This study was carried out to find the trend, fit a model and forecast for the population growth rate of Nigeria.The data were based on the population growth rate of Nigeria from 1982 to 2012 obtained from World Bank Data (data.worldbank.org). Both time and autocorrelation plots were used...
Nigeria’s growing population is a result of a high fertility rate and increasing life expectancy. The country ranks 10th among the countries with the highest average birth rate for the time period between 2010 and 2015. For the past decade, the fertility rate in Nigeria has been at above ...
The capital city, Abuja, had a population of 403,000 in that 2003. Ibadan had a metropolitan population of 1,739,000 people, and Kano had over 1 million. According to the United Nations, the urban population growth rate for 2000– 2005 was 4.1%. The prevalence of AIDS/HIV has had ...
Population, 0-14 Years in million # 276.38 284.02 292.18 300.79 309.72 318.98 328.63 338.6 348.88 359.43 370.11 380.9 391.72 402.41 412.81 422.54 431.36 439.36 446.5 452.77 458.23 463.22 468.09 472.77 477.15 481.23 485.05 488.67 492.18 495.6 499.01 502.65 506.63 510.89 515.4 520.18 524.88 529.19 533.13...
Nigeria also has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS related deaths in the world. About half of Nigeria’s population identifies as Muslim, and an Islamic legal system was also implemented in 1999, primarily in the northern region of the country. Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group aligned with...
Taking a cue from theory and related research, exchange rate, inflation, investment, human capital, and population growth rate are included as control variables. Considering that these variables also influence economic growth, they are included as controls to overcome potential threats to valid ...
Population is a vital componentof development in any country including Nigeria. Housing is a physical andsocial necessity of life which holds a place of strategic importance indevelopment. However, the high rate of population growth in Nigeria (3.2%)and associated rural-urban migration contribute ...
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By 2050 Africa’s most populous nation could have nearly 400 million people squeezed into a country one-tenth the size of the United States
The results from ECM confirmed the values of lagged of real GDP growth rates, investment, current inflation, population growth and terms of trade as important factors affecting growth rates of real GDP in Nigeria. Based on the outcome of the results it was therefore suggested that an ...