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Nigeria |
Capital: Abuja
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Currency: Naira (NGN)
Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999 and a peaceful transition to civilian government completed. The oil-rich Nigerian economy, long hobbled by political instability, corruption, and poor macroeconomic management, is undergoing substantial economic reform under the new civilian administration. The largely subsistence agricultural sector has not kept up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food.
PEOPLE
Population: 135,031,164 (July 2007 est.); 152,217,341 July 2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
2007
Total Population: 47.44 years
Male: 46.83 years
Female: 48.07 years (2007 est.)
2010
Total population: 47.24 years
Male: 46.46 years
Female: 48.08 years (2010 est.)
Age structure:
2007
0-14 years: 42.2% (male 28,726,380/female 28,301,729)
15-64 years: 54.7% (male 37,543,678/female 36,277,038)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 1,987,521/female 2,194,818) (2007 est.)
2010
0-14 years: 41.5% (male 31,624,050/female 30,242,637)
15-64 years: 55.5% (male 42,240,641/female 40,566,672)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 2,211,840/female 2,343,250) (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.379% (2007 est.); 1.966% (2010 est.)
Population below poverty line: 60% (2000 est.); 70% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: 3.9% (2006 est.); 3.1% (2007 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS: 2.9 million (2006 est.); 2.6 million (2007 est.)
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total Population: 68 %
Male: 75.7 %
Female: 60.6 % (2003 est.)
Refugees and Internally Displaced People:
Refugees (country of origin): 6,051 (Liberia) (2006)
Refugees (country of origin): 5,778 (Liberia) (2007)
IDPs: undetermined (communal violence between Christians and Muslims since 1999; displacement is mostly short-term) (2006)
IDPs: undetermined (communal violence between Christians and Muslims since President OBASANJO's election in 1999; displacement is mostly short-term) (2007)
ECONOMY
Unemployment rate: 5.8% (2006 est.); 4.9% (2007 est.)
Labour force by Occupation: N/A
Agricultural Products: cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Industries: crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair
Exports - Commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Exports - Partners:
US 49.8%, Spain 8.1%, Brazil 6.3%, France 4.3% (2006)
US 35.08%, India 10.43%, Brazil 9.32%, Spain 7.19%, France 4.65% (2009)
Imports - Commodities: machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Imports - Partners:
China 10.6%, US 8.3%, Netherlands 6%, UK 5.7%, France 5.5%, Germany 4.5%, Brazil 4.4% (2006)
China 14.89%, US 8.88%, Netherlands 8.18%, South Korea 5.46%, UK 4.63%, France 4.19% (2009)
ENVIRONMENT
Environment - Current issues: soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization.
Natural hazards: periodic droughts
Source: CIA World Factbook
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