Nigeria  
   
Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.
Area: total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km
Natural Resources: natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land
Population and Health
Population:  177,155,754 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 43.2% (male 39,151,304/female 37,353,737)
15-24 years: 19.3% (male 17,486,117/female 16,732,533)
25-54 years: 30.5% (male 27,697,644/female 26,285,816)
55-64 years: 3.1% (male 3,393,631/female 3,571,301)
65 years and over: 3% (male 2,621,845/female 2,861,826) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.47% (2014 est.)
Birth rate: 13.16 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Death rate:  16.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 74.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 79.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 52.62 years
male: 51.63 years
female: 53.66 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.25 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method):  15% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  18.9% (2011)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  3,426,600 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  239,700 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.3%
male: 72.1%
female: 50.4% (2010 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $478.5 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $292 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  6.2% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $2,800 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 30.9%
industry: 43%
services: 26% (2012 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 70%
industry: 10%
services: 20% (1999 est.)

Population below poverty line: 70% (2010 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.7% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Industries: crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; rubber products, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
Industrial production growth rate: 0.9% (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Currency (code): naira (NGN)
Fiscal year:  calendar year
Others
Nationality: noun: Nigerian(s)
adjective: Nigerian

Religions: 

 Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Languages: 

 English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Country name: conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional short form: Nigeria
Government type:  federal republic
Capital: name: Abuja
geographic coordinates: 9 12 N, 7 11 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
Independence:  1 October 1960 (from UK)
Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014