Nigeria’s population now 206 million – Population Commission

 

‎The National Population Commission on Tuesday said Nigeria’s population is now estimated at 206 million.

Chairman of the NPC, Nasir Kwarra, said this in Abuja, at a press briefing held to mark the commencement of the next Enumeration Area Demarcation.‎

However, Kwarra noted that Nigeria’s exact population is not known, as the country had not been able to hold a census in the last 14 years.

“In the absence of an actual census, we formally do projections and we have all along been doing our projections and we estimate that as of 2020, the estimated population of Nigeria is 206 million,” he said. ‎

‎Speaking on the commencement of the Enumeration Area Demarcation exercise, Kwarra said about 260 local government areas out of the 774 in the country had been fully demarcated.

‎The 11th phase of the exercise would begin on December 9, 2020, and end on January 20, 2021.

Kwarra added, “‎Planning for the census is anchored on the EAD as the basis for estimating both the human and material resources required for the census. In essence, the success of a credible and accurate census depends very much on the quality and reliability of the EAD.”

He ‎explained that the EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country but a preparatory exercise before the census.

According to him, the ‎NPC would be assisting the Independent National Electoral Commission to create digitized maps of INEC registration areas for the first time as part of the EAD.

‎“It is important to state that the latest technology is being deployed for this EAD exercise, including the use of very high-resolution satellite imageries as the base map, the use of GPS for georeferencing and the use of GIS for data management.

“‎Also, personal data assistants (handheld devices/tablets) that include computer software for population estimation are being used for data capture,” Kwarra added.

 

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