Population: 98,091,097 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.15% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 43.52 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 12.43 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 75 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 55.33 years
male: 54.11 years
female: 56.59 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.37 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Nigerian(s)
adjective: Nigerian

Ethnic divisions:
north: Hausa and Fulani
southwest: Yoruba
southeast: Ibos non-Africans 27,000
note: Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibos together make up 65% of population

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

Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 51%
male: 62%
female: 40%
Labor force: 42.844 million
by occupation: agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%
note: 49% of population of working age (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Nigeria on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nigeria People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nigeria People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.