Contrary to the widespread belief that there are more females than males in Nigeria, figures contained in the recently released official gazette of the federal government on the 2006 population census indicate that males actually outnumber females in the country.
The official gazette dated February 2, 2009 showed that the country’s total population of 140,431,790 (One hundred and forty million, four hundred and thirty thousand, seven hundred and ninety, is made up of 71,345,488(Seventy one million, three hundred and forty five thousand, four hundred and eighty eight) males while the remaining 69,086,302 (sixty nine million, eighty six thousand, three hundred and two) are females.
This means that there are 2,259, 186 more males than females in the country.
A breakdown of the population figures, which was signed by President Umaru Yar’Adua, also showed that except for Ebonyi, Enugu, Ogun and Plateau States where women outnumber their men counterparts, other states of the federation record higher number of males than females.
Ebonyi, with a total population of 2,176,947(two million, one hundred and seventy six thousand, nine hundred and forty seven) has 1,064,156 (one million, sixty four thousand, one hundred and fifty six) males while the figure of the female population was put at 1,112,791(one million, one hundred and twelve thousand, seven hundred and ninety one).
In Enugu State, there are 1,596,042 (one million, five hundred and ninety six thousand, and forty two) males while the total number of females in the state is 1,671,795(One million, six hundred and seventy one thousand, and seven hundred and seventy five).
Ogun State has 1,864,906 (One million, eight hundred and sixty four thousand, nine hundred and six) males and 1,886,233 (one million, eight hundred and eighty six thousand, two hundred and thirty three) females.
Plateau State, with a total population of 3,206,531 (three million, two hundred and six thousand, five hundred and thirty one) has 1,598,998 (one million, five hundred and ninety eight thousand, nine hundred and ninety eight) females,
According to the breakdown of the population figures, Kano State emerged as the most populated states in Nigeria with a population of 9,401,288 (nine million, four hundred and one thousand, two hundred and eighty eight, broken down into 4,947,952(Four million, nine hundred and forty seven thousand, nine fifty two) males while the number of females is put at 4,453, 336 (four million, four hundred an fifty three thousand, three hundred and thirty six.
Bayelsa emerged as the least populated state with a figure of 1,704,515 (One million, seven hundred and four thousand, five hundred and fifteen) people, comprising of 874,240 (Eight hundred and seventy four thousand, two hundred and forty) males and 830,432(Eight hundred and thirty thousand, four hundred and thirty two) females.
Lagos State which came second in the order of the most populated state, generated a population of 9,113,605 (nine million, one hundred and thirteen thousand, six hundred and five) population, which comprises of 4,719,125 (four million, seven hundred and nineteen thousand, one hundred and twenty five) males and 4,394,480(four million, three hundred and ninety four thousand, for hundred and eighty females.
The third most populated state in Nigeria, according to the gazette is Kaduna, which recorded a figure of 6,113,503 (six million, one hundred and thirteen thousand, five hundred and three) has 3,090,438(three million, ninety thousand, four hundred and thirty eight) males and 3,023,065 (three million, twenty three thousand, and sixty five) females.
Similarly, the report showed that Alimosho Local Government area of Lagos State emerged as the most highly populated local government in the country with a total figure of 1,319,571 (One million, three hundred and nineteen thousand, five hundred and seventy one). Total number of males is 665,750 (Six hundred and sixty five thousand, seven hundred and fifty), while females is 653,821, (six hundred and fifty three thousand, eight hundred and twenty one) people while the figures show Bakassi Local Government area of Cross Rivers State, with a population of 13,660 (thirteen thousand, six hundred and sixty), emerging as the least populated local government area in the country.

Was there a census? Nigeria is a joker.

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your point being?

Any census which says Kano is more populated than Lagos is already a farce. Any census which does not show how many Ijaw, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Edo, Tiv, etc, there are in Nigeria is a farce. Therefore, the last census was a complete farce.

The last census was just a political ploy by OBJ and his Aboki counterparts to minimize the growing strength and influnece of a peope- the IGBOS, How will you not include tribe and religion in a census?? It does not make sense. They counted only the regions so they can reduce federal allocations to the southeast. They undercounted so many areas to reflect small numbers. Example, they said that Umuahia or some village in abia had 300thousand people but the house hold houses in that city was 220 thousand. How could those numbers agree? There was no census in Nigeria. Igbos live in huge numbers in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Calabar ,Rivers etc so not counting thems is gross understestimation. Igbos are have the highest population in nigeria or maybe a very close second but nobody wants to reflex that because they are scared of something. Southeast has the highest population density in all of Africa based on Google Maps estimate and other international and independent estimate, but that was not reflected in the census and that is why world leaders still do not believe those numbers, It is a big Shame,

na wa o so all you polygamous men like Gov.yaguda need to share the wealth. stop being stingy.

Na Beans.
Women outnumber naija men by a ratio of 2:1
Okay, i take that back.
Lagos women outnumber naija men by 10:1

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No wonder I've been having such a hard time finding new wives . . .

So the general consensus that women outnumber the men is wrong

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tpia:

It has to be.

Men generally use this as an excuse to justify marrying multiple wives, as if they personally counted all the women and found them outnumbering men.

I can't speak for any other state but Lagos sha.
Women outnumber men oh. Unless all the men stay indoors.

Mai Suya:

No wonder I've been having such a hard time finding new wives . . .

Why we no go get shortage of women for naija when Hausa men dey marry 4-5 wives each.

naijaking1:

Why we no go get shortage of women for naija when Hausa men dey marry 4-5 wives each.

no be there people dem dey marry, so e no go affect other tribes.

Anybody who takes census figures from the Nigerian government seriously, has very serious issues.

US CENSUS 2009: North Dakota is more populated than New york.

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tpia:


I'm sure even in Lagos the men outnumber the women. In the molue business alone- how many women are drivers, bus conductors or okada operators.

In any business outside of selling tomatoes, men are more likely to dominate.

If u apply that same logic to the number of women vs men in unilag/all lagos malls, nightclubs, e.t.c your response may change

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This means more market for the women, abi?

Men outnumber the women in the world, so ?

Ok. Women should start having multiple men.

I'm sure many of those foreign bred women will be happy with that