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Nigeria — statistics

All indicators in the section for Nigeria — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

330 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Western Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: NGA
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Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 238M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 54.6 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 4.38 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 32.5 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 11.6 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.06 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 63.8 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 151M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 36.2 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 250.2 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.1 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 40.5 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 77.3 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -15,258 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.4 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 120M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 117M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 96.25M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 134M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 7.29M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 54.33 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 54.94 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 84 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 21.6 2021 UN DESA
Rural population people 86.04M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 1.4M 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 0.6 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 96,387 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 467,605 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 41.4 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 13.2 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 219 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.2 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 2M 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.26 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 42,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 510,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 56,000 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 184,933 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 90.59 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 17.7 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 69.8 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 115.6 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 993 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 5 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 27.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 63.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.8 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 20.7 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 36,722 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 165.2 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 71.7 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.07 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 54.9 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 354.9 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 340.9 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 30.1 2031 IMF
Budget balance % -1.9 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 109B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 28.47M 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,558 2024 FAO
Food production index index 119.9 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 112.9 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 76.2 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 40.48 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1618 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 4.2 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 0.32 2017 FAO
Agricultural land km² 693,982 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 36.87M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 18.28M 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 120.9 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 80.3 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 1.757 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 7.6 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 4.808 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0.76 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 39.09 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 1,605.4 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 5.27M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 61,466 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 3.1 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 1.57M 2023 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 3,528 2015 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 174 2005 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 77 2005 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.6 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 41.21 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 70.8 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.08 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.04 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 98 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 2.14 2025 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 108M 2025 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 165M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 183,207 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 15.75 2023 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 35,884 2023 UNODC
Homicides: male victims people 28,109 2023 UNODC
Homicides: female victims people 7,354 2023 UNODC
Homicides of men per 100,000 per 100k 24.4 2023 UNODC
Homicides of women per 100,000 per 100k 6.53 2023 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 33 2025 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 137 2025 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 1,486 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.56 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.892 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.677 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 26 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.36 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Western Africa