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A total of 3,381,228 individuals were internally displaced across 14 states in Nigeria during 2023, according to a demographic bulletin released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The Demographic Bulletin 2023, which compiles data from administrative sources and surveys, is intended to support policy formulation and research.
Borno State accounted for the highest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs), representing 50.62 percent of the total, or approximately 1,711,481 people.
At the lower end, Gombe, Nasarawa, and Kano states recorded the smallest shares, with 52,383 (1.55 percent), 20,580 (0.61 percent), and 15,549 (0.46 percent) IDPs, respectively.
The report also cited population projections from the National Population Commission, estimating Nigeria’s total population in 2023 at 221,250,127.
This figure includes 112,434,239 males and 108,815,888 females.
At the state level, Kano had the highest population with 15,671,491 residents, followed by Lagos at 13,710,862 and Katsina at 10,661,373. Nasarawa and Bayelsa were listed as the least populous states, with 2,948,849 and 2,583,352 people, respectively.
On reproductive health, the bulletin indicated that maternal conditions accounted for the largest share of health expenditure in 2022, comprising 50.22 percent of capital spending and 52.46 percent of recurrent spending.
Findings from the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) showed that the percentage of women who had a live birth in the two years preceding the survey and received antenatal care from a skilled provider rose from 50 percent in 2011 to 67 percent in 2018.
The report noted, however, that this figure declined slightly to 63 percent in 2021.
Anambra State recorded the lowest proportion of women with unmet needs for birth spacing, at 3.8 percent.
According to the report, this means fewer than four percent of women in Anambra who wish to delay future pregnancies are unable to access family planning methods.
Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, as mentioned in the bulletin, showed that the United Kingdom remained the largest source of inward remittances to Nigeria in 2023, contributing $12.38 billion, a slight decrease from $12.76 billion in 2022.
The United States recorded the highest outward remittance flow from Nigeria in 2022, at $13.12 million.
The report documented 968 cases of human trafficking in 2023, covering both domestic and cross-border incidents.
Foreign travel for prostitution was the most common form, with 173 cases.
That was followed by the procurement of persons for sexual exploitation (120 cases) and the buying and selling of persons for exploitation (102 cases).
The National Electronic Labour Exchange’s data on job trends showed that private sector job ads went up from 90 in 2021 to 104 in 2022 and then to 150 in 2023.
The report noted a corresponding rise in the number of employers registered on the platform, while no official government jobs were advertised during the period under review.
