Motto: "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"

Anthem: "Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey"

Capital

Abuja

9°10′N 7°10′E / 9.167, 7.167

Largest city

Lagos

Official languages

English

Recognised regional languages

Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Edo

Demonym

Nigerian

Government

Presidential Federal republic

 President

Umaru Yar'Adua (PDP)

 Vice President

Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)

 Senate President

David Mark (PDP)

 Speaker of the House

Dimeji Bankole (PDP)

 Chief Justice

Idris Kutigi

Independence

from the United Kingdom 

 Declared and recognized

October 1, 1960 

 Republic declared

October 1, 1963 

Area

 Total

923,768 km² (32nd)
356,667 sq mi 

 Water (%)

1.4

Population

 2007 United Nation estimate

148,000,000^[1] (8th)

 Density

145/km² (71st)
374/sq mi

GDP (PPP)

2007 estimate

 Total

$292.7 billion (38th²)

 Per capita

$2,035 (137th²)

Gini (2003)

43.7 (medium) 

HDI (2007)

▲ 0.470 (low) (158th)

Currency

Nigerian naira (₦) (NGN)

Time zone

WAT (UTC+1)

 Summer (DST)

not observed (UTC+1)

Internet TLD

.ng

Calling code

+234

¹ 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. ² The GDP estimate is as of 2006; the total and per capita ranks, however, are based on 2005 numbers.