Demographics of Nigeria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	16 Oct 2024

As of 2024, the population of Nigeria is projected at 232.68 million, compared to 227.88 million in 2023. It is the most populous country in Africa and the sixth-most populous country in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 2.07 percent, the 47th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 117.67 million males and 115.01 million females in Nigeria. The percentage of the male population is 50.57%, compared to 49.43% of the female population. Nigeria has 2.67 million more males than females, the 6th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Nigeria in 2024 will be 102.320 males per 100 females. Nigeria is in the 194th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Nigeria population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	18,567,218	18,715,792	37,283,010	1.88	99.206
1955	20,328,356	20,607,279	40,935,635	1.88	98.646
1960	22,313,789	22,739,993	45,053,782	2.03	98.126
1965	24,755,924	25,330,839	50,086,764	2.19	97.730
1970	27,582,518	28,311,320	55,893,838	2.33	97.426
1975	31,322,584	32,088,232	63,410,815	2.83	97.614
1980	36,523,047	37,241,594	73,764,641	3.15	98.071
1985	42,134,571	42,763,402	84,897,973	2.77	98.530
1990	48,360,052	48,760,872	97,120,925	2.71	99.178
1995	55,334,418	55,485,010	110,819,428	2.62	99.729
2000	63,286,567	63,095,927	126,382,494	2.70	100.302
2005	72,861,023	72,156,231	145,017,253	2.76	100.977
2010	83,894,724	82,748,161	166,642,886	2.81	101.386
2015	96,153,144	94,518,735	190,671,878	2.47	101.729
2020	108,098,757	105,897,424	213,996,181	2.11	102.079
2021	110,418,030	108,111,257	218,529,286	2.08	102.134
2022	112,784,704	110,366,192	223,150,896	2.10	102.191
2023	115,206,932	112,676,013	227,882,945	2.10	102.246
2024	117,673,770	115,005,707	232,679,478	2.07	102.320

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	35.528	18.062	6.419
1955	36.336	18.224	6.402
1960	37.207	18.276	6.364
1965	38.221	18.302	6.367
1970	40.008	17.886	6.466
1975	43.054	17.308	6.773
1980	45.959	16.699	6.847
1985	46.193	16.224	6.616
1990	45.733	16.151	6.459
1995	45.870	16.460	6.273
2000	47.143	16.825	6.124
2005	49.538	16.843	6.063
2010	51.315	16.654	5.948
2015	51.939	16.666	5.503
2020	53.072	17.214	4.700
2021	53.455	17.387	4.636
2022	54.079	17.567	4.552
2023	54.462	17.754	4.482
2024	54.635	17.945	4.382

Total
Crude

Nigeria death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	1,025,753	1,706,938	27.513	45.783
1955	1,105,754	1,887,407	27.012	46.107
1960	1,191,984	2,093,279	26.457	46.462
1965	1,287,109	2,348,954	25.698	46.898
1970	1,352,961	2,648,473	24.206	47.384
1975	1,389,086	3,107,689	21.906	49.009
1980	1,440,350	3,561,961	19.526	48.288
1985	1,606,955	3,896,700	18.928	45.899
1990	1,831,199	4,323,148	18.855	44.513
1995	2,054,000	4,884,848	18.535	44.079
2000	2,203,964	5,547,161	17.439	43.892
2005	2,275,677	6,289,434	15.692	43.370
2010	2,392,929	7,022,105	14.360	42.139
2015	2,603,771	7,426,774	13.656	38.951
2020	2,693,283	7,218,484	12.586	33.732
2021	2,689,256	7,330,875	12.306	33.546
2022	2,667,414	7,406,815	11.953	33.192
2023	2,675,442	7,509,758	11.740	32.954
2024	2,708,530	7,560,407	11.641	32.493

Population
Urbanization

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 pyramid
Gender ratio

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	17,124,785	16,704,305	33,829,090	14.54	102.517
05-09	16,125,159	15,675,358	31,800,517	13.67	102.869
10-14	15,152,791	14,648,404	29,801,195	12.81	103.443
15-19	13,280,320	12,786,667	26,066,987	11.20	103.861
20-24	11,130,512	10,731,427	21,861,940	9.40	103.719
25-29	9,017,930	8,715,678	17,733,608	7.62	103.468
30-34	7,538,669	7,304,101	14,842,771	6.38	103.211
35-39	6,415,364	6,256,761	12,672,124	5.45	102.535
40-44	5,608,713	5,475,974	11,084,687	4.76	102.424
45-49	4,630,435	4,548,940	9,179,376	3.95	101.792
50-54	3,531,762	3,525,540	7,057,301	3.03	100.176
55-59	2,703,817	2,751,296	5,455,113	2.34	98.274
60-64	2,046,330	2,154,829	4,201,158	1.81	94.965
65-69	1,476,034	1,601,161	3,077,196	1.32	92.185
70-74	961,962	1,073,053	2,035,016	0.87	89.647
75-79	566,306	629,688	1,195,994	0.51	89.934
80-84	264,848	299,181	564,029	0.24	88.524
85-89	82,397	100,227	182,624	0.08	82.210
90-94	14,370	20,622	34,992	0.02	69.683
95-99	1,218	2,352	3,570	0.00	51.786
100+	49	142	191	0.00	34.507
Total	117,673,771	115,005,706	232,679,479		102.320