Facts and Figures

Full name: Nigeria

Nationality
        noun: Nigerian(s)
        adjective: Nigerian

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Area
         total: 923,768 sq km 
       water: 13,000 sq km 
        land: 910,768 sq km

Population: 128,771,988
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential:
        Hausa and Fulani 29%
        Yoruba 21%
        Igbo (Ibo) 18%
        Ijaw 10%
        Kanuri 4%
        Ibibio 3.5%
        Tiv 2.5%

Capital: Abuja
note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now moved to Abuja, population - 300,000

Largest Cities
        Lagos - 5,600,000
      Ibadan - 1,270,000
      Kano - 600,000
      Zaria -340,000

Official Language
        English (official)
      Hausa
      Yoruba
      Igbo (Ibo)
      Fulani  

Religion
        Muslim 50%
       Christian 40%
       indigenous beliefs 10%

Political system: federal republic 

GDP: purchasing power parity - $125.7 billion (2004 est.)  

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 6.2% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 36.3%
       industry: 30.5%
       services: 33.3% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 16.5% (2004 est.) 

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