Population of Nigeria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	23 Mar 2026

Nigeria Population (LIVE)

241,273,321

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As of April 06, 2026, the population of Nigeria is estimated at 241,261,052, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Nigeria is projected at 242,431,832, or 242.43 million, compared to 237,527,782, or 237.53 million, on July 1, 2025.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, and the sixth-most populous country in the world.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nigeria population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	36,932,160	37,283,010	701,701	1.882	1.50
1951	37,633,861	37,994,077	720,432	1.896	1.50
1952	38,354,293	38,716,202	723,817	1.870	1.50
1953	39,078,110	39,439,820	723,420	1.834	1.50
1954	39,801,530	40,176,323	749,587	1.866	1.50
1955	40,551,117	40,935,635	769,035	1.879	1.49
1956	41,320,152	41,716,055	791,806	1.898	1.49
1957	42,111,958	42,517,476	811,035	1.908	1.49
1958	42,922,993	43,324,645	803,305	1.854	1.49
1959	43,726,298	44,161,681	870,765	1.972	1.49
1960	44,597,063	45,053,782	913,438	2.028	1.49
1961	45,510,501	45,989,310	957,618	2.082	1.50
1962	46,468,119	46,965,292	994,346	2.117	1.50
1963	47,462,465	47,973,575	1,022,219	2.131	1.50
1964	48,484,684	49,012,016	1,054,665	2.152	1.50
1965	49,539,349	50,086,764	1,094,829	2.186	1.50
1966	50,634,178	51,188,234	1,108,111	2.165	1.50
1967	51,742,289	52,293,065	1,101,551	2.107	1.51
1968	52,843,840	53,432,783	1,177,887	2.205	1.51
1969	54,021,727	54,631,914	1,220,373	2.234	1.51
1970	55,242,100	55,893,838	1,303,475	2.332	1.51
1971	56,545,575	57,214,684	1,338,218	2.339	1.52
1972	57,883,793	58,601,748	1,435,910	2.450	1.52
1973	59,319,703	60,082,139	1,524,873	2.538	1.53
1974	60,844,576	61,679,144	1,669,136	2.706	1.54
1975	62,513,712	63,410,815	1,794,207	2.830	1.56
1976	64,307,919	65,258,009	1,900,180	2.912	1.57
1977	66,208,099	67,234,590	2,052,981	3.054	1.59
1978	68,261,080	69,326,532	2,130,904	3.074	1.62
1979	70,391,984	71,498,242	2,212,515	3.095	1.64
1980	72,604,499	73,764,641	2,320,285	3.146	1.66
1981	74,924,784	76,068,103	2,286,639	3.006	1.68
1982	77,211,423	78,378,701	2,334,556	2.979	1.70
1983	79,545,979	80,438,260	1,784,562	2.219	1.71
1984	81,330,541	82,526,443	2,391,804	2.898	1.73
1985	83,722,345	84,897,973	2,351,255	2.770	1.74
1986	86,073,600	87,235,953	2,324,706	2.665	1.76
1987	88,398,306	89,591,716	2,386,819	2.664	1.77
1988	90,785,125	92,020,090	2,469,930	2.684	1.79
1989	93,255,055	94,531,014	2,551,918	2.700	1.81
1990	95,806,973	97,120,925	2,627,904	2.706	1.82
1991	98,434,877	99,720,162	2,570,569	2.578	1.84
1992	101,005,446	102,372,770	2,734,649	2.671	1.86
1993	103,740,095	105,122,069	2,763,949	2.629	1.88
1994	106,504,044	107,935,714	2,863,340	2.653	1.90
1995	109,367,384	110,819,428	2,904,088	2.621	1.92
1996	112,271,472	113,754,779	2,966,613	2.608	1.95
1997	115,238,085	116,754,792	3,033,413	2.598	1.97
1998	118,271,498	119,846,254	3,149,513	2.628	2.00
1999	121,421,011	123,047,320	3,252,618	2.644	2.02
2000	124,673,629	126,382,494	3,417,730	2.704	2.05
2001	128,091,359	129,862,595	3,542,471	2.728	2.08
2002	131,633,830	133,471,989	3,676,317	2.755	2.11
2003	135,310,147	137,202,644	3,784,995	2.759	2.14
2004	139,095,142	141,057,045	3,923,806	2.782	2.17
2005	143,018,948	145,017,253	3,996,611	2.756	2.20
2006	147,015,559	149,077,334	4,123,549	2.766	2.23
2007	151,139,108	153,267,261	4,256,306	2.777	2.27
2008	155,395,414	157,595,014	4,399,200	2.792	2.30
2009	159,794,614	162,049,464	4,509,700	2.783	2.34
2010	164,304,314	166,642,886	4,677,143	2.807	2.37
2011	168,981,457	171,379,598	4,796,281	2.799	2.41
2012	173,777,738	176,200,625	4,845,773	2.750	2.45
2013	178,623,511	181,049,443	4,851,864	2.680	2.48
2014	183,475,375	185,896,915	4,843,080	2.605	2.52
2015	188,318,455	190,671,878	4,706,846	2.469	2.55
2016	193,025,301	195,443,700	4,836,798	2.475	2.59
2017	197,862,099	200,254,579	4,784,959	2.390	2.62
2018	202,647,058	204,938,755	4,583,393	2.237	2.65
2019	207,230,451	209,485,641	4,510,380	2.153	2.68
2020	211,740,831	213,996,181	4,510,700	2.108	2.71
2021	216,251,531	218,529,286	4,555,511	2.085	2.75
2022	220,807,042	223,150,896	4,687,707	2.101	2.78
2023	225,494,749	227,882,945	4,776,392	2.096	2.82

