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Population of Nigeria Today
225,952,216
Live
Friday, December 01, 2023
Sources V.27 Edition UN Population Division

Current population of Nigeria

In Nigeria, the population is 225,952,216 as of Friday, December 01, 2023, with a growth rate of 2.37% per year, 22,217 births per day, and 7,528 deaths per day. The population of Nigeria is equivalent to 2.76% of the world's total's population.

Population Today:225,952,216
Density (P/Km²):246 People per km² (153 People per mi²).
Daily births:22,217
Daily deaths:7,528
Equivalent world:2.76% of the total world population.
Growth Rate:2.37%
Median age:17 Years and 2 Months.

10 Years Nigeria Historical Population

YearPopulation
(01 January)
BirthsDeathsGrowth RateTotal Population
(31 December)
2022215,928,4318,002,7582,717,2032.39%221,091,280
2021210,874,2147,923,2942,792,7042.37%215,869,824
2020205,780,5957,806,4492,708,0082.45%210,811,931
2019200,828,3887,697,8682,641,6812.44%205,720,568
2018195,946,8597,590,2882,627,3622.46%200,769,111
2017191,044,9547,486,6982,599,8112.53%195,884,123
2016186,288,9087,384,1142,573,7612.52%190,985,251
2015181,702,6617,273,1852,541,0112.49%186,232,508
2014177,055,3727,189,2762,492,6322.59%181,642,877
2013172,396,8757,094,9422,447,0392.67%176,992,976

Nigeria Population Growth Rate Past 10 Years

Sources V.27 Edition UN Population Division

Differences with the Major Countries on population

China1,425,522,82515.85%
India1,434,060,26015.76%
United States340,754,06766.31%
Indonesia278,479,74481.14%
Pakistan242,404,95993.21%
Brazil216,934,704104.16%
Bangladesh173,677,879130.1%
Russia144,235,603156.65%

Sources:

The 2022 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-seventh edition of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.