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Nigeria at a glance

People
238 million
2025
Income per person
$1,224 a year
2025
Life expectancy
54.6 years
2024
Live in cities
64%
2025
Land area
910,770 km²
2024

Data: The World Bank: World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Compiled from World Population Prospects (UN), national statistical offices and other sources.

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Data: The World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), updated 8 Oct 2026. Get the data

Who compiles these figures
  • Population: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT); Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
  • Income per person: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
  • Life expectancy: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
  • Babies per woman: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
  • Baby deaths: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB); United Nations (UN). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
  • Living in cities: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
  • Internet users: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
  • Access to electricity: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB).
  • CO₂ per person: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission; International Energy Agency (IEA).
  • Unemployment: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.

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  1. People in millions

    Ten countries hold most of humanity

    India and China alone hold 35% of the world's people.

    Source: World Bank (2025 data) · October 2026

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    238 M

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