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Background: Nomadic peoples from the Saharan north and agriculturalists from the south settled present-day Niger. The Taureg kingdom of Takedda was one of the largest kingdoms in the north and played a prominent role in regional trade in the 14th century. In the south, the primary ethnic groups were the Songhai-Zarma in the west, the Hausa in the center, and the Kanuri in the east. When European colonizers arrived in the 19th century, the region was an assemblage of disparate local kingdoms. In the late 19th century, the British and French agreed to partition the middle regions of the Niger River, and France began its conquest of what would become the colony of Niger. France experienced determined local resistance -- particularly during the Tuareg uprising (1916-1917) -- but established a colonial administration in 1922. After achieving independence from France in 1960, Niger experienced single-party or military rule until 1991, when political pressure forced General Ali SAIBOU to allow multiparty elections. Political infighting and democratic backsliding led to coups in 1996 and 1999. In 1999, military officers restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power. TANDJA was reelected in 2004 and spearheaded a 2009 constitutional amendment allowing him to extend his presidential term. In 2010, military officers led another coup that deposed TANDJA. ISSOUFOU Mahamadou was elected in 2011 and reelected in 2016. In 2021, BAZOUM Mohamed won the presidential election, marking Niger’s first transition from one democratically elected president to another. Nonetheless, a military junta led by General Abdourahamane TIANI once again seized power in July 2023, detaining President BAZOUM and announcing the creation of a National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP). Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. It is ranked fourth to last in the world on the UN Development Program's Human Development Index of 2023/2024. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa. The Nigerien Government continues its attempts to diversify the economy through increased oil production and mining projects. In addition, Niger is facing increased security concerns on its borders from various external threats including insecurity in Libya, spillover from the conflict and terrorism in Mali, and violent extremism in northeastern Nigeria.: In ancient and pre-colonial times, the area of present-day Nigeria was occupied by a variety of ethnic groups with different languages and traditions. These included large Islamic kingdoms such as Borno, Kano, and the Sokoto Caliphate dominating the north, the Benin and Oyo Empires that controlled much of modern western Nigeria, and more decentralized political entities and city states in the south and southeast. In 1914, the British amalgamated their separately administered northern and southern territories into a Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Nigeria achieved independence from Britain in 1960 and transitioned to a federal republic with three constituent states in 1963 under President Nnamdi AZIKIWE. This structure served to enflame regional and ethnic tension, contributing to a bloody coup led by predominately southeastern military officers in 1966 and a countercoup later that year masterminded by northern officers. In the aftermath of this tension, the governor of Nigeria’s Eastern Region, centered on the southeast, declared the region independent as the Republic of Biafra. The ensuring civil war (1967-1970), resulted in more than a million deaths, many from starvation. While the war forged a stronger Nigerian state and national identity, it contributed to long-lasting mistrust of the southeast’s predominantly Igbo population. Wartime military leader Yakubu GOWON ruled until a bloodless coup by frustrated junior officers in 1975. This generation of officers, including Olusegun OBASANJO, Ibrahim BABANGIDA, and Muhammadu BUHARI, who would all later serve as president, continue to exert significant influence in Nigeria to the present day. Military rule predominated until the first durable transition to civilian government and adoption of a new constitution in 1999. The elections of 2007 marked the first civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country's history. National and state elections in 2011 and 2015 were generally regarded as credible. The 2015 election was also heralded for the fact that the then-umbrella opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, defeated the long-ruling (since 1999) People's Democratic Party and assumed the presidency, marking the first peaceful transfer of power from one party to another. Presidential and legislative elections in 2019 and 2023 were deemed broadly free and fair despite voting irregularities, intimidation, and violence. The government of Africa's most populous nation continues to face the daunting task of institutionalizing democracy and reforming a petroleum-based economy whose revenues have been squandered through decades of corruption and mismanagement. In addition, Nigeria faces increasing violence from Islamic terrorism, largely in the northeast, large scale criminal banditry, secessionist violence in the southeast, and competition over land and resources nationwide.


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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 1.267 million km²
Land: 1,266,700 km²
Water: 300 km²
Total: 923,768 km²
Land: 910,768 km²
Water: 13,000 km²
Comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Comparative: about six times the size of Georgia; slightly more than twice the size of California

Land boundaries
Total: 5,834 km
Border countries (7): (7) Algeria 951 km; Benin 277 km; Burkina Faso 622 km; Chad 1,196 km; Libya 342 km; Mali 838 km; Nigeria 1,608 km
Total: 4,477 km
Border countries (4): (4) Benin 809 km; Cameroon 1,975 km; Chad 85 km; Niger 1,608 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked): 853 km

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate: desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north

Terrain: predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north

Elevation
Highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m
Lowest point: Niger River 200 m
Mean elevation: 474 m
Highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Mean elevation: 380 m

Natural resources

Land use
Agricultural land: 36.8% (2023 est.)
Arable land: 14% (2023 est.)
Permanent crops: 0.1% (2023 est.)
Permanent pasture: 22.7% (2023 est.)
Forest: 0.8% (2023 est.)
Other: 62.4% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: 76.2% (2023 est.)
Arable land: 40.5% (2023 est.)
Permanent crops: 8.1% (2023 est.)
Permanent pasture: 27.6% (2023 est.)
Forest: 19.1% (2023 est.)
Other: 4.7% (2023 est.)

Irrigated land: 2,881 km² (2022): 2,188 km² (2017)

Major rivers: Niger (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Nigeria [m]) - 4,200 km
Note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth: Niger river mouth (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Niger) - 4,200 km
Note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: recurring droughts: periodic droughts; flooding

Geography
Note: landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna that is suitable for livestock and limited agriculture
Note: the Niger River enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rainforests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea


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Population
Total: 26,342,784 (2024 est.)
Male: 13,056,203
Female: 13,286,581
Total: 236,747,130 (2024 est.)
Male: 119,514,449
Female: 117,232,681
Distribution: majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin, as shown in this population distribution map
Distribution: largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map
Growth rate: 3.66% (2024 est.)
Growth rate: 2.52% (2024 est.)

Nationality

Ethnic groups

Languages: Hausa, Zarma, French (official), Fufulde, Tamashek, Kanuri, Gurmancema, Tagdal
Note: represents the most-spoken languages; Niger has 10 national languages: Arabic, Buduma, Fulfuldé, Guimancema, Hausa, Kanuri, Sonay-Zarma, Tamajaq, Tassawaq, and Tubu: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages

Religions: Muslim 95.5%, ethnic religionist 4.1%, Christian 0.3%, agnostics and other 0.1% (2020 est.): Muslim 53.5%, Roman Catholic 10.6%, other Christian 35.3%, other 0.6% (2018 est.)

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 49.5% (male 6,567,460/female 6,463,877)
15-64 years: 47.8% (male 6,146,355/female 6,451,574)
65 years and over: 2.7% (2024 est.) (male 342,388/female 371,130)
0-14 years: 40.4% (male 48,856,606/female 46,770,810)
15-64 years: 56.2% (male 66,897,900/female 66,187,584)
65 years and over: 3.4% (2024 est.) (male 3,759,943/female 4,274,287)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 109.1 (2024 est.)
Youth dependency ratio: 103.4 (2024 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio: 5.7 (2024 est.)
Potential support ratio: 17.7 (2024 est.)
Total dependency ratio: 77.9 (2024 est.)
Youth dependency ratio: 71.9 (2024 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio: 6 (2024 est.)
Potential support ratio: 16.6 (2024 est.)

Median age
Total: 15.2 years (2024 est.)
Male: 14.9 years
Female: 15.6 years
Total: 19.3 years (2024 est.)
Male: 19.1 years
Female: 19.6 years

Population growth rate: 3.66% (2024 est.): 2.52% (2024 est.)

