List of cities in Nigeria by population

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018)
Date	01 Apr 2024

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Nigeria cities population
City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
City	2023	2024	Share (%)	Nigeria	World	Population	(%)
Lagos	15,945,912	16,536,018	7.22	1	15	590,106	3.70
Kano	4,348,481	4,490,734	1.96	2	107	142,253	3.27
Abuja	3,839,646	4,025,735	1.76	3	127	186,089	4.85
Ibadan	3,874,908	4,004,316	1.75	4	131	129,408	3.34
Port Harcourt	3,480,101	3,636,547	1.59	5	141	156,446	4.50
Benin City	1,904,631	1,972,558	0.861	6	293	67,927	3.57
Onitsha	1,623,382	1,694,913	0.740	7	351	71,531	4.41
Uyo	1,329,284	1,393,453	0.608	8	427	64,169	4.83
Nnewi	1,239,186	1,300,993	0.568	9	469	61,807	4.99
Aba	1,188,803	1,230,407	0.537	10	507	41,604	3.50
Kaduna	1,187,398	1,221,451	0.533	11	511	34,053	2.87
Ikorodu	1,093,308	1,145,224	0.500	12	543	51,916	4.75
Ilorin	1,030,498	1,063,713	0.464	13	594	33,215	3.22
Warri	986,921	1,031,426	0.450	14	609	44,505	4.51
Owerri	983,352	1,022,922	0.446	15	615	39,570	4.02
Jos	970,129	1,001,155	0.437	16	637	31,026	3.20
Umuahia	904,139	947,460	0.413	17	679	43,321	4.79
Lokoja	839,046	885,882	0.387	18	717	46,836	5.58
Enugu	846,560	875,552	0.382	19	724	28,992	3.42
Maiduguri	844,747	870,201	0.380	20	731	25,454	3.01
Oshogbo	771,515	795,808	0.347	21	796	24,293	3.15
Zaria	766,007	786,197	0.343	22	807	20,190	2.64
Akure	744,371	773,141	0.337	23	822	28,770	3.87
Sokoto	708,660	734,255	0.320	24	875	25,595	3.61
Bauchi	670,280	696,566	0.304	25	921	26,286	3.92
Abakaliki	662,202	692,627	0.302	26	923	30,425	4.59
Calabar	657,435	684,876	0.299	27	936	27,441	4.17
Ogbomosho	628,682	655,517	0.286	28	972	26,835	4.27
Gombe	573,161	596,233	0.260	29	1077	23,072	4.03
Abeokuta	571,499	588,546	0.257	30	1102	17,047	2.98
Ado-Ekiti	535,916	556,505	0.243	31	1168	20,589	3.84
Katsina	523,950	543,940	0.237	32	1194	19,990	3.82
Potiskum	511,448	538,857	0.235	33	1204	27,409	5.36
Gwagwalada	506,694	537,086	0.234	34	1211	30,392	6.00
Okpogho	505,931	528,484	0.231	35	1226	22,553	4.46
Okene	509,897	527,576	0.230	36	1229	17,679	3.47
Minna	495,500	513,491	0.224	37	1260	17,991	3.63
Igbidu	493,895	510,423	0.223	38	1270	16,528	3.35
Gboko	488,162	505,788	0.221	39	1278	17,626	3.61
Ondo	475,286	491,953	0.215	40	1305	16,667	3.51
Oyo	471,182	487,916	0.213	41	1315	16,734	3.55
Makurdi	454,419	471,754	0.206	42	1363	17,335	3.81
Saki	432,884	452,204	0.197	43	1417	19,320	4.46
Ikot Ekpene	431,969	449,546	0.196	44	1430	17,577	4.07
Effon Alaiye	424,823	440,363	0.192	45	1455	15,540	3.66
Birnin Kebbi	412,202	428,676	0.187	46	1489	16,474	4.00
Ife	409,274	423,147	0.185	47	1508	13,873	3.39
Ilesha	400,144	415,776	0.181	48	1528	15,632	3.91
Ijebu-Ode	380,571	394,246	0.172	49	1603	13,675	3.59
Lafia	374,084	388,140	0.169	50	1622	14,056	3.76