The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has estimated Nigeria’s population to be 211.4 million.
It also estimated that the life expectancy for Nigerian men is 54 and that of women, 56.
In 2020, the UN estimated Nigeria’s population to be 206.1 million and put the life expectancy at 55 years.
The new figures are in the UNFPA’s ‘State of the World Population 2021’ report.
The report was launched by Ulla Muella, UNFPA country representative; Pauline Tallen, minister of women affairs, and Nasir Kwara, chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Abuja on…
