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Urban population (% of total population) — Nigeria

Share of Nigeria’s total population living in urban areas.

Latest measured value

Success
Latest value
62.976
Year
2024
Unit
% of total population
Last ingestion
2026-05-14T21:04:20.316Z
Source: World Bank Open Data

Definition

Unit
% of total population
Value type
percentage
Geography
Nigeria (national)
Time period
1960–present (annual)
License
CC BY 4.0
Last updated
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Source
World Bank Open Data
Dataset
World Bank Population and Migration Indicators — Nigeria
MethodologyWorld Bank Indicator SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS.

Recent records

YearValueUnitGeography
202462.976% of total populationNigeria
202362.175% of total populationNigeria
202261.373% of total populationNigeria
202160.57% of total populationNigeria
202059.766% of total populationNigeria
201958.961% of total populationNigeria
201858.155% of total populationNigeria
201757.349% of total populationNigeria
201656.541% of total populationNigeria
201555.733% of total populationNigeria

API

This dataset is queryable through the Data.civic.ng API.

curl -s https://data.civic.ng/api/indicators/urban-population-percent-of-total-nigeria/records