The population of Nigeria is more than 200 million; stop using 187 million as that now is stale. Growing the number of citizens is one area Nigeria has outperformed the world. And it will not stop. Yes, recall the governor who gathered young men together in 2019, and told them that provided they keep having more babies and marrying many wives that they would decide who runs Nigeria. So, UNESCO, UN, WHO, etc can put out any initiative, the fact remains that population is a political weapon in Nigeria, and it will continue to grow.
From the electoral umpire, the total number of registered voters stands at 84 million, 15 million more than the figure in 2015 which stood at 68 million. Yes, according to INEC, 84 million people registered through biometric systems for the 2019 election. Though there are imperfections, you need to be at least 18 years to register for election voting in Nigeria. So, these 84 million people were at least 18 years old. Also, I personally think Nigeria does not exceed 70% participation on registered voters within the qualified population. This implies that in the whole population, 18 years and above should be around 120 million people.
Many independent data have shown that Nigeria has 44% of its population between 0-15 years. If you extrapolate to 18 years, you will have about 52% of the population below 18 years – let us just keep it at 50%.
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Based on above, doubling 120 million will give you 240 million people. Keeping it at 210 million takes care of many issues like INEC fudge factors of under-registration, double-registration, etc.
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