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Nigeria: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
238 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.2%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
2031267.0Forecast
2030261.5Forecast
2029256.5Forecast
2028251.5Forecast
2027246.5Forecast
2026241.5Forecast
2025237.5
2024232.7
2023227.9
2022223.2
2021218.5
2020214.0
2019209.5
2018204.9
2017200.3
2016195.4

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2012
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2012–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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