Nigeria Fact Sheet
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Nigeria Country Formation Date | 1960 | Nigeria | United Kingdom | October 1, 1960 |
Database: Death Rates by Country
| Record Name | Country | Death Rate (per 1000 persons) | Source |
| Death Rate for Nigeria | Nigeria | 16.8 | Wikipedia |
Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country
| Record Name | Country | Metal | 1999 (Kilograms) | 2000 (Kilograms) | 2001 (Kilograms) | 2002 (Kilograms) | 2003 (Kilograms) | Source |
| Gold production for Nigeriae | Nigeriae | Gold | 40 | 52 | 37 | 40 | 50 | United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program |
Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers
| Record Name | Language | Primary Country | Source | Rank | Speakers |
| HAUSA World Wide Language Speakers | HAUSA | Nigeria | 13th Edition of the Ethnologue | 41 | 24,200,000 |
| YORUBA World Wide Language Speakers | YORUBA | Nigeria | 13th Edition of the Ethnologue | 49 | 20,000,000 |
| IGBO World Wide Language Speakers | IGBO | Nigeria | 13th Edition of the Ethnologue | 57 | 17,000,000 |
| FULFULDE, NIGERIAN World Wide Language Speakers | FULFULDE, NIGERIAN | Nigeria | 13th Edition of the Ethnologue | 96 | 7,611,000 |
Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Life Expectancy | Rank |
| Nigeria Life Expectancy | Nigeria | World Fact Book | 47.44 | 205 |
Database: World Oil Production by Country
| Record Name | Country | Year | Source | Barrels per Day |
| Nigeria Oil Production | Nigeria | 2006 | 2006 CIA World Factbook | 2,451,000 |
Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List
| Record Name | Country | Organization Name | Source |
| Benin City Earthworks (NIGERIA) | Nigeria | Benin City Earthworks | World Monuments Fund |
Database: Number of Airports in World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Year | Airports | Source |
| Number of Airports in Nigeria | Nigeria | 2007 | 70 | CIA World Fact Book |
Database: Local Names of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Local Name |
| Local Name for Nigeria | Nigeria | Nigeria |
Database: United Nations Presidents
| Record Name | Origin | Year | Session |
| Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 1989 | Forty-fourth |
| Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 1989 | Sixteenth special |
| Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 1990 | Seventeenth special |
| Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 1990 | Eighteenth special |
Database: Unemployment rate for world countries
| Record Name | Country | Rate (Percent) | Note | Source |
| Unemployment rate for Nigeria | Nigeria | 5.80 | 2006 est. | Wikipedia |
Database: World Literacy Rates
| Record Name | Country | Source | Total | Men | Women | Year |
| Nigeria Literacy Rate | Nigeria | UNESCO | 70.7 percent | 77.8 percent | 63.8 percent | 2005 |
Database: World Wide Wheat Production
| Record Name | Country | Commodity | 2007/2008 Production (1000 MT) | Source |
| Wheat Production for Nigeria | Nigeria | Wheat | 100 | US Department of Agriculture |
Database: List of countries by train railway track length
| Record Name | Country | Year Reported | Transportation Type | Railway Length (km) | Source |
| Nigeria Railway Length | Nigeria | 2005 | Train | 3,528 | Wikipedia |
Database: Internet Country Codes
| Record Name | Country | Internet Code |
| NG Nigeria | Nigeria | NG |
Database: Prison Population by Country
| Record Name | Year | Source |
| Prison population for Nigeria | 2007 | Human Development Reports (UNDP) |
Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations
| Record Name | Language | City | Country | Media | kHz |
| Radio Kaduna | Kaduna | Nigeria | Radio | 3396 | |
| Imo Regional Radio | Imo | Nigeria | Radio | 4755 |
Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country
| Record Name | Country | 1975 (liters per year) | 1979 (liters per year) | 2003 (liters per year) | 2004 (liters per year) | Source |
| Average total alchohol consumption per person for Nigeria | Nigeria | n/a | n/a | 10.57 | n/a | World Health Organization |
Database: Country Population (2002)
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Year | Land Area | Population | Source |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | Abuja | 2002 | 923,768 | 129,934,911 | The World Factbook 2002, CIA |
Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Thousand Metric Tonnes | per Capita (per thousand people) |
| Nigeria CO2 Carbon Emissions | Nigeria | World Resources Institute | 48,145.7 | 0.373901 |
Database: Coastline of world countries
| Record Name | Country | Coastline (KM) |
| Nigeria Ocean Coastline Length | Nigeria | 853 |
Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)
| Record Name | Country | Source | Rate (2003) | Rate (2002) | Rate (2001) | Rate (2000) |
| NIGERIA Inflation Rate | Nigeria | International Monetary Fund | 11.2 | 14.7 | 18.9 | 6.9 |
Database: Capital Cities of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Country Long Name | FIPS code |
| Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) | Nigeria | Abuja | Federal Republic of Nigeria | NI |
Database: World Currency List
| Record Name | Country | Symbol | Subdivision | Name |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | double-dashed N | 100 kobo | naira |
Database: Country GDP (2005)
| Record Name | Country | Year | Source | GDP | GDP per Capita | Real Growth Rate | Inflation |
| Nigeria GDP | Nigeria | 2005 | The World Factbook 2006 | 174.1 billion | 1,400 | 6.2 | 15.6 |
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