Asian Nigerian

Asian Nigerians are Nigerian citizens whose ancestry lies within the continent of Asia, most notably Bangladesh, Lebanon, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Japan. It also refers to Asian-born persons currently living in Nigeria. By mid-2008, Filipino residents in the country had increased to an estimated 4,500, up from 3,790 in December 2005. There is a large population of Chinese people in Nigeria which comprise Chinese expatriates and descendants born in Nigeria with Chinese ancestry. As at 2012, there are approximately 20,000 Chinese in Nigeria. As at 2013 there are approximately 35,000 Indians in different parts of the country.

Asian immigration to Nigeria

In 1930, colonial Nigeria's census showed four Chinese immigrants residing there. Hong Kong investors started opening factories in Nigeria as early as the 1950s. By 1965 there were perhaps 200 Chinese people in the country. By 1999, that number had grown to 5,800, including 630 from Taiwan and 1,050 from Hong Kong. Filipinos arrived in Nigeria as early as the 1970s; the Philippine Barangay Society of Nigeria was founded in 1973 in an effort to coordinate the various Philippine community organisations that had already sprouted up around the country.

See also

Nigerian people
Chinese diaspora
Asia Town

References

 
Category:Ethnic groups in Nigeria