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Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. [1] Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation.
The total population in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase to almost one billion people, making it the most populated region outside of South-Central Asia. [30] According to the United Nations, the population of Nigeria will reach 375 million by 2050. Nigeria might then be the 3rd most populous country in the world.
Mask (hippopotamus masquerade), Abua people, 19th century. Rivers State is the sixth-largest geographic area in Nigeria according to 2006 census data. [1] The state has an indigenously diverse population with major riverine and upland divisions. The dominant tribes are: [[Ikwerre people| Ogoni, and Ijaw.
The Yoruba people (/ ˈ j ɒr ʊ b ə / YORR-ub-ə; [24] [25] Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) [26] are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland.
The total population of the Lafia division in 1963 was 424, 219 people. This gave the Tiv 49.2 percent of the total population. The 1991 census however did not show demographics by tribes but this alone makes Tiv the dominant ethnic group in the Nasarawa south senatorial district.
The Igbo people, commonly and often referred to as Ibo people, are one of the largest ethnic groups to ever exist in Africa; they have a total population of about 20 million people. Most people who are a part of this ethnic group are based in the southeastern part of Nigeria, they contribute to about 17 percent of the country's population.
The Gbagyi or Gbari (plural - Agbagyi/Agbari) [1] are an ethnic group found predominantly in Central Nigeria with an estimated population of 12 million spread in four states, including Abuja, and located in thirty local government areas. [2]
The people of this ethnic group speak the Urhobo language. [1] Their population is approximately 7 million. [3] The Urhobo people live in a territory bounded by latitudes 6° and 5°, 15° North and Longitudes 5°, 40° and 6°, 25° East [clarification needed] in the Delta and Bayelsa States of Nigeria.