Population of Nigeria today

235,660,369
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Population of Nigeria as of today

The current population of Nigeria is 235,660,369 with an annual growth rate of 2.055%. Nigeria has a population of 2.868% of the world's population.

Population235,660,369
Growth Rate2.055%
Male119,232,914 (50.595%)
Female116,427,454 (49.405%)
Today Change+ 3,417
Births today5,404
Deaths today1,942
Births in 2025905,528
Deaths in 2025325,372
Change in 2025+ 572,555 (0.244%)

Population chart for Nigeria

Population History of Nigeria

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
2024230,271,1414,766,6132.07%235,037,754
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

The population of countries near Nigeria

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Nigeria
1CM Cameroon29,588,74912.548%
2TD Chad20,792,3368.817%
3ST São Tomé and Pr...238,4430.101%
4BJ Benin14,678,9896.226%
5NE Niger27,576,28211.686%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata