Nigeria Background Stats

Neighboring countries and territories:

Benin Cameroon Chad (L) Equatorial Guinea (M) Ghana (M) Niger (L) São Tomé and Príncipe (M)

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Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
Independence day date: Date.
Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
National anthems: National anthem.
Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
Full name	The Federal Republic of Nigeria	2013
Independence day date	October 1	1960
Land border length	4,047 km	2014	45th out of 200
National anthems	Arise, O Compatriots	2011
Number of maritime boundary neighbours	5	2014	23th out of 171
Overview	After lurching from one military coup to another, Nigeria now has an elected leadership. But the government faces the growing challenge of preventing Africa's most populous country from breaking apart along ethnic and religious lines. Political liberalisation ushered in by the return to civilian rule in 1999 has allowed militants from religious and ethnic groups to pursue their demands through violence. Thousands of people have died over the past few years in communal attacks led by the al-Qaeda ally Boko Haram. Separatist aspirations have also been growing, prompting reminders of the bitter civil war over the breakaway Biafran republic in the late 1960s. Full Article	2013

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