Useful sources about Africa

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is the official source of internationally comparable population data. Country data for Nigeria can be accessed on the portal.

The National Bureau of Statistics held its last national population census in 2006. The report is available in PDF. The data can also be viewed in dashboard format on the Nigeria Data Portal.

Data on population ageing in Nigeria, including ageing indexes and population pyramids. It was prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations as a contribution to the 2002 World Assembly on Ageing.

Data on the rights of minorities and indigenous people in Nigeria providing information on the main ethnic groups, languages and religions. The website grew out of the Minority Rights Group’s encyclopaedic World Directory of Minorities, first published in 1990 and updated and expanded in 1997.

Population statistics created by the Statistical Portal showing the total population of Nigeria from 2012 and projected up to 2022.

The act that stipulates the establishment of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). The act is mandated to implement an employee injury insurance scheme that covers workers in the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy.

Data on multiple demographic indicators, including health, education and labour, for men and women in Nigeria. The study was published in 2015 by the National Bureau of Statistics.

A project briefing, part of a UNICEF Nigeria-funded project on child-sensitive social protection and the policies that support it, published in 2011.