Nigeria Population Pyramid 2001

Nigeria
2001
Population: 129,862,594

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Nigeria in 2001

In 2001, Nigeria had a total population of 129,862,594 people. A decade earlier, in 1991, the population was 99,720,162; it has grown by 30.2% since. With a median age of 17.9 years, Nigeria had a youth dependency ratio of 82.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.7 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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