Total fertility rate: 6.31 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Nigerian(s) adjective: Nigerian
Ethnic divisions: north: Hausa and Fulani southwest: Yoruba southeast: Ibos non-Africans 27,000 note: Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibos together make up 65% of population
Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 51%
male: 62%
female: 40%
Labor force: 42.844 million by occupation: agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%
@Nigeria:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional short form: Nigeria
Digraph: NI