Nigeria population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	230,271,141	232,679,478	4,816,673	2.070	2.85
2025	235,087,814	237,527,782	4,879,935	2.055	2.89
2026	239,967,749	242,431,832	4,928,166	2.033	2.92
2027	244,895,915	247,374,263	4,956,695	2.004	2.96
2028	249,852,610	252,346,128	4,987,035	1.976	2.99
2029	254,839,645	257,352,638	5,025,986	1.953	3.03
2030	259,865,631	262,380,970	5,030,677	1.917	3.06
2031	264,896,308	267,421,074	5,049,533	1.888	3.10
2032	269,945,841	272,483,642	5,075,602	1.863	3.13
2033	275,021,443	277,555,115	5,067,344	1.826	3.17
2034	280,088,787	282,622,397	5,067,220	1.793	3.20
2035	285,156,007	287,685,763	5,059,511	1.759	3.24
2036	290,215,518	292,739,396	5,047,756	1.724	3.27
2037	295,263,274	297,773,244	5,019,940	1.686	3.31
2038	300,283,214	302,782,358	4,998,289	1.651	3.34
2039	305,281,503	307,764,756	4,966,506	1.614	3.37
2040	310,248,009	312,710,416	4,924,813	1.575	3.41
2041	315,172,822	317,607,244	4,868,844	1.533	3.44
2042	320,041,666	322,450,309	4,817,287	1.494	3.47
2043	324,858,953	327,243,939	4,769,973	1.458	3.50
2044	329,628,926	331,983,358	4,708,864	1.418	3.54
2045	334,337,790	336,662,502	4,649,423	1.381	3.57
2046	338,987,213	341,281,763	4,589,100	1.345	3.60
2047	343,576,313	345,844,009	4,535,392	1.311	3.63
2048	348,111,705	350,347,769	4,472,128	1.276	3.66
2049	352,583,833	354,792,425	4,417,184	1.245	3.69
2050	357,001,017	359,185,556	4,369,077	1.216	3.72
2051	361,370,094	363,523,611	4,307,033	1.185	3.75
2052	365,677,127	367,803,706	4,253,159	1.156	3.78
2053	369,930,286	372,023,922	4,187,273	1.126	3.80
2054	374,117,559	376,177,420	4,119,722	1.095	3.83
2055	378,237,281	380,268,493	4,062,425	1.068	3.86
2056	382,299,706	384,300,680	4,001,948	1.041	3.89
2057	386,301,654	388,268,095	3,932,883	1.013	3.92
2058	390,234,537	392,170,714	3,872,353	0.987	3.95
2059	394,106,890	396,009,372	3,804,963	0.961	3.97
2060	397,911,853	399,785,267	3,746,828	0.937	4.00
2061	401,658,681	403,501,394	3,685,427	0.913	4.03
2062	405,344,108	407,149,193	3,610,171	0.887	4.06
2063	408,954,279	410,725,691	3,542,823	0.863	4.08
2064	412,497,102	414,232,572	3,470,940	0.838	4.11
2065	415,968,042	417,659,131	3,382,178	0.810	4.13
2066	419,350,220	420,998,046	3,295,653	0.783	4.16
2067	422,645,873	424,256,028	3,220,310	0.759	4.18
2068	425,866,183	427,425,878	3,119,390	0.730	4.21
2069	428,985,573	430,503,484	3,035,822	0.705	4.23
2070	432,021,395	433,485,694	2,928,598	0.676	4.25
2071	434,949,993	436,373,280	2,846,573	0.652	4.28
2072	437,796,566	439,170,599	2,748,066	0.626	4.30
2073	440,544,632	441,867,332	2,645,400	0.599	4.32
2074	443,190,032	444,465,529	2,550,994	0.574	4.34
2075	445,741,026	446,969,593	2,457,133	0.550	4.36
2076	448,198,159	449,370,432	2,344,546	0.522	4.38
2077	450,542,705	451,660,302	2,235,194	0.495	4.40
2078	452,777,899	453,850,397	2,144,996	0.473	4.42
2079	454,922,895	455,942,795	2,039,799	0.447	4.44
2080	456,962,694	457,921,590	1,917,792	0.419	4.45
2081	458,880,486	459,785,704	1,810,437	0.394	4.47
2082	460,690,923	461,539,632	1,697,418	0.368	4.49
2083	462,388,341	463,189,387	1,602,091	0.346	4.50
2084	463,990,432	464,743,617	1,506,369	0.324	4.52
2085	465,496,801	466,191,503	1,389,405	0.298	4.53
2086	466,886,206	467,531,292	1,290,172	0.276	4.55
2087	468,176,378	468,768,175	1,183,594	0.252	4.56
2088	469,359,972	469,901,801	1,083,658	0.231	4.57
2089	470,443,630	470,940,052	992,843	0.211	4.58
2090	471,436,473	471,885,519	898,091	0.190	4.59
2091	472,334,564	472,741,816	814,503	0.172	4.60
2092	473,149,067	473,500,176	702,217	0.148	4.62
2093	473,851,284	474,160,897	619,226	0.131	4.62
2094	474,470,510	474,739,497	537,973	0.113	4.63
2095	475,008,483	475,247,942	478,918	0.101	4.64
2096	475,487,401	475,693,113	411,424	0.086	4.65
2097	475,898,825	476,068,925	340,200	0.071	4.66
2098	476,239,025	476,375,126	272,201	0.057	4.67
2099	476,511,226	476,601,904	181,355	0.038	4.68
2100	476,692,581	476,747,781	110,400	0.023	4.68