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Nigeria

10.0N 8.0E · 26 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 1 OCTOBER 1960
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1999 – present · The Fourth Republic and modern Nigeria
3 EVENTS
29 May 1999 · Return to civilian rule and the Fourth Republic 2 REFS
2014 · Africa's largest economy 2 REFS
1960 – 1999 · Independence, the Biafran civil war and military rule
7 EVENTS
1966 · Military coups and unrest 2 REFS
30 May 1967 · Secession of Biafra 2 REFS
1851 – 1960 · British conquest, amalgamation and colonial Nigeria
5 EVENTS
February 1897 · British sack of Benin City 3 REFS
1 October 1960 · Nigeria gains independence 3 REFS
c. 1500 – 1850 · The Atlantic slave trade and the Sokoto Caliphate
4 EVENTS
16th century onward · The Atlantic slave trade 3 REFS
1804 · Usman dan Fodio launches his jihad 2 REFS
c. 800 – 1700 · The great precolonial kingdoms: Kanem-Bornu, Hausa, Oyo and Benin
4 EVENTS
c. 9th century · Rise of the Kanem empire 2 REFS
c. 13th–17th centuries · Flourishing of Benin and Oyo 3 REFS
c. 1500 BCE – 1000 CE · The Nok culture and Nigeria's early societies
3 EVENTS
c. 1500 BCE · Rise of the Nok culture 3 REFS
9th century CE · The bronzes of Igbo-Ukwu 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Abuja
Population
191 m
Area
923,768 km²
Region
Western Africa
Languages
English
Currency
Nigerian naira (₦)
Demonym
Nigerian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$291 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,224’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
4.0%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
23.0%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
238 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
54.6 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
63.8%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.4’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
70.4%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
44.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
31.7’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
31.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
44.9’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
39.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
25.3’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.2%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.38’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
115.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
57.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
29.9%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
70.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
0.3%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
89.6%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
46.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
9.7%’11 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.3%’19 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
22’19 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
41.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
71’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
2.7%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
910,770 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
23.2%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
76.2%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
80.3%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
8.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
6.2%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
62.5%’24 WB-WDI
Rare earths
1,500 t’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
0.6%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.1 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
223,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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