The United Nation projects Nigeria’s population to reach 237,527,782 by 2025, up from 235,072,214 in December 2024, according to Worldometer data.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched its flagship publication, the State of World Population Report 2025, highlighting the pressing issue of reproductive agency in a changing world.

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 ...

Implement Nigeria’s population policy to prevent disaster, CSOs urge Tinubu The implementation of the population policy will ensure Nigeria reverses the trend of insecurity, unemployment, and ...

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.

Nigeria, set to become the world’s third most populous country by 2050, is a microcosm of these global challenges. ... Accurate data on population trends, ...

Nigeria’s population pyramid shows a high dependency ratio of 80 per cent, indicating a surge of young persons dependent on only 20 per cent of the population for support. This trend is an ...

In more than half of the 235 countries and areas that comprise the global population, women are giving birth to fewer than 2.1 children over a lifetime, below the level required for a population ...

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 ...

Understanding how population trends are unfolding is critical for achieving a more inclusive, prosperous and sustainable future. 5 ... India, Nigeria and Pakistan. ...