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Table 3 Absolute number of current and ever smokers in Nigeria, aged 15 years or more, 1995 and 2015

From: Current prevalence pattern of tobacco smoking in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Age (years)

Current smokers

Ever smokers

1995

2015

1995

2015

%

n (000)

%

n (000)

%

n (000)

%

n (000)

15–24

13.8

1633.5

11.4

2127.4

16.1

1913.7

17.7

3291.8

20–24

13.5

1316.7

11.2

1791.6

16.5

1610.6

18.1

2897.3

25–29

13.3

1039.7

11.0

1543.5

17.0

1327.3

18.6

2608.4

30–34

13.1

861.6

10.8

1302.2

17.4

1147.4

19.0

2299.3

35–39

12.9

711.4

10.5

1051.7

17.9

988.1

19.4

1940.0

40–44

12.6

582.5

10.3

800.8

18.3

843.4

19.9

1543.4

45–49

12.4

483.1

10.1

605.9

18.7

729.1

20.3

1220.0

50–54

12.2

405.7

9.9

492.4

19.2

638.2

20.7

1035.7

55–59

12.0

321.7

9.6

399.5

19.6

527.3

21.2

877.9

60–64

11.7

245.3

9.4

312.9

20.0

418.8

21.6

718.7

65–69

11.5

177.7

9.2

234.6

20.5

316.1

22.0

563.0

70–74

11.3

116.4

9.0

163.2

20.9

215.6

22.5

409.5

75–79

11.1

64.3

8.7

94.1

21.3

124.1

22.9

246.9

80+

10.7

37.8

8.4

60.5

22.0

77.8

23.6

170.4

All

13.0

7997.4

10.6

10,980.3

17.6

10,877.3

19.2

19,822.3

  1. Note: Estimates based on the epidemiologic modelling from all datapoints