Nigeria
population: Official projection (1 Jul 2023) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 32 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography32 metros
Nigeria metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 32 tracked metros
Show all 32 rows
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
37 entries listed under Nigeria across 2 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
States (36)
Capital Territories (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- Naira (₦)
- Government
- Federal republic
- Legislature
- National Assembly of Nigeria
- Constitution
- 1999, 3 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Nigerian
- Time zones
- UTC+01:00, West Africa Time
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +234
- Internet TLD
- .ng
- ISO 3166
- NG
- Established
- 1963
- Highest point
- Chappal Waddi (2,419 m (7,936 ft))
- National anthem
- Nigeria, We Hail Thee
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news1 story
Semafor · 12 Aug 2026
Africa's dealmakers bet on an IPO waveDangote's $5B Nigerian refinery listing as a market-making event for Africa's capital markets rather than a one-off.
💹 Economy and developmentLower middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations6 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History17 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu✦ Current
2023–PresentPresident
Bola Tinubu
2023–2023President
Muhammadu Buhari
2015–2023President
Goodluck Jonathan
2010–2015President
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
2007–2010President
Olusegun Obasanjo
1999–2007President
Abdulsalami Abubakar
1998–1999Head of State
⚠️ Sani Abacha
1993–1998Head of State
Ernest Shonekan
1993–1993Head of Interim Government
⚠️ Ibrahim Babangida
1985–1993Head of State
⚠️ Muhammadu Buhari
1983–1985Head of State
Shehu Shagari
1979–1983President
Show all 17 leaders
Olusegun Obasanjo
1976–1979Head of State
Murtala Muhammed
1975–1976Head of State
Yakubu Gowon
1966–1975Head of State
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
1966–1966Head of State
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
1960–1966Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Bola Ahmed Tinubu✦ Current | President | 2023–Present |
| Bola Tinubu | President | 2023–2023 |
| Muhammadu Buhari | President | 2015–2023 |
| Goodluck Jonathan | President | 2010–2015 |
| Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | President | 2007–2010 |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | President | 1999–2007 |
| Abdulsalami Abubakar | Head of State | 1998–1999 |
| ⚠️ Sani Abacha | Head of State | 1993–1998 |
| Ernest Shonekan | Head of Interim Government | 1993–1993 |
| ⚠️ Ibrahim Babangida | Head of State | 1985–1993 |
| ⚠️ Muhammadu Buhari | Head of State | 1983–1985 |
| Shehu Shagari | President | 1979–1983 |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | Head of State | 1976–1979 |
| Murtala Muhammed | Head of State | 1975–1976 |
| Yakubu Gowon | Head of State | 1966–1975 |
| Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi | Head of State | 1966–1966 |
| Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Prime Minister | 1960–1966 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19452 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadian–Nigerian War | 1983 | Chad | 100+ |
| Nigerian Civil War● | 1967–1970 | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Nigeria: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires4 · $52.8B combined · click to expand
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Aliko Dangote | $31.4B | Manufacturing |
| 257 | Abdulsamad Rabiu(inherited) | $12.6B | Diversified |
| 578 | Mike Adenuga | $7.0B | Diversified |
| 2247 | Femi Otedola | $1.9B | Energy |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Nigeria on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Nigeria's national teams, newest first. 2 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2013-02-10 | Nigeria | Africa Cup of Nations |
| 1980 | 1980-03-22 | Nigeria | Africa Cup of Nations |