Nigeria conducts its most recent census
Nigeria held the population and housing census that remains, twenty years later, the country's most recent. The result for Lagos State — about nine million — was publicly rejected by the state government, and no subsequent count has been held to settle the dispute.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Lagos · city · Nigeria
Evidence
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Nigeria's census status: no count since 2006
Supports the statement that Nigeria's most recent population and housing census was held in 2006, that a 2023 attempt was halted, and that as of 2026 no new date had been announced. V55 verification basis: retrieved from a fact-checking organisation and Nigerian national reporting; no National Population Commission publication was opened.
Africa Check; Vanguard (Nigeria) · 2026-06 · Partly verified
Africa Check fact-check on the timing of Nigeria's next census; Vanguard, "Nigeria hits 20 years without census" (June 2026)
Recorded on Lagos
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