Alle Bevölkerungsangaben zu Nigeria weisen hohe Fehlerquoten auf. Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählungen sind umstritten.
Bundesstaaten
Die Einwohnerzahlen der Bundesstaaten von Nigeria nach Volkszählungen und neuesten Projektionen.
Name | Abk. | Status | Hauptstadt | Fläche A (km²) | Einwohner Zensus (Cp) 1991-11-26 | Einwohner Zensus (Cf) 2006-03-21 | Einwohner Projektion (P) 2022-03-21 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | NGA | Abuja | 923.768 | 88.992.220 | 140.431.790 | 216.783.400 | → | |||
Abia | AB | FSt | Umuahia | 6.320 | 2.338.487 | 2.845.380 | 4.143.100 | 632000 | → | |
Adamawa | AD | FSt | Yola | 36.917 | 2.102.053 | 3.178.950 | 4.902.100 | 3691700 | → | |
Akwa Ibom | AK | FSt | Uyo | 7.081 | 2.409.613 | 3.902.051 | 4.979.400 | 708100 | → | |
Anambra | AN | FSt | Awka | 4.844 | 2.796.475 | 4.177.828 | 5.953.500 | 484400 | → | |
Bauchi | BA | FSt | Bauchi | 45.837 | 2.861.887 | 4.653.066 | 8.308.800 | 4583700 | → | |
Bayelsa | BY | FSt | Yenagoa | 10.773 | 1.121.693 | 1.704.515 | 2.537.400 | 1077300 | → | |
Benue | BE | FSt | Makurdi | 34.059 | 2.753.077 | 4.253.641 | 6.141.300 | 3405900 | → | |
Borno | BO | FSt | Maiduguri | 70.898 | 2.536.003 | 4.171.104 | 6.111.500 | 7089800 | → | |
Cross River | CR | FSt | Calabar | 20.156 | 1.911.297 | 2.892.988 | 4.406.200 | 2015600 | → | |
Delta | DE | FSt | Asaba | 17.698 | 2.590.491 | 4.112.445 | 5.636.100 | 1769800 | → | |
Ebonyi | EB | FSt | Abakaliki | 5.670 | 1.029.312 | 2.176.947 | 3.242.500 | 567000 | → | |
Edo | ED | FSt | Benin City | 17.802 | 2.172.005 | 3.233.366 | 4.777.000 | 1780200 | → | |
Ekiti | EK | FSt | Ado Ekiti | 6.353 | 1.535.790 | 2.398.957 | 3.592.200 | 635300 | → | |
Enugu | EN | FSt | Enugu | 7.161 | 2.125.068 | 3.267.837 | 4.690.100 | 716100 | → | |
Federal Capital Territory | FC | FDist | Abuja | 7.315 | 371.674 | 1.406.239 | 3.067.500 | 731500 | → | |
Gombe | GO | FSt | Gombe | 18.768 | 1.489.120 | 2.365.040 | 3.960.100 | 1876800 | → | |
Imo | IM | FSt | Owerri | 5.530 | 2.485.635 | 3.927.563 | 5.459.300 | 553000 | → | |
Jigawa | JI | FSt | Dutse | 23.154 | 2.875.525 | 4.361.002 | 7.499.100 | 2315400 | → | |
Kaduna | KD | FSt | Kaduna | 46.053 | 3.935.618 | 6.113.503 | 9.032.200 | 4605300 | → | |
Kano | KN | FSt | Kano | 20.131 | 5.810.470 | 9.401.288 | 15.462.200 | 2013100 | → | |
Katsina | KT | FSt | Katsina | 24.192 | 3.753.133 | 5.801.584 | 10.368.500 | 2419200 | → | |
Kebbi | KE | FSt | Birnin Kebbi | 36.800 | 2.068.490 | 3.256.541 | 5.563.900 | 3680000 | → | |
Kogi | KO | FSt | Lokoja | 29.833 | 2.147.756 | 3.314.043 | 4.466.800 | 2983300 | → | |
Kwara | KW | FSt | Ilorin | 36.825 | 1.548.412 | 2.365.353 | 3.551.000 | 3682500 | → | |
Lagos | LA | FSt | Ikeja | 3.345 | 5.725.116 | 9.113.605 | 13.491.800 | 334500 | → | |
Nasarawa | NA | FSt | Lafia | 27.117 | 1.207.876 | 1.869.377 | 2.886.000 | 2711700 | → | |
Niger | NI | FSt | Minna | 76.363 | 2.421.581 | 3.954.772 | 6.783.300 | 7636300 | → | |
Ogun | OG | FSt | Abeokuta | 16.762 | 2.333.726 | 3.751.140 | 6.379.500 | 1676200 | → | |
Ondo | ON | FSt | Akure | 14.606 | 2.249.548 | 3.460.877 | 5.316.600 | 1460600 | → | |
Osun | OS | FSt | Oshogbo | 9.251 | 2.158.143 | 3.416.959 | 4.435.800 | 925100 | → | |
Oyo | OY | FSt | Ibadan | 28.454 | 3.452.720 | 5.580.894 | 7.976.100 | 2845400 | → | |
Plateau | PL | FSt | Jos | 30.913 | 2.104.536 | 3.206.531 | 4.717.300 | 3091300 | → | |
Rivers | RI | FSt | Port Harcourt | 11.077 | 3.187.844 | 5.198.716 | 7.476.800 | 1107700 | → | |
Sokoto | SO | FSt | Sokoto | 25.973 | 2.418.585 | 3.702.676 | 6.391.000 | 2597300 | → | |
Taraba | TA | FSt | Jalingo | 54.473 | 1.512.163 | 2.294.800 | 3.609.800 | 5447300 | → | |
Yobe | YO | FSt | Damaturu | 45.502 | 1.399.687 | 2.321.339 | 3.649.600 | 4550200 | → | |
Zamfara | ZA | FSt | Gusau | 39.762 | 2.051.591 | 3.278.873 | 5.833.500 | 3976200 | → |
- The estimated undercount of the 1991 census is about 25 million. According to the Lagos Bureau of Statistics, the 2006 and 2011 population of Lagos State was 17.5 mio and 20.5 mio, respectively.
