Nigeria: Federal States & Cities - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Federal States

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	Cp 1991-11-26	Cf 2006-03-21
<	Abia	AB	FSt	Umuahia	6,320	2,338,487	2,845,380
<	Adamawa	AD	FSt	Yola	36,917	2,102,053	3,178,950
<	Akwa Ibom	AK	FSt	Uyo	7,081	2,409,613	3,902,051
<	Anambra	AN	FSt	Awka	4,844	2,796,475	4,177,828
<	Bauchi	BA	FSt	Bauchi	45,837	2,861,887	4,653,066
<	Bayelsa	BY	FSt	Yenagoa	10,773	1,121,693	1,704,515
<	Benue	BE	FSt	Makurdi	34,059	2,753,077	4,253,641
<	Borno	BO	FSt	Maiduguri	70,898	2,536,003	4,171,104
<	Cross River	CR	FSt	Calabar	20,156	1,911,297	2,892,988
<	Delta	DE	FSt	Asaba	17,698	2,590,491	4,112,445
<	Ebonyi	EB	FSt	Abakaliki	5,670	1,029,312	2,176,947
<	Edo	ED	FSt	Benin City	17,802	2,172,005	3,233,366
<	Ekiti	EK	FSt	Ado Ekiti	6,353	1,535,790	2,398,957
<	Enugu	EN	FSt	Enugu	7,161	2,125,068	3,267,837
<	Federal Capital Territory	FC	FDist	Abuja	7,315	371,674	1,406,239
<	Gombe	GO	FSt	Gombe	18,768	1,489,120	2,365,040
<	Imo	IM	FSt	Owerri	5,530	2,485,635	3,927,563
<	Jigawa	JI	FSt	Dutse	23,154	2,875,525	4,361,002
<	Kaduna	KD	FSt	Kaduna	46,053	3,935,618	6,113,503
<	Kano	KN	FSt	Kano	20,131	5,810,470	9,401,288
<	Katsina	KT	FSt	Katsina	24,192	3,753,133	5,801,584
<	Kebbi	KE	FSt	Birnin Kebbi	36,800	2,068,490	3,256,541
<	Kogi	KO	FSt	Lokoja	29,833	2,147,756	3,314,043
<	Kwara	KW	FSt	Ilorin	36,825	1,548,412	2,365,353
<	Lagos	LA	FSt	Ikeja	3,345	5,725,116	9,113,605
<	Nassarawa	NA	FSt	Lafia	27,117	1,207,876	1,869,377
<	Niger	NI	FSt	Minna	76,363	2,421,581	3,954,772
<	Ogun	OG	FSt	Abeokuta	16,762	2,333,726	3,751,140
<	Ondo	ON	FSt	Akure	14,606	2,249,548	3,460,877
<	Osun	OS	FSt	Oshogbo	9,251	2,158,143	3,416,959
<	Oyo	OY	FSt	Ibadan	28,454	3,452,720	5,580,894
<	Plateau	PL	FSt	Jos	30,913	2,104,536	3,206,531
<	Rivers	RI	FSt	Port Harcourt	11,077	3,187,844	5,198,716
<	Sokoto	SO	FSt	Sokoto	25,973	2,418,585	3,702,676
<	Taraba	TA	FSt	Jalingo	54,473	1,512,163	2,294,800
<	Yobe	YO	FSt	Damaturu	45,502	1,399,687	2,321,339
<	Zamfara	ZA	FSt	Gusau	39,762	2,051,591	3,278,873
	Nigeria	NGA		Abuja	923,768	88,992,220	140,431,790

National Population Commission of Nigeria (web).

