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

Geography:Nigeria is located in west Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. The neighboring
coutries are Benin, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.