Demographics (v2.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

Dependency ratio

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 96.6 95.5 94.3 93.2 92.1 91.0 89.8 88.7 89.9 91.1 92.4 93.6 94.8 95.4 96.0 96.7 97.3 97.9 98.1 98.3 98.4 98.6 98.8 96.3 93.8 91.3 88.8 86.3
Abia 91.1 87.9 84.8 81.6 78.5 75.3 72.2 69.0 69.3 69.6 70.0 70.3 70.6 72.7 74.8 76.8 78.9 81.0 81.8 82.6 83.4 84.2 85.0 85.5 85.9 86.4 86.9 87.3
Abuja FCT 89.6 91.3 93.1 94.8 96.6 98.3 100 102 97.0 92.2 87.3 82.5 77.7 76.2 74.7 73.2 71.7 70.2 72.6 75.1 77.5 80.0 82.4 78.0 73.7 69.3 64.9 60.6
Adamawa 107 104 101 98.6 95.9 93.3 90.6 87.9 92.1 96.2 100 105 109 108 107 107 106 105 104 103 102 102 101 97.3 93.9 90.5 87.1 83.7
Akwa Ibom 97.1 93.2 89.3 85.4 81.5 77.6 73.7 69.8 70.7 71.5 72.4 73.2 74.1 73.8 73.5 73.1 72.8 72.5 72.5 72.4 72.4 72.3 72.3 76.6 80.9 85.2 89.5 93.8
Anambra 120 113 106 98.5 91.2 83.9 76.5 69.2 72.3 75.5 78.6 81.8 84.9 83.6 82.3 81.0 79.7 78.4 81.5 84.6 87.7 90.8 93.9 87.5 81.0 74.6 68.2 61.7
Bauchi 114 114 114 113 113 112 112 112 114 117 120 123 125 126 126 126 127 127 126 125 125 124 123 121 118 116 113 111
Bayelsa 103 102 101 100 99.7 98.9 98.2 97.4 93.3 89.3 85.2 81.2 77.1 77.9 78.7 79.6 80.4 81.2 82.7 84.2 85.6 87.1 88.6 86.0 83.4 80.8 78.2 75.6
Benue 99.1 97.8 96.4 95.1 93.8 92.5 91.1 89.8 92.9 96.0 99.0 102 105 103 101 99.1 97.0 95.0 92.6 90.2 87.8 85.4 83.0 84.2 85.4 86.6 87.8 89.0
Borno 94.8 95.1 95.4 95.7 96.0 96.3 96.6 96.9 101 105 109 112 116 113 109 105 101 97.4 99.3 101 103 105 107 107 108 108 109 109
Cross River 94.9 93.4 91.9 90.4 88.9 87.4 85.9 84.4 84.7 85.0 85.3 85.6 85.9 86.5 87.1 87.7 88.3 88.9 85.8 82.7 79.6 76.5 73.4 72.8 72.1 71.5 70.9 70.2
Delta 99.0 97.2 95.4 93.6 91.8 90.0 88.2 86.4 85.8 85.2 84.7 84.1 83.5 81.5 79.5 77.6 75.6 73.6 75.5 77.4 79.2 81.1 83.0 83.7 84.5 85.2 85.9 86.7
Ebonyi 102 102 101 100 99.8 99.1 98.5 97.8 99.0 100 101 103 104 103 102 102 101 100 103 106 108 111 114 100 86.4 72.7 59.0 45.2
Edo 86.5 86.1 85.6 85.2 84.8 84.4 83.9 83.5 83.1 82.7 82.4 82.0 81.6 80.2 78.9 77.5 76.2 74.8 79.6 84.4 89.2 94.0 98.8 91.9 84.9 78.0 71.1 64.1
Ekiti 52.9 57.2 61.4 65.7 70.0 74.3 78.5 82.8 82.0 81.2 80.3 79.5 78.7 80.1 81.5 82.9 84.3 85.7 86.2 86.7 87.3 87.8 88.3 88.3 88.4 88.4 88.4 88.5
Enugu 104 99.6 94.7 89.8 84.9 80.1 75.2 70.3 73.6 76.9 80.1 83.4 86.7 86.3 85.9 85.5 85.1 84.7 84.7 84.7 84.8 84.8 84.8 81.6 78.5 75.3 72.1 69.0
Gombe 79.5 80.7 82.0 83.2 84.5 85.7 87.0 88.2 94.4 101 107 113 119 119 119 119 119 119 118 116 115 114 112 108 103 98.9 94.4 89.9
Imo 100 96.7 93.2 89.6 86.1 82.5 79.0 75.4 77.2 79.0 80.9 82.7 84.5 84.3 84.0 83.8 83.5 83.3 83.7 84.1 84.5 84.9 85.3 84.0 82.6 81.3 80.0 78.6
Jigawa 116 112 109 106 103 99.4 96.2 92.9 98.7 104 110 116 122 122 122 123 123 123 124 124 124 124 125 126 127 129 130 131
Kaduna 89.5 90.8 92.1 93.4 94.7 96.0 97.3 98.6 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.8 100 98.3 96.4 94.6 92.7 90.9 94.3 97.8 101 105 108 102 96.0 89.9 83.8 77.8
Kano 123 120 118 115 113 110 107 105 107 110 112 114 117 116 115 115 114 113 115 116 118 119 121 115 110 104 98.5 93.0
Katsina 106 108 109 110 111 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 121 123 124 126 127 129 128 126 125 123 122 121 121 121 121 120
Kebbi 84.3 90.1 95.9 102 108 113 119 125 123 122 120 118 117 117 118 119 120 121 120 120 119 119 118 116 114 112 110 108
Kogi 69.6 71.1 72.6 74.1 75.6 77.1 78.6 80.1 81.5 82.9 84.2 85.6 87.0 86.9 86.8 86.7 86.6 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.9 87.0 87.1 84.7 82.3 79.9 77.5 75.1
Kwara 68.9 74.0 79.0 84.0 89.0 94.1 99.1 104 102 100 98.0 95.9 93.9 93.7 93.5 93.3 93.1 92.9 95.7 98.5 101 104 107 102 97.5 92.8 88.1 83.3
Lagos 69.3 67.7 66.2 64.6 63.1 61.5 60.0 58.4 59.1 59.8 60.5 61.2 61.9 63.9 65.9 68.0 70.0 72.0 70.8 69.6 68.4 67.2 66.0 67.9 69.8 71.7 73.6 75.5
Nassarawa 124 119 115 110 106 101 96.6 92.1 91.9 91.7 91.6 91.4 91.2 91.8 92.4 93.1 93.7 94.3 94.1 94.0 93.8 93.7 93.5 93.2 93.0 92.7 92.4 92.2
Niger 102 102 101 101 101 101 100 100 104 108 111 115 119 117 115 113 111 109 109 108 107 107 106 105 103 102 100 98.9
Ogun 92.7 90.8 88.8 86.8 84.8 82.9 80.9 78.9 83.1 87.3 91.6 95.8 100 100 101 101 101 101 98.1 94.9 91.7 88.5 85.3 85.0 84.6 84.3 84.0 83.6
Ondo 115 111 106 101 96.6 91.9 87.3 82.6 84.5 86.4 88.2 90.1 92.0 90.0 88.0 86.0 84.0 82.0 82.0 82.0 81.9 81.9 81.9 79.4 76.9 74.4 71.9 69.4
Osun 97.4 92.9 88.5 84.0 79.6 75.1 70.7 66.2 68.4 70.6 72.9 75.1 77.3 78.4 79.6 80.7 81.9 83.0 81.9 80.8 79.6 78.5 77.4 79.7 82.1 84.4 86.7 89.1
Oyo 120 113 106 98.5 91.3 84.1 76.8 69.6 74.3 78.9 83.6 88.2 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.9 95.1 93.2 91.4 89.5 87.7 86.8 85.8 84.9 84.0 83.0
Plateau 101 99.1 96.8 94.4 92.1 89.7 87.4 85.0 88.4 91.7 95.1 98.4 102 99.3 96.9 94.4 92.0 89.5 90.4 91.3 92.3 93.2 94.1 91.6 89.2 86.7 84.2 81.8
Rivers 95.8 90.8 85.7 80.6 75.5 70.5 65.4 60.3 60.1 59.9 59.8 59.6 59.4 60.4 61.4 62.3 63.3 64.3 65.8 67.3 68.7 70.2 71.7 72.3 72.9 73.5 74.1 74.7
Sokoto 84.2 84.9 85.6 86.3 87.0 87.7 88.4 89.1 94.2 99.3 104 110 115 115 116 116 116 117 117 117 116 116 116 111 106 101 96.6 91.7
Taraba 78.6 82.6 86.6 90.6 94.6 98.6 103 107 106 104 103 102 101 102 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 110 111 108 104 101 97.6 94.2
Yobe 131 129 127 125 122 120 118 115 117 118 119 121 122 123 123 123 124 124 122 121 119 117 115 119 123 126 130 134
Zamfora 104 105 105 106 106 106 107 107 110 112 115 117 120 121 122 123 124 125 123 121 120 118 116 115 113 112 110 109
Lighter numbers are estimates