| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 08 May 2024 |
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.
| 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 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 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 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | |