Population 237,527,782
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Nigeria 2025 · 237.53M
0 59.38M 118.76M 178.15M 237.53M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 45,053,782 1961: 45,989,310 1962: 46,965,292 1963: 47,973,575 1964: 49,012,016 1965: 50,086,764 1966: 51,188,234 1967: 52,293,065 1968: 53,432,783 1969: 54,631,914 1970: 55,893,838 1971: 57,214,684 1972: 58,601,748 1973: 60,082,139 1974: 61,679,144 1975: 63,410,815 1976: 65,258,009 1977: 67,234,590 1978: 69,326,532 1979: 71,498,242 1980: 73,764,641 1981: 76,068,103 1982: 78,378,701 1983: 80,438,260 1984: 82,526,443 1985: 84,897,973 1986: 87,235,953 1987: 89,591,716 1988: 92,020,090 1989: 94,531,014 1990: 97,120,925 1991: 99,720,162 1992: 102,372,770 1993: 105,122,069 1994: 107,935,714 1995: 110,819,428 1996: 113,754,779 1997: 116,754,792 1998: 119,846,254 1999: 123,047,320 2000: 126,382,494 2001: 129,862,595 2002: 133,471,989 2003: 137,202,644 2004: 141,057,045 2005: 145,017,253 2006: 149,077,334 2007: 153,267,261 2008: 157,595,014 2009: 162,049,464 2010: 166,642,886 2011: 171,379,598 2012: 176,200,625 2013: 181,049,443 2014: 185,896,915 2015: 190,671,878 2016: 195,443,700 2017: 200,254,579 2018: 204,938,755 2019: 209,485,641 2020: 213,996,181 2021: 218,529,286 2022: 223,150,896 2023: 227,882,945 2024: 232,679,478 2025: 237,527,782 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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