Country scorecard

Nigeria

Africa · 224M people

ALPS
1.65

languages per person

#68 of 235 most multilingual

GLCI
23%

globally connected

Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.6 languages.

Most connected partners

Where a random person from Nigeria is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.

What people speak

Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.

  • English99%
  • Hausa28%
  • Yoruba20%
  • Igbo18%
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