Nigeria ended 2006 with a population of 142,538,000 people, which represents an increasea of 3,673,000 people compared to 2005.
Nigeria ranks No. 7 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The male population is greater, with 72,611,203 men, representing 50.31% of the total, compared to 71,718,561 or 50.31% women.
Nigeria, with 154 people per square km and it was in position 145th in our ranking of density population in 2006.
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.