Official name
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Name in local language
Federal Republic of Nigeria (en)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (ranking: 5e )
230,844,184 inhabitants (2023)
Population growth
2.56 % / year
Area
923,768 km²
Density
249.89 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 31e )440.834 billions $USD (2021)
GDP/capita (ranking )
2,065 $USD (2021)
GDP growth
3.60 % / year (2021)
Life expectancy (ranking )
52.70 years (2021)
Birth rate
37.40 ‰ (2019)
Fertility rate
5.32 children / woman (2019)
Death rate (ranking )
11.60 ‰ (2019)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
59.50 ‰ (2019)
Literacy rate
66.70 % (2015)
Official languages
English
Currency
Naira (₦ NGN)
HDI (ranking: 197e )0.535 / 1 (2021)
EPI (ranking )54.76 (2018)
Government
Federal presidential republic
Head of State
President Bola Tinubu
National Day
1st October (Republic of 1963)
ISO Codes NG, NGA
Demonym
Nigerian
Tourists (ranking )
1,889,000 people (2016)
Nigeria is a West African state located along the Gulf of Guinea. It is the most populous country in Africa and its first economy. It is bordered to the west by Benin , to the north by Niger and Chad , to the east by Cameroon . It also shares a maritime border with Equatorial Guinea .
Lagos, Nigeria. Source: Wikipedia Marine slums, Lagos, Nigeria. Photo: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Urban areas (2014)
Urban areas
Population
Lagos
22,829,561 inhabitants
Ibadan
5,881,345 inhabitants
Kano
4,956,615 inhabitants
Benin City
2,571,798 inhabitants
Port Harcourt
2,306,662 inhabitants
Kaduna
2,192,441 inhabitants
Oshogbo
2,088,527 inhabitants
Aba
1,736,361 inhabitants
Onitsha
1,708,539 inhabitants
Abuja
1,568,853 inhabitants
Ogbomosho
1,334,387 inhabitants
Maiduguri
1,182,498 inhabitants
Ilorin
1,151,986 inhabitants
Abeokuta
1,073,574 inhabitants
Warri
1,014,403 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
States
Population
Area
Abia
3,727,347 inhabitants
6,320 km²
Adamawa
4,248,436 inhabitants
36,917 km²
Akwa Ibom
5,482,177 inhabitants
7,081 km²
Anambra
5,527,809 inhabitants
4,844 km²
Bauchi
6,537,314 inhabitants
45,837 km²
Bayelsa
2,277,961 inhabitants
10,773 km²
Benue
5,741,815 inhabitants
34,059 km²
Borno
5,860,183 inhabitants
70,898 km²
Cross River
3,866,269 inhabitants
20,156 km²
Delta
5,663,362 inhabitants
17,698 km²
Ebonyi
2,880,383 inhabitants
5,670 km²
Edo
4,235,595 inhabitants
17,802 km²
Ekiti
3,270,798 inhabitants
6,353 km²
Enugu
4,411,119 inhabitants
7,161 km²
Gombe
3,256,962 inhabitants
18,768 km²
Imo
5,408,756 inhabitants
5,100 km²
Jigawa
5,828,163 inhabitants
23,154 km²
Kaduna
8,252,366 inhabitants
46,053 km²
Kano
13,076,892 inhabitants
20,131 km²
Katsina
7,831,319 inhabitants
24,192 km²
Kebbi
4,440,050 inhabitants
36,800 km²
Kogi
4,473,490 inhabitants
29,833 km²
Kwara
3,192,893 inhabitants
36,825 km²
Lagos
12,550,598 inhabitants
3,345 km²
Nassarawa
2,523,395 inhabitants
27,117 km²
See also
