Population: Unfear Says Nigeria Now Has 201 Million People - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 29, 2019
TheUnited Nation Population Fund,UNFPA said in its 2019 State of the WorldPopulation report that Nigeria has a population of 201 million.
Nigeriahas had an average population growth of 2.6% between 2010 and 2019. Africa’smost populous country grew by about 5 million people from 2018 when UNFPA gavethe population as 195.9 million.
Thecountry has witnessed a population growth from 54.7 million in 1969 to 105.4million in 1994 and 201.0 million in 2019.
Accordingto UNFPA, the age distribution of 15-64 years is the highest populationcomposition in the country with 54% of Nigerians falling between the age range.44% of Nigerians are within the age distribution 0-14 while 32% of thepopulation is between 10 and 24 years and a paltry 3% are 65 and above.
Thelow percentage of those within the 65 and above age distribution is notentirely surprising with the life expectancy of Nigeria at a worrying 55 yearsold, one of the lowest across the world.
Therewas a slight drop in the fertility rate from 2018’s 5.4 births per woman to 5.3births per woman. It continues the trend of dropping fertility rate over theyears from 6.3 in 1994 to 5.3 in 2019.