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Welfare & population

UNESCO population data for Nigeria

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

Nigeria population census, 2006

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.
Welfare & population

Population ageing, data for Nigeria

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.
Welfare & population

Nigerian minorities and indigenous people

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.
Welfare & population

Nigeria population forecast to 2022

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

Nigeria social insurance trust fund act, 2011

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.
Economy
Economy

Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report Q2 2020 (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics)

Published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the Quarterly Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics provide detailed information on the country's agricultural exports. 


 

Economy

Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report Q2 2020 (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics)

This publication provides data on Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the four quarters of 2019 and the annual figure for 2019. It also includes the first and second quarter of 2020 with special focus on second quarter of 2020 .

Economy

Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report Q3 2020 (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics)

Published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the Quarterly Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics provide detailed information on the country's agricultural exports. 


 

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