People (Nigeria)
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     Population:
         126,274,589 (July 1992), growth rate 3.0% (1992); note - a new population
         figure of 88.5 million is in the process of being incorporated into revised
         Census Bureau figures (April 1992)
     Birth rate:
         46 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         16 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         110 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         48 years male, 50 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.5 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Nigerian(s); adjective - Nigerian
     Ethnic divisions:
         more than 250 tribal groups; Hausa and Fulani of the north, Yoruba of the
         southwest, and Ibos of the southeast make up 65% of the population; about
         27,000 non-Africans
     Religions:
         Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
     Languages:
         English (official); Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and several other languages
         also widely used
     Literacy:
         51% (male 62%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         42,844,000; agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%,
         government 15%; 49% of population of working age (1985)
     Organized labor:
         3,520,000 wage earners belong to 42 recognized trade unions, which come
         under a single national labor federation - the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC)