Nigerian cities

The following are lists of the most populous fully defined incorporated cities in Nigeria by population. This section consists of six different tables, highlighting factors such as Rankings, name of City, State, Census, Total area per KM and Population density. The information provides an insight to the city make up which invariably helps in effective urban planning and regeneration.

RankCityState2006 censusTotal
area (km2)
Population
density (/km2)
1LagosLagos8,048,4301,171.36,871
2KanoKano2,828,8614496,300
3IbadanOyo2,559,8533,080831
4Benin CityEdo1,147,1881,204953
5Port HarcourtRivers1,005,9043692,726
6JosPlateau821,6181,821451
7IlorinKwara777,6677651,016
8AbujaFCT776,2981,769439′
9KadunaKaduna760,0841315,802
10EnuguEnugu722,6645561300
11ZariaKaduna695,0895631,234.6
12WarriDelta557,398  
13IkoroduLagos535,6193451,553
14MaiduguriBorno543,0161373,964
15AbaAbia534,265727,400
16IfeOsun509,0351,750284
17BauchiBauchi493,8103,687134
18AkureOndo484,798991489
19AbeokutaOgun451,607879510
20OyoOyo428,7982427177
21UyoAkwa Ibom427,8733621,182
22SokotoSokoto427,760
23OwerriImo401,873551729
24YolaAdamawa392,854831473
25CalabarCross River371,022406910
26UmuahiaAbia359,230385933
27Ondo CityOndo358,430
28MinnaNiger348,7881,664209
29LafiaNasarawa330,712
30OkeneKogi320,260328976.4
31KatsinaKatsina318,4591422,243
IkejaLagos313,19649.926,274
32NsukkaEnugu309,63345.38
33Ado EkitiEkiti308,6212931,053
34AwkaAnambra301,657
35OgbomoshoOyo299,535
36IseyinOyo286,7001,820 
37MubiAdamawa280,0091,317
38OnitshaAnambra261,604525,030.8
39SagamuOgun253,412
40MakurdiBenue249,000
41MokwaNiger244,9374,33856.4
42BadagryLagos241,093441547
43IlesaOsun233,900
44GombeGombe230,900
45Obafemi OwodeOgun228,8511,410162
46OwoOndo218,8861,027213
47JimetaAdamawa218,400
48SulejaNiger216,5781191,820
49LavunNiger209,9172,83574
50PotiskumYobe205,876559368
51KukawaBorno203,8644,90141.6
52GusauZamfara201,200
53IwoOsun191,377214894
54BidaNiger188,181513,689
55UgepCross River187,000
56Ijebu OdeOgun186,700
57EpeLagos181,409965188
58Ise EkitiEkiti167,100
59GbokoBenue166,400
60Ilawe EkitiEkiti160,700