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Nigeria. Mangrove and tropical rain forests in the south, savannah and grasslands in the north. The country is drained by the Niger-Benue river systems. Nigeria PRAY FOR THE COUNTRY. Area: 923,768 sq km Population: 158,258,917 Annual Growth: 2.4% Capital: Abuja Urban Percent: 49.8%
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Nigeria Mangrove and tropical rain forests in the south, savannah and grasslands in the north. The country is drained by the Niger-Benue river systems.
NigeriaPRAY FOR THE COUNTRY • Area: 923,768 sq km • Population: 158,258,917 • Annual Growth: 2.4% • Capital: Abuja • Urban Percent: 49.8% • Human Development Index Rank:158 of 182 countries
NigeriaPRAY FOR THE PEOPLE • Peoples: 523 (68 unreached) • Languages: 521 • Official Languages: English. Hausa is widely used in the north and middle belt, Yoruba in the southwest, Igbo in the southeast and Pidgin English all over the south. • Largest Religion: Christian (51% of population)
NigeriaPRAY FOR THE CHURCH • Christians (self-identified): • 81,123,521 • 51.3% of population • Annual Growth: 2.7% • Evangelicals: • 48,806,250 • 30.8% of population • Annual Growth: 3.4%