Live population of Nigeria

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Nigeria as of 2023 May 30 was 216,336,344

According to the 2022 Census, Nigeria's share of the world population is 2.645%

Nigeria population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	206,139,587	104,469,637	101,669,950	99,040,175	226.34	5.42	6,323,443	5,755,493	54.80	56.75
2015	181,137,454	91,720,564	89,416,890	94,508,650	198.88	5.42	6,038,496	5,545,788	53.30	55.08
2010	158,503,203	80,161,191	78,342,012	89,628,433	174.03	5.74	5,950,878	5,520,811	51.17	52.76
2005	138,865,014	70,120,845	68,744,169	84,650,560	152.47	5.91	5,809,833	5,433,163	49.04	50.50
2000	122,283,853	61,648,374	60,635,479	79,724,569	134.26	6.05	5,842,324	5,451,080	46.13	47.79
1995	107,948,339	54,345,196	53,603,143	73,225,920	118.52	6.17	5,443,838	5,034,133	45.03	47.02
1990	95,212,454	47,896,887	47,315,567	66,993,856	104.54	6.37	4,916,678	4,472,920	44.66	47.15
1985	83,562,776	41,993,033	41,569,743	62,179,034	91.75	6.60	4,362,397	3,975,292	44.74	47.22
1980	73,423,646	36,907,436	36,516,210	57,321,403	80.62	6.76	3,861,890	3,519,488	44.80	47.31
1975	63,374,289	31,733,895	31,640,394	50,837,988	69.58	6.76	3,622,526	3,304,569	43.03	45.59
1970	55,982,142	27,994,387	27,987,755	46,039,103	61.47	6.61	3,433,151	3,139,310	40.74	43.37
1965	50,127,920	25,043,307	25,084,613	41,830,443	55.04	6.35	3,267,188	2,990,486	38.64	41.36
1960	45,138,460	22,530,847	22,607,613	38,182,075	49.56	6.35	3,146,051	2,877,888	36.76	39.57
1955	41,086,100	20,498,114	20,587,986	36,132,719	45.11	6.35	3,097,403	2,842,364	34.38	37.30
1950	37,859,750	18,886,354	18,973,396	34,319,750	41.57	6.35	3,066,167	2,815,754	32.34	35.37