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Quick Facts on Nigeria
Country Name: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
Population: 135,031,164
Area: 356,667 square miles
Religions: 50% Muslim
40% Christian
10% Indigenous beliefs
Government: Federal Republic
Independence: October 1960
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Suffrage: Everyone over 18
President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Government Structure: Three branches, in which the executive branch is very powerful due to the recent military rule.
Administrative Divisions: 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
GDP by PPP: $191.4 billion
GDP by Exchange rate: $83.36 billion
GDP Per Capita: $2,200
Currency: Naira (₦)
Population Below the Poverty Line: 60%
Ecomomic Freedom: 55.5%
Birth Rate: 40.2 births/1,000 population
Death Rate: 16.68 deaths/1,000 population
Ethnic Groups: Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Literacy: definition - age 15 and over can read and write; total population - 68%; male - 75.7%; female - 60.6%
Capital: Abuja
Population: 135,031,164
Area: 356,667 square miles
Religions: 50% Muslim
40% Christian
10% Indigenous beliefs
Government: Federal Republic
Independence: October 1960
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Suffrage: Everyone over 18
President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Government Structure: Three branches, in which the executive branch is very powerful due to the recent military rule.
Administrative Divisions: 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
GDP by PPP: $191.4 billion
GDP by Exchange rate: $83.36 billion
GDP Per Capita: $2,200
Currency: Naira (₦)
Population Below the Poverty Line: 60%
Ecomomic Freedom: 55.5%
Birth Rate: 40.2 births/1,000 population
Death Rate: 16.68 deaths/1,000 population
Ethnic Groups: Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Literacy: definition - age 15 and over can read and write; total population - 68%; male - 75.7%; female - 60.6%
Nigeria's Economic Freedom
Nigeria's Economy is 55.5% free.
Business Freedom: 52.6%
Trade Freedom: 63.4%
Fiscal Freedom 84.4%
Government Size: 68.1%
Monetary Freedom: 73.8%
Investment Freedom: 30.0%
Financial Freedom: 40.0%
Property Rights: 30.0%
Freedom from Corruption: 22.0%
Labor Freedom: 90.6%
Business Freedom: 52.6%
Trade Freedom: 63.4%
Fiscal Freedom 84.4%
Government Size: 68.1%
Monetary Freedom: 73.8%
Investment Freedom: 30.0%
Financial Freedom: 40.0%
Property Rights: 30.0%
Freedom from Corruption: 22.0%
Labor Freedom: 90.6%
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