.268 sec.
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Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Nigeria population map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)
• Population Growth rate: 13075 / day = 544.81 / hour = 9.08 / minute = 0.1513 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 19587 / day = 816.13 / hour = 13.602 / minute = 0.2264 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 6512 / day = 271.33 / hour = 4.522 / minute = 0.0754 / seconds.

Current Nigeria population by age and sex for 2024-03-19*

  Male % Female
0-4 18 989 143 ⇐+5.7% 17 961 236
5-9 16 758 325 ⇐+5.5% 15 880 876
10-14 14 531 448 ⇐+5.4% 13 788 739
15-19 12 234 147 ⇐+5.5% 11 593 296
20-24 9 895 771 ⇐+5.3% 9 394 281
25-29 8 204 561 ⇐+5% 7 812 996
30-34 7 216 331 ⇐+4.7% 6 893 293
35-39 6 400 230 ⇐+4.4% 6 127 967
40-44 5 342 889 ⇐+3.7% 5 152 375
45-49 4 132 733 ⇐+2.3% 4 039 237
50-54 3 149 261 +0.3%⇒ 3 160 195
55-59 2 523 543 +1.7%⇒ 2 565 763
60-64 1 846 875 +6%⇒ 1 957 663
65-69 1 267 862 +10.4%⇒ 1 399 282
70-74 897 457 +6%⇒ 951 625
75-79 518 615 +8.8%⇒ 564 239
80-84 231 210 +14.1%⇒ 263 810
85-89 73 990 +17.8%⇒ 87 142
90-94 12 194 +25.3%⇒ 15 278
95-99 -103 +-296.1%⇒ 202
100+ 19 +36.8%⇒ 26

Sources: [1]

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Population for cities or regions in Nigeria (48)

Aba Abia
Abakaliki Ebonyi
Abeokuta Ogun
Abuja Federal Capital Territory
Ado Ekiti Ekiti
Akure Ondo
Bauchi Bauchi
Benin City Edo
Calabar Cross River
Damaturu Yobe
Effon Alaiye Ekiti
Enugu Enugu
Gboko Benue
Gombe Gombe
Gusau Zamfara
Ibadan Oyo
Ife Osun
Ikorodu Lagos
Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom
Ilesha Osun
Ilorin Kwara
Iseyin Oyo
Jimeta Adamawa
Jos Plateau
Kaduna Kaduna
Kano Kano
Katsina Katsina
Lagos Lagos
Maiduguri Borno
Makurdi Benue
Minna Niger
Modakeke Osun
Nnewi Anambra
Ogbomosho Oyo
Okene Kogi
Okpogho Anambra
Ondo Ondo
Onitsha Anambra
Oshogbo Osun
Owerri Imo
Owo Ondo
Oyo Oyo
Port Harcourt Rivers
Sokoto Sokoto
Umuahia Abia
Uyo Akwa Ibom
Warri Delta
Zaria Kaduna

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).