Western Africa
Nigeria
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Core facts
- Capital
- Abuja
- Population
- 223,800,000
- Area
- 923,768 km^2
- Country code
- NGA
- Flag emoji
- 🇳🇬
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 242.3 per km^2
- Calling code
- +234
Culture and society
- Languages
- English
- Religions
- Islam (53.0%), Christianity (46.0%), Folk religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Nigeria
- Demonyms (EN)
- Nigerian / Nigerian
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00
- Alternative spellings
- NG, Nijeriya, NaÃjÃrÃÃ , Federal Republic of Nigeria
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 10.00, 8.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- BEN, CMR, TCD, NER
- Border countries count
- 4
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Nigerian naira (₦)
- Top-level domain
- .ng
- FIFA code
- NGA
- Capital coordinates
- 9.08, 7.53
- Postal code format
- ######
- Gini index
- 35.1 (2018)
- Coat of arms
