It is estimated that Nigeria's population will grow to be as big as the United States with the square footage of Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada combined. Living standards for most of the population are well below below below poverty standard. A typical apartment block is refereed to as a "Face Me, Face YOU" because whole families squeeze into 7 by 11 foot rooms. Up to 50 people share a kitchen, toilet, and sink-when running water is clean and available. Nigeria's unemployment rate is nearly 50 percent for people in urban areas aged 14 to 24- the main factor that leads to civil unrest groups and rampant crime. Nigeria is one of the twenty countries in which women have on average more than five children. Nigeria made contraceptives free last year yet the speed of infrastructure development can still not keep up with the growing population.
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