COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Nigeria Population
Nigeria population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 237,53 m | 4,85 m |
| 2024 | 232,68 m | 4,80 m |
| 2023 | 227,88 m | 4,73 m |
| 2022 | 223,15 m | 4,62 m |
| 2021 | 218,53 m | 4,53 m |
| 2020 | 214,00 m | 4,51 m |
| 2019 | 209,49 m | 4,55 m |
| 2018 | 204,94 m | 4,68 m |
| 2017 | 200,25 m | 4,81 m |
| 2016 | 195,44 m | 4,77 m |
| 2015 | 190,67 m | 4,78 m |
| 2014 | 185,90 m | 4,85 m |
| 2013 | 181,05 m | 4,85 m |
| 2012 | 176,20 m | 4,82 m |
| 2011 | 171,38 m | 4,74 m |
| 2010 | 166,64 m | 4,74 m |
| 2009 | 161,91 m | 4,60 m |
| 2008 | 157,30 m | 4,47 m |
| 2007 | 152,83 m | 4,34 m |
| 2006 | 148,49 m | 4,22 m |
| 2005 | 144,27 m | 4,10 m |
| 2004 | 140,17 m | 3,98 m |
| 2003 | 136,18 m | 3,87 m |
| 2002 | 132,31 m | 3,76 m |
| 2001 | 128,55 m | 3,65 m |
| 2000 | 124,90 m | 3,55 m |
| 1999 | 121,35 m | 3,45 m |
| 1998 | 117,90 m | 3,35 m |
| 1997 | 114,55 m | 3,26 m |
| 1996 | 111,29 m | 3,16 m |
| 1995 | 108,13 m | 3,07 m |
| 1994 | 105,05 m | 2,99 m |
| 1993 | 102,07 m | 2,90 m |
| 1992 | 99,17 m | 2,82 m |
| 1991 | 96,35 m | 2,74 m |
| 1990 | 93,61 m | 821.000 |
| 1989 | 92,79 m | 2,39 m |
| 1988 | 90,40 m | 2,35 m |
| 1987 | 88,05 m | 2,28 m |
| 1986 | 85,77 m | 2,20 m |
| 1985 | 83,56 m | 2,11 m |
| 1984 | 81,45 m | 2,03 m |
| 1983 | 79,42 m | 1,99 m |
| 1982 | 77,43 m | 1,99 m |
| 1981 | 75,44 m | 2,02 m |
| 1980 | 73,42 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 04:53:33. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
2 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 2002 | 132,31 m | 132,31 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 2001 | 128,55 m | 128,55 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesNigeria recorded 237,53 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 4,85 m.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 142,60 m; the minimum was 73,42 m in 1980 and the maximum was 237,53 m in 2025.
Nigeria ranks 6 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also above the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Demographic scale and market size.