ACOG - Nigeria  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Benin and Cameroon

Area:
total area: 923,770 sq km
land area: 910,770 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of California

Land boundaries: total 4,047 km, Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger1,497 km

Coastline: 853 km


People

Population: 101,232,251 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (female 22,643,026; male 22,850,322)
15-64 years: 52% (female 25,842,286; male 26,978,906)
65 years and over: 3% (female 1,438,392; male 1,479,319)

Population growth rate: 3.16% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 43.26 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 12.01 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 72.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 55.98 years
male: 54.69 years
female: 57.3 years

Total fertility rate: 6.31 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions:

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%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional short form: Nigeria

Type: military government since 31 December 1983; plans to institute a constitutionalconference to prepare for a new transition to civilian rule after plans fora transition in 1993 were negated by General BABANGIDA

Capital: Abuja

Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)

Constitution: 1979 constitution still in force; plan for 1989 constitution to takeeffect in 1993 was not implemented


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $122.6 billion

National product real growth rate: -0.8%

National product per capita: $1,250

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 53%

Unemployment rate: 28%

Electricity:
capacity: 4,570,000 kW
production: 11.3 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 109 kWh



Olympic Factoid
More tickets were sold to the competitions of the 1996 Games than to any other Olympic Games or sports event in history. The 8.6 million ticket sales figures topped sales to the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games combined.