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