Nigeria’s population now 182 million-with more than half its people under 30 years of age - NPC

Nigeria’s population now 182 million-with more than half its people under 30 years of age - NPC

The Director-General of National Population Commission, (NPC) Ghaji Bello, has said that Nigeria’s population is currently 182 million as against 140 million recorded in the last census a decade ago.

Bello, who disclosed this recently in Abuja, said the latest estimate was based on the population of 140 million recorded in the last census a decade ago, using an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent weighed against other variables such as rising life expectancy and a declining infant mortality rate