Nigeria | Population, total
Total 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 their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Records
53
Source
Nigeria | Population, total
45926253 1960
46912826 1961
47935878 1962
48992838 1963
50079946 1964
51195706 1965
52341981 1966
53524049 1967
54748444 1968
56023503 1969
57357275 1970
58745411 1971
60191508 1972
61720304 1973
63363756 1974
65141058 1975
67067499 1976
69127157 1977
71269619 1978
73424869 1979
75543388 1980
77604166 1981
79623647 1982
81635550 1983
83691577 1984
85828707 1985
88057486 1986
90363921 1987
92731304 1988
95133496 1989
97552057 1990
99986136 1991
102444773 1992
104931559 1993
107452627 1994
110014688 1995
112618306 1996
115268715 1997
117983368 1998
120784408 1999
123688536 2000
126704722 2001
129832447 2002
133067097 2003
136399438 2004
139823340 2005
143338939 2006
146951477 2007
150665730 2008
154488072 2009
158423182 2010
162470737 2011
2012
Nigeria | Population, total
Total 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 their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Records
53
Source