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| conventional_long_name = Federal Republic of Nigeria
| conventional_long_name = Federal Republic of Nigeria
| common_name = Nigeria
| common_name = Nigeria
| native_name = {{collapsible list
  | titlestyle = text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:86%;
  | title = Name in national languages
  | {{Infobox
    | subbox = yes
    | bodystyle = font-size:77%;font-weight:normal;
    | rowclass1 = mergedrow
    | label1 = [[Hausa language|Hausa]]:
    | data1 = {{lang|ha|Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya}}
    | rowclass2 = mergedrow
    | label2 = [[Igbo language|Igbo]]:
    | data2 = {{lang|ig|Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà}}
    | rowclass3 = mergedrow
    | label3 = [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]:
    | data3 = {{lang|yo|Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà}}
    }}
  }}
| image_flag = Flag of Nigeria.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Nigeria.svg
| flag_size = 130
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg
| coa_size = 90
| national_motto = "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
| national_motto = "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
| national_anthem = "[[Nigeria, We Hail Thee]]" <div style="padding-top:0.5em;"class="centre">[[File:Nigeria, We Hail Thee - Banda do Batalhão da Guarda Presidencial, 2025.ogg]]</div>
| national_anthem = "[[Nigeria, We Hail Thee]]"
| image_map = {{switcher|[[File:Nigeria (orthographic projection).svg|frameless]]|Show globe|[[File:Location Nigeria AU Africa.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show map of Africa|default=1}}
| image_map = Nigeria (orthographic projection).svg
| map_caption =
| image_map2 =
| capital = [[Abuja]]
| capital = [[Abuja]]
| coordinates = {{coord|9|4|N|7|29|E|type:city}}
| largest_city = [[Lagos]]
| largest_city = [[Lagos]]
| official_languages = [[Nigerian English|English]]
| official_languages = [[Nigerian English|English]]
| languages_type = [[Languages of Nigeria|Recognised languages]]
| languages = {{Collapsible list
  | title = {{nobold|'''List'''<ref name="nigeria.languages">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nigeria/Languages|title=Languages of Nigeria|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref>{{efn|Nigeria recognises many indigenous languages, with Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo among the most widely spoken across different regions.}}}}
  | [[Hausa language|Hausa]]
  | [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]
  | [[Igbo language|Igbo]]
  }}
| languages2_type = [[Regional languages]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=ng |title=Languages of Nigeria |publisher=[[Ethnologue]] |access-date=12 September 2010 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915183101/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NG |url-status=live }}</ref>
| languages2 = Over [[Languages of Nigeria|525 languages]]<ref>{{cite book|title=An Atlas Of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2014|location=Oxford}}</ref>
| demonym = [[Nigerians|Nigerian]]
| demonym = [[Nigerians|Nigerian]]
| government_type = Federal [[presidential republic]]
| government_type = Federal [[presidential republic]]
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| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Nigeria|Vice President]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Nigeria|Vice President]]
| leader_name2 = [[Kashim Shettima]]
| leader_name2 = [[Kashim Shettima]]
| leader_title3 = [[President of the Senate of Nigeria|Senate President]]
| leader_name3 = [[Godswill Akpabio]]
| leader_title4 = [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria|House Speaker]]
| leader_name4 = [[Tajudeen Abbas]]
| leader_title5 = [[Chief Justice of Nigeria|Chief Justice]]
| leader_name5 = [[Kudirat Kekere-Ekun]]
| legislature = [[National Assembly (Nigeria)|National Assembly]]
| legislature = [[National Assembly (Nigeria)|National Assembly]]
| upper_house = [[Senate of Nigeria|Senate]]
| lower_house = [[House of Representatives (Nigeria)|House of Representatives]]
| sovereignty_type = [[History of Nigeria|Independence]]
| sovereignty_note = from the [[British Empire|United Kingdom]]
| established_event1 = [[Northern Nigeria Protectorate]]
| established_date1 = 1 January 1900
| established_event2 = [[Southern Nigeria Protectorate]]
| established_date2 = 1 January 1900
| established_event3 = [[Colonial Nigeria|Unification of Nigeria]]
| established_date3 = 1 January 1914
| established_event4 = [[Federation of Nigeria|Declared independent as a sovereign state]]
| established_date4 = 1 October 1960
| established_event5 = [[Nigerian First Republic|Became a republic]]
| established_date5 = 1 October 1963
| established_event6 = [[Constitution of Nigeria|Current constitution]]
| established_date6 = 29 May 1999
| area_km2 = 923,769
| area_km2 = 923,769
| area_rank = 31st
| population_estimate = 242,747,130
| area_sq_mi = 356,667 <!--Do not remove per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]-->
| percent_water = 1.4
| population_estimate = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 242,747,130<ref>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Nigeria|year=2025}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2026
| population_estimate_year = 2026
| population_estimate_rank = 6th
| GDP_PPP = $2.424 trillion
| population_density_km2 = 249.8
