Nigeria 
Facts
Population:
126,635,626
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 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
43.71% (male 27,842,225; female 27,514,197)
15-64 years:
53.47% (male 34,456,738; female 33,259,194)
65 years and over:
2.82% (male 1,780,862; female 1,782,410) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.61% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
39.69 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
13.91 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
73.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
51.07 years
male:
51.07 years
female:
51.07 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
5.06% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
2.7 million (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
250,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Nigerian(s)
adjective:
Nigerian
Ethnic groups:
Nigeria, which is 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%
Religions:
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Languages:
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
57.1%
male:
67.3%
female:
47.3% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $117 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $950 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
40%
industry:
40%
services:
20% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
45% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.6%
highest 10%:
40.8% (1996-97)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
66 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 70%, industry 10%, services 20% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
28% (1992 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$3.4 billion
expenditures:
$3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
Industrial production growth rate:
1.5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
18.7 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
52.94%
hydro:
47.06%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
17.372 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
19 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Exports:
$22.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Exports - partners:
US 36%, India 9%, Spain 8%, Brazil 6%, France 6%, (1999)
Imports:
$10.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Imports - partners:
UK 11%, Germany 10%, US 9%, France 8%, China 6% (1999)
Debt - external:
$32 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $250 million (1998)
Currency:
naira (NGN)
Currency code:
NGN
Exchange rates:
nairas per US dollar - 110.005 (January 2001), 101.697 (2000), 92.338 (1999), 21.886 (1998), 21.886 (1997), 21.884 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Daily Sketch
(Government-owned), Ibadan
Daily Times
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Sarah Coleman reviews Nigerian press coverage of a shariah court's decision to suspend a stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery.
Sarah Coleman reports that the Nigerian press was furious at the announcement that Liberian President Charles Taylor will live the rest of his days in a comfortable exile in a Nigerian government mansion.
Comment and analysis from Johannesburg, Paris, Oslo, Rome, Madrid, Nairobi, Accra, and Port-of-Spain
Chidi Amuta, writing for Lagos' independent Vanguard, argues that Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo's offer to grant Liberian President Charles Taylor asylum will be disasterous for Nigeria.
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