Nigeria - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Nigeria was 226.34 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 226.34 in 2020 and a minimum value of 50.58 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 50.58
1962 51.64
1963 52.74
1964 53.87
1965 55.04
1966 56.24
1967 57.47
1968 58.75
1969 60.08
1970 61.47
1971 62.91
1972 64.41
1973 66.00
1974 67.72
1975 69.58
1976 71.61
1977 73.79
1978 76.06
1979 78.35
1980 80.62
1981 82.83
1982 85.01
1983 87.20
1984 89.43
1985 91.75
1986 94.17
1987 96.67
1988 99.25
1989 101.88
1990 104.54
1991 107.24
1992 109.97
1993 112.76
1994 115.61
1995 118.52
1996 121.51
1997 124.57
1998 127.72
1999 130.94
2000 134.26
2001 137.68
2002 141.19
2003 144.82
2004 148.58
2005 152.47
2006 156.50
2007 160.68
2008 164.99
2009 169.44
2010 174.03
2011 178.76
2012 183.61
2013 188.59
2014 193.69
2015 198.88
2016 204.18
2017 209.57
2018 215.06
2019 220.65
2020 226.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization