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With the census Ordinance of 1863, the first population census in the Nigeria area was conducted in 1866. [12] Subsequent ones were held in 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901. These counts were all confined to the Lagos Colony and its environs, and marked the sequential beginning of the British decennial census tradition in Nigeria.
The Nigerian census has taken place irregularly since independence. It collects data on various statistics related to population and housing. It is often a controversial process with frequent allegations of data manipulation for political purposes. The 2023 census of Nigeria is the most recent to take place in the country. Meanwhile, 2006 ...
The census in Sri Lanka is carried out by the Department of Census and Statistics every 10 years, with the next one being planned for 2011. [87] The 2011 one being the first post-war census in three decades. The census will cover all Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions of the country. The first scientific census in Sri Lanka was conducted on March ...
The next census of Nigeria will be a detailed enumeration of the Nigerian population that will be the fifth national census in the country since Independence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Censuses in Nigeria have a controversial history and the next census will be the first national census held since 2006.
Nasir Isa Kwarra (born 4 October 1959) is a Nigerian administrator and a former banker who serves as the chairman, National Population Commission, Nigeria. [1] He was appointed Chairman by President Muhammadu Buhari and confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on 15 October 2020.
An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of a built environment. This section lists contiguous urban areas in Nigeria, with a population of at least 500,000. The figures here have been taken from Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study in 2016. Demographia uses maps, satellite photographs to estimate ...
Map of Nigerian states by population density. The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, [1] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics. [2]
The former Nigeria's chairman of National Population Commission, Eze Duruiheoma, delivering Nigeria's statement in New York City on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration in the 51st session of Commission on Population and Development, said that "Nigeria remains the most populous in Africa, the seventh globally with an ...