Nigeria's population ages 0-14, male was 48.82 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 13.98% from 42.83 million in 2015 (1.32% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 48.82 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 46.47 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 42.83 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 48.82 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 9.2 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 46.56 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 9.2 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nigeria's population ages 0-14, male rose 0.9% on 2024 (from 48.4 million to 48.82 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.3% and a typical year strayed about 0.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.8% in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 554,191 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Nigeria had the 3rd highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48.82 million | 2025 |
| World | 1.03 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 269.77 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 446.49 million | 2025 |
Closest to Nigeria in the 2025 ranking
- India — 1st of 217: 184.37 million
- China — 2nd of 217: 115.41 million
- Pakistan — 4th of 217: 47.25 million
- Indonesia — 5th of 217: 35.56 million
- United States — 6th of 217: 29.97 million
What this measures
Male population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 0-14, male |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 48,821,533 |
| 2024 | 48,402,736 |
| 2023 | 47,954,288 |
| 2022 | 47,476,763 |
| 2021 | 46,980,665 |
| 2020 | 46,470,755 |
| 2019 | 45,913,398 |
| 2018 | 45,272,890 |
| 2017 | 44,544,871 |
| 2016 | 43,729,369 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 0-14, male in nearby economies
- Angola — 8.66 million (2025)
- Benin — 3.1 million (2025)
- Botswana — 412,499 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 5.03 million (2025)
- Burundi — 3.18 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 66,789 (2025)
- Cameroon — 6.19 million (2025)
- Central African Republic — 1.35 million (2025)
- Chad — 4.89 million (2025)
- Comoros — 164,961 (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 25.99 million (2025)
More health data for Nigeria
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.4% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.42% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 47.42 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.41% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 40.62% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 96.25 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 40.52% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.33% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population) — 13.4% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nigeria's population ages 0-14, male?
- 48.82 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 430.75% from 9.2 million in 1960 (2.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 48.82 million in 2025 and the lowest 9.2 million in 1960.
- How does Nigeria rank?
- 3rd highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 0-14, male unusual for Nigeria?
- In 2025, Nigeria's population ages 0-14, male rose 0.9% on 2024 (from 48.4 million to 48.82 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.3% and a typical year strayed about 0.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0014.MA.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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