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Nigeria
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$ 170 (2025)
Inflation rate
24.7% (2023)
Unemployment rate
3% (2024)
Below the poverty line
40.1% (2018)
Gini coefficient
35.1 (2018)
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
2.6%
Smoking men
0.3%
Smoking women
4.8%
Current as of
2025
Area (sq. km)
Total area
923768
Land area
910768
Water area
13000
Popular payment systems
- Paystack
- Flutterwave
- PayPal
- Visa
- Mastercard
Popular social networks and messengers
- Instagram
- TikTok
- Facebook
Age structure
0-14 years
40.4%
15-64 years
56.2%
65+ years
3.4% (2024)
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Islam
Current as of
2025
General information
Сontinent
Africa
Time zone
UTC+1
Tier
Tier-2
ISO code
NI
Capital
Abuja
Official language
English
Average consumer spendings
Food products
59.3%
Alcohol and tobacco
0.9%
Current as of
2023
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
4.49
Beer
0.73
Wine
0.09
Spirits
0.4
Other alcohol
3.27
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
236747130 (2024)
Male population
119514449
Female population
117232681
Population growth rate
2.52% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
33.8 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
8.4 (2024)
Urbanization
54.3% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
B (2020)
Moody's
B2 (2017)
Standard & Poors
B- (2020)
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
86.62%
iOS
10.05%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+234
Internet domain
.ng
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
1
Internet user penetration
39%
Fixed internet penetration
1%
Current as of
2023
Last update: 2025-08-18