Demographics of Nigeria

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date08 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Nigeria population

Year Population Growth (%)
195037,189,3691.90
195540,839,2231.88
196044,928,3422.01
196549,925,7992.18
197055,569,2642.25
197562,851,3122.80
198072,951,4393.08
198583,585,2512.66
199095,214,2572.63
1995108,187,6102.53
2000122,851,9842.63
2005140,490,7222.69
2010160,952,8532.76
2015183,995,7852.49
2020208,327,4052.44
2021213,401,3232.37
2022218,541,2122.39
2023223,804,6322.37
2024229,152,2172.35
  • Total
  • Crude

Nigeria death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,009,6231,696,57627.14445.613
19551,088,0671,868,83626.63545.747
19601,178,7082,071,55926.23546.107
19651,258,3302,319,60725.20746.467
19701,353,0932,594,51124.34746.685
19751,336,2923,020,72921.26948.079
19801,396,9003,459,59019.17047.476
19851,570,9623,777,04418.79545.189
19901,773,1854,167,69518.63143.791
19952,040,2594,732,36918.85943.744
20002,145,6535,344,50217.46443.500
20052,232,1526,053,81015.88343.075
20102,354,6796,775,91314.62842.094
20152,541,0117,273,18513.80339.510
20202,708,0087,806,44912.99737.467
20212,792,7047,923,29413.08337.117
20222,717,2038,002,75812.43136.611
20232,747,8618,109,13612.27536.224
20242,780,5128,234,39812.13135.925
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Nigeria

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19503,539,99434,319,7509.350
19554,952,84436,132,71912.055
19606,955,73738,182,07515.410
19658,296,77141,830,44316.551
19709,942,29746,039,10317.760
197512,535,58450,837,98819.780
198016,139,32157,321,40321.970
198521,434,26662,179,03425.635
199028,276,13266,993,85629.680
199534,785,54573,225,92032.205
200042,627,44079,724,56934.840
200554,288,91884,650,56039.074
201068,949,82889,628,43343.480
201586,673,09494,508,65047.838
2020107,112,52699,040,17551.958
2021111,530,09299,916,58152.746
2022116,057,853100,786,28353.521
2023120,696,717101,651,65554.283
2024125,447,884102,515,38855.030
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Nigeria population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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