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Table 1.2.1: Population Characteristics of Nigeria > 1.2 > 1. > menu

Population Variable Unit
Total Population (1997) 105.2 million (estimate)
Population Density 114 persons per km2
Population Annual Growth 2.83%
GDP/Capita $1300 US
Primary Education

  • * Combined (Male/Female)

    * Female Only

    •

    93% of school age population

    82% of school age population
    Infant Mortality 72.4 per thousand live births
    Life Expectancy 54 Years of age
    Average No. of Persons per Household 5.4 people
    Access to Safe Water 40% of population
    Access to Health Care 67% of population
       
    Area (sq km)

    923,768*
    Population (census results, 28-30 November 1991)  
    Males

    44,544,531
    Females

    43,969,970
    Total

    88,514,501
    Density (per sq km) at November 1991

    95.8
    State

    population

    Density (People/sq km)
    Abia

    2,297,978

    340
    Adamawa

    2,124,049

    57
    Akwa Ibom

    2,359,736

    375
    Anambra

    2,767,903

    590
    Bauchi

    4,294,413

    65
    Benue

    2,780,398

    91
    Borno

    2,596,589

    35
    Cross River

    1,865,604

    190
    Delta

    2,570,181

    153
    Edo

    2,159,848

    107
    Enugu

    3,161,295

    252
    Imo

    2,485,499

    492
    Jigawa

    2,829,929

    121
    Kaduna

    3,969,252

    93
    Kano

    5,632,040

    274
    Katsina

    3,878,344

    161
    Kebbi

    2,062,226

    59
    Kogi

    2,099,046

    74
    Kwara

    1,566,469

    47
    Lagos

    5,685,781

    1479
    Niger

    2,482,367

    35
    Ogun

    2,338,570

    143
    Ondo

    3,884,485

    196
    Osun

    2,203,016

    232
    Oyo

    3,488,789

    125
    Plateau

    3,283,704

    60
    Rivers

    3,983,857

    206
    Sokoto

    4,392,391

    67
    Taraba

    1,480,590

    26
    Yobe

    1,411,481

    31
    Federal Capital Territory

    378,671

    58
    Total

    88,514,501

    		  


    *356,669 sq miles.

    [source:The World factbook (CIA) 1996 in Vegetation and Land Use Changes in Nigeria 1998) Federal Office of Statistics, Lagos. Nigeria
    Central Bank of Nigeria Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, December 1997.]