Nigeria Population (LIVE)

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Nigeria Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of Nigeria is 236,229,141 as of Friday, March 28, 2025, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Nigeria 2025 population is estimated at 237,527,782 people at mid-year.
  • Nigeria population is equivalent to 2.89% of the total world population.
  • Nigeria ranks number 6 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Nigeria is 261 per Km² (675 people per mi²).
  • The total land area is 910,770 Km² (351,650 sq. miles).
  • 54.86% of the population is urban (130,312,056 people in 2025)
  • The median age in Nigeria is 18.1 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Nigeria (2025 and historical)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Nigeria
Global
Rank
2025 237,527,782 2.08% 4,848,304 −15,258 18.1 4.3 261 54.9% 130,312,056 2.89% 8,231,613,070 6
2024 232,679,478 2.1% 4,796,533 −35,202 17.9 4.38 255 53.9% 125,447,884 2.85% 8,161,972,572 6
2023 227,882,945 2.12% 4,732,049 −57,936 17.8 4.48 250 53% 120,696,717 2.82% 8,091,734,930 6
2022 223,150,896 2.12% 4,577,358 −51,680 17.6 4.55 245 52% 116,057,853 2.78% 8,021,407,192 6
2020 213,996,181 2.33% 4,664,861 −14,497 17.2 4.7 235 50.1% 107,112,526 2.71% 7,887,001,292 6
2015 190,671,878 2.73% 4,805,798 −116,162 16.7 5.5 209 45.5% 86,673,094 2.55% 7,470,491,872 7
2010 166,642,886 2.82% 4,325,127 47,966 16.7 5.95 183 41.4% 68,949,828 2.37% 7,021,732,148 7
2005 145,017,253 2.79% 3,726,952 −17,146 16.8 6.06 159 37.4% 54,288,918 2.20% 6,586,970,132 7
2000 126,382,494 2.66% 3,112,613 74,535 16.8 6.12 139 33.7% 42,627,440 2.05% 6,171,702,993 10
1995 110,819,428 2.67% 2,739,701 73,243 16.5 6.27 122 31.4% 34,785,545 1.92% 5,758,878,982 10
1990 97,120,925 2.73% 2,444,590 135,959 16.2 6.46 107 29.1% 28,276,132 1.82% 5,327,803,110 10
1985 84,897,973 2.85% 2,226,666 61,514 16.2 6.62 93 25.2% 21,434,266 1.74% 4,868,943,465 10
1980 73,764,641 3.07% 2,070,765 198,672 16.7 6.85 81 21.9% 16,139,321 1.66% 4,447,606,236 11
1975 63,410,815 2.56% 1,503,395 75,603 17.3 6.77 70 19.8% 12,535,584 1.56% 4,070,735,277 11
1970 55,893,838 2.22% 1,161,415 7,953 17.9 6.47 61 17.8% 9,942,297 1.51% 3,694,683,794 11
1965 50,086,764 2.14% 1,006,596 32,988 18.3 6.37 55 16.6% 8,296,771 1.50% 3,334,533,703 13
1960 45,053,782 1.94% 823,629 12,131 18.3 6.36 49 15.4% 6,955,737 1.49% 3,015,470,894 14
1955 40,935,635 1.89% 730,525 −12,617 18.2 6.4 45 12.1% 4,952,844 1.49% 2,740,213,792 13

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Nigeria Population Forecast

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Nigeria
Global
Rank
2030 262,380,970 2.01% 4,970,638 24,085 19.3 3.82 288 59.6% 156,299,881 3.06% 8,569,124,911 6
2035 287,685,763 1.86% 5,060,959 35,506 20.5 3.41 316 64.3% 184,887,647 3.24% 8,885,210,181 6
2040 312,710,416 1.68% 5,004,931 41,202 21.7 3.1 343 69.1% 216,083,536 3.41% 9,177,190,203 5
2045 336,662,502 1.49% 4,790,417 44,157 22.7 2.85 370 74.3% 250,285,391 3.57% 9,439,639,668 5
2050 359,185,556 1.3% 4,504,611 56,965 23.9 2.66 394 79.9% 287,130,349 3.72% 9,664,378,587 5

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Nigeria Demographics

Life Expectancy
54.8 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate
67.7

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5
101.8

(per 1,000 live births)

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See also


Notes

The Nigeria Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Nigeria delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Nigeria (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.