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Population Pyramid

Year: 1950
1000 men aged 100+ in 19530 women aged 100+ in 19530 men aged 95-99 in 19530 women aged 95-99 in 1953900 men aged 90-94 in 19530 women aged 90-94 in 19530 men aged 85-89 in 19530 women aged 85-89 in 1953800 men aged 80-84 in 19530 women aged 80-84 in 195368 men aged 75-79 in 1953101 women aged 75-79 in 195370146 men aged 70-74 in 1953194 women aged 70-74 in 1953252 men aged 65-69 in 1953317 women aged 65-69 in 195360386 men aged 60-64 in 1953456 women aged 60-64 in 1953528 men aged 55-59 in 1953593 women aged 55-59 in 195350630 men aged 50-54 in 1953687 women aged 50-54 in 1953749 men aged 45-49 in 1953794 women aged 45-49 in 195340901 men aged 40-44 in 1953930 women aged 40-44 in 19531,092 men aged 35-39 in 19531,103 women aged 35-39 in 1953301,302 men aged 30-34 in 19531,295 women aged 30-34 in 19531,512 men aged 25-29 in 19531,491 women aged 25-29 in 1953201,752 men aged 20-24 in 19531,715 women aged 20-24 in 19532,041 men aged 15-19 in 19531,987 women aged 15-19 in 1953102,360 men aged 10-14 in 19532,290 women aged 10-14 in 19532,743 men aged 5-9 in 19532,651 women aged 5-9 in 195303,303 men aged 0-4 in 19533,235 women aged 0-4 in 1953age5.0K10.0K15.0K20.0K25.0K30.0K5.0K10.0K15.0K20.0K25.0K30.0K
females
males
Population in thousands

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is 32
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Total fertility rate

Total fertility rate is 6.35
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Year : 1953 Note: Years 2017 to 2100 are projected data.
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision

Healthy life expectancy

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Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository

Healthy life expectancy estimates the expected years of life in good health for persons at a given age.

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Healthy life expectancy at birth, by sexfemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemaleMaleFemale200020052010201520160102030405060

Investments

Investments as share of GDP in health, education, social protection and the real economy.

Percentage of GDP spent on health,2014
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Health024681012Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent by the government on social protection,No data
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Education0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on social protection for persons above statutory pension age,2017/2018
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Public social protection expenditure on pensions and other benefits, excluding health, for persons above statuatory pensionable age

Social protection0.00.51.01.5Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on the real economy,2015
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Investment in the real economy is measured by gross fixed capital formation (in current US$). It includes land improvements, plants, machinery, and equipment purchases, the constructions of roads, railways, etc.

Real economy051015202530Percentage of GDP
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Empowerment

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods, 2013

Percentage of women age 15-49 have their need for family planning satisfied

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
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Percentage of women age 15-49

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods 2016-17

Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods of contraception (% of women 15-49)

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Porportion of women age 15 - 49percentage of women (15-49) who have their need for family planning satisfied by modern methodsDHS 1990MICS 1999DHS 2003DHS 2008MICS 2011DHS 2013MICS 2016-17National010203040

Women's choice, 2013

Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women 15-49)

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Source UNFPA 2018
47.8%

Adolescent birth rate, latest year available
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Latest available year between 2006 to 2017.
Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Birth rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years)Nigeria0255075100125150175

Child marriage among women age 20 to 24

Percentage of women age 20-24 married before 15 or 18

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
Marriage before 15Marriage between age 15 and 18Marriage after 18

Prevalence of FGM among women and adolescents 2017

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
15-1915-490246810121416182022242628Age groupProportion of women and girls subjected to FGM by age group

Intimate partner violence 2013

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

8.8%

Education

Participation - Gross enrolment, 2013

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Number of students enrolled in a given level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education. A high value indicates high degree of participation, whether the student belongs to the official age group or not. It can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students, due to early or late entrants, and grade repetition.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Primary, secondary and tertiary gross school enrolment, by sex

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Number of students per 100 person respective agegroupMaleFemalePrimarySecondaryTertiary020406080100

Educational attainment, 2013

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Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that an individual has completed.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Share of population by educational attainment, population 25 years and older

Country codePrimaryPost secondary or higherLower and upper secondaryNo schooling or incomplete primary

Literacy rate by age and sex 2008

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Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age GroupPercentage of PopulationMaleFemale15-2425-6465+05101520253035404550556065707580

Employment

Not In Education, Employment Or Training, 2013

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Proportion of youthMaleFemale0510152025

Labour-force participation rate as per age group

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
Age group:
Labour-force participation rateYears19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016201805101520253035404550
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090100
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090
Labour-force participation rateYears199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018010203040506070
  • Male
  • Female

Unemployment by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of persons who are available for work, and looking for a job, but are not working

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2400.511.522.533.544.555.566.577.588.599.51010.5

Working poverty by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of employed living below US$1.90 purchasing power parity


Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-240510152025303540455055606570

Vulnerably employed people by sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

People who are ‘own-account’
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‘Own-account’ workers are self-employed and do not engage employees on a continuous basis. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
and ‘contributing family’
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‘Contributing family’ workers hold self-employment jobs within an establishment operated by a relative, but with involvement too limited to be considered a partner. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
workers are classified as vulnerably employed by the ILO

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Percentage of employed personsEmployersEmployeesContributing family workersOwn-account workersFemaleMale05101520253035404550556065707580859095100

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