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Nigeria
Community
Area 923,768 square kilometres (land area 910,768 square kilometres)
Population,
21,826,389 (1946)
33,000,000 (1950)
45,100,000 (1960) +36.7%
56,000,000 (1970) +24.2%
73,500,000 (1980) +31.3%
95,300,000 (1990) +29.7%
122,350,000 (2000) +28.4%
158,600,000 (2010) +29.6%
206,100,000 (2020) +29.9%
Religion, %
|
|
Animist |
Christian All |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
Muslim Sunni |
|
1970 |
34.0 |
22.0 |
|
|
40.0 |
|
1980 |
19.0 |
34.0 |
|
|
47.0 |
|
1990 |
|
34.0 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
48.0 |
|
2016 |
|
51.9 |
30.6 |
10.0 |
47.3 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
55.0 (+28.0) |
207.0 |
27.0 |
45.7 |
2.4 |
13.1 |
|
1962 |
6.3 |
52.0 (+26.5) |
190.0 |
25.5 |
41.9 |
2.9 |
15.9 |
|
1972 |
6.6 |
49.0 (+26.8) |
120.0 |
22.2 |
43.0 |
2.8 |
18.5 |
|
1980 |
6.8 |
47.0 (+27.6) |
129.0 |
19.4 |
44.1 |
2.8 |
22.0 |
|
1990 |
6.5 |
44.0 (+25.4) |
125.1 |
18.6 |
45.0 |
2.9 |
29.7 |
|
2000 |
6.1 |
43.0 (+25.0) |
110.9 |
18.0 |
43.6 |
2.8 |
34.9 |
|
2010 |
5.8 |
41.0 (+26.7) |
84.1 |
14.3 |
44.0 |
2.7 |
43.5 |
|
2015 |
5.6 |
39.4 (+26.6) |
78.7 |
12.8 |
44.1 |
2.7 |
47.8 |
|
2017 |
5.5 |
38.4 (+26.2) |
76.9 |
12.2 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
75.7 |
|
43.9 |
2.7 |
50.3 |
Life expectancy,
36.5 (1952); 35.0 (M), 38.0 (F)
37.0 (1960); 35.6 (M), 38.4 (F)
41.0 (1970); 39.6 (M), 42.3 (F)
45.3 (1980); 44.1 (M), 46.6 (F)
45.9 (1990); 44.7 (M), 47.2 (F)
46.3 (2000); 45.4 (M), 47.2 (F)
50.8 (2010); 50.1 (M), 51.6 (F)
54.8 (2020); 53.9 (M), 55.7 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
ABUJA1 |
Ibadan |
Ilorin |
Kano2 |
|
1945 |
|
328 |
55 |
90 |
|
1950 |
|
459 |
|
118 |
|
1960 |
|
568 |
|
192 |
|
1970 |
|
760 |
100 |
313 |
|
1975 |
|
847 |
282 |
399 |
|
1991 |
379 |
1,200 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
1,365 |
464 |
657 |
|
2009 |
1,857 |
2,762 MA |
|
3,304 MA |
|
2011 |
2,044 MA |
3,160 MA |
908 |
3,333 MA |
1Construction of the new city of Abuja began in 1976.� Abuja was officially designated as the capital of Nigeria in 1982.
2Kano was founded ca. 1000 BC
Population of principal cities, 1,000s MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
Lagos3 |
MA |
Ogbomosho |
Port Harcourt |
|
1850 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
1900 |
41 |
|
|
|
|
1910 |
53 |
|
|
|
|
1920 |
100 |
|
|
|
|
1930 |
126 |
|
|
|
|
1940 |
150 |
|
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
82 |
|
|
1950 |
250 |
|
127 |
|
|
1960 |
550 |
|
206 |
133 |
|
1970 |
800 |
1,400 |
336 |
|
|
1975 |
1,001 |
|
432 |
242 |
|
1991 |
|
5,686 |
|
|
|
1995 |
1,484 |
|
|
400 |
|
2006 |
|
|
654 |
|
|
2009 |
|
10,203 |
|
|
|
2011 |
1,171 |
16,060 |
|
1,006 MA |
3Lagos was the capital until replaced by Abuja in 1982. Its name is Portuguese for �lake�.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values) GDP per
capita rose rapidly in the late 1970s due to oil exports; however it fell back
in the 1990s.
