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Country
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Nigeria |
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Leader
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President: Goodluck Jonathan
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President: Girma Woldegiorgis
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Population
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174,507,539
| 93,877,025
|
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Life Expectancy
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52.460 years
| 60.000 years
|
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Capital City
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Abuja
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Largest city
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| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.389
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,700 US
|
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|
Literacy Rate
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68%
| 42.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.7
| 2.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 21.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
23.900%
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Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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federal republic
| federal republic
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Independence date
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1 October 1960 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
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| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
|
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| External Debt |
$10,100,000,000 $
|
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| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
|
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 7
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
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| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 1,104,300 km sq
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| Coastline |
853 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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