- National Population Commission of Nigeria / National Bureau of Statistics (web).
Die größten Städte
Name | Adm. | Einwohner Zensus (Cp) 1991-11-26 | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lagos | LA | 5.195.247 |
2 | Kano | KN | 2.166.554 |
3 | Ibadan | OY | 1.835.300 |
4 | Kaduna | KD | 993.642 |
5 | Benin City | ED | 762.719 |
6 | Port Harcourt | RI | 703.421 |
7 | Maiduguri | BO | 618.278 |
8 | Zaria | KD | 612.257 |
9 | Ilorin | KW | 532.089 |
10 | Jos | PL | 510.300 |
11 | Aba | AB | 500.183 |
Übersicht: Städte & urbane Siedlungen
Die Einwohnerzahlen der nigerianischen Städte und urbanen Siedlungen mit mehr als 40.000 Einwohnern nach der Volkszählung von 1991.
Für urbane Siedlungen stehen leider keine neueren Zahlen zur Verfügung. Neuere Angaben sind auf »City Population« für Agglomerationen und Local Government Areas zu finden.
Name | Adm. | Einwohner Zensus (Cp) 1991-11-26 | Area | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aba | AB | 500.183 | 0 | |
Abakaliki | EB | 83.651 | 0 | |
Abeokuta | OG | 352.735 | 0 | |
Abonnema | RI | 41.972 | 0 | |
Abuja | FC | 107.069 | 0 | |
Ado Ekiti | EK | 156.122 | 0 | |
Afikpo | EB | 44.823 | 0 | |
Agbor | DE | 45.820 | 0 | |
Agulu | AN | 49.310 | 0 | |
Aku | EN | 45.985 | 0 | |
Akure | ON | 239.124 | 0 | |
Amaigbo | AB | 70.756 | 0 | |
Ankpa | KO | 40.249 | 0 | |
Asaba | DE | 49.725 | 0 | |
Auchi | ED | 42.610 | 0 | |
Awka | AN | 104.682 | 0 | |
Azare | BA | 69.035 | 0 | |
Bama | BO | 65.437 | 0 | |
Bauchi | BA | 206.537 | 0 | |
Bende | AB | 44.248 | 0 | |
Benin City | ED | 762.719 | 0 | |
Bida | NI | 111.245 | 0 | |
Birnin Kebbi | KE | 63.147 | 0 | |
Biu | BO | 52.629 | 0 | |
Buguma | RI | 82.865 | 0 | |
Calabar | CR | 310.839 | 0 | |
Damaturu | YO | 141.897 | 0 | |
Daura | KT | 46.954 | 0 | |
Dutse | JI | ... | 0 | |
Ede | OS | 142.363 | 0 | |
Effium | EB | 54.229 | 0 | |
Effon Alaiye | EK | 158.977 | 0 | |
Eha Amufu | EN | 44.136 | 0 | |
Ejigbo | OS | 69.366 | 0 | |
Ekpoma | ED | 40.382 | 0 | |
Enugu | EN | 407.756 | 0 | |
Enugu Ukwu | AN | 42.925 | 0 | |
Epe | LA | 49.909 | 0 | |
Etiti | IM | 41.038 | 0 | |
Ezza Inyimagu | EB | 42.045 | 0 | |
Funtua | KT | 82.072 | 0 | |
Gamboru | BO | 46.904 | 0 | |
Gashua | YO | 69.719 | 0 | |
Gboko | BE | 101.281 | 0 | |
Gbongan | OS | 69.931 | 0 | |
Gombe | GO | 163.604 | 0 | |
Gusau | ZA | 132.393 | 0 | |
Hadejia | JI | 65.966 | 0 | |
Ibadan | OY | 1.835.300 | 0 | |
Idah | KO | 44.828 | 0 | |
Ife | OS | 186.856 | 0 | |
Ifo | OG | 52.448 | 0 | |
Ifon | OS | 62.817 | 0 | |
Igboho | OY | 68.566 | 0 | |
Igbo Ora | OY | 46.479 | 0 | |
Igbo Ukwu | AN | 46.943 | 0 | |
Ihiala | AN | 51.959 | 0 | |
Ijebu Igbo | OG | 64.924 | 0 | |
Ijebu Ode | OG | 124.313 | 0 | |
Ijero | EK | 95.365 | 0 | |
Ikare | ON | 103.843 | 0 | |
Ikeja | LA | Lagos | 0 | |
Ikerre | EK | 58.612 | 0 | |
Ikire | OS | 111.435 | 0 | |
Ikirun | OS | 76.565 | 0 | |
Ikom | CR | 53.226 | 0 | |
Ikorodu | LA | 184.674 | 0 | |
Ikot Ekpene | AK | 119.402 | 0 | |
Ila Orangun | OS | 89.861 | 0 | |
Ilawe Ekiti | EK | 104.049 | 0 | |
Ilesha | OS | 139.445 | 0 | |
Ilobu | OS | 59.196 | 0 | |
Ilorin | KW | 532.089 | 0 | |
Inisa | OS | 82.314 | 0 | |
Ise | EK | 108.136 | 0 | |
Iseyin | OY | 170.936 | 0 | |
Ishieke | EB | 56.129 | 0 | |
Iwo | OS | 125.645 | 0 | |
Jalingo | TA | 67.226 | 0 | |
Jimeta | AD | 141.724 | 0 | |
Jos | PL | 510.300 | 0 | |
Kaduna | KD | 993.642 | 0 | |
Kafanchan | KD | 49.906 | 0 | |
Kagoro | KD | 48.329 | 0 | |
Kano | KN | 2.166.554 | 0 | |
Katsina | KT | 259.315 | 0 | |
Kaura Namoda | ZA | 40.677 | 0 | |
Keffi | NA | 53.597 | 0 | |
Kishi | OY | 77.972 | 0 | |
Kontagora | NI | 63.994 | 0 | |
Kuroko | KO | 45.892 | 0 | |
Lafia | NA | 79.387 | 0 | |
Lagos | LA | 5.195.247 | 0 | |
Lokoja | KO | ... | 0 | |
Maiduguri | BO | 618.278 | 0 | |
Makurdi | BE | 151.515 | 0 | |
Malumfashi | KT | 42.415 | 0 | |
Minna | NI | 189.191 | 0 | |
Modakeke | OS | 59.918 | 0 | |
Mubi | AD | 128.900 | 0 | |
Nguru | YO | 61.511 | 0 | |
Nkpor | AN | 64.733 | 0 | |
Nnewi | AN | 121.065 | 0 | |
Nsukka | EN | 69.230 | 0 | |
Numan | AD | 44.308 | 0 | |
Obosi | AN | 85.250 | 0 | |
Offa | KW | 74.326 | 0 | |
Ogaminan | KO | 55.054 | 0 | |
Ogbomosho | OY | 433.030 | 0 | |
Ohafia | AB | 40.767 | 0 | |
Oka Akoko | ON | 44.309 | 0 | |
Okene | KO | 312.775 | 0 | |
Okigwi | IM | 64.280 | 0 | |
Okitipupa | ON | 42.064 | 0 | |
Okpoko | AN | 105.127 | 0 | |
Okrika | RI | 81.558 | 0 | |
Ondo | ON | 146.051 | 0 | |
Onitsha | AN | 350.280 | 0 | |
Oron | AK | 52.442 | 0 | |
Oshogbo | OS | 250.951 | 0 | |
Otukpo | BE | 83.218 | 0 | |
Owerri | IM | 119.711 | 0 | |
Owo | ON | 157.181 | 0 | |
Oyo | OY | 369.894 | 0 | |
Ozubulu | AN | 46.062 | 0 | |
Port Harcourt | RI | 703.421 | 0 | |
Sagamu | OG | 127.513 | 0 | |
Sango Otta | OG | 103.332 | 0 | |
Sapele | DE | 109.576 | 0 | |
Shaki | OY | 89.595 | 0 | |
Sokoto | SO | 329.639 | 0 | |
Suleja | NI | 105.075 | 0 | |
Uga | AN | 40.048 | 0 | |
Ugep | CR | 134.773 | 0 | |
Ughelli | DE | 54.206 | 0 | |
Umuahia | AB | 147.167 | 0 | |
Uromi | ED | 73.569 | 0 | |
Uyo | AK | 58.369 | 0 | |
Warri | DE | 363.382 | 0 | |
Wukari | TA | 53.050 | 0 | |
Yenagoa | BY | ... | 0 | |
Yola | AD | 54.810 | 0 | |
Zaria | KD | 612.257 | 0 |
- (1991) provided by Clive Thornton.