Nigeria by numbers

One fifth of Africans live in Nigeria. The country has the second largest economy on the continent with annual GDP of $71 Billion. Nigeria has a federal structure with 36 states. A multi-religious society, it has 250 ethnic groups speaking over 350 languages and dialects. The major languages are English, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. Nigeria is the 13th largest oil producer in the world with 32 billion barrels of oil reserves (sufficient for 37 years). The country’s gas reserves will last for 110 years at current rates of usage. Oil and gas income combined is worth about 50 cents per person a day. Of 135 million Nigerians, 75 million live in absolute poverty. Only India and China have larger numbers of poor people living within their borders.

More than one in twenty (5.8%) of Nigerians lives with HIV/AIDS. There are 1 million AIDS orphans. Life expectancy for both men and women is 43 years according to the UN. More than seven million children, mostly girls, do not go to primary school. One child in five dies before reaching their fifth birthday. Half of all Nigerians depend for their living on agriculture. Nigeria has one of the fastest rates of urbanization in the world – 5.3% per year – in the world. Lagos is growing in size by more than 10% a year, which will make it the third largest city in the world by 2020. Nigeria’s health system is rated in the bottom five in the world. Mozambique gets around $50 in aid per person per year. The African average is $20. Nigeria gets about $2 in aid per person. The UK is doubling aid to Nigeria from £35m in 2003/4 to £70m from 2005/6. The World Bank is also planning to increase its programme, perhaps up to $750 million a year.


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