The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that Nigeria’s population is now estimated at 206 million.
This is coming two years after the NPC estimated the country’s population at 198 million.
The Chairman of the NPC, Nasir Kwarra, said this at a press conference on the commencement of the next Enumeration Area Demarcation in Abuja on Tuesday, Punch reports.
Kwarra said since Nigeria had not been able to hold a census in the last 14 years, it would be challenging to know the exact population of the country.
He said, “In the absence of an actual census, we formally make projections, and we have all along been making our projections, and we estimate that as of 2020, the estimated population of Nigeria is 206 million.”
The NPC boss said President Muhammadu Buhari had the sole right to announce the next census.
Kwarra, however, said he was confident that Buhari would do the needful soon.