Nigeria

Federal Republic of Nigeria Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya  (Hausa) Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà  (Yoruba) Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà  (Igbo)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
Anthem: "Nigeria We Hail Thee"
ISO 3166 code	NG

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| languages2_type = Other languages^[1] | languages2 = Over 525 languages^[2] including:

| religion_year = | religion_ref = | religion = | demonym = Nigerian | government_type = Federal presidential republic | leader_title1 = President | leader_name1 = Bola Tinubu | leader_title2 = Vice President | leader_name2 = Kashim Shettima | leader_title3 = Senate President | leader_name3 = Ahmed Lawan | leader_title4 = House Speaker | leader_name4 = Femi Gbajabiamila | leader_title5 = Chief Justice | leader_name5 = Olukayode Ariwoola | legislature = National Assembly | upper_house = Senate | lower_house = House of Representatives | sovereignty_type = Independence | sovereignty_note = from United Kingdom | established_event1 = Declaration | established_date1 = 1 October 1960 | established_event2 = Federation | established_date2 = 1 October 1963 | established_event3 = Current constitution | established_date3 = 29 May 1999 | area_km2 = 923,769 | area_rank = 31st | area_sq_mi = 356,667 | percent_water = 1.4 | population_estimate = 211,400,708^[3] | population_census = 140,431,691 | population_estimate_year = 2021 | population_estimate_rank = 7th | population_census_year = 2006 | population_density_km2 = 218 | population_density_sq_mi = 565 | population_density_rank = 42nd | GDP_PPP = $1.116 trillion^[4] | GDP_PPP_year = 2021 | GDP_PPP_rank = 25th | GDP_PPP_per_capita = $5,280 | GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 129th | GDP_nominal = $514.079 billion^[4] | GDP_nominal_year = 2021 | GDP_nominal_rank = 29th | GDP_nominal_per_capita = $2,432 | GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 137th | Gini = 35.1 | Gini_year = 2020 | Gini_change = decrease | Gini_ref = ^[5] | Gini_rank = | HDI = 0.539 | HDI_year = 2019 | HDI_change = increase | HDI_ref = ^[6] | HDI_rank = 161st | currency = Naira (₦) | currency_code = NGN | time_zone = WAT | utc_offset = +01:00 | utc_offset_DST = | time_zone_DST = | drives_on = right^[7] | calling_code = +234 | cctld = .ng | today = | ethnic_groups_ref = ^[8] | ethnic_groups_year = 2018

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}} Nigeria, officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. With a population of more 216 million people,^[9] it is the most populous country in Africa. Its administrative capital is Abuja while its economic nerve center is Lagos. Nigeria is a large country, and is the fourth biggest economy in Africa.^[10][11]

1. ↑ "Languages of Nigeria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
2. ↑ Blench, Roger (2014). An Atlas Of Nigerian Languages. Oxford: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
3. ↑ "Nigeria Population Growth Rate 1950-2021". macrotrends. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020 – Nigeria". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
5. ↑ "Poverty and Inequality Index". National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
6. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
7. ↑ Akinbode, Ayomide (2 April 2019). "Why Nigeria changed from Right-Hand Drive to Left-Hand Drive in 1972". www.thehistoryville.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021. The terms 'right- and left-hand drive' refer to the position of the driver in the vehicle and are the reverse of the terms 'right- and left-hand traffic'.
8. ↑ "Africa: Nigeria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
9. ↑ Population Total,
10. ↑ "Nigeria becomes Africa's largest economy". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
11. ↑ Vanek, Monique (18 April 2024). "Nigeria's Economy, Once Africa's Biggest, Slips to Fourth Place". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 July 2024.