According to the US Central Intelligence Agency, Nigeria’s population is projected to grow from more than 186 million people in 2016 to 392 million in 2050,. With this the country is expected to become the world’s fourth most populous country.
The Agency is of the opinion that Nigeria’s sustained high population growth rate will continue for the foreseeable future because of population momentum and its high birth rate. This sustained growth according to the Agency’s website is mainly due to failures on the part of the Nigerian government to put in measures to control the population momentum.
Abuja has not successfully implemented family planning programs to reduce and space births because of a lack of political will, government financing, and the availability and affordability of services and products, as well as a cultural preference for large families. Increased educational attainment, especially among women, and improvements in health care are needed to encourage and to better enable parents to opt for smaller families.
Nigeria needs to harness the potential of its burgeoning youth population in order to boost economic development, reduce widespread poverty, and channel large numbers of unemployed youth into productive activities and away from ongoing religious and ethnic violence. While most movement of Nigerians is internal, significant emigration regionally and to the West provides an outlet for Nigerians looking for economic opportunities, seeking asylum, and increasingly pursuing higher education. Immigration largely of West Africans continues to be insufficient to offset emigration and the loss of highly skilled workers. Nigeria also is a major source, transit, and destination country for forced labor and sex trafficking.

• Major urban areas - population:
Lagos 13.123 million; Kano 3.587 million; Ibadan 3.16 million; ABUJA (capital) 2.44 million; Port Harcourt 2.343 million; Benin City 1.496 million (2015)

The CIA compute the age structure of Nigeria’s population as
0-14 years: 42.54% (male 41,506,288/female 39,595,720)
15-24 years: 19.61% (male 19,094,899/female 18,289,513)
25-54 years: 30.74% (male 30,066,196/female 28,537,846)
55-64 years: 3.97% (male 3,699,947/female 3,870,080)
65 years and over: 3.13% (male 2,825,134/female 3,146,638) (2017 est.)

Northside can lie as much as it wants. Lagos is bigger than Kano.

When did the via carry out a population census in Nigeria? Quack

HajimeSaito:
Northside can lie as much as it wants. Lagos is bigger than Kano.

When did I lie?

This is pure statistics from the anus of the US CIA

why will there be no igbo city amond the major urban centers?


The CIA hate us..they are envying us,because we are the most successful tribes and in Nigeria and yoruba and fulanid cant survive without us.



Dont worry biafra is coming,we will build anambra to become a mega city and world largest vibrant city.

victorDanladi:
This is pure statistics from the anus of the US CIA

why will there be no igbo city amond the major urban centers?


The CIA hate us..they are envying us,because we are the most successful tribes and in Nigeria and yoruba and fulanid cant survive without us.



Dont worry biafra is coming,we will build anambra to become a mega city and world largest vibrant city.

clap for yourself.

This is terrible. OP provide your link to CIA website you pulled this off of.

The Agency is of the opinion that Nigeria’s sustained high population growth rate will continue for the foreseeable future because of population momentum and its high birth rate.This sustained growth according to the Agency’s website is mainly due to failures on the part of the Nigerian government to put in measures to control the population momentum.

Blue3k:
This is terrible. OP provide your link to CIA website you pulled this off of.

For your reading pleasure, as requested
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html