NIGERIA population will hit 170 million mark this year, the National Population Commission (NPC) has said.
The commission made the disclosure in Abuja, on Thursday, at a press conference on the commencement of fieldwork for the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) in Nigeria.
NPC chairman, Festus Odimegwu, addressing the media, said Nigeria population grew at 3.2 per cent per annum, stressing that by the end of the year, the country population would have moved from the 160 million in 2006 to 170 million in 2013.
Odimegwu, represented at the event by the chairman, NPC Technical Management Team and Vital Registration, Dr Festus Uzor, said the effective management of Nigeria population for sustainable development required collection, processing and dissemination of demographic data, not only through periodic census exercise but also through regular surveys and registration of births, deaths and migration.
He said it was in this light that the NPC, in conjunction with other development partners like the the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Department for International Development (DFID) decided to pool resources amounting to N800 million to finance the NDHS project, which he described as a nationally representative survey designed to provide information on the demographic and health status of the population.
The NDHS, he said, would provide detailed information on the levels and trends of fertility, family planning, maternal and child health in the country.
Stressing that only men and women aged betweem 15 and 49 years would be interviewed in the selected households, the NPC chairman said the field work for NDHS 2013 would take place for four months in the South-West  (Lagos); South-East (Imo); South-South (Akwa Ibom); North-Central (Nasarawa); North-East (Gombe) and North-West (Jigawa).

Source:http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/5336-nigeria-s-population-to-hit-170-million-this-year-npc

Nigeria's population reaches 170 million this year, yet the "magnet city of Lagos's" population remains at 9 million, i guess the upsurge in our population is more evident in "Boharamic prone Kano City", "Jigawa State" and Proobably d Islamic city of execellence "Sokoto".

KnowAll: Nigeria's population reaches 170 million this year, yet the "magnet city of Lagos's" population remains at 9 million, i guess the upsurge in our population is more evident in "Boharamic prone Kano City", "Jigawa State" and Proobably d Islamic city of execellence "Sokoto".

Very incorrect
Lagos- 20 million

Don't ask for a link, do your research

Lagos + Oyo= the whole of Ghana

Eko Atlantic#:


Very incorrect
Lagos- 20 million

Don't ask for a link, do your research

The person was being sarcastic

Are we suppose to be happy about this or not?

Crayola1:

The person was being sarcastic

Gotch ya

this is not a laughing matter.
what type of a country maintains a galloping population growth
while remaining stagnant economically at best

our economy should be the one galloping.
only yoruba and awusa will celebrate something this ominous

Time for human castration

The government should be thinking of how to raise the GDP, and how to castrate the poor people who engage in se.x for leisure and shooting out babies they can't provide for

achi4u: Are we suppose to be happy about this or not?

yes* very happy...

okay

They should do a china. 1 couple one child.

Heard in the next 50years, Nigeria will beat the US to be the third most populous nation on earth, behind China and India

We b 160million. we never enjoy, if we com b 170million

kandiikane: They should do a china. 1 couple one child.

Most Newly wedded couples in Nigeria no longer have more than two kids most times, but the population is still growing madly, don't know how

What population census gave Nigerian citizen 160million self?
2006 Census that was full of flaws

There is a fine line between when population is a strength and when it becomes a liability. We need to build a greater country from this current population before bringing forth a new generation of nigerians. All those baby boomers out there need to be educated on contraceptives and better farmily planning!

I make front page?

.Nairaland:


Most Newly wedded couples in Nigeria no longer have more than two kids most times, but the population is still growing madly, don't know how

honestly! am really confused...anywayz maybe birth rate stil surpass death rate

Yipee ! now, that's one area we are doing just fine. hian! 170million and me I never even born o!

ukachy69: I make front page?

No, backpage

KnowAll: Nigeria's population reaches 170 million this year, yet the "magnet city of Lagos's" population remains at 9 million, i guess the upsurge in our population is more evident in "Boharamic prone Kano City", "Jigawa State" and Proobably d Islamic city of execellence "Sokoto".

Or in the "Hell-hole, erosion locked, kidnap HQ of Enugu, Anambra state anϑ probably Akwa-ibom as well

170 million people in this small nigeria

all these calabar people seff

cyril83: honestly am really confused

It also takes into account the death rate (mortality rate). More deaths than reproduction will decrease the population and vice versa

It is based on estimates, when do we have real figures?

Wey I nvr born?ahhhhh,we nvr plenty oh!

50% of the great West Africa
More than 25% of the whole Africa
1/5(one out of five) of every black man



Naija I hail thee

Lets drink 2 this

Will it be possible to get people to stop breeding for a while? Get the right education even in villages. Na wa

.Nairaland:


Most Newly wedded couples in Nigeria no longer have more than two kids most times, but the population is still growing madly, don't know how