Largest Cities in Nigeria

107 cities with population over 100,000

Nigeria has 107 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Lagos with 15,388,000 people. The capital city is Abuja.

Country Population

223.8M

Major Cities

107

Largest City

Lagos

Capital

Abuja

Top 10 Cities

Lagos

15.4M

Kano

4.9M

Ibadan

3.6M

Abuja

2.7M

Port Harcourt

2.1M

Kaduna

1.9M

Benin City

1.8M

Onitsha

1.6M

Aba

1.2M

Maiduguri

1.1M

All Cities in Nigeria

Cities in Nigeria ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Lagos	15,388,000	6.88%
2	Kano	4,910,000	2.19%
3	Ibadan	3,649,000	1.63%
4	AbujaCapital	2,690,000	1.20%
5	Port Harcourt	2,120,000	0.95%
6	Kaduna	1,850,000	0.83%
7	Benin City	1,782,000	0.80%
8	Onitsha	1,553,000	0.69%
9	Aba	1,160,000	0.52%
10	Maiduguri	1,110,000	0.50%
11	Ilorin	1,080,000	0.48%
12	Sokoto	1,040,000	0.46%
13	Jos	1,040,000	0.46%
14	Zaria	980,000	0.44%
15	Enugu	950,000	0.42%
16	Warri	910,000	0.41%
17	Oyo	736,072	0.33%
18	Abeokuta	735,000	0.33%
19	Akure	730,000	0.33%
20	Bauchi	693,700	0.31%
21	Katsina	670,000	0.30%
22	Osogbo	645,000	0.29%
23	Gombe	560,000	0.25%
24	Ile-Ife	560,000	0.25%
25	Ajegunle	550,000	0.25%
26	Owerri	545,000	0.24%
27	Calabar	540,000	0.24%
28	Ebute Ikorodu	535,619	0.24%
29	Okene	479,178	0.21%
30	Ikare	465,000	0.21%
31	Yola	460,000	0.21%
32	Uyo	436,606	0.20%
33	Ado-Ekiti	435,000	0.19%
34	Ogbomoso	433,030	0.19%
35	Minna	425,000	0.19%
36	Lekki	401,272	0.18%
37	Bida	400,000	0.18%
38	Makurdi	390,000	0.17%
39	Ondo	375,000	0.17%
40	Umuahia	370,000	0.17%
41	Iseyin	365,300	0.16%
42	Gboko	365,000	0.16%
43	Yenagoa	365,000	0.16%
44	Ijebu Ode	360,000	0.16%
45	Obalende	342,000	0.15%
46	Ilesa	325,000	0.15%
47	Ikeja	313,196	0.14%
48	Akowonjo	308,900	0.14%
49	Alimosho	308,290	0.14%
50	Sapele	305,000	0.14%
51	Efon-Alaaye	279,319	0.12%
52	Owo	276,574	0.12%
53	Ikot Ekpene	254,806	0.11%
54	Iwo	250,443	0.11%
55	Jimeta	248,148	0.11%
56	Atani	230,000	0.10%
57	Aliayabiagba	228,000	0.10%
58	Gusau	226,857	0.10%
59	Mubi	225,705	0.10%
60	Ikire	222,160	0.10%
61	Shagamu	214,558	0.10%
62	Ugep	200,276	0.09%
63	Chakwama	200,000	0.09%
64	Mushin	199,000	0.09%
65	Nnewi	193,987	0.09%
66	Surulere	191,920	0.09%
67	Ise-Ekiti	190,063	0.08%
68	Ila Orangun	179,192	0.08%
69	Saki	178,677	0.08%
70	Oshodi	170,870	0.08%
71	Awka	167,738	0.07%
72	Ijero-Ekiti	167,632	0.07%
73	Inisa	164,161	0.07%
74	Suleja	162,135	0.07%
75	Ede	159,866	0.07%
76	Kisi	155,510	0.07%
77	Shomolu	154,390	0.07%
78	Irewe	139,494	0.06%
79	Gbongan	139,485	0.06%
80	Ejigbo	138,357	0.06%
81	Funtua	136,811	0.06%
82	Igboho	136,764	0.06%
83	Buguma	135,404	0.06%
84	Ikirun	134,240	0.06%
85	Abakaliki	134,102	0.06%
86	Okrika	133,271	0.06%
87	Amaigbo	127,300	0.06%
88	Lafia	127,236	0.06%
89	Gashua	125,817	0.06%
90	Modakeke	119,529	0.05%
91	Bama	118,121	0.05%
92	Ilobu	118,089	0.05%
93	Jalingo	117,757	0.05%
94	Okigwe	115,499	0.05%
95	Offa	113,830	0.05%
96	Esuk Oron	112,033	0.05%
97	Nsukka	111,017	0.05%
98	Nguru	111,014	0.05%
99	Hadejia	110,753	0.05%
100	Ijebu-Igbo	109,261	0.05%
101	Uromi	108,608	0.05%
102	Birnin Kebbi	108,164	0.05%
103	Pindiga	106,322	0.05%
104	Azare	105,687	0.05%
105	Nkpor	103,733	0.05%
106	Ikere-Ekiti	103,054	0.05%
107	Lafiagi	102,779	0.05%

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