Demographics of Nigeria (English Wikipedia)

"Brits Abroad". BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
"Nigeria: Facts and figures". BBC News. 17 April 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (25 October 2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-880430-7.

businessmonitor.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Map of Central Africa". Businessmonitor.com. Archived from the original (GIF) on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

catholicsandcultures.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Catholic life in Igboland, Nigeria's Catholic stronghold". Catholics & Cultures. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

cia.gov (Global: 89^th place; English: 147^th place)

"Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
"Country Comparison :: Population". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
"FIELD LISTING :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
"Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 8 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

dailytrust.com (Global: 8,256^th place; English: 4,552^nd place)

"Experts worry as Nigeria becomes 4th most populous country". Daily Trust. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

danubeinstitute.hu (Global: low place; English: low place)

Horváth, Csaba Barnabás (2024). "Highlights of the 2024 UN Demographic Revision". Danube Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

dhsprogram.com (Global: low place; English: 8,988^th place)

"Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018" (PDF). dhsprogram.com.
"Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2023–24" (PDF). dhsprogram.com.
"Demographic and Health Survey: 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
"Country Main". The DHS Program. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Akinyemi, Akanni Ibukun; Isiugo-Abanihe, Uche C. (24 March 2014). "Demographic dynamics and development in Nigeria". African Population Studies. 27 (2): 239–248. doi:10.11564/27-2-471.
Lysonski, Steven; Durvasula, Srinivas (28 October 2013). "Nigeria in transition: acculturation to global consumer culture". Journal of Consumer Marketing. 30 (6): 493–508. doi:10.1108/JCM-07-2013-0626. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
Okeke, Chukwuma O.; Ibenwa, Christopher N.; Okeke, Gloria Tochukwu (April 2017). "Conflicts Between African Traditional Religion and Christianity in Eastern Nigeria: The Igbo Example". SAGE Open. 7 (2). doi:10.1177/2158244017709322.
Osoba, Joseph Babasola (2015). "Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin". Journal of Universal Language. 16: 131–159. doi:10.22425/jul.2015.16.1.131. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
Stonawski, Marcin; Potančoková, Michaela; Cantele, Matthew; Skirbekk, Vegard (September 2016). "The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of demographic divergence" (PDF). The Journal of Modern African Studies. 54 (3): 361–387. doi:10.1017/s0022278x16000409. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

fco.gov.uk (Global: 4,668^th place; English: 4,266^th place)

"Country Profile: Nigeria". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

rpl.hds.harvard.edu

"Christianity in Nigeria". rpl.hds.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

iiasa.ac.at (Global: low place; English: low place)

pure.iiasa.ac.at

Stonawski, Marcin; Potančoková, Michaela; Cantele, Matthew; Skirbekk, Vegard (September 2016). "The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of demographic divergence" (PDF). The Journal of Modern African Studies. 54 (3): 361–387. doi:10.1017/s0022278x16000409. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

jstor.org (Global: 26^th place; English: 20^th place)

Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (2012). China and Africa. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812244199. JSTOR j.ctt3fhwkz.
Nwaka, Jacinta C. (2011). "Beyond the Service of Schools: The Catholic Church and the Use of Creative Art in the Evangelization of the Lower Niger". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 20: 67–86. ISSN 0018-2540. JSTOR 41857175. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

marquette.edu (Global: 8,587^th place; English: 5,190^th place)

epublications.marquette.edu

Lysonski, Steven; Durvasula, Srinivas (28 October 2013). "Nigeria in transition: acculturation to global consumer culture". Journal of Consumer Marketing. 30 (6): 493–508. doi:10.1108/JCM-07-2013-0626. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

middleeasteye.net (Global: 2,858^th place; English: 2,017^th place)

"Planes and pyramids: The surreal mansions of Lebanon's Nigeria Avenue". Middle East Eye édition française. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

migrationpolicy.org (Global: 8,209^th place; English: 5,379^th place)

"Nigeria: Multiple Forms of Mobility in Africa's Demographic Giant". Migrationpolicy.org. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

nationsonline.org (Global: low place; English: 8,372^nd place)

"From the World's most populated countries to the least populated nations". nationsonline.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

nigerianinfopedia.com.ng (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ikenwa, Chizoba (24 September 2019). "All Types of Religions in Nigeria Explained". Nigerian Infopedia. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

noi-polls.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"NOI-Polls: US And UK Top List Of Countries Most Nigerians Abroad Reside In. Key Reason For Migration Is For Economic Opportunities". Noi-polls.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

pbs.org (Global: 198^th place; English: 154^th place)

"Nigeria – The Road North". PBS. January 2003. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

pewforum.org (Global: 926^th place; English: 945^th place)

"Mapping out the Global Muslim Population" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
"Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population" (PDF). Pewforum.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
"Future of the World Muslim Population". Pewforum.org. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

population.gov.ng (Global: low place; English: low place)

"NIGERIA'S POPULATION HITS 198M PEOPLE – NPopC CHAIRMAN". National Population Commission of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
"Federal Republic of Nigeria: 2006 Population and Housing Census - Population distribution by age & sex" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

populationpyramid.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Countries Ordered by Population in 2100". Archived from the original on 12 September 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

prb.org (Global: 6,600^th place; English: 5,668^th place)

"In the News: The Nigerian Census". Prb.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

sejongjul.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Osoba, Joseph Babasola (2015). "Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin". Journal of Universal Language. 16: 131–159. doi:10.22425/jul.2015.16.1.131. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

state.gov (Global: 264^th place; English: 249^th place)

"2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nigeria". Office of International Religious Freedom. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

statista.com (Global: 776^th place; English: 844^th place)

"Population in Africa, by country 2020". Statista. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Nigeria - life expectancy at birth 2022". Statista. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

thisdaylive.com (Global: 4,761^st place; English: 2,592^nd place)

"Nigeria, African Countries Lead as World Population Hits Eight Billion". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Buhari: By 2050, Nigeria's Population Projected to Rank Third Worldwide after India, China – THISDAYLIVE". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

trinitamonti.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Impacts of Coronavirus on Developing Countries". Trinità dei Monti (in Italian). 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

un.org (Global: 97^th place; English: 164^th place)

unstats.un.org

"Demographic and Social Statistics". United Nations. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
"Demographic and Social Statistics". United Nations. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

population.un.org

"World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". United Nations. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

esa.un.org

"World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

unicef.org (Global: 1,791^st place; English: 1,568^th place)

"2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Nigeria p. 23" (PDF). UNICEF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

vanguardngr.com (Global: 1,929^th place; English: 1,033^rd place)

"Full list of all 371 tribes in Nigeria, states where they originate". Vanguard News. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
"Nigeria, African Countries Lead as World Population Hits Eight Billion". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Population in Africa, by country 2020". Statista. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"From the World's most populated countries to the least populated nations". nationsonline.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Country Comparison :: Population". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
"Buhari: By 2050, Nigeria's Population Projected to Rank Third Worldwide after India, China – THISDAYLIVE". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Largest Ethnic Groups In Nigeria". WorldAtlas. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Full list of all 371 tribes in Nigeria, states where they originate". Vanguard News. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Nigeria – The Road North". PBS. January 2003. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Impacts of Coronavirus on Developing Countries". Trinità dei Monti (in Italian). 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Planes and pyramids: The surreal mansions of Lebanon's Nigeria Avenue". Middle East Eye édition française. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
"Brits Abroad". BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
Lysonski, Steven; Durvasula, Srinivas (28 October 2013). "Nigeria in transition: acculturation to global consumer culture". Journal of Consumer Marketing. 30 (6): 493–508. doi:10.1108/JCM-07-2013-0626. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
"Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
Nwaka, Jacinta C. (2011). "Beyond the Service of Schools: The Catholic Church and the Use of Creative Art in the Evangelization of the Lower Niger". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 20: 67–86. ISSN 0018-2540. JSTOR 41857175. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Catholic life in Igboland, Nigeria's Catholic stronghold". Catholics & Cultures. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"Christianity in Nigeria". rpl.hds.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
Osoba, Joseph Babasola (2015). "Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin". Journal of Universal Language. 16: 131–159. doi:10.22425/jul.2015.16.1.131. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
"Countries Ordered by Population in 2100". Archived from the original on 12 September 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
"NIGERIA'S POPULATION HITS 198M PEOPLE – NPopC CHAIRMAN". National Population Commission of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
"Federal Republic of Nigeria: 2006 Population and Housing Census - Population distribution by age & sex" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
"Demographic and Social Statistics". United Nations. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
"Demographic and Social Statistics". United Nations. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
"World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". United Nations. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
"MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". World Bank. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
"In the News: The Nigerian Census". Prb.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
"FIELD LISTING :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
"Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)". World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
"2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Nigeria p. 23" (PDF). UNICEF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
"Demographic and Health Survey: 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
"Country Main". The DHS Program. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
"Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15–49)". World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
"World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
"Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 8 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
"Country Profile: Nigeria". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
"NOI-Polls: US And UK Top List Of Countries Most Nigerians Abroad Reside In. Key Reason For Migration Is For Economic Opportunities". Noi-polls.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
"Nigeria: Multiple Forms of Mobility in Africa's Demographic Giant". Migrationpolicy.org. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
"2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nigeria". Office of International Religious Freedom. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Ikenwa, Chizoba (24 September 2019). "All Types of Religions in Nigeria Explained". Nigerian Infopedia. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
"Mapping out the Global Muslim Population" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
"Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population" (PDF). Pewforum.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
"Future of the World Muslim Population". Pewforum.org. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
"Nigeria: Facts and figures". BBC News. 17 April 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
Stonawski, Marcin; Potančoková, Michaela; Cantele, Matthew; Skirbekk, Vegard (September 2016). "The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of demographic divergence" (PDF). The Journal of Modern African Studies. 54 (3): 361–387. doi:10.1017/s0022278x16000409. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 1,326^th place)

"Largest Ethnic Groups In Nigeria". WorldAtlas. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

worldbank.org (Global: 231^st place; English: 332^nd place)

data.worldbank.org

"World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
"Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)". World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
"Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15–49)". World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

microdata.worldbank.org

"MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". World Bank. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

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Nwaka, Jacinta C. (2011). "Beyond the Service of Schools: The Catholic Church and the Use of Creative Art in the Evangelization of the Lower Niger". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 20: 67–86. ISSN 0018-2540. JSTOR 41857175. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

Demographics of Nigeria (English Wikipedia)

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