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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Nigeria

Most recent
2.37528e+08 (2025)
Earliest
4.50538e+07 (1960)
Highest
2.37528e+08 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Nigeria at the United Nations
0125,000,000250,000,0001960: 45,053,7821961: 45,989,3101962: 46,965,2921963: 47,973,5751964: 49,012,0161965: 50,086,7641966: 51,188,2341967: 52,293,0651968: 53,432,7831969: 54,631,9141970: 55,893,8381971: 57,214,6841972: 58,601,7481973: 60,082,1391974: 61,679,1441975: 63,410,8151976: 65,258,0091977: 67,234,5901978: 69,326,5321979: 71,498,2421980: 73,764,6411981: 76,068,1031982: 78,378,7011983: 80,438,2601984: 82,526,4431985: 84,897,9731986: 87,235,9531987: 89,591,7161988: 92,020,0901989: 94,531,0141990: 97,120,9251991: 99,720,1621992: 102,372,7701993: 105,122,0691994: 107,935,7141995: 110,819,4281996: 113,754,7791997: 116,754,7921998: 119,846,2541999: 123,047,3202000: 126,382,4942001: 129,862,5952002: 133,471,9892003: 137,202,6442004: 141,057,0452005: 145,017,2532006: 149,077,3342007: 153,267,2612008: 157,595,0142009: 162,049,4642010: 166,642,8862011: 171,379,5982012: 176,200,6252013: 181,049,4432014: 185,896,9152015: 190,671,8782016: 195,443,7002017: 200,254,5792018: 204,938,7552019: 209,485,6412020: 213,996,1812021: 218,529,2862022: 223,150,8962023: 227,882,9452024: 232,679,4782025: 237,527,78219602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20252.37528e+08
20242.32679e+08
20232.27883e+08
20222.23151e+08
20212.18529e+08
20202.13996e+08
20192.09486e+08
20182.04939e+08
20172.00255e+08
20161.95444e+08
20151.90672e+08
20141.85897e+08
20131.81049e+08
20121.76201e+08
20111.7138e+08
20101.66643e+08
20091.62049e+08
20081.57595e+08
20071.53267e+08
20061.49077e+08
20051.45017e+08
20041.41057e+08
20031.37203e+08
20021.33472e+08
20011.29863e+08
20001.26382e+08
19991.23047e+08
19981.19846e+08
19971.16755e+08
19961.13755e+08
19951.10819e+08
19941.07936e+08
19931.05122e+08
19921.02373e+08
19919.97202e+07
19909.71209e+07
19899.4531e+07
19889.20201e+07
19878.95917e+07
19868.7236e+07
19858.4898e+07
19848.25264e+07
19838.04383e+07
19827.83787e+07
19817.60681e+07
19807.37646e+07
19797.14982e+07
19786.93265e+07
19776.72346e+07
19766.5258e+07
19756.34108e+07
19746.16791e+07
19736.00821e+07
19725.86017e+07
19715.72147e+07
19705.58938e+07
19695.46319e+07
19685.34328e+07
19675.22931e+07
19665.11882e+07
19655.00868e+07
19644.9012e+07
19634.79736e+07
19624.69653e+07
19614.59893e+07
19604.50538e+07

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