Nigeria | Population ages 15-64, total
Total population between the ages 15 to 64 is the number of people who could potentially be economically active. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 25315438 |
| 1961 | 25812364.89956 |
| 1962 | 26318113.901945 |
| 1963 | 26835461.904515 |
| 1964 | 27368249.907018 |
| 1965 | 27919679 |
| 1966 | 28492898 |
| 1967 | 29088984 |
| 1968 | 29706824 |
| 1969 | 30344201.833466 |
| 1970 | 31000874 |
| 1971 | 31671530 |
| 1972 | 32360106.075238 |
| 1973 | 33086167.608199 |
| 1974 | 33875889 |
| 1975 | 34745338 |
| 1976 | 35708561.402718 |
| 1977 | 36753567 |
| 1978 | 37838917.530926 |
| 1979 | 38906934 |
| 1980 | 39918460 |
| 1981 | 40856685.579426 |
| 1982 | 41740411.951557 |
| 1983 | 42609764.956098 |
| 1984 | 43523162 |
| 1985 | 44523227 |
| 1986 | 45622154.481905 |
| 1987 | 46808053.517995 |
| 1988 | 48070212.518382 |
| 1989 | 49389204.519157 |
| 1990 | 50750163 |
| 1991 | 52152323.043191 |
| 1992 | 53599728 |
| 1993 | 55087388.475016 |
| 1994 | 56609701.419498 |
| 1995 | 58162391 |
| 1996 | 59742968.530491 |
| 1997 | 61351033.532244 |
| 1998 | 62987226.330674 |
| 1999 | 64653343.070558 |
| 2000 | 66350891 |
| 2001 | 68082002 |
| 2002 | 69846971.386067 |
| 2003 | 71643737.538403 |
| 2004 | 73469281 |
| 2005 | 75323040 |
| 2006 | 77205565.615867 |
| 2007 | 79122869.615286 |
| 2008 | 81086806.53819 |
| 2009 | 83112739.537988 |
| 2010 | 85213028 |
| 2011 | 87392494.151587 |
| 2012 |
Nigeria | Population ages 15-64, total
Total population between the ages 15 to 64 is the number of people who could potentially be economically active. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.