India has overtaken China in the rank of the world's most populous nations, with over 1.46 billion people as of 2025In 2022, the global population reached 8 billion, as population growth rates are ...

According to UN estimates, Nigeria's total population will double from 200 million to more than 401 million by 2050. If the trend isn't stopped, it will exceed 728 million by 2100.

With a population estimated at over 222 million—70% under 30 and a median age of just 18.1 years—Nigeria is uniquely positioned to leverage its human capital for economic growth. Advertisement ...

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that Nigeria must urgently harness and maximize the advantages of its changing population ...

The 2006 census pegs Nigeria’s population at 140 million. Today, the United Nations disagrees, estimating Nigeria’s population well above 200 million people, ...

Nigeria’s population structure is potentially an economic asset. The country has the largest population of youth in the world, with a median age of 18.1 years.

Dr Orji noted that at the current fertility ratio of 4.8 per cent, Nigeria’s population is projected to hit 450 million people by 2050, warning that at such a rate Nigerians may begin to serve ...

Nigeria’s rapid population growth has been described as a key challenge to the national planning and economic development. This was contained in a press statement signed by The Challenge ...

If Nigeria were to make both universal by 2030, as some demographers have suggested, the nation might cut its population boom in half, meaning that in 2100, when Eziaku is 78, the country would ...