Nigeria's population rose from 114M in 1996 to 238M in 2025.
Nigeria · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Nigeria's population growth fell from 2.6 % in 1996 to 2.1 % in 2025.
Nigeria's population density rose from 118.5 in 1994 to 250.2 in 2023.
Nigeria's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.0 % in 1996 to 49.4 % in 2025.
Nigeria's urbanisation rose from 40.0 % in 1996 to 63.8 % in 2025.
Nigeria's urban population rose from 45.4M in 1996 to 151M in 2025.
Nigeria's rural population rose from 68.3M in 1996 to 86M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.2 %15th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %20th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.8 %20th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.9 %190th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs199th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts20th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.5 pts195th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts193rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.5 pts23rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts192nd of 217
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- Net migrationup +56.7 %165th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts188th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +37.8 %51st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs217th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs217th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs216th of 217