Nigeria - Population 2023 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION Nigeria 2023

Population records increases in Nigeria

Nigeria ended 2023 with a population of 227,882,945 people, which represents an increasea of 4,732,049 people compared to 2022.

Nigeria ranks No. 6 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The male population is greater, with 115,206,932 men, representing 50.56% of the total, compared to 112,676,013 or 50.56% women.

Nigeria, with 247 people per square km and it was in position 156th in our ranking of density population in 2023.

In this page we show you the progression of the population in Nigeria. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Nigeria in Nigerian economy.

Nigeria - Population

Date	Density	Male	Female	Population
2023	247	115,206,932	112,676,013	227,882,945
2022	242	112,784,704	110,366,192	223,150,896
2021	237	110,418,029	108,111,257	218,529,286
2020	232	108,098,757	105,897,424	213,996,181
2019	227	105,789,799	103,695,842	209,485,641
2018	222	103,458,568	101,480,187	204,938,755
2017	217	101,058,468	99,196,111	200,254,579
2016	212	98,594,798	96,848,902	195,443,700
2015	206	96,153,143	94,518,735	190,671,878
2014	201	93,714,536	92,182,379	185,896,915
2013	196	91,242,930	89,806,513	181,049,443
2012	181	88,770,243	87,430,382	167,229,000
2011	176	86,310,441	85,069,157	162,805,000
2010	172	83,894,725	82,748,161	158,503,000
2009	167	81,552,143	80,497,321	154,325,000
2008	163	79,278,457	78,316,557	150,270,000
2007	158	77,070,207	76,197,054	146,340,000
2006	154	74,932,868	74,144,466	142,538,000
2005	150	72,861,022	72,156,231	138,865,000
2004	146	70,831,452	70,225,593	135,320,000
2003	143	68,848,535	68,354,109	131,901,000
2002	139	66,928,846	66,543,143	128,596,000
2001	136	65,071,982	64,790,613	125,394,000
2000	132	63,286,567	63,095,927	122,284,000
1999	129	61,576,698	61,470,622	119,260,000
1998	126	59,932,014	59,914,240	116,320,000
1997	123	58,348,813	58,405,979	113,458,000
1996	120	56,822,824	56,931,955	110,669,000
1995	117	55,334,418	55,485,010	107,948,000
1994	114	53,869,707	54,066,007	105,294,000
1993	111	52,438,564	52,683,505	102,701,000
1992	108	51,036,577	51,336,193	100,162,000
1991	106	49,685,590	50,034,572	97,668,000
1990	103	48,360,052	48,760,873	95,212,000
1989	100	47,033,037	47,497,977	92,788,000
1988	98	45,750,128	46,269,962	90,395,000
1987	95	44,512,340	45,079,376	88,048,000
1986	93	43,317,413	43,918,540	85,766,000
1985	90	42,134,571	42,763,402	83,563,000
1984	88	40,930,376	41,596,067	81,449,000
1983	86	39,871,724	40,566,536	79,415,000
1982	84	38,837,114	39,541,587	77,428,000
1981	82	37,678,560	38,389,543	75,441,000
1980	79	36,523,047	37,241,594	73,424,000
1979	77	35,385,429	36,112,813	71,498,242
1978	75	34,294,012	35,032,520	69,326,532
1977	73	33,241,189	33,993,401	67,234,590
1976	71	32,245,348	33,012,661	65,258,009
1975	69	31,322,584	32,088,231	63,410,815
1974	67	30,464,271	31,214,873	61,679,144
1973	65	29,670,840	30,411,299	60,082,139
1972	63	28,934,186	29,667,562	58,601,748
1971	62	28,242,380	28,972,304	57,214,684
1970	61	27,582,518	28,311,320	55,893,838
1969	59	26,959,389	27,672,525	54,631,914
1968	58	26,376,302	27,056,481	53,432,783
1967	57	25,826,799	26,466,266	52,293,065
1966	55	25,292,522	25,895,712	51,188,234
1965	54	24,755,924	25,330,840	50,086,764
1964	53	24,233,650	24,778,366	49,012,016
1963	52	23,729,344	24,244,231	47,973,575
1962	51	23,239,705	23,725,587	46,965,292
1961	50	22,766,543	23,222,767	45,989,310
1960	49	22,313,789	22,739,993	45,053,782

Nigeria - Population