Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nigeria
Nigeria: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 227,883 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population — total population - both sexes in Nigeria is 227,883 1000 No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Nigeria peaked at 227,883 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 166,643 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Nigeria 7th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 166,643 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 171,380 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 176,201 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 181,049 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 185,897 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 190,672 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 195,444 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 200,255 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 204,939 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 209,486 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 213,996 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 218,529 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 223,151 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 227,883 1000 No | +2.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 227,883 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,637 1000 No, 19.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 227,883 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,373 1000 No, 14.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 188,197 1000 No | 166,643 1000 No | 209,486 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 220,890 1000 No | 213,996 1000 No | 227,883 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 4 United States 343,477 1000 No compare
- 5 Indonesia 281,190 1000 No compare
- 6 Pakistan 247,504 1000 No compare
- 8 Brazil 211,141 1000 No compare
- 9 Bangladesh 171,467 1000 No compare
- 10 Russian Federation 145,440 1000 No compare
- 10 Russia 145,440 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Nigeria?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Nigeria was 227,883 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 227,883 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 166,643 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Nigeria rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Nigeria ranks 7th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.