Population, male, per capita in Nigeria
Nigeria: Population, male, per capita was 0.506 units per person in 2025. β¬ Flat
Population, male, per capita in Nigeria, 1960β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population, male, per capita in Nigeria is 0.506 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, male, per capita in Nigeria peaked at 0.506 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4935 units per person, in 1969.
Nigeria ranks 41st of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4944 units per person | 0.4935 units per person | 0.4953 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4941 units per person | 0.4935 units per person | 0.4949 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4962 units per person | 0.4951 units per person | 0.4975 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4992 units per person | 0.4979 units per person | 0.5004 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5021 units per person | 0.5008 units per person | 0.5033 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5042 units per person | 0.5034 units per person | 0.505 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5055 units per person | 0.5051 units per person | 0.506 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More health data for Nigeria
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,301 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 257,921 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 726 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 726 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 2.03 million (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 1.96 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, male, per capita in Nigeria?
- Population, male, per capita in Nigeria was 0.506 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population, male, per capita recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.506 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest population, male, per capita recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4935 units per person in 1969.
- How does Nigeria rank for population, male, per capita?
- Nigeria ranks 41st out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population, male, per capita rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population, male, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Population, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population, male Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Population, male World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.