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1953 |
1,900 |
0.53 |
56 |
|
|
1960 |
4,196 |
0.77 |
93 |
3.09 |
|
1965 |
5,874 |
0.79 |
117 |
3.06 |
|
1970 |
12,545 |
1.21 |
274 |
5.22 |
|
1975 |
27,780 |
1.70 |
438 |
5.60 |
|
1980 |
64,200 |
2.30 |
874 |
6.94 |
|
1985 |
28,875 |
0.69 |
345 |
1.89 |
|
1990 |
30,757 |
0.53 |
323 |
1.35 |
|
1995 |
28,546 |
0.39 |
264 |
0.88 |
|
2000 |
46,386 |
0.47 |
380 |
1.04 |
|
2005 |
112,250 |
0.86 |
810 |
1.83 |
|
2010 |
369,000 |
2.47 |
2,325 |
4.81 |
|
2015 |
481,100 |
2.67 |
2,655 |
4.72 |
|
2016 |
405,100 |
2.18 |
2,180 |
3.79 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
71.0 |
|
10.0 |
|
19.0 |
|
1980 |
26.0 |
54.0 |
5.0 |
10.0 |
79.0 |
36.0 |
|
1990 |
36.0 |
48.0 |
24.0 |
7.0 |
40.0 |
45.0 |
|
2000 |
31.2 |
70.0 |
43.8 |
10.0 |
25.0 |
20.0 |
|
2010 |
31.9 |
70.0 |
32.9 |
10.0 |
35.2 |
20.0 |
|
2016 |
21.2 |
|
18.4 |
|
60.4 |
|
Communications
Language Official; English, French; also, Fulani, Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba
Literacy
15.0% (1960)
34.0% (1980); 45.6% (M), 23.0% (F)
42.5% (1985); 54.0% (M), 31.0% (F)
57.3% (1995); 67.3% (M), 47.3% (F)
65.4% (2000); 73.3% (M), 57.7% (F)
72.0% (2010); 80.1% (M), 64.1% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1956 |
|
|
33,700 |
16,800 |
|
|
1960 |
|
|
|
36,800 |
23,900 |
|
1962 |
73,252 |
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
|
|
74,700 |
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
410,315 |
|
|
|
1977 |
105,000 |
|
|
133,700 |
|
|
1980 |
108,000 |
|
633,268 |
200,000 |
90,731 |
|
1986 |
|
|
1,405,000 |
785,000 |
|
|
1990 |
142,837 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
194,394 |
|
|
910,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
28,980 |
|
941,000 |
668,660 |
|
2010 |
196,106 |
|
6,600,000 |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
|
10,600,000 |
|
|
|
2017 |
|
|
11,458,370 |
5,098,900 |
6,164,300 |
Railways; First railway opened 1901
Length, kilometres
752 (1910)
1,813 (1920)
2,830 (1930)
3,064 (1940)
3,064 (1950)
3,061 (1955)
3,011 (1961)
3,009 (1965)
3,505 (1975)
3,505 (2005)
3,798 (2015)
Electronic communications, TV broadcasting began 1959
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios 1,000s |
Television 1,000s |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
1943 |
8,120 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
1962 |
47,998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
1968 |
74,725 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
5,100 |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
128,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
155,000 |
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
6,600 |
455 |
|
|
|
1990 |
289,200 |
|
18,870 |
3,500 |
|
|
|
1993 |
|
9,000 |
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
1995 |
|
13,000 |
22,000 |
6,100 |
500,000 |
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
2000 |
553,300 |
30,000 |
23,000 |
10,000 |
750,000 |
200,000 |
|
2005 |
|
18,587,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 |
5,000,000 |
|
2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
24,000,000 |
|
2010 |
|
87,288,000 |
|
|
|
44,500,000 |
|
2012 |
418,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
|
154,342,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
91,600,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Nigeria,
345,169 (1982)
340,000 (1985)
306,200 (1988)
656,000 (1995)
831,000 (2000)
1,010,000 (2005)
1,555,000 (2010)
600,000 (2013)