Nigeria—the fast facts
Recently President Trump added Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, to a list of countries whose residents face restrictions on travel into the United States. Here are some fast facts about Nigeria.
Nigeria is the seventh most populous country in the world, with 206 million people. By 2100, it is projected to be the world’s third most populous country – ahead of the U.S. – with 733 million people. Nigeria is expected to add more people than any other country during that span.
In a 2018 survey, 45% of Nigerian adults said they plan to move to another country sometime within the next five years – by far the highest share of any country surveyed.
Nigeria’s population of over 250 ethnicities is almost evenly split between Muslims (50%) and Christians (48.1%), as of 2015. It has the world’s fifth-largest Muslim population (90 million) and the world’s sixth-largest Christian population (87 million).
As of 2017, there were about 348,000 Nigerian immigrants living in the U.S., making Nigeria the top birthplace among African immigrants in the country.
A nation of 200 million, headed for 700 million, 50% muslim. What would NoPlaceLeft (Rom 15:23) look like?
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