Working on an assignment I felt I should share. According to CIA, Wiki, Geonames.org and studying the United Nations Africa Urbanization Prospects of Nigeria book, these are the most populated cities in Nigeria

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


This data isn't based on sex, religion, tribe or state of origin. They are all just based info gathered by the UN African Urbanization Prospects and the break down according to the most over-populated region in Nigeria are below:

The SW = 24,973,123
The Entire North = 11,071,882
The SE = 4,966,757
The SS = 3,581,288
The MD = 2,171,738


This is like a misnomer to investors entering into the country...definitely, you need to site your business to the largest markets. If you were to decide opening a manufacturing business, you definitely which cities you need to go anywhere within the country. Lets share our opinions.

Above is an Inset of Lagos and Abuja.

This is Kano, Oyo, Ogun, Anambra, Rivers and other regions....

Somebody asked?

the SW takes the crown as usual. Wait...the SE just 4.9m? No wonder the elders say an empty gourd is the noisiest. Hian!

Lagos 13.4 million? OP, which year was this data compiled?

These figures are wrong, asaba is not even there, agbo, ughelli, effurun, Udu/aladja etc all from delta are not there. Meanwhile Onitsha is more than 500k plus its adjoining cities. So also owerri. Poor job.

I am 100% sure the only reason the op opened the thread is to pass on info about Akure.

warripekin:
These figures are wrong, asaba is not even there, agbo, ughelli, effurun, Udu/aladja etc all from delta are not there. Meanwhile Onitsha is more than 500k plus its adjoining cities. So also owerri. Poor job.

The op gave you references. Check wikipedia...I just did, your listed cities aren't there. You need travel a little more dear and leave that village.

lionness:


The op gave you references. Check wikipedia...I just did, your listed cities aren't there. You need travel a little more dear and leave that village.

why are you and the op checking the population of nigerian cities?

tpiah2:


why are you and the op checking the population of nigerian cities?

Oh sorry, this is a thread that won't allow you beat your hairy chest as the most powerful in Africa. Lol.
This just shows the SW is on a wonderful and progressive course, and it remains the most valid destination for investors. Now I know what Aliko Dangote saw in the region.

Owerri Imo State 187,600

If you have a brain and you believe this, then your brain is of no importance to this planet.

Owerri is 187,600, joke of the year.

OP used 2006 estimate for Benin City but 2014 for a place like Aba. Luckily, I have been around Nigeria and there is no way Aba has more people than Benin City.

lionness:


Oh sorry, this is a thread that won't allow you beat your hairy chest as the most powerful in Africa. Lol.
This just shows the SW is on a wonderful and progressive course, and it remains the most valid destination for investors. Now I know what Aliko Dangote saw in the region.

Tpiah2 is a Westerner. You must be new here.

Oga where did you get that list from? SW mor populated than the entire North? Joke of the century

Na wah oo...u com put dat uncompleted Amaechi Mono rail for ph...na d only pix u see

I am not really happy with the population of my SW, people with little or no value keep trooping to the already congested SW, I think the governors should go back to the drawing board and start doing what fashola did two years ago by deporting people from other regions maybe to upper iweka over heard bridge, kano central park. etc.

abduljabbar4:
Oga where did you get that list from? SW mor populated than the entire North? Joke of the century

Yes!

Check the population of only Lagos, Ibadan, ife, sagamu and compare it with the northern cities.

WIZGUY69:



Yes!

Check the population of only Lagos, Ibadan, ife, sagamu and compare it with the northern cities.

I have to make a proper research by myself but as for now adontbelieveit

So op for your mind you think the population of Maiduguri is still up to million.

Why are they scared of adding sate of origin or tribe in the survey...they will be shocked that the Igbos are far higher in number...we make up 60 %of the population of Lagos. So check 6o%of 24.9 million in Lagos,add it to the total number of those in south east of which 99% are Igbos....do the maths .

lionness:


Oh sorry, this is a thread that won't allow me beat my hairy chest as the most powerful in Africa. Lol.
This just shows the SW is on a wonderful and progressive course, and it remains the most valid destination for investors. Now I know what Aliko Dangote saw in the region.

you dont make sense sweetie.

benson730:
Why are they scared of adding sate of origin or tribe in the survey...they will be shocked that the Igbos are far higher in number...we make up 60 %of the population of Lagos. So check 6o%of 24.9 million in Lagos,add it to the total number of those in south east of which 99% are Igbos....do the maths .

I dont know why they are scared of indicating their true mission.

Hahahaha. Wrong! Kano is upto 18milla. Meanwhile ebonyi State is 2million. Do the maths

R2bees:
Hahahaha. Wrong! Kano is upto 18milla. Meanwhile ebonyi State is 2million. Do the maths

jeez!! wait Onitsha 500k? I'm done.bye

Interesting

Igbos live in autonomous communites. Each city is meger between numerous towns that maintain a separate identity. For Eg, Modern Onitsha is no longer limited onitsha main town which makes Onitsha North and south LG since the city has swallowed numerous neighboring towns such as Nkpor(Idemili LG), Ogidi (Idemili LG), Obosi (Idemili LG), Nkwelle (Oyi LG), Nsugbe (Oyi LG), Oba (Idemili LG), Odekpe( Ogabaru LG, This is where Onitsha naval outpost is located). etc with dense concentration of highrise appartments but they maintain their original comunity and are not counted as part of Onitsha, but in other places, they all adopt a single name and counted as one entity. Onitsha and its evirons is the most populous part of igboland.
PIC Obosi and Nkwelle: Every body calls this places Onitsha except those in the know, but during census their data is captured as seperate entities

Is lagos as a whole a state or city? Cos the op just stated the population of lagos state including all the villages and cities in it. And moreover this a very wrong info. It's just a blind guess. No true census in Nigeria. After all during the last election the total votes cast in lagos was not up to three million. And the number eligible voters was not up to 5 million, so where are the people hiding. I will only take data that emanate from Nigeria serious only when it's citizens has national Id and Id numbers. There are so many discrepancies in this info. Imagine ugep in cross river state more populous than awka and Uyo which are state capitals. How many banks or high rise buildings are in ugep?

aasog1:
Working on an assignment I felt I should share. According to CIA, Wiki, Geonames.org and studying the United Nations Africa Urbanization Prospects of Nigeria book, these are the most populated cities in Nigeria

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


This data isn't based on sex, religion, tribe or state of origin. They are all just based info gathered by the UN African Urbanization Prospects and the break down according to the most over-populated region in Nigeria are below:

The SW = 24,973,123
The Entire North = 11,071,882
The SE = 4,966,757
The SS = 3,581,288
The MD = 2,171,738


This is like a misnomer to investors entering into the country...definitely, you need to site your business to the largest markets. If you were to decide opening a manufacturing business, you definitely which cities you need to go anywhere within the country. Lets share our opinions.

It goes beyond population. other factors Are considered too

lionness:


Oh sorry, this is a thread that won't allow you beat your hairy chest as the most powerful in Africa. Lol.
This just shows the SW is on a wonderful and progressive course, and it remains the most valid destination for investors. Now I know what Aliko Dangote saw in the region.

Lol, a mass concentration of shanty rusted roof is nw an achievement? Yorubas live in clusterd settlement while igbos live in dispersed settlement of numerous independent comunities. I dnt kw wen large clusterd settlement became an achievement. Are u blind dat u cant see anything waiting Alico Dangote to come and see it 4 u? Do u kw hw long Dangote is trying Ebonyi but Ibeto is his headache?

lionness:
the SW takes the crown as usual. Wait...the SE just 4.9m? No wonder the elders say an empty gourd is the noisiest. Hian!

They are all in our lands running from their ravaged lands....sad people....