Table 1.

Distribution of population by age groups and sex, Nigeria 2006

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0–4	22,594,967	11,569,218	11,025,749
5–9	20,005,380	10,388,611	9,616,769
10–14	16,135,950	8,504,319	7,631,631
15–19	14,899,419	7,536,532	7,362,887
20–24	13,435,079	6,237,549	7,197,530
25–29	12,211,426	5,534,458	6,676,968
30–34	9,467,538	4,505,186	4,962,352
35–39	7,331,755	3,661,133	3,670,622
40–44	6,456,470	3,395,489	3,060,981
45–49	4,591,293	2,561,526	2,029,767
50–54	4,249,219	2,363,937	1,885,282
55–59	2,066,247	1,189,770	876,477
60–64	2,450,286	1,363,219	1,087,067
65–69	1,151,048	628,436	522,612
70–74	1,330,597	765,988	564,609
75–79	579,838	327,416	252,422
80–84	760,053	408,680	351,373
85+	715,226	404,021	311,204
Total	140,431,790	71,345,488	69,086,302