5 . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁population ▁of ▁Chinese ▁people ▁in ▁Niger ia ▁which ▁compr ise ▁Chinese ▁exp atri ates ▁and ▁descend ants ▁born ▁in ▁Niger ia ▁with ▁Chinese ▁ancest ry . ▁As ▁at ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁there ▁are ▁approximately ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Chinese ▁in ▁Niger ia . ▁As ▁at ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁there ▁are ▁approximately ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁Indians ▁in ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁Asian ▁imm igration ▁to ▁Niger ia ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁colonial ▁Niger ia ' s ▁census ▁showed ▁four ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ants ▁res iding ▁there . ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁invest ors ▁started ▁opening ▁fact ories ▁in ▁Niger ia ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁there ▁were ▁perhaps ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Chinese ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁that ▁number ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁ 5 , 8 0 0 , ▁including ▁ 6 3 0 ▁from ▁Taiwan ▁and ▁ 1 , 0 5 0 ▁from ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁Filip inos ▁arrived ▁in ▁Niger ia ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ; ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Bar ang ay ▁Society ▁of ▁Niger ia ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁coordinate ▁the ▁various ▁Philipp ine ▁community ▁organis ations ▁that ▁had ▁already ▁spr out ed ▁up ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Niger ian