Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
- 232MPopulation
- 116MMuslim
- 50%Muslim share
- $1,600GDP per person
- 5%Unemployment
- 39%In poverty
- 62%Literacy
- 53Life expectancy
- System
- federal republic
- In power
- President Bola Tinubu
- Currency
- naira
- In the UN since
- 1,960
Life today
Nollywood is the world's second-biggest film industry; Afrobeats conquers global charts.
Word on the street
Nollywood, Afrobeats and WhatsApp; the north runs on Hausa radio.
Names the world knows
- Aliko Dangote industrialist
- Muhammadu Buhari former president
- Amina J. Mohammed UN deputy sec-gen
- Usman dan Fodio scholar-reformer
- Kanu Nwankwo footballer
Did you know?
Nigeria has Africa's largest economy and its largest Muslim minority that may already be a majority.