₦airaland Forum

I find it hard to comprehend these statistics. How do these almost empty Northern states claim such numbers?

Rank (2019) State Population (2006) Population (2023)
1 Kano State 9,401,288 16,253,549
2 Lagos State 9,113,605 15,772,884
3 Katsina State 5,801,584 9,300,382
4 Kaduna State 6,113,503 8,324,285
5 Bauchi State 4,653,066 7,540,663
6 Oyo State 5,580,894 7,512,855
7 Anambra State 3,177,828 5,299,910
8 Rivers State 5,198,716 7,234,973
9 Jigawa State 4,361,002 6,979,080
10 Niger State 3,954,772 6,720,617
11 Benue State 4,253,641 6,687,706
12 Borno State 4,171,104 6,651,590
13 Ogun State 3,751,140 6,445,275
14 Sokoto State 3,702,676 6,163,187
15 Delta State 4,112,445 6,107,543
16 Imo State 3,927,563 6,067,722
17 Kebbi State 3,256,541 6,001,610
18 Ondo State 3,460,877 5,469,707
19 Akwa Ibom State 3,902,051 5,780,581
20 Zamfara State 3,278,873 5,517,793
21 Plateau State 3,206,531 5,400,974
22 Enugu State 3,267,837 5,396,098
23 Adamawa State 3,178,950 5,236,948
24 Edo State 3,233,366 5,161,137
25 Kogi State 3,314,043 5,053,734
26 Abia State 2,845,380 4,841,943
- Federal Capital Territory 1,406,239 4,802,443
27 Gombe State 2,365,040 4,623,462
28 Yobe State 2,321,339 4,350,401
29 Taraba State 2,294,800 4,331,885
30 Kwara State 2,365,353 4,259,613
31 Osun State 3,416,959 4,237,396
32 Cross River State 2,892,988 4,175,020
33 Ebonyi State 2,176,947 4,007,155
34 Nasarawa State 1,869,377 3,632,239
35 Ekiti State 2,398,957 3,398,177
36 Bayelsa State 1,704,515 2,394,725
Total Nigeria 140,431,790 230,135,262

2006 census by the FG was a sham exercise.

I don't think we are up to 150 million people.

jmoore:
I don't think we are up to 150 million people.

What's your estimate then?

Peterlandil:
What's your estimate then?

I would say 110m

COMRADES, there is nothing like accuracy here, we cannot conduct a free and fair election which is very simple, is it head counting which is very complex that we would get it right?

What a joke

Simply population density.
For example Enugu and Kano have similar population density 426 and 442 people per square kilometer, respectively. This therefore means if Enugu is as big as Kano state it will have about the same population and vice versa.

Likewise if Lagos was as big as Kano state, with its population density of 2,607 people per square kilometer, Lagos population alone would be over 52million people. On the other hand if Kano was as small as Lagos it would have a population of only 1.5million!

Population = Population Density X Land Mass

Southern states have higher population density while northern states have higher land mass

Another example if Katsina State was as small as Imo state it would have a population of just 1.3million people.

If Borno State were to have Population density of Anambra it (Borno State) would have a population o[b]f 61.5million[/b] people

Therefore the appearance of 'emptiness' due to sparse population is more than made up by the very large land mass of the northern states.

I hope your post is for educational purposes.

See chart below.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Population-density-of-the-different-States-in-Nigeria-Source-of-data-National_fig2_277959845

Nothing works in Nigeria. The population is grossly overblown. It was concocted by the same people who rigged emilokan into Asorock.
How can Kano be 16million? I'm not even thinking of comparing it to Lagos which they gave 15million. Imagine Sokoto having 6 million people. No be juju be that? See Gombe having more population than Taraba. Everything about Nigeria is fake.

All I know is that, Kaduna is more populated than South East.

Typing:
All I know is that, Kaduna is more populated than South East.

Just say the number of illiterates in Kaduna is higher than that of southeast.
https://www.icegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/icegif-1075.gif

jmoore:
Just say the number of illiterates in Kaduna is higher than that of southeast.

The thing pain Emeka