Population of Cities in Nigeria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2018)
Date	09 Sep 2021

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Population of Cities in Nigeria (UN)
Rank	City	Population		Share (%)	Change
Rank	City	2020	2021	Share (%)	Population	(%)
1	Lagos	14,368,332	14,862,111	7.03	493,779	3.44
2	Kano	3,999,050	4,103,015	1.94	103,965	2.60
3	Ibadan	3,551,961	3,649,023	1.73	97,062	2.73
4	Abuja	3,277,740	3,464,123	1.64	186,383	5.69
5	Port Harcourt	3,020,232	3,171,076	1.50	150,844	4.99
6	Benin City	1,727,169	1,781,999	0.843	54,830	3.17
7	Onitsha	1,414,790	1,482,971	0.701	68,181	4.82
8	Uyo	1,135,775	1,199,929	0.568	64,154	5.65
9	Kaduna	1,113,210	1,133,430	0.536	20,220	1.82
10	Aba	1,081,466	1,114,388	0.527	32,922	3.04
11	Nnewi	1,050,860	1,113,546	0.527	62,686	5.97
12	Ikorodu	937,615	989,117	0.468	51,502	5.49
13	Ilorin	949,866	973,671	0.461	23,805	2.51
14	Jos	895,288	917,289	0.434	22,001	2.46
15	Owerri	872,604	908,109	0.430	35,505	4.07
16	Warri	855,941	898,927	0.425	42,986	5.02
17	Umuahia	773,822	816,983	0.386	43,161	5.58
18	Maiduguri	786,485	802,988	0.380	16,503	2.10
19	Enugu	772,872	795,271	0.376	22,399	2.90
20	Lokoja	692,050	741,482	0.351	49,432	7.14
21	Zaria	726,172	736,098	0.348	9,926	1.37
22	Oshogbo	713,677	730,529	0.346	16,852	2.36
23	Akure	665,524	690,533	0.327	25,009	3.76
24	Sokoto	641,249	662,173	0.313	20,924	3.26
25	Bauchi	597,679	620,800	0.294	23,121	3.87
26	Calabar	579,273	604,546	0.286	25,273	4.36
27	Abakaliki	572,028	601,712	0.285	29,684	5.19
28	Ogbomosho	551,474	576,557	0.273	25,083	4.55
29	Abeokuta	532,856	543,723	0.257	10,867	2.04
30	Gombe	508,575	529,283	0.250	20,708	4.07
31	Ado-Ekiti	479,674	497,483	0.235	17,809	3.71
32	Katsina	469,557	486,745	0.230	17,188	3.66
33	Okene	464,573	478,422	0.226	13,849	2.98
34	Igbidu	452,583	465,012	0.220	12,429	2.75
35	Minna	447,959	462,743	0.219	14,784	3.30
36	Okpogho	439,855	461,498	0.218	21,643	4.92
37	Gboko	441,750	456,155	0.216	14,405	3.26
38	Potiskum	426,253	454,813	0.215	28,560	6.70
39	Ondo	432,222	445,442	0.211	13,220	3.06
40	Gwagwalada	409,916	442,591	0.209	32,675	7.97
41	Oyo	427,581	441,031	0.209	13,450	3.15
42	Makurdi	407,257	422,159	0.200	14,902	3.66
43	Ikot Ekpene	382,502	398,404	0.188	15,902	4.16
44	Effon Alaiye	383,566	396,429	0.188	12,863	3.35
45	Saki	376,254	394,807	0.187	18,553	4.93
46	Ife	374,270	384,863	0.182	10,593	2.83
47	Birnin Kebbi	366,254	380,960	0.180	14,706	4.02
48	Ilesha	357,052	370,761	0.175	13,709	3.84
49	Ijebu Ode	344,676	355,797	0.168	11,121	3.23
50	Lafia	336,170	348,095	0.165	11,925	3.55