Population of Nigeria today

234,114,931
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Population of Nigeria as of today

The current population of Nigeria is 234,114,931 with an annual growth rate of 2.07%. Nigeria has a population of 2.833% of the world's population.

Population234,114,931
Growth Rate2.07%
Male118,399,727 (50.573%)
Female115,715,204 (49.427%)
Today Change+ 1,848
Births today2,931
Deaths today1,050
Births in 20246,096,702
Deaths in 20242,184,155
Change in 2024+ 3,843,790 (1.669%)

Population chart for Nigeria

Population History of Nigeria

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
2023225,494,7494,726,3702.096%230,221,119
2022220,807,0424,639,1562.101%225,446,198
2021216,251,5314,508,8442.085%220,760,375
2020211,740,8314,463,4972.108%216,204,328
2019207,230,4514,461,6722.153%211,692,123
2018202,647,0584,533,2152.237%207,180,273
2017197,862,0994,728,9042.39%202,591,003
2016193,025,3014,777,3762.475%197,802,677
2015188,318,4554,649,5832.469%192,968,038
2014183,475,3754,779,5342.605%188,254,909

The population of countries near Nigeria

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Nigeria
1CM Cameroon29,346,56312.484%
2TD Chad20,547,2778.629%
3ST São Tomé and Pr...236,9400.101%
4BJ Benin14,566,4996.205%
5NE Niger27,290,44511.548%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata