Population jos (Nigeria)

Nigeria

622 844

people

As of September 1, 2024 the population (permanent residents) jos is 622 844 people, including children under the age of 6 - 60 961 people, teenagers (schoolchildren) aged 7 to 17 years - 74 819 people, young people from 18 to 29 years old - 73 418 people, adults aged 30 to 60 years - 269 146 people, elderly people over 60 years old - 135 780 people, and the centenarians jos over 80 years old - 8 720 people.

6

place is occupied by Nigeria in the ranking of countries by population

Population size jos by age groups

Children under 6 years old

60 961 / 9.79%

Teenagers from 7 to 17

74 819 / 12.01%

Young people from 18 to 29

73 418 / 11.79%

Adults from 30 to 59

269 146 / 43.21%

Elderly over 60

135 780 / 21.8%

Centenarians over 80

8 720 / 1.4%

Gender composition of the population jos

Total jos permanent residents 207 718 men (33.35%) and 415 126 women (66.65%).

Age

Men

Women

Percentage of women

0 – 4

13 358 / 4.9%

10 690 / 6.8%

44.1%

5 – 9

13 358 / 4.9%

10 484 / 6.7%

43.9%

10 - 14

11 920 / 4.2%

9 456 / 6.2%

43.9%

15 - 19

10 070 / 3.3%

8 223 / 5.6%

44.4%

20 - 24

11 920 / 4.2%

9 867 / 6.4%

45.4%

25 - 29

17 675 / 7%

14 800 / 8.8%

45.3%

30 - 34

17 264 / 6.8%

14 800 / 8.8%

45.8%

35 - 39

15 825 / 6.1%

14 389 / 8.6%

47.5%

40 - 44

14 592 / 5.5%

13 567 / 8.2%

47.9%

45 - 49

13 358 / 4.9%

12 539 / 7.7%

48.2%

50 - 54

15 208 / 5.8%

15 211 / 9%

50%

55 - 59

16 030 / 6.2%

17 472 / 10.1%

51.9%

60 - 64

13 358 / 4.9%

15 623 / 9.2%

53.7%

65 - 69

9 248 / 2.9%

12 334 / 7.6%

56.8%

70 - 74

3 904 / 0.3%

6 579 / 4.8%

62.2%

75 - 79

4 931 / 0.8%

10 279 / 6.6%

66.4%

80+

3 493 / 0.1%

9 251 / 6.1%

71.6%

Education level

Education level of residents jos: have higher education 21.5% (133 911 people), incomplete higher education — 4.1% (25 537 people), secondary vocational — 34.5% (214 881 people), 11 classes — 14.5% (90 312 people), 9 classes — 7.5% (46 713 people), 5 classes — 9.4% (58 547 people), have no education — 0.8% (4 983 people), illiterate — 1.8% (11 211 people).

Higher education

133 911 / 21.5%

Incomplete higher

25 537 / 4.1%

Secondary vocational

214 881 / 34.5%

Elementary school

90 312 / 14.5%

Middle school

46 713 / 7.5%

High school

58 547 / 9.4%

Without education

4 983 / 0.8%

Illiterate

11 211 / 1.8%

Employment, unemployment and pensioners jos

Total jos the number of officially employed population is 228 584 people (36.7%), pensioners 168 168 people (27%), a officially registered and registered unemployed 207 407 people (33.3%).

Employed population

228 584 / 36.7%

Unemployed

207 407 / 33.3%

Pensioners

168 168 / 27%

Disability

Total jos have a disability 89 254 people, what constitutes 14.33% from the entire population. Disabled of the group I are 16 630 (2.67.%), disabled of the group II are 30 644 (4.92.%), disabled of the group III are 29 710 (4.77.%), disabled children 12 270 (1.97.%).

Total disabled

89 254 / 14.33%

Disabled of the group I

16 630 / 2.67%

Disabled of the group II

30 644 / 4.92%

Disabled of the group III

29 710 / 4.77%

Disabled children

12 270 / 1.97%

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