Population growth (annual %)
2.1% 2025
In 2025, the figure for Nigeria was 2.1%. Unchanged from 2024.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.
Population
Totals, age, growth and where people live. National figures for Nigeria; state figures are on each state's report as they are published.
- Fertility rate, total
- 4.4 births per woman
- 2024 · World Bank
- Population ages 0-14
- 40.5%
- 2025 · World Bank
- Population growth
- 2.1%
- 2025 · World Bank
- Population, total
- 237.5M
- 2025 · World Bank
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Population, total
237.5M 2025
In 2025, the figure for Nigeria was 237.5M. Up 2.1% from 232.7M in 2024.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.
Age and fertility
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
4.4 births per woman 2024
In 2024, the figure for Nigeria was 4.4 births per woman. Down 2.2% from 4.5 births per woman in 2023.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
40.5% 2025
In 2025, the figure for Nigeria was 40.5%. Down 0.5 points from 41.0% in 2024.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.
Total fertility rate (DHS, births per woman)
4.8 births per woman 2024
In 2024, the figure for Nigeria was 4.8 births per woman. Down 9.4% from 5.3 births per woman in 2018. Across states in 2024, it ranged from 2.9 births per woman in Rivers to 7.5 births per woman in Yobe.
Source: The DHS Program (ICF), Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS). Version 3. DHS-TERMS.
Where people live
Urban population (% of total population)
63.8% 2025
In 2025, the figure for Nigeria was 63.8%. Up 0.8 points from 63.0% in 2024.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.