Country profile · NGA
Nigeria
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 227.9M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 7.0%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 1,047 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 4.48
- Expected years of schooling
- 10.5 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 12%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 7% / 1%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.34
- Urban population
- 62%
- Employment in agriculture
- 35%
- Internet use
- 40%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 1.37%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 15.7 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 76%
- Women married before age 18
- 30%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.88
Religion
- Islam51%
- Christianity48%
- Folk and traditional beliefs1%
Major cities
- Lagos
- Kano
- Ibadan
- Abuja
- Port Harcourt
Common hazards
- Floods
- Economic shocks
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- the United Kingdom
- Canada