Birth rate: 46.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.): 33.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)

Death rate: 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.): 8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)

Net migration rate

Population distribution: majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin, as shown in this population distribution map: largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map

Urbanization
Urban population: 17.1% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 4.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Urban population: 54.3% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 3.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas
Population: 1.437 million NIAMEY (capital) (2023)
Population: 15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023)

Environment

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio: 350 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.): 993 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate
Total: 64.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)
Male: 69.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 59.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Total: 53.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)
Male: 58.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 48.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 60.9 years (2024 est.)
Male: 59.3 years
Female: 62.5 years
Total population: 62.2 years (2024 est.)
Male: 60.4 years
Female: 64.2 years

Total fertility rate: 6.64 children born/woman (2024 est.): 4.52 children born/woman (2024 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source
Urban: 11.7% of population (2022 est.)
Rural: 59.1% of population (2022 est.)
Total: 51.1% of population (2022 est.)
Urban: 6.3% of population (2022 est.)
Rural: 36.5% of population (2022 est.)
Total: 20.4% of population (2022 est.)

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access
Urban: 18.1% of population (2022 est.)
Rural: 84.8% of population (2022 est.)
Total: 73.6% of population (2022 est.)
Urban: 18.1% of population (2022 est.)
Rural: 58.9% of population (2022 est.)
Total: 37.1% of population (2022 est.)

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 34.6% (2022 est.): 24.4% (2021 est.)

Education expenditures

Literacy

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment
Rate (ages 15-24): 0.4% (2024 est.); 0.5% (2023 est.); 0.5% (2022 est.)
Rate (ages 15-24) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Rate (ages 15-24): 3% (2024 est.); 3.1% (2023 est.); 3.9% (2022 est.)
Rate (ages 15-24) note: % of labor force seeking employment


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Country name

Government type

Capital
Name: Niamey
Geographic coordinates: 13 31 N, 2 07 E
Time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Etymology: the origin of the name is unclear; one of many stories says that an African chief told his seven slaves 'Wa niammane,' meaning 'stay here,' and the name was later shortened to its present form
Name: Abuja
Geographic coordinates: 9 05 N, 7 32 E
Time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Etymology: the newly built city of Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital city in 1991; Abuja takes its name from a nearby town, now renamed Suleja, that was named after Abu JA ('Abu the Red') in 1828

Administrative divisions: 7 regions (régions, singular - région) and 1 capital district* (communauté urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder: 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara

Dependent areas

Independence

National holiday

Constitution

Legal system
Note: following the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland assumed control of all government institutions and rules by decree; formerly, mixed system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law: mixed system of English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch
Chief of state: President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) General Abdourahame TIANI (since 28 July 2023)
Head of government: CNSP Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine ZEINE (since 9 August 2023)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the CNSP
Election/appointment process: the CNSP rules by decree; previously, the president was directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister was appointed by the president, authorized by the National Assembly
Most recent election date: 27 December 2020, with a runoff held on 21 February 2021
2020/2021: Mohamed BAZOUM elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Mohamed BAZOUM (PNDS-Tarrayya) 39.3%, Mahamane OUSMANE (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 9%, Albade ABOUDA (MPR-Jamhuriya) 7.1%, other 27.6%; percent of vote in second round - Mohamed BAZOUM 55.7%, Mahamane OUSMANE 44.3%
2016: ISSOUFOU Mahamadou reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (PNDS-Tarrayya) 48.6%, Hama AMADOU (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17.8%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 11.3%, other 22.3%; percent of vote in second round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou 92%, Hama AMADOU 8%
Expected date of next election: 2025
Note: deposed president BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023
Chief of state: President Bola Ahmed Adekunle TINUBU (since 29 May 2023)
Head of government: President Bola Ahmed Adekunle TINUBU (since 29 May 2023)
Cabinet: Federal Executive Council appointed by the president but constitutionally required to include at least one member from each of the 36 states
Election/appointment process: president directly elected by qualified-majority popular vote with at least 25% of the votes cast in 24 of Nigeria's 36 states; president elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term)
Most recent election date: 25 February 2023
2023: Bola Ahmed Adekunle TINUBU elected president; percent of vote - Bola Ahmed Adekunle TINUBU (APC) 36.6%, Atiku ABUBAKAR (PDP) 29.1%, Peter OBI (LP) 25.4%, Rabiu KWANKWASO (NNPP) 6.4%, other 2.5%
2019: Muhammadu BUHARI elected president; percent of vote - Muhammadu BUHARI (APC) 53%, Atiku ABUBAKAR (PDP) 39%, other 8%
Expected date of next election: 27 February 2,027
Note: the president is chief of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces

Legislative branch
Legislature name: Advisory Council for the Refoundation (Conseil consultatif de la refondation)
Legislative structure: unicameral
Number of seats: 194 (all appointed)
Electoral system: mixed system
Scope of elections: full renewal
Most recent election date: 5/1/2025
Percentage of women in chamber: 19.6%
Expected date of next election: April 2,030
Note 1: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule
Note 2: In May 2025, Transitional President Tchiani signed decrees nominating 194 members of the Advisory Council for the Refoundation (Conseil consultatif de la refondation or CCR), CCR Bureau members, and the Speaker, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey; the first session of the CCR convened on 28 June 2025
Legislature name: National Assembly
Legislative structure: bicameral

Judicial branch

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation

Diplomatic representation

Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green, with an orange disk centered on the white band: three equal vertical bands of green (left side), white, and green

National symbols

National anthem
Title: 'L'Honneur de la Patrie' (The Honor of the Fatherland)
Lyrics/music: a government-appointed committee wrote both the lyrics and the music
History: adopted 2023; replaced previous national anthem, 'La Nigérienne' (The Nigerien), that was adopted in 1961
Title: 'Nigeria, We Hail Thee'
Lyrics/music: Lillie Jean WILLIAMS/Frances BERDA
History: adopted 2024
Note: Parliament voted in 2024 to revert to the former national anthem used from 1960 to 1978

National heritage
Total World Heritage Sites: 3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)
Selected World Heritage Site locales:
Total World Heritage Sites: 2 (both cultural)
Selected World Heritage Site locales:


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Economy overview

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: 8.4% (2024 est.); 1.7% (2023 est.); 11.9% (2022 est.)
Note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency: 3.4% (2024 est.); 2.9% (2023 est.); 3.3% (2022 est.)
Note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency

Real gdp per capita: 8.4% (2024 est.); 1.7% (2023 est.); 11.9% (2022 est.)
Note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency: 3.4% (2024 est.); 2.9% (2023 est.); 3.3% (2022 est.)
Note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 59.2% (2024 est.)
Government consumption: 11.8% (2024 est.)
Investment in fixed capital: 18.7% (2024 est.)
Investment in inventories: 0% (2024 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 31.2% (2024 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -20.8% (2024 est.)
Note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 33.8% (2024 est.)
Industry: 17.8% (2024 est.)
Services: 45.4% (2024 est.)
Note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
Agriculture: 20.4% (2024 est.)
Industry: 29.6% (2024 est.)
Services: 47% (2024 est.)
Note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data

Agriculture products

Industries: uranium mining, petroleum, cement, brick, soap, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses: crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; rubber products, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel

Industrial production growth rate: 12.1% (2024 est.)
Note: annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency: 2.4% (2024 est.)
Note: annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency

Labor force: 10.486 million (2024 est.)
Note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work: 113.35 million (2024 est.)
Note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Unemployment rate: 0.4% (2024 est.); 0.5% (2023 est.); 0.5% (2022 est.)
Note: % of labor force seeking employment: 3% (2024 est.); 3.1% (2023 est.); 3.9% (2022 est.)
Note: % of labor force seeking employment

Youth unemployment
Rate (ages 15-24): 0.4% (2024 est.); 0.5% (2023 est.); 0.5% (2022 est.)
Rate (ages 15-24) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Rate (ages 15-24): 3% (2024 est.); 3.1% (2023 est.); 3.9% (2022 est.)
Rate (ages 15-24) note: % of labor force seeking employment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $2.325 billion (2019 est.)
Expenditures: $2.785 billion (2019 est.)
Revenues: $37.298 billion (2019 est.)
Expenditures: $59.868 billion (2019 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $1.223 billion (2023 est.); $1.376 billion (2022 est.); $1.487 billion (2021 est.)
Note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars: $57.536 billion (2024 est.); $60.261 billion (2023 est.); $69.091 billion (2022 est.)
Note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Commodities: gold, oil seeds, uranium and thorium ore, radioactive chemicals, refined petroleum (2023)
Commodities note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
Commodities: crude petroleum, natural gas, gold, fertilizers, cocoa beans (2023)
Commodities note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars

