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Capital: Abuja
Total Area: 356,668.82 sq mi,923,768.00 sq km,(slightly more than twice the size of California)
Population: 126,635,626 (July 2001 est.),note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050: 303,586,770
Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
Literacy: 57.1% total, 67.3% male, 47.3% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Life Expectancy: 51.07 male, 51.07 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republic transitioning from military to civilian rule
Currency: 1 naira (N) = 100 kobo
GDP (per capita): $950 (2000 est.)
Industry: crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
Agriculture: cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Arable Land: 33%
Natural Resources: natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land
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