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%
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%
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