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Federal Republic of Nigeria
President: Olusegun Obasanjo (1999)
Area: 356,700 sq. mi. (923,770 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 113,828,587; average annual rate of natural increase: 2.89%; birth rate: 41.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 69.5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 319
Capital (1995 est.): Abuja, 339,000
Largest cities: Lagos: city proper (1996 est.) 1,518,000; metro. area (1996 est.) 10,878, 000. Other large cities: Ibadan, 1,365,000; Ogbomosho, 711,900; Kano, 657,300
Monetary unit: Naira
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, and more than 200 others
Ethnicity/race: Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Ibo, Kanuri, Ibibio, Tiv, Ijaw
Religions: Islam, 50%; Christian, 40%; indigenous, 10%
Literacy rate: 51%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $106.2 billion; $960 per capita. Real growth rate: 1.6%. Inflation: 15%. Unemployment: 28% (1992 est.). Arable land: 33%. Agriculture: cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish. Labor force: 42.844 million; agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%. 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. Natural resources: petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, natural gas. Exports: $9.7 billion (f.o.b., 1998): petroleum and petroleum products, cocoa, rubber. Imports: $9.8 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery, chemicals, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food and animals. Major trading partners: U.S., Spain, Italy, France, U.K., Germany, the Netherlands.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