Imports: $3.808 billion (2023 est.); $4.194 billion (2022 est.); $4.027 billion (2021 est.)
Note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars: $57.73 billion (2024 est.); $65.423 billion (2023 est.); $77.049 billion (2022 est.)
Note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Commodities: rice, aircraft parts, iron structures, refined petroleum, centrifuges (2023)
Commodities note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
Commodities: refined petroleum, tanks and armored vehicles, wheat, plastics, cars (2023)
Commodities note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates


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Electricity
Installed generating capacity: 377,000 kW (2023 est.)
Consumption: 1.645 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Imports: 1.213 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 372.245 million kWh (2023 est.)
Installed generating capacity: 4.094 million kW (2023 est.)
Consumption: 34.135 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Exports: 2.4 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 5.974 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Access electrification - total population: 19.5% (2022 est.)
Access electrification - urban areas: 66.1%
Access electrification - rural areas: 7.7%
Access electrification - total population: 60.5% (2022 est.)
Access electrification - urban areas: 89%
Access electrification - rural areas: 27%
Generation sources fossil fuels: 97% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Generation sources solar: 3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels: 77.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Generation sources solar: 0.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 22.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Generation sources biomass and waste: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

Coal
Production: 427,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
Consumption: 426,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
Imports: 400 metric tons (2023 est.)
Proven reserves: 90 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Production: 1.322 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Consumption: 1.326 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Exports: 17 metric tons (2023 est.)
Imports: 600 metric tons (2023 est.)
Proven reserves: 2.144 billion metric tons (2023 est.)

Petroleum
Total petroleum production: 13,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 18,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 150 million barrels (2021 est.)
Total petroleum production: 1.514 million bbl/day (2023 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 527,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 36.89 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas
Production: 26.805 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Consumption: 26.872 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Production: 38.248 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Consumption: 19.885 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Exports: 16.324 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Proven reserves: 5.761 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions: 3.132 million metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 622,000 metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 2.457 million metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 52,000 metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.): 114.397 million metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 2.962 million metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 72.425 million metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 39.01 million metric tonnes of CO&sub2; (2023 est.)

Energy consumption per capita: 1.772 million Btu/person (2023 est.): 7.993 million Btu/person (2023 est.)


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 58,000 (2021 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2022 est.) less than 1
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 112,000 (2023 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2023 est.) less than 1
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 14.2 million (2021 est.)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 56 (2021 est.)
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 224 million (2023 est.)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 102 (2022 est.)

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet
Users percent of population: 23% (2023 est.)
Users percent of population: 39% (2023 est.)

Broadband fixed subscriptions
Total: 14,000 (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2022 est.) less than 1
Total: 117,000 (2023 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2023 est.) less than 1


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Military expenditures: 2.2% of GDP (2024 est.); 2% of GDP (2023 est.); 1.7% of GDP (2022 est.); 1.8% of GDP (2021 est.); 2% of GDP (2020 est.): 0.6% of GDP (2024); 0.7% of GDP (2023 est.); 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.); 0.6% of GDP (2021 est.); 0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 26 (2025): 50 (2025)

Heliports: 15 (2025)

Pipelines

Railways
Total: 3,798 km (2014)
Standard gauge: 293 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge
Narrow gauge: 3,505 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge
Note: as of the end of 2018, there were only six operational locomotives in Nigeria primarily used for passenger service; the majority of the rail lines are in a severe state of disrepair and need to be replaced

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine
Total: 928 (2023)
By type: general cargo 23, oil tanker 128, other 777

Ports and terminals


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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs