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🇳🇬 Nigeria

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NGA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NG
UN M49 numeric566
IOC codeNGR
Official nameFederal Republic of Nigeria
Native name(s)eng: official: Federal Republic of Nigeria; common: Nigeria
Alt spellingsNG, Nijeriya, Naíjíríà, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalAbuja
Area (km²)923,768
Lat / Lng10.0000, 8.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BEN, CMR, TCD, NER
Top-level domain.ng
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 34

Demographics

Population (World Bank)237,527,782 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)54.635 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Nigerian; m: Nigerian; fra: f: Nigériane; m: Nigérian
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)290,794,361,542.112 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,224.254 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.064 (2025)
CurrenciesNGN: name: Nigerian naira; symbol: ₦

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195037,283,010
195137,994,077
195238,716,202
195339,439,820
195440,176,323
195540,935,635
195641,716,055
195742,517,476
195843,324,645
195944,161,681
196045,053,782
196145,989,310
196246,965,292
196347,973,575
196449,012,016
196550,086,764
196651,188,234
196752,293,065
196853,432,783
196954,631,914
197055,893,838
197157,214,684
197258,601,748
197360,082,139
197461,679,144
197563,410,815
197665,258,009
197767,234,590
197869,326,532
197971,498,242
198073,764,641
198176,068,103
198278,378,701
198380,438,260
198482,526,443
198584,897,973
198687,235,953
198789,591,716
198892,020,090
198994,531,014
199097,120,925
199199,720,162
1992102,372,770
1993105,122,069
1994107,935,714
1995110,819,428
1996113,754,779
1997116,754,792
1998119,846,254
1999123,047,320
2000126,382,494
2001129,862,595
2002133,471,989
2003137,202,644
2004141,057,045
2005145,017,253
2006149,077,334
2007153,267,261
2008157,595,014
2009162,049,464
2010166,642,886
2011171,379,598
2012176,200,625
2013181,049,443
2014185,896,915
2015190,671,878
2016195,443,700
2017200,254,579
2018204,938,755
2019209,485,641
2020213,996,181
2021218,529,286
2022223,150,896
2023227,882,945

Full raw record (JSON)

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