Preservation Of The Gidan-Gaado For Sustainable Urban Development
Table 1:
| Year | Population | Yearly % Change | UrbanPop % | Urban Population | Country's Share ofWorld Pop | World Population | NigeriaGlobal Rank |
| 2016 | 186,987,563 | 2.63 % | 49 % | 91,668,667 | 2.52 % | 7,432,663,275 | 7 |
| 2015 | 182,201,962 | 2.71 % | 48.1 % | 87,680,500 | 2.48 % | 7,349,472,099 | 7 |
| 2010 | 159,424,742 | 2.69 % | 43.6 % | 69,440,943 | 2.3 % | 6,929,725,043 | 7 |
| 2000 | 122,876,723 | 2.53 % | 34.8 % | 42,810,252 | 2.01 % | 6,126,622,121 | 10 |
| 1990 | 95,617,345 | 2.65 % | 29.7 % | 28,379,229 | 1.8 % | 5,309,667,699 | 10 |
| 1980 | 73,698,096 | 3 % | 22 % | 16,191,472 | 1.66 % | 4,439,632,465 | 11 |
| 1970 | 56,131,844 | 2.24 % | 17.8 % | 9,969,016 | 1.52 % | 3,682,487,691 | 11 |
| 1960 | 45,211,614 | 1.91 % | 15.4 % | 6,967,110 | 1.5 % | 3,018,343,828 | 13 |
| 1955 | 41,122,333 | 1.67 % | 11 % | 4,541,081 | 1.49 % | 2,758,314,525 | 13 |