Nigeria's census is postponed again
A census scheduled for 2023 was halted shortly before it was due, continuing a sequence of postponements attributed to funding, logistics, security and political timing. As of 2026 no new date had been announced, leaving Africa's most populous country without a current official count.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Lagos · city · Nigeria
- Twenty-first-century urbanisation · phenomenon · Global · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
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
- Nigeria conducts its most recent census
- The world is reported to become majority urban
- Construction starts on the Lagos Blue Line
- Nigeria's census is postponed again
- The Lagos Blue Line carries its first passengers
- Makoko is cleared again, and the legislature stops it
- The JMP reports flat urban water coverage
- World Urbanization Prospects 2025 changes the measurement
- Where the next billion city dwellers are projected to be
Related
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- World Urbanization Prospects 2025 changes the measurement · 2025-11-18
- The JMP reports flat urban water coverage · 2025-08-26
- Makoko is cleared again, and the legislature stops it · 2025-12 – 2026-02
- Where the next billion city dwellers are projected to be · 2050 (projection)
- The Lagos Blue Line carries its first passengers · 2023-09
- Construction starts on the Lagos Blue Line · 2009
- The world is reported to become majority urban · 2007
- Nigeria conducts its most recent census · 2006