Nigeria's Population Growth Rate: 2.5%

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The population of Nigeria is estimated to be 222.2 million in 2023 using United Nations estimates.

Nigeria's grew at 2.5% in the last year and is ranked the 1st most populated country in Africa, ahead of Ethiopia.

Did you know that population data for Nigeria is rated as E quality?

Nigeria last conducted a national census in 2018 and 42.6% of births are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Nigeria compares to other countries around the globe and in Africa.

Population Growth Rate: Nigeria


Source: World Economics & United Nations
0 0 0 Nigeria|#FE1800|1.49074412799873, 1.59090865321079, 1.6670084501428, 1.72527152350521, 1.77169157163957, 1.81208973351085, 1.85152181714174, 1.89407751932162, 1.94241494086878, 1.995517512385, 2.04949393488391, 2.09764028276575, 2.13293191991515, 2.15233581826735, 2.16268193935438, 2.174534670499, 2.19505384916766, 2.22376841369257, 2.26297882744469, 2.3120898272357, 2.34868826562585, 2.38899992439393, 2.46958479890153, 2.59928804334853, 2.75162119557145, 2.91457313233131, 3.03850521161167, 3.07839958773351, 3.01597840914316, 2.89023545741792, 2.74687939087089, 2.63390866749898, 2.56666042297948, 2.56112834123788, 2.59552027294904, 2.63708328694107, 2.66028783580926, 2.6658734177911, 2.6469977779149, 2.61285293463309, 2.57863115260111, 2.55363619341155, 2.53494379309107, 2.52476245280816, 2.52117455725106, 2.52013604396451, 2.5200213639286, 2.52261678477578, 2.52776649828628, 2.53546587748932, 2.54342083905387, 2.55357658688196, 2.56971676407022, 2.59269868255524, 2.61940806864182, 2.64522423192929, 2.66711884921039, 2.68528890169043, 2.69869381850179, 2.70744574860969, 2.71406313473678, 2.71718978302151, 2.71305894595203, 2.70083537400418, 2.6827611751964, 2.66250291891593, 2.64196416089882, 2.62029282710321, 2.59804782838579, 2.57558280341938, 2.55221089581401, 2.52895515428369, 2.50774805657804 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,








 





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Demographic Indicators: Nigeria 2020 2021 2022 2023
Population Annual Growth Rate (%) 2.58 2.55 2.53 2.51
Total Population (Millions) 206.1 211.4 216.7 222.2
Unemployment Rate (%)



Latest data: Data
Age Dependency Ratio: Young (2020, %) 73.3
Age Dependency Ratio: Old (2020, %) 5.5
Age Dependency Ratio: Total (2020, %) 78.8
Last Census Year (Most recent value) 2018
Registration of Births (Most recent value, %) 42.6




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