	Name	Adm.	C 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

Table of Cities

	Name	Adm.	C Cp 1991-11-26
<	Aba	AB	500,183
<	Abakaliki	EB	83,651
<	Abeokuta	OG	352,735
<	Abonnema	RI	41,972
<	Abuja	FC	107,069
<	Ado Ekiti	EK	156,122
<	Afikpo	EB	44,823
<	Agbor	DE	45,820
<	Agulu	AN	49,310
<	Aku	EN	45,985
<	Akure	ON	239,124
<	Amaigbo	AB	70,756
<	Ankpa	KO	40,249
<	Asaba	DE	49,725
<	Auchi	ED	42,610
<	Awka	AN	104,682
<	Azare	BA	69,035
<	Bama	BO	65,437
<	Bauchi	BA	206,537
<	Bende	AB	44,248
<	Benin City	ED	762,719
<	Bida	NI	111,245
<	Birnin Kebbi	KE	63,147
<	Biu	BO	52,629
<	Buguma City	RI	82,865
<	Calabar	CR	310,839
<	Damaturu	YO	141,897
<	Daura	KT	46,954
<	Dutse	JI	...
<	Ede	OS	142,363
<	Effium	EB	54,229
<	Effon Alaiye	EK	158,977
<	Eha Amufu	EN	44,136
<	Ejigbo	OS	69,366
<	Ekpoma	ED	40,382
<	Enugu	EN	407,756
<	Enugu Ukwu	AN	42,925
<	Epe	LA	49,909
	Etiti	IM	41,038
<	Ezza Ohu	EB	42,045
<	Funtua	KT	82,072
<	Gambaru	BO	46,904
<	Gashua	YO	69,719
<	Gboko	BE	101,281
<	Gbongan	OS	69,931
<	Gombe	GO	163,604
<	Gusau	ZA	132,393
<	Hadejia	JI	65,966
<	Ibadan	OY	1,835,300
<	Idah	KO	44,828
<	Ife	OS	186,856
<	Ifo	OG	52,448
<	Ifon	OS	62,817
<	Igboho	OY	68,566
<	Igbo Ora	OY	46,479
<	Igbo Ukwu	AN	46,943
<	Ihiala	AN	51,959
<	Ijebu Igbo	OG	64,924
<	Ijebu Ode	OG	124,313
<	Ijero	EK	95,365
<	Ikare	ON	103,843
<	Ikeja	LA	Lagos
<	Ikerre	EK	58,612
<	Ikire	OS	111,435
<	Ikirun	OS	76,565
<	Ikom	CR	53,226
<	Ikorodu	LA	184,674
<	Ikot Ekpene	AK	119,402
<	Ila Orangun	OS	89,861
<	Ilawe Ekiti	EK	104,049
<	Ilesha	OS	139,445
<	Ilobu	OS	59,196
<	Ilorin	KW	532,089
<	Inisa	OS	82,314
<	Ise	EK	108,136
<	Iseyin	OY	170,936
<	Isieke	EB	56,129
<	Iwo	OS	125,645
<	Jalingo	TA	67,226
<	Jimeta	AD	141,724
<	Jos	PL	510,300
<	Kaduna	KD	993,642
<	Kafanchan	KD	49,906
<	Kagoro	KD	48,329
<	Kano	KN	2,166,554
<	Katsina	KT	259,315
<	Kaura Namoda	ZA	40,677
<	Keffi	NA	53,597
<	Kishi	OY	77,972
<	Kontagora	NI	63,994
	Kuroro	KO	45,892
<	Lafia	NA	79,387
<	Lagos	LA	5,195,247
<	Lokoja	KO	...
<	Maiduguri	BO	618,278
<	Makurdi	BE	151,515
<	Malumfashi	KT	42,415
<	Minna	NI	189,191
<	Modakeke	OS	59,918
<	Mubi	AD	128,900
<	Nguru	YO	61,511
<	Nkpor	AN	64,733
<	Nnewi	AN	121,065
<	Nssukka	EN	69,230
<	Numan	AD	44,308
<	Obosi	AN	85,250
<	Offa	KW	74,326
<	Ogaminan	KO	55,054
<	Ogbomoso	OY	433,030
<	Ohafia	AB	40,767
<	Oka Akoko	ON	44,309
<	Okene	KO	312,775
<	Okigwi	IM	64,280
<	Okitipupa	ON	42,064
	Okpogho	AN	105,127
<	Okrika	RI	81,558
<	Ondo	ON	146,051
<	Onitsha	AN	350,280
<	Oron	AK	52,442
<	Oshogbo	OS	250,951
<	Otukpo	BE	83,218
<	Owerri	IM	119,711
<	Owo	ON	157,181
<	Oyo	OY	369,894
<	Ozubulu	AN	46,062
<	Port Harcourt	RