Nigeria ended 2010 with a population of 158,503,000 people, which represents an increasea of 4,178,000 people compared to 2009.
Nigeria ranks No. 7 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The male population is greater, with 81,066,457 men, representing 50.37% of the total, compared to 79,886,397 or 50.37% women.
Nigeria, with 172 people per square km and it was in position 146th in our ranking of density population in 2010.
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.