Nigeria Population Pyramid (1950–2100)
Nigeria in 2026
As of 2026, Nigeria counts an estimated 242,431,832 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2016, the population was 195,443,700; it has grown by 24.0% since. With a median age of 19.4 years, Nigeria has a youth dependency ratio of 70.3 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.4 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
Nigeria population pyramids by year: 1950 · 1960 · 1970 · 1980 · 1990 · 2000 · 2010 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 · 2030 · 2040 · 2050 · 2060 · 2070 · 2080 · 2090 · 2100





