$12.63 billion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$32.82 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

naira (NGN)

Currency code:

NGN

Exchange rates:

nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59
(2005), 132.89 (2004), 129.22 (2003)

Communications
Nigeria

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.58 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

40.395 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: further expansion and modernization of the
fixed-line telephone network is needed
domestic: the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002
resulted in faster growth but subscribership remains only about 1
per 100 persons; wireless telephony has grown rapidly, in part
responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple
service providers operate nationally; mobile-cellular teledensity
reached 30 per 100 persons in 2007
international: country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC
fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and
Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1
Indian Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)

Radios:

23.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15
repeater stations) (2001)

Televisions:

6.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ng

Internet hosts:

1,048 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

11 (2000)

Internet users:

10 million (2007)

Transportation
Nigeria

Airports:

70 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 36
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 19 (2007)

Heliports:

2 (2007)

Pipelines:

condensate 124 km; gas 3,071 km; liquid petroleum gas 156 km; oil
4,347 km; refined products 3,949 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 193,200 km
paved: 28,980 km
unpaved: 164,220 km (2004)

Waterways:

8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks)
(2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 68
by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 12, combination ore/oil 1,
liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 46, sp