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Nigeria People 1996

Population:

101,232,251 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

45% (female 22,643,026; male 22,850,322)

15-64 years:

52% (female 25,842,286; male 26,978,906)

65 years and over:

3% (female 1,438,392; male 1,479,319) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.16% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

43.26 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

12.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

72.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

55.98 years

male:

54.69 years

female:

57.3 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.31 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Nigerian(s)

adjective:

Nigerian

Ethnic divisions:

north:

Hausa and Fulani

southwest:

Yoruba

southeast:

Ibos non-Africans 27,000

note:

Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibos together make up 65% of population

Religions:

Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Languages:

English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

51%

male:

62%

female:

40%

Labor force:

42.844 million

by occupation:

agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%

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