|
Country
|
Nigeria |
|
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Marcus Stephen
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 9,378
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 65.700 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
|
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | (population: ) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
|
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| %
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| NA
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 0%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
|
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
federal republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
|
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Roman Catholic 33.2%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%, other 14.1%, none 4.5%, unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
|
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
|
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
|
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
|
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 21 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 30 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
|
|
|
|
