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Nigeria: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 195,874,740 (2018)
Population Growth Rate 2.587 annual % (2018)
Age Dependency Ratio 87.315 % of working-age population (2018)
Urban Population 50.344 % of total (2018)
Infant Mortality Rate 75.7 per 1,000 live births (2018)
Life Expectancy at Birth 54.332 years (2018)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2018)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 30.62 billion kWh (2017) #65
Consumption 25.787 billion kWh (2017) #69
Exports 0 billion kWh (2017) #98
Imports 0 billion kWh (2017) #112
Renewable Electricity Generation 5.526 billion kWh (2017) #75

Oil

Ranking
Production 2,057.492 thousand bbl/day (2018) #12
Consumption 429 thousand bbl/day (2017) #37
Exports (Refined) [3] 2,231 thousand bbl/day (2013) #7
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 36.182 billion bbl (2019) #11

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 3,009.65 billion cu ft (2015) #12
Consumption (Dry) 609.29 billion cu ft (2017) #41
Exports (Dry) 961.486 billion cu ft (2017) #13
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #79
Proved Reserves 198.711 trillion cu ft (2019) #10

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 54 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 172,730,603 (2018 est.)
Highways 195,000 km (2017)
Internet Users 47,759,904 (2016 est.)
Railways 3,798 km (2014)
Telephones 140,491 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationWestern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Total Area923,768 sq. km
Land Area910,768 sq. km
Water Area13,000 sq. km
Coastline853 km
Climatevaries; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Terrainsouthern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
Lowest PointAtlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Chappal Waddi 2,419 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/6/2019
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020