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Nigeria

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Nigeria is a country. The capital city is Abuja, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 910,770 km², a population of 227,882,945 people and uses the currency Nigerian naira. The President is Muhammadu Buhari.

Key facts

currency: Nigerian naira
capital city: Abuja
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 910,770 km²
population: 227,882,945 people
political leader: Muhammadu Buhari (President)

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GDP: 363,846,332,834.62 current US$
inflation: 24.66 annual %
self-employed workers: 84.73 % of total employment
unemployment: 3.07 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 66.08 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 223,000 people
democracy score: 4.44
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,340,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 39.20 % of population
military expenditure: 0.81 % of GDP
net migration: -57,936 people
press freedom: 2.14
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 3.91 %
birth rate: 36.61 per 1,000 people
death rate: 12.43 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 83.84 current US$
health expenditure: 4.08 % of GDP
hospital beds: 0.50 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 54
suicide mortality rate: 3.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 686,440.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.27 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 127.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 60.50 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 81.80 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 18.20 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -93.03 % of energy use
fertility rate: 5.14 births per woman
forest area: 213,003 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 18.88 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 385.11 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 13.80
methane emissions: 209.51 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 36.16 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 112,676,013 people
male population: 115,206,932 people
renewable energy consumption: 80.30 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 882,024.66 km²
rural population: 104,181,246 people
urban land area: 25,189.87 km²
urban population: 123,701,699 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.72 % of total population

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Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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