Nigerian people in Italy
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| Total population | |||||||
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| 119,435 (ISTAT: 2021)[1] | |||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||
 Veneto · Emilia-Romagna ·  Lombardy ·  Sicily | |||||||
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| English · Italian · Niger–Congo languages | |||||||
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| Protestantism · Catholic Church · Sunni Islam | |||||||
The presence of Nigerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.[citation needed]
Demographics
In 2021, there are 119,435 immigrants from Nigeria in Italy. In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria, while In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are: Turin, Rome and Padua.[2]
Notable people
- Awudu Abass
- Destiny Udogie
- Eddy Wata (1974), singer
- Emeka Jude Ugali (1982), footballer
- Stephen Makinwa (1983), footballer
- Osarimen Giulio Ebagua (1986), footballer
- Angelo Ogbonna (1988), footballer
- Victor Osimhen (1998), footballer
- Stefano Okaka (1989), footballer
- Joel Obi (1991), footballer
- Nicolao Dumitru (1991), footballer
- Paola Egonu (1998), volleyball player
- Sara Bonifacio, volleyball player
- Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, olympic athlete
See also
References
Notes
- ^ https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=P03&l=it
- ^ "Comuni Italiani". Comuni (in Italian). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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