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Abstract:
The study examines the economics in the Nigerian population structure to reveal the dynamics and potentials of the population beyond the almost 200 million persons. The theoretical and empirical literature is replete with contenting debates and outcomes of the effect of population but few have analysed the discuss of population structure, especially in the context of populated developing countries like Nigeria. The descriptive narrative from the J Billeter index indicated that Nigeria population is a youthful population, which pose a huge potential and sensitive to economic growth. Hence, the prospect for economic growth (demographic dividend) hangs on the investment in human capital especially in equipping the dominating working-age population and economically engaging them. if not a demographic disaster is expected in the form of restive and unemployed youths.
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