Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Abuja
Nigeria
#6 by population · Lower middle income · ISO NGA
Population right now
243,299,448
13,552.3 net per day · 1 birth every 4.1 s
·anchor 237,527,782 on 1 Jul 2025
·2.930% of the world
👶 Births today
18,611
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
6,668
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−3,052
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+11,936
2.08% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
32.49 /1,000
2024
Death rate
11.64 /1,000
2024
Fertility
4.38 births/woman
Life expectancy
54.6 yrs
Aged 0–14
40.5%
Aged 65+
3.1%
Urban
63.8%
Land area
923,770 km²
Density
257.1 /km²
GDP / capita
$1,224
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 237,527,782 + 0.1569/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 21,131 (crude birth rate 32.49/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 7,570 (crude death rate 11.64/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.06%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →