General info

Entity:
Nigeria
Capital:
Abuja
Population (2008-07-01):
146,255,312 (CIA)
Area:
923,768 sq.km.
Country code:
ng
Region:
Western Africa

Nigeria

Administrative units

state capital area (sq.km.) population
1991-11-26
census		 population
2006-03-21
prelim. census
source: National Bureau for Statistics, Nigeria.
note: Bayelsa was split off from Rivers; Ebonyi from Abia and Enugu; Ekiti from Ondo; Gombe from Bauchi; Nassarawa from Plateau; and Zamfara from Sokoto.
note: FCT = Federal Capital Territory.
note: National Bureau for Statistics, Nigeria.
Abia State Umuahia 4,900 2,329,487 2,833,999
Abuja FCT Abuja 7,607 371,674 1,405,201
The State of Adamawa Yola 38,700 2,102,053 3,168,101
The State of Akwa Ibom Uyo 6,900 2,409,613 3,920,208
Anambra State Awka 4,865 2,796,475 4,182,032
Bauchi State Bauchi 49,119 4,351,007 4,676,465
Bayelsa State Yenagoa 9,059   1,703,358
Benue State Makurdi 30,800 2,753,079 4,219,244
Borno State Maiduguri 72,609 2,536,003 4,151,193
Cross River State Calabar 21,787 1,911,297 2,888,966
Delta State Asaba 17,108 2,590,491 4,098,391
Ebonyi State Abakaliki 6,400   2,173,501
Edo State Benin City 19,187 2,172,005 3,218,332
Ekiti State Ado-Ekiti 5,435   2,384,212
Enugu State Enugu 7,534 3,154,380 3,257,298
Gombe State Gombe 17,100   2,353,879
Imo State Owerri 5,288 2,485,635 3,934,899
Jigawa State Dutse 23,287 2,873,121 4,348,649
Kaduna State Kaduna 42,481 3,935,618 6,066,562
Kano State Kano 20,280 5,810,470 9,383,682
Katsina State Katsina 23,561 3,753,133 5,792,578
Kebbi State Birnin Kebbi 36,985 2,068,490 3,238,628
Kogi State Lokoja 27,747 2,147,756 3,278,487
Kwara State Ilorin 35,705 1,548,412 2,371,089
Lagos State Ikeja 3,671 5,725,116 9,013,534
Nassarawa State Lafia 28,735   1,863,275
Niger State Minna 68,925 2,421,581 3,950,249
Ogun State Abeokuta 16,400 2,333,726 3,728,098
Ondo State Akure 15,820 3,784,902 3,441,024
Osun State Oshogbo 9,026 2,158,143 3,423,535
Oyo State Ibadan 26,500 3,452,720 5,591,589
Plateau State Jos 27,147 3,318,257 3,178,712
Rivers State Port Harcourt 10,575 4,309,557 5,185,400
Sokoto State Sokoto 27,825 4,470,176 3,696,999
Taraba State Jalingo 56,282 1,512,184 2,300,736
Yobe State Damaturu 46,609 1,399,687 2,321,591
Zamfara State Gusau 37,931   3,259,846
total   909,890 88,992,220 140,003,542

Main cities

name population
1991-11-26
census
Lagos 5,686,000
Ibadan 1,263,000
Ogbomosho 644,000
Kano 595,000
Oshogbo 421,000
Ilorin 420,000
Abeokuta 377,000
Port Harcourt 362,000
Zaria 335,000
Ilesha 334,000
Onitsha 328,000
Iwo 320,000
Ado-Ekiti 317,000
Kaduna 302,000
Mushin 294,000
Maiduguri 282,000
Enugu 279,000
Ede 271,000
Aba 264,000
Ife 262,000
Ila 233,000
Oyo 226,300
Ikerre 216,000
Benin City 203,000
Iseyin 192,000
Jos 182,000
Katsina 182,000
Sokoto 181,000
Ilobu 176,000
Offa 175,000
Ikorodu 163,000
Ilawe-Ekiti 163,000
Owo 162,000
Ikirun 160,000
Calabar 154,000
Shaki 154,000
Ondo 150,000
Akure 143,000
Gusau 139,000
Ijebu-Ode 138,000
Effon-Alaiye 135,000
Kumo 131,000
Shomolu 130,000
Oka 126,000
Ikare 124,000
Sapele 123,000
Deba Habe 122,000
Minna 120,000
Aarri 111,000
Bida 111,000
Ikire 109,000
Makurdi 109,000
Lafia 108,000
Inisa 106,000
Shagamu 104,000
source: unknown.