| population_density_sq_mi = 647 <!--Do not remove per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]-->
| population_density_rank = 57th
| GDP_PPP = {{increase}} $2.424 trillion<ref name="IMFWEO.NG">{{cite web |url=https://data.imf.org/en/Data-Explorer?datasetUrn=IMF.RES:WEO(9.0.0) |title=World Economic Outlook Database (April 2026 Edition) |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |website=www.imf.org |date=14 April 2026}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year = 2026
| GDP_PPP_year = 2026
| GDP_PPP_rank = 19th
| GDP_nominal = $377.365 billion
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = {{increase}} $9,994<ref name="IMFWEO.NG" />
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 135th
| GDP_nominal = {{increase}} $377.365 billion<ref name="IMFWEO.NG" />
| GDP_nominal_year = 2026
| GDP_nominal_year = 2026
| GDP_nominal_rank = 46th
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = {{increase}} $1,556<ref name="IMFWEO.NG" />
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 173rd
| Gini = 35.1 <!-- number only -->
| Gini_year = 2020
| Gini_change = decrease <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Poverty and Inequality Index |url=https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1092 |access-date=8 June 2020 |website=National Bureau of Statistics |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413210925/https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1092 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Gini_rank =
| HDI = 0.560 <!-- number only -->
| HDI_year = 2023<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">{{cite web|url=https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2023-24_HDR/HDR23-24_Statistical_Annex_HDI_Table.xlsx|title=Human Development Report 2023/24|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=13 March 2024|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=19 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319085123/https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2023-24_HDR/HDR23-24_Statistical_Annex_HDI_Table.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 164th
| currency = [[Nigerian naira|Naira]] (₦)
| currency = [[Nigerian naira|Naira]] (₦)
| currency_code = NGN
| currency_code = NGN
| time_zone = [[West Africa Time|WAT]]
| date_format = dd/mm/yyyy
| utc_offset = +01:00
| utc_offset_DST =
| time_zone_DST =
| drives_on = right<ref>{{cite web |author=Akinbode, Ayomide |title=Why Nigeria changed from Right-Hand Drive to Left-Hand Drive in 1972 |url=https://www.thehistoryville.com/nigeria-left-hand-drive-right-hand-drive/ |website=thehistoryville.com |quote=The terms 'right- and left-hand drive' refer to the position of the driver in the vehicle and are the reverse of the terms 'right- and left-hand traffic'. |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709192243/https://www.thehistoryville.com/nigeria-left-hand-drive-right-hand-drive/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| calling_code = [[Telephone numbers in Nigeria|+234]]
| cctld = [[.ng]]
| today =
| ethnic_groups_ref = <ref name="Africa: Nigeria">{{cite web |work=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/ |access-date=21 June 2020 |title=Africa: Nigeria |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109223449/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ethnic_groups_year = 2018
| ethnic_groups = [[Hausa people|Hausa]] {{!}} [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] {{!}} [[Igbo people|Igbo]] {{!}} [[Fula people|Fulani]] {{!}} [[Tiv people|Tiv]] {{!}} [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]] {{!}} [[Ibibio people|Ibibio]] {{!}}[[Ijaw people|Ijaw]] {{!}} [[List of ethnic groups in Nigeria|other]]
| religion = [[Islam in Nigeria|Islam]] {{!}} [[Christianity in Nigeria|Christianity]] {{!}} [[Religion in Nigeria|other]]
| religion_year = 2018
| religion_ref = <ref>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Nigeria|section=People and Society}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in [[West Africa]]. It is the [[List of African countries by population|most populous country]] in [[Africa]] and the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|world's sixth-most populous country]].
{{Section|Etymology}}
{{:Nigeria/Etymology}}
{{Section|History}}
{{:Nigeria/History}}
{{Section|Geography}}
{{:Nigeria/Geography}}
{{Section|Politics}}
{{:Nigeria/Politics}}
{{Section|Economy}}
{{:Nigeria/Economy}}
{{Section|Demographics}}
{{:Nigeria/Demographics}}
{{Section|Culture}}
{{:Nigeria/Culture}}
== See also ==
* [[Outline of Nigeria]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Nigeria]]

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Federal Republic of Nigeria

Flag Coat of arms

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Motto: "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
Anthem: "Nigeria, We Hail Thee"
Country details
Capital Abuja
Largest city Lagos
Official languages English
Demonym Nigerian
Government Federal presidential republic
President Bola Tinubu
Vice President Kashim Shettima
Legislature National Assembly
Area
• Total 923,769 km²
Population
• 2026estimate 242,747,130
Economy
GDP (PPP)
(2026)
 $2.424 trillion
GDP (nominal)
(2026)
 $377.365 billion
Currency Naira (₦)(NGN)


Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is the most populous country in Africa and the world's sixth-most populous country.

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References

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