Nigeria’s population hits 193.3 Million

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Nigeria’s population is now 193,392,517 and there are about 11,547,236 vehicles of various types across the federation, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.


In a report titled “Road Transport Data (Q3 2017)”, the NBS data also indicates that excessive speed was the leading cause of injuries for 6, 803 victims involved in 2, 478 road accidents during the third quarter of 2017 alone.

According to the NBS report, 72.0% of road accident victims are men while women constitute 22.4% as male and female children account for 3.2% and 2.5% respectively.

“Speed violation is reported as the major cause of road crashes in Q3 and it accounted for 44.51% of the total road crashes reported.