Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Nigeria is projected at 0.06 million, up by -0.29% compared with 0.06 million in 2020. Nigeria is ranked th in terms of population and th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 7.75 million births in Nigeria in 2021. That is 21,228 per day, which is ranked th. The crude birth rate is 36.6 per 1000 people. There are 2.38 million deaths in Nigeria in 2021. That is 6,520 per day, which is ranked th. The crude death rate is 11.23 per 1000 people.
111.53 million people are living in urban areas, which is 52.75% of Nigeria population. Nigeria is ranked th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Nigeria in 2021 is 102.78 males per 100 females. There are 107.15 million males and 104.25 million females in Nigeria. The percentage of female population is 49.31% compare to 50.69% male population. Nigeria has 2.90 million more males than females. Nigeria is at th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
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 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
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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 |
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 |
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 |