Demographics of Nigeria

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Nigeria population

Year Population Growth (%)
195037,256-
195540,7091.99
196044,9862.03
196549,3821.63
197052,5651.13
197555,3990.94
198057,5800.72
198559,5940.7
199061,6300.63
199563,4390.54
200065,0170.48
200566,2600.16
201065,388-0.44
201563,695-0.54
201663,360-0.53
201763,040-0.51
201862,763-0.44
201962,508-0.41
202062,273-0.38
202162,092-0.29
  • Total
  • Crude

Nigeria death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,172,2291,758,25030.6845.99
19551,181,4721,904,37728.6846.28
19601,193,5842,095,75526.3846.34
19651,224,5782,303,81124.3945.94
19701,280,9962,600,33322.8146.32
19751,347,4353,012,55521.1347.23
19801,421,5243,439,13019.4146.94
19851,562,6453,825,80918.6345.67
19901,770,5534,217,44118.5844.27
19951,990,8874,697,55518.4143.45
20002,194,4135,288,00017.8943.16
20052,262,8995,921,40616.2742.54
20102,269,2816,568,64314.2741.34
20152,301,2907,137,10212.6939.36
20202,359,4467,639,48611.4237.01
20212,379,6317,748,31911.2336.60
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Nigeria

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,539,99434,319,750-9.350
19554,952,84436,132,7197.0112.055
19606,955,73738,182,0757.0515.410
19658,296,77141,830,4433.6216.551
19709,942,29746,039,1033.7617.760
197512,535,58450,837,9884.9719.780
198016,139,32157,321,4035.0621.970
198521,434,26662,179,0345.7425.635
199028,276,13266,993,8565.5929.680
199534,785,54573,225,9204.1832.205
200042,627,44079,724,5694.1434.840
200554,288,91884,650,5604.9339.074
201068,949,82889,628,4334.8643.480
201586,673,09494,508,6504.5447.838
2020107,112,52699,040,1754.1951.958
2021111,530,09299,916,5814.1252.746
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Nigeria population by Age Group (2011)

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