List of Nigerian cities by population
This is a list of the largest cities in Nigeria by population.[1]
List
Rank |
City |
State |
Population |
1 |
Lagos |
Lagos State |
13,400,000[2] |
2 |
Kano |
Kano State |
3,626,068 |
3 |
Abuja |
FCT |
3,000,000 |
4 |
Ibadan |
Oyo State |
2,550,593 |
5 |
Kaduna |
Kaduna State |
1,652,844 |
6 |
Port Harcourt |
Rivers State |
1,320,214 |
7 |
Aba |
Abia State |
1,300,000 |
8 |
Ogbomosho |
Oyo State |
1,200,000 |
9 |
Maiduguri |
Borno State |
1,197,497 |
10 |
Benin City |
Edo State |
1,147,188 |
11 |
Zaria |
Kaduna State |
1,018,827 |
12 |
Jos |
Plateau State |
900,000 |
13 |
Ilorin |
Kwara State |
847,582 |
14 |
Enugu |
Enugu State |
722,664 |
15 |
Oyo |
Oyo State |
620,400 |
16 |
Abeokuta |
Ogun State |
529,700 |
17 |
Onitsha |
Anambra State |
509,500 |
18 |
Warri |
Delta State |
500,900 |
19 |
Sokoto |
Sokoto State |
500,500 |
20 |
Okene |
Kogi State |
444,900 |
21 |
Calabar |
Cross River State |
431,200 |
22 |
Osogbo |
Osun State |
421,000 |
23 |
Katsina |
Katsina State |
387,000 |
24 |
Akure |
Ondo State |
369,700 |
25 |
Ife |
Osun State |
313,400 |
26 |
Bauchi |
Bauchi State |
291,600 |
27 |
Iseyin |
Oyo State |
286,700 |
28 |
Minna |
Niger State |
270,600 |
29 |
Makurdi |
Benue State |
249,000 |
30 |
Owo |
Ondo State |
243,000 |
31 |
Ado Ekiti |
Ekiti State |
241,200 |
32 |
Ilesa |
Osun State |
233,900 |
33 |
Gombe |
Gombe State |
230,900 |
34 |
Umuahia |
Abia State |
230,800 |
35 |
Ondo |
Ondo State |
225,800 |
36 |
Damaturu |
Yobe State |
223,000 |
37 |
Jimeta |
Adamawa State |
218,400 |
38 |
Ikot Ekpene |
Akwa Ibom State |
209,400 |
39 |
Gusau |
Zamfara State |
201,200 |
40 |
Mubi |
Adamawa State |
198,700 |
41 |
Sagamu |
Ogun State |
191,500 |
42 |
Owerri |
Imo State |
187,600 |
43 |
Ugep |
Cross River State |
187,000 |
44 |
Ijebu Ode |
Ogun State |
186,700 |
45 |
Ise Ekiti |
Ekiti State |
167,100 |
46 |
Gboko |
Benue State |
166,400 |
47 |
Ilawe Ekiti |
Ekiti State |
160,700 |
48 |
Ikare |
Ondo State |
160,600 |
50 |
Bida |
Niger State |
159,100 |
51 |
Okpoko |
Anambra State |
152,900 |
52 |
Awka |
Anambra State |
152,300 |
53 |
Sapele |
Delta State |
151,000 |
54 |
Ila |
Osun State |
150,700 |
55 |
Shaki |
Oyo State |
150,300 |
56 |
Ijero |
Ekiti State |
147,300 |
57 |
Otukpo |
Benue State |
136,800 |
58 |
Kisi |
Oyo State |
130,800 |
59 |
Buguma |
Rivers State |
124,200 |
60 |
Funtua |
Katsina State |
122,500 |
61 |
Abakaliki |
Ebonyi State |
121,700 |
62 |
Gbongan |
Osun State |
117,300 |
63 |
Lafia |
Nasarawa State |
115,500 |
64 |
Igboho |
Oyo State |
115,000 |
65 |
Amaigbo |
Abia State |
111,000 |
66 |
Gashua |
Yobe State |
109,600 |
67 |
Offa |
Kwara State |
105,700 |
68 |
Jalingo |
Taraba State |
103,600 |
69 |
Bama |
Borno State |
102,800 |
70 |
Uyo |
Akwa Ibom State |
102,400 |
71 |
Uromi |
Edo State |
101,400 |
72 |
Nsukka |
Enugu State |
100,700 |
73 |
Okigwe |
Imo State |
100,700 |
74 |
Modakeke |
Osun State |
100,500 |
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