Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa
LOWER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
154.7 2.4 166.1 46.1 — 49.1 923.8 155.3 1,140 5.4 62.4 84.0
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 1,000.0 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 0.6% Top destination countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Chad, Cameroon, Italy, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Spain, Sudan, Niger
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
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Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 10.7% Emigration of physicians: (a) 4,127 or 10.8% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010) (b) 4,856 or 13.6% of physicians born in the country (Source: Clemens and Pettersson 2006) Emigration of nurses: 12,579 or 11.7% of nurses born in the country
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 1,127.7 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 0.7% Females as percentage of immigrants: 47.4% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.8% Top source countries: Benin, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Liberia, Mauritania, the Arab Republic of Egypt
Remittances 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
1,063
2,273
3,329
5,435
9,221
9,980
9,585
9,975
1,063 — —
2,273 14,485 — 155 — —
16,740 192 —
17,796 218 —
17,880 171 —
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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
12
21
68
102
54
58
66
—
12 — —
21 — —
14 54 —
35 66 —
26 28 —
22 33 —
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US$ millions a
a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$3.6 bn, net ODA received US$1.3 bn, total international reserves US$53.6 bn, exports of goods and services US$86.1 bn in 2008.
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