Nigeria
The Lord’s Testimony
Updated July 15, 2024
No. of churches: 16
No. of saints in church life: 850
No. of saints attending the Table meeting: 750
Country Profile
Location: West Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Geographical
Size: land: 910,768 sq km, water: 13,000 sq km
Climate: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Population: 236,747,130 (2024 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 2.52% (2024 est.)
Ethnic groups: Hausa 30%, Yoruba 15.5%, Igbo (Ibo) 15.2%, Fulani 6%, Tiv 2.4%, Kanuri/Beriberi 2.4%, Ibibio 1.8%, Ijaw/Izon 1.8%, other 24.9% (2018 est.)
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages
Religion: Muslim 51.6%, Roman Catholic 11.2%, other Christian 35.7%, traditionalist
.9%, unspecified .5% (2013 est.)
Capital
City: Abuja
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