Overview

Nigeria covers 923,768 km², with 1.4% water coverage. Its 240 million people — Africa's largest population — belong to 250 ethnic groups practicing Islam, Christianity, and animism, with beaches, 4 major navigable rivers, mangroves, forest, savanna, and steppe, 5 international airports, 6 ports, a railway, a good road network, and 4 major hydroelectric plants. Around 45 cities exceed 500,000 inhabitants, 25 of those exceed 1,000,000, and one (Lagos) exceeds 30,000,000.