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Nigeria Demographics Profile
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> Nigeria Population 170,123,740
(July 2012 est.) note: estimates
for this country explicitly take
into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can
result in lower life expectancy,
higher infant mortality, higher
death rates, lower population
growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected Age structure 0-14
years: 43.9% (male 38,232,053/
female 36,483,243) 15-24 years:
19.3% (male 16,757,436/female
16,018,589) 25-54 years: 30% (male 25,123,834/female
25,945,571) 55-64 years: 3.8%
(male 2,981,187/female
3,520,154) 65 years and over: 3%
(male 2,325,682/female
2,735,991) (2012 est.) Median age total: 17.9 years male: 17.5 years
female: 18.4 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate 2.553%
(2012 est.) Birth rate 39.23
births/1,000 population (2012
est.) Death rate 13.48 deaths/1,000 population (July
2012 est.) Net migration rate
-0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2012 est.) Urbanization urban
population: 50% of total
population (2010) rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of
change (2010-15 est.) Major cities
- population Lagos 10.203 million;
Kano 3.304 million; Ibadan 2.762
million; ABUJA (capital) 1.857
million; Kaduna 1.519 million (2009) Sex ratio at birth: 1.06
male(s)/female under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/ female 15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/ female 65 years
and over: 0.85 male (s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/ female (2011 est.) Infant
mortality rate total: 74.36
deaths/1,000 live births male:
79.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.97 deaths/1,000 live
births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 52.05
years male: 48.95 years female:
55.33 years (2012 est.) Total
fertility rate 5.38 children born/
woman (2012 est.) HIV/AIDS -
adult prevalence rate 3.6% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with
HIV/AIDS 3.3 million (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths 220,000 (2009
est.) Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 36% of
population rural: 28% of population total: 32% of
population unimproved: urban:
67% of population rural: 72% of
population total: 68% of
population Major infectious
diseases degree of risk: very high food or waterborne
diseases: bacterial and protozoal
diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and
typhoid fever vectorborne
disease: malaria and yellow
fever respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
aerosolized dust or soil contact
disease: one of the most highly
endemic areas for Lassa fever
water contact disease:
leptospirosis and shistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1
avian influenza has been
identified in this country; it poses
a negligible risk with extremely
rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact
with birds (2009) Nationality
noun: Nigerian(s) adjective:
Nigerian Ethnic groups Nigeria,
Africa's most populous country, is
composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the
most populous and politically
influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%,
Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw
10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv
2.5% Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs
10% Languages English (official),
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani,
over 500 additional indigenous
languages Literacy definition: age
15 and over can read and write total population: 61.3% male:
72.1% female: 50.4% (2010 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to
tertiary education) total: 9 years
male: 10 years female: 8 years
(2005) Education expenditures NA Maternal mortality rate 630
deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Children under the age of 5 years
underweight 26.7% (2008) Health
expenditures 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density 0.395 physicians/1,000 population
(2008) Hospital bed density 0.53
beds/1,000 population (2004). www.indexmundi.com/nigeria/
demographics_profile.html