DEMOGRAPHY OF LAGOS
Lagos has a very diverse population due to heavy migration from other parts of Nigeria and surrounding countries. The originators, Yoruba are the dominant ethnic group. There are more than 250 ethnic groups represented in Lagos, which includes the major ethnic groups of Africa like the Hausa, Igbo, and Fulani. Small minorities of American, British, East Indian, Chinese, white Zimbabwean, Greek, Syrian, Lebanese and Japanese are also present in the city.
In the mid of the 19th Century, a large number of ex- slaves of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban descent and emigrants from Sierra Leone created communities in Lagos, along with ex-slaves from the Americas. They became missionaries and merchants in the city.
The city faces a major issue of inequality in the distribution of wealth and income.While there are many millionaires in Lagos, about 66% of the population lives in slums. In fact, the city has been dubbed the “mega-city of slums,” with millions living in and around the lagoons with no access to roads, clean water, electricity or waste disposal.

POPULATION GROWTH AND POPULATION DENSITY IN LAGOS

The population of Lagos was 1.4 million in 1970, which saw a tremendous rate of increase reaching a 21 million scale. The city is home to a huge number of millionaires and at the same time generates 25% of the Nigeria’s Total gross domestic product. It is also the 8th fastest growing city in Africa.
Lagos’s population is growing at a very fast rate and with this pace it will have a population of 300 million in the coming 25 years. With the population doubling over the last 15 years, living standards across Nigeria remain poor. Today, 25% of Africans are Nigerian.
By 2050, Lagos’ population is expected to double, which will make it the 3rd largest city in the world but with less infrastructure than any other large cities of the world.
Lagos has a population Density of 13,000 per square miles.


FACTS ABOUT LAGOS

1. Lagos have south-easterners representing them in the House of Assembly.

2. Renting a house in Lagos is really very expensive and the most expensive in the entire West Africa.

3. Of all the 36 Nigerian states, Lagos state is the smallest and at the same time the most Populous State in Nigeria.

4. The country accommodates 1200 new people daily.

5. It has the Highest Number of Millionaires and at the same time highest number of slums in Nigeria.

6. Lagos is the Nigerian state that handles majority of the country’s imports that accounts to 80% of the total imports.

7. Playing host to the city of Lagos, the state of Lagos is considered to be among the fastest growing states in the world. The city of Lagos is responsible for propelling Lagos state to an economic hub.

http://populationof2017.com/population-of-lagos-2017.html

http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/lagos-population/

Lalasticlala

you forgot to add that some species of human beings from a part of Nigeria, chest beat about Lagos , they worship lagos and treat lagos as their god , eventhough they contributed little or nothing to the actual growth and development of lagos except their population

kettykings:
you forgot to add that some species of human beings from a part of Nigeria, chest beat about Lagos , they worship lagos and treat lagos as their god , eventhough they contributed little or nothing to the actual growth and development of lagos except their population

I hope you read the report
You should be more concern that about 66% of Lagos population lives in slums. In fact, the city has been dubbed the mega-city of slums.

Here we go again. And their sick obsession with Lagos continues. They call Lagos a 'slum', yet they refuse to remain in their eldorados that aren't slums, preferring instead to emigrate en masse to a 'slum' for survival -- imagine o, 'slum' Lagos sef offer dem more moneymaking opportunities than their own villages that aren't slums . And paradoxically, they go as far as even bragging about there being south easterners in the same 'slum' Lagos assembly, in the same 'slum' they bash, deride, loathe, and hate so much out of jealousy and envy. Which kind thing be dis? How more confused can these people be? Uwazurike don talk am finish...

Lagos, the London of the fugitive tribe : flatinoo

kettykings:
you forgot to add that some species of human beings from a part of Nigeria, chest beat about Lagos , they worship lagos and treat lagos as their god , eventhough they contributed little or nothing to the actual growth and development of lagos except their population

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