Population of cities in Nigeria 2024

Nigeria cities population

Code	City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
Code	City	2023	2024	Share (%)	Nigeria	World	Population	(%)
Lago	Lagos	15,945,912	16,536,018	7.22	1	15	590,106	3.70
Kano	Kano	4,348,481	4,490,734	1.96	2	107	142,253	3.27
Abuj	Abuja	3,839,646	4,025,735	1.76	3	127	186,089	4.85
Ibad	Ibadan	3,874,908	4,004,316	1.75	4	131	129,408	3.34
Port	Port Harcourt	3,480,101	3,636,547	1.59	5	141	156,446	4.50
Beni	Benin City	1,904,631	1,972,558	0.861	6	293	67,927	3.57
Onit	Onitsha	1,623,382	1,694,913	0.740	7	351	71,531	4.41
Uyo	Uyo	1,329,284	1,393,453	0.608	8	427	64,169	4.83
Nnew	Nnewi	1,239,186	1,300,993	0.568	9	469	61,807	4.99
Aba	Aba	1,188,803	1,230,407	0.537	10	507	41,604	3.50
Kadu	Kaduna	1,187,398	1,221,451	0.533	11	511	34,053	2.87
Ikor	Ikorodu	1,093,308	1,145,224	0.500	12	543	51,916	4.75
Ilor	Ilorin	1,030,498	1,063,713	0.464	13	594	33,215	3.22
Warr	Warri	986,921	1,031,426	0.450	14	609	44,505	4.51
Ower	Owerri	983,352	1,022,922	0.446	15	615	39,570	4.02
Jos	Jos	970,129	1,001,155	0.437	16	637	31,026	3.20
Umua	Umuahia	904,139	947,460	0.413	17	679	43,321	4.79
Loko	Lokoja	839,046	885,882	0.387	18	717	46,836	5.58
Enug	Enugu	846,560	875,552	0.382	19	724	28,992	3.42
Maid	Maiduguri	844,747	870,201	0.380	20	731	25,454	3.01
Osho	Oshogbo	771,515	795,808	0.347	21	796	24,293	3.15
Zari	Zaria	766,007	786,197	0.343	22	807	20,190	2.64
Akur	Akure	744,371	773,141	0.337	23	822	28,770	3.87
Soko	Sokoto	708,660	734,255	0.320	24	875	25,595	3.61
Bauc	Bauchi	670,280	696,566	0.304	25	921	26,286	3.92
Abak	Abakaliki	662,202	692,627	0.302	26	923	30,425	4.59
Cala	Calabar	657,435	684,876	0.299	27	936	27,441	4.17
Ogbo	Ogbomosho	628,682	655,517	0.286	28	972	26,835	4.27
Gomb	Gombe	573,161	596,233	0.260	29	1077	23,072	4.03
Abeo	Abeokuta	571,499	588,546	0.257	30	1102	17,047	2.98
Ado-	Ado-Ekiti	535,916	556,505	0.243	31	1168	20,589	3.84
Kats	Katsina	523,950	543,940	0.237	32	1194	19,990	3.82
Poti	Potiskum	511,448	538,857	0.235	33	1204	27,409	5.36
Gwag	Gwagwalada	506,694	537,086	0.234	34	1211	30,392	6.00
Okpo	Okpogho	505,931	528,484	0.231	35	1226	22,553	4.46
Oken	Okene	509,897	527,576	0.230	36	1229	17,679	3.47
Minn	Minna	495,500	513,491	0.224	37	1260	17,991	3.63
Igbi	Igbidu	493,895	510,423	0.223	38	1270	16,528	3.35
Gbok	Gboko	488,162	505,788	0.221	39	1278	17,626	3.61
Ondo	Ondo	475,286	491,953	0.215	40	1305	16,667	3.51
Oyo	Oyo	471,182	487,916	0.213	41	1315	16,734	3.55
Maku	Makurdi	454,419	471,754	0.206	42	1363	17,335	3.81
Saki	Saki	432,884	452,204	0.197	43	1417	19,320	4.46
Ikot	Ikot Ekpene	431,969	449,546	0.196	44	1430	17,577	4.07
Effo	Effon Alaiye	424,823	440,363	0.192	45	1455	15,540	3.66
Birn	Birnin Kebbi	412,202	428,676	0.187	46	1489	16,474	4.00
Ife	Ife	409,274	423,147	0.185	47	1508	13,873	3.39
Iles	Ilesha	400,144	415,776	0.181	48	1528	15,632	3.91
Ijeb	Ijebu-Ode	380,571	394,246	0.172	49	1603	13,675	3.59
Lafi	Lafia	374,084	388,140	0.169	50	1622	14,056	3.76

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018)
Date	01 Apr 2024

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