# Population in Nigeria

Population in Nigeria was 237.53 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ng`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/nigeria
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/nigeria.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ng

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 237,527,782 |
| 2024 | 232,679,478 |
| 2023 | 227,882,945 |
| 2022 | 223,150,896 |
| 2021 | 218,529,286 |
| 2020 | 213,996,181 |
| 2019 | 209,485,641 |
| 2018 | 204,938,755 |
| 2017 | 200,254,579 |
| 2016 | 195,443,700 |
| 2015 | 190,671,878 |
| 2014 | 185,896,915 |
| 2013 | 181,049,443 |
| 2012 | 176,200,625 |
| 2011 | 171,379,598 |
| 2010 | 166,642,886 |
| 2009 | 162,049,464 |
| 2008 | 157,595,014 |
| 2007 | 153,267,261 |
| 2006 | 149,077,334 |
| 2005 | 145,017,253 |
| 2004 | 141,057,045 |
| 2003 | 137,202,644 |
| 2002 | 133,471,989 |
| 2001 | 129,862,595 |
| 2000 | 126,382,494 |
| 1999 | 123,047,320 |
| 1998 | 119,846,254 |
| 1997 | 116,754,792 |
| 1996 | 113,754,779 |
| 1995 | 110,819,428 |
| 1994 | 107,935,714 |
| 1993 | 105,122,069 |
| 1992 | 102,372,770 |
| 1991 | 99,720,162 |
| 1990 | 97,120,925 |
| 1989 | 94,531,014 |
| 1988 | 92,020,090 |
| 1987 | 89,591,716 |
| 1986 | 87,235,953 |
| 1985 | 84,897,973 |
| 1984 | 82,526,443 |
| 1983 | 80,438,260 |
| 1982 | 78,378,701 |
| 1981 | 76,068,103 |
| 1980 | 73,764,641 |
| 1979 | 71,498,242 |
| 1978 | 69,326,532 |
| 1977 | 67,234,590 |
| 1976 | 65,258,009 |
| 1975 | 63,410,815 |
| 1974 | 61,679,144 |
| 1973 | 60,082,139 |
| 1972 | 58,601,748 |
| 1971 | 57,214,684 |
| 1970 | 55,893,838 |
| 1969 | 54,631,914 |
| 1968 | 53,432,783 |
| 1967 | 52,293,065 |
| 1966 | 51,188,234 |
| 1965 | 50,086,764 |
| 1964 | 49,012,016 |
| 1963 | 47,973,575 |
| 1962 | 46,965,292 |
| 1961 | 45,989,310 |
| 1960 | 45,053,782 |