List of Nigerian cities by population

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This is a list of the largest cities in Nigeria by population.

Rank City State Population
1 Lagos Lagos State 8029200
2 Kano Kano State 3248700
3 Ibadan Oyo State 3078400
4 Kaduna Kaduna State 1458900
5 Port Harcourt Rivers State 1053900
6 Benin City Edo State 1051600
7 Maiduguri Borno State 971700
8 Zaria Kaduna State 898900
9 Aba Abia State 784500
10 Ilorin Kwara State 756400
11 Jos Plateau State 742100
12 Ogbomosho Oyo State 726300
13 Oyo Oyo State 620400
14 Enugu Enugu State 593300
15 Abeokuta Ogun State 529700
16 Onitsha Anambra State 509500
17 Warri Delta State 500900
18 Sokoto Sokoto State 500500
19 Okene Kogi State 444900
20 Calabar Cross River State 431200
21 Osogbo Osun State 421000
22 Katsina Katsina State 387000
23 Akure Ondo State 369700
24 Ife Osun State 313400
25 Bauchi Bauchi State 291600
26 Iseyin Oyo State 286700
27 Minna Niger State 270600
28 Makurdi Benue State 249000
29 Owo Ondo State 243000
30 Ado Ekiti Ekiti State 241200
31 Ilesa Osun State 233900
32 Gombe Gombe State 230900
33 Umuahia Abia State 230800
34 Ondo Ondo State 225800
35 Damaturu Yobe State 223000
36 Jimeta Adamawa State 218400
37 Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom State 209400
38 Gusau Zamfara State 201200
39 Mubi Adamawa State 198700
40 Sagamu Ogun State 191500
41 Owerri Imo State 187600
42 Ugep Cross River State 187000
43 Ijebu Ode Ogun State 186700
44 Ise Ekiti Ekiti State 167100
45 Gboko Benue State 166400
46 Ilawe Ekiti Ekiti State 160700
48 Ikare Ondo State 160600
49 Abuja FCT 159900
50 Bida Niger State 159100
51 Okpoko Anambra State 152900
52 Awka Anambra State 152300
53 Sapele Delta State 151000
54 Ila Osun State 150700
55 Shaki Oyo State 150300
56 Ijero  ? 147300
57 Otukpo Benue State 136800
58 Kishi  ? 130800
59 Bugama  ? 124200
60 Funtua Katsina State 122500
61 Abakaliki Ebonyi State 121700
62 Gbongan  ? 117300
63 Lafia Nasarawa State 115500
64 Igboho  ? 115000
65 Amaigbo  ? 111000
66 Gashua  ? 109600
67 Offa Kwara State 105700
68 Jalingo Taraba State 103600
69 Bama  ? 102800
70 Uyo Akwa Ibom State 102400
71 Uromi  ? 101400
72 Nsukka Enugu State 100700
73 Okigwe Imo State 100700
74 Modakeke Osun State 100500