By Service | 14 June, 2020
English is the official language. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa and is expected to double in the next 30 years to make it the fourth most populous country.
Stats
ISO: NG
Population: 206.14 million
Yearly intake of children: 7534.53 k
Yearly intake as % of population: 3.655
Yearly outgoing of children: ??
Children at school: ??
Number of English teachers: ??
Costs for every extra year learning: ??
Schoolbook renewal period: ???
English learnt at school: true
English primary language: false
English learnt as a second language: true
Second language comment:
How many children are learning English
Number of intakes: 7.535e6
- Daily (7.535e6/365) = 20643 approx. 20k per day
- Hourly (7.535e6/365/24) = 860, rounding = 800 children start to learn EN every hour.
Time relevant:
- Per minute = 7.535e6/365/24/60 = 14.33 children.
- The number of children per breath (4.375e6/365/24/60/60*4) = 0.956, or 1 child.
Sources
Children:
- Number of births
- https://knoema.com/atlas/Nigeria/topics/Demographics/Fertility/Number-of-births
- 2019
Good overview of the system, and the decline of in English teaching:
- The State Of English Language Teaching and Learning in Nigeria and Namibia: Implications for National Development
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314230132_The_State_Of_English_Language_Teaching_and_Learning_in_Nigeria_and_Namibia_Implications_for_National_Development
- April 2014
- Josephine Olufunmilayo Alexander
Review of Higher Education