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Nigeria

Official name:

Federal Republic of Nigeria (the)

Name in native language:

Nigeria

Capital:

Abuja

ISO country code

NG

Nat. statistical agency:

National Bureau of Statistics

Region:

Western Africa

Census Results

1952-07-xx :
1963-11-05 :
1991-11-26 : 88,992,220
2006-03-21 : 140,431,790

the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Administrative units

state	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1991-11-26 census	population 2006-03-21 census
source: National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria. note: Area is 909,890 sq.km. of land area and 13,879 sq.km. of water area. note: Bayelsa was split off from Rivers; Ebonyi from Abia and Enugu; Ekiti from Ondo; Gombe from Bauchi; Nasarawa from Plateau; and Zamfara from Sokoto. note: FCT = Federal Capital Territory.
Abia State	Umuahia	4,900	2,329,487	2,845,380
Abuja FCT	Abuja	7,607	371,674	1,406,239
The State of Adamawa	Yola	38,700	2,102,053	3,178,950
The State of Akwa Ibom	Uyo	6,900	2,409,613	3,902,051
Anambra State	Awka	4,865	2,796,475	4,177,828
Bauchi State	Bauchi	49,119	4,351,007	4,653,066
Bayelsa State	Yenagoa	9,059		1,704,515
Benue State	Makurdi	30,800	2,753,079	4,253,641
Borno State	Maiduguri	72,609	2,536,003	4,171,104
Cross River State	Calabar	21,787	1,911,297	2,892,988
Delta State	Asaba	17,108	2,590,491	4,112,445
Ebonyi State	Abakaliki	6,400		2,176,947
Edo State	Benin City	19,187	2,172,005	3,233,366
Ekiti State	Ado-Ekiti	5,435		2,398,957
Enugu State	Enugu	7,534	3,154,380	3,267,837
Gombe State	Gombe	17,100		2,365,040
Imo State	Owerri	5,288	2,485,635	3,927,563
Jigawa State	Dutse	23,287	2,873,121	4,361,002
Kaduna State	Kaduna	42,481	3,935,618	6,113,503
Kano State	Kano	20,280	5,810,470	9,401,288
Katsina State	Katsina	23,561	3,753,133	5,801,584
Kebbi State	Birnin Kebbi	36,985	2,068,490	3,256,541
Kogi State	Lokoja	27,747	2,147,756	3,314,043
Kwara State	Ilorin	35,705	1,548,412	2,365,353
Lagos State	Ikeja	3,671	5,725,116	9,113,605
Nasarawa State	Lafia	28,735		1,869,377
Niger State	Minna	68,925	2,421,581	3,954,772
Ogun State	Abeokuta	16,400	2,333,726	3,751,140
Ondo State	Akure	15,820	3,784,902	3,460,877
Osun State	Oshogbo	9,026	2,158,143	3,416,959
Oyo State	Ibadan	26,500	3,452,720	5,580,894
Plateau State	Jos	27,147	3,318,257	3,206,531
Rivers State	Port Harcourt	10,575	4,309,557	5,198,716
Sokoto State	Sokoto	27,825	4,470,176	3,702,676
Taraba State	Jalingo	56,282	1,512,184	2,294,800
Yobe State	Damaturu	46,609	1,399,687	2,321,339
Zamfara State	Gusau	37,931		3,278,873
total		923,769	88,992,220	140,431,790

Main cities

name	population 1991-11-26 census	population 2006-03-21 census	latitude / longitude
Lagos	5,195,247	..	6.45/3.42
Kano	2,166,554	..	11.99/8.54
Ibadan	1,835,300	..	7.40/3.90
Kaduna	993,642	..
Benin City	762,719	..
Port Harcourt	703,421	..	4.80/7.00
Maiduguri	618,278	..
Zaria	612,257	..	11.09/7.72
Ilorin	532,089	..	8.49/4.54
Jos	510,300	..	9.93/8.89
Aba	500,183	..
Ogbomosho	433,030	..	8.13/4.24
Enugu	407,756	..
Oyo	369,894	..
Warri	363,382	..
Abeokuta	352,735	..	7.16/3.34
Onitsha	350,280	..
Sokoto	329,639	..
Okene	312,775	..
Calabar	310,839	..
Katsina	259,315	..
Oshogbo	250,951	..	7.77/4.56
Akure	239,124	..
Bauchi	206,537	..
Minna	189,191	..
Ife	186,856	..
Ikorodu	184,674	..
Iseyin	170,936	..
Gombe	163,604	..
Effon-Alaiye	158,977	..
Owo	157,181	..
Ado-Ekiti	156,122	..
Makurdi	151,515	..
Umuahia	147,167	..
Ondo	146,051	..
Ede	142,363	..
Damaturu	141,897	..
Jimeta	141,724	..
Ilesha	139,445	..	7.62/4.74
Ugep	134,773	..
Gusau	132,393	..
Mubi	128,900	..
Sagamu	127,513	..
Iwo	125,645	..
Ijebu-Ode	124,313	..
Nnewi	121,065	..
Owerri	119,711	..
Ikot Ekpene	119,402	..
Ikire	111,435	..
Bida	111,245	..
Sapele	109,576	..
Ise	108,136	..
Abuja	107,069	776,298	9.21/7.17
Okpogho	105,127	..
Suleja	105,075	..
Awka	104,682	..
Ilawe-Ekiti	104,049	..
Ikare	103,843	..
Sango Otta	103,332	..
Gboko	101,281	..
source: National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria.