NIGERIA
Republic of Nigeria
GEOGRAPHY:
- Location:----------------- Western Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 923,770 sq. km
Land area:--- 910,770 sq. km
- Capital city:------------- Abuja
- Natural Resources:---------------- Petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, natural gas
PEOPLE:
- Population:---------------- 110,532,242
- Literacy rate:-------------- 57.1% of total population, (Males:67.3%, Females:47.3%)
- Languages:------------------ English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani
- Religious:----------------- 50%- Muslim, 40%-Christian, 10%-indigenous beliefs
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:------------- 42.58 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
- Death rate:------------- 12.45 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate:------------ 70.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility rate:--------------- 6.17 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at birth:
Total population:--- 54.65 (Males:53.32, Females:56.03)
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:-------------- Democratically Elected Government ;
- Independence:-------------- October 1, 1960 (from UK)
- President:-------------- Olusegun Obasanjo
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $143.5 billion (1996)
GDP real growth rate:--- 3%
GDP per capita:--- $1,380
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):------------- 57%
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $16.1 billion
Expenditures:--- $16 billion
- External Debt:-------------- $34 billion
- Currency:--------------- 1 Naira = 100 kobo
- Labor force:--------------- 42.844 million (1992)
- Unemployment rate:---------------- 28% (1992)
- Agriculture:---------------- Cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, rubber, corn, rice, sorghum, millet. cassava (tapioca), yams; cattle, sheep, goat, pigs; fishing and forest resources extensively exploited.
- Industries:--------------- Crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, ceramics, fertilizer, steel.
- Exports:---------------- $11.6 billion
Commodities:--- Oil, cocoa, rubber.
- Imports:---------------- $10 billion
Commodities:--- Machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, food and animals.
DEFENCE:
- Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $243 billion, 1% of GDP
Geography:Nigeria is located in west Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. The
neighboring coutries are Benin, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
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