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Nigeria: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

55.43Mcount · 2025+23.1% since 2015

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.CE. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2004 to 2025.

20042025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202555,429,172
202454,911,508
202354,248,048
202253,414,616
202152,429,928
202051,323,856
201950,164,992
201848,947,784
201747,658,348
201646,356,764
201545,038,768
201443,658,604
201342,279,668
201240,931,372
201139,633,648
201038,388,836
200937,162,292
200835,984,380
200734,854,756
200633,793,688
200532,846,024
200431,985,504

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Population of compulsory school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-ce (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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