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🌆 Largest Cities in Nigeria

Cities of Nigeria with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).

📅 2026📏 people50 entries🇳🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 58,760,247 (50 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 10 are merged into one grey tile.
1
LagosLagos
15,388,000
2
KanoKano State
4,910,000
3
IbadanOyo State
3,649,000
4
AbujaFCT
2,690,000
5
Port HarcourtRivers State
2,120,000
6
KadunaKaduna State
1,850,000
7
Benin CityEdo State
1,782,000
8
OnitshaAnambra
1,553,000
9
AbaAbia State
1,160,000
10
MaiduguriBorno State
1,110,000
11
IlorinKwara State
1,080,000
12
JosPlateau State
1,040,000
13
SokotoSokoto
1,040,000
14
ZariaKaduna State
980,000
15
EnuguEnugu State
950,000
16
WarriDelta
910,000
17
OyoOyo State
736,072
18
AbeokutaOgun State
735,000
19
AkureOndo State
730,000
20
BauchiBauchi
693,700
21
AgegeLagos
683,600
22
KatsinaKatsina State
670,000
23
OsogboOsun State
645,000
24
GombeGombe State
560,000
25
Ile-IfeOsun State
560,000
26
AjegunleLagos
550,000
27
OgbiaBayelsa State
549,774
28
OwerriImo State
545,000
29
CalabarCross River State
540,000
30
Ebute IkoroduLagos
535,619
31
OkeneKogi State
479,178
32
IkareOndo State
465,000
33
YolaAdamawa
460,000
34
UyoAkwa Ibom State
436,606
35
Ado-EkitiEkiti State
435,000
36
OgbomosoOyo State
433,030
37
MinnaNiger State
425,000
38
LekkiLagos
401,272
39
BidaNiger State
400,000
40
MakurdiBenue State
390,000
41
OndoOndo State
375,000
42
UmuahiaAbia State
370,000
43
IseyinOyo State
365,300
44
GbokoBenue State
365,000
45
YenagoaBayelsa State
365,000
46
Ijebu OdeOgun State
360,000
47
ObalendeLagos
342,000
48
IlesaOsun State
325,000
49
IkejaLagos
313,196
50
AkowonjoLagos
308,900

Highlights

Within Nigeria, Lagos ranks first in 2026 with 15,388,000, followed by Kano (4,910,000) and Ibadan (3,649,000).

Lagos is 3.1 times higher than Kano, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 15,388,000 (Lagos) to 308,900 (Akowonjo), with a median of 555,000.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.