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Historical population of Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the sixth in the world. It is also one of the most densely populated countries in Africa, with approximately 218.5 million people in an area of 923,768 km 2 (356,669 sq mi).
It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi); with a population of over 230 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.
List of countries by population (United Nations) This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]
Map of Nigerian states by population density. The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The 2023 census of Nigeria will be a detailed enumeration of the Nigerian population that will be the fifth national census in the country since Independence. [1] [2] [3] It will be the first national census held since 2006. Over 190 Billion Naira (₦) has been allocated for the exercise. [2]
List of African countries by population. This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, which is sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1]
Nigerian Americans ( Igbo: Ṇ́dị́ Naìjíríyà n'Emerịkà; Hausa: Yan Amurka asalin Najeriya ; Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà Amẹ́ríkà) are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigrants residing in the United States is rapidly growing, expanding from a small 1980 population of 25,000. [1] The 2022 ...
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been ...