Nigeria
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 237.5M (2025). World rank 6 of 216; in Africa, 1 of 54. Area: 923,768 km². World rank 33 of 249; in Africa, 14 of 59. Life expectancy: 54.6 years (2024). World rank 216 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 54 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 190.7M → 237.5M, GDP $493B → $290.8B, and GDP per person $2,586 → $1,224. Worse than all its neighbours (Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Local name
- Nigeria
- Capital
- Abuja
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Federal presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Bola Tinubu
- Head of government
- Bola Tinubu
- Independence
- October 1, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 4.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 237,527,782 2025
- Area
- 923,768 km²
- GDP
- $290.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,224 2025
- Life expectancy
- 54.6 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Nigerian Naira (NGN)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +234
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 199
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- D, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 853
- Neighbours
- Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger
- Agricultural land
- 77.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Chappal Waddi, 2,419 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 380
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- March, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 24°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,150 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 257.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 63.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -15.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.6% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 40.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 56.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 54.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 54.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 32.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 11.6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 53.5%, other Christian 35.3%, and Catholic 10.6% (2018)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 43 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 26.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 33.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 44.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 45.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $9,532 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,360 2025
- Inflation
- +23% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 13 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 23% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 16.4% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 58.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 5.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 80.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 9.2% 1960
- Imports, share of GDP
- 16.9% 1960
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +4.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 7.8% 2025
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.9 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 41.8% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 70.4% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 89.6% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 46.9% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 9.7% 2011
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.2% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $67 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 71.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.4 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.7 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2004
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 57% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 69.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 116 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 993 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 34.3% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 3.1% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 82.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 47.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 28% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 15.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 35.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 65.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 19% 2024
- Protected areas
- 11.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 990 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 9.7% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 41.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 71 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .ng
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 62.5% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 141 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 80.3% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 22% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 72.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 5,269,404 2023
- Airports
- 50 2025
- Railways, km
- 3,798 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2019
- Researchers per million people
- 22 2019
- Scientific articles per year
- 9,799 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 410 2020
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 2.7% 2024