Nigeria will next year census for the first time in 17 years to try to accurately assess its population, which is estimated at more than 200 million people and the largest in Africa, the head of the national organization said on Thursday. racial and religious groups in the past have tried to use them to show their superiority in prices and to demand the bulk of oil revenues and political representation.
Assault and kidnapping
Nigeria had planned to hold the study last year but was canceled due to increased insecurity, especially in the north where Islamist militants continue and kidnappings for ransom. Sunday when 154 people were killed and scores of people abducted during the attack north of Plateau.
 The population of Nigeria is divided between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south, and among 300 ethnic groups. The World Bank estimates that the number of Nigerians will exceed that of the United States by 2050 by about 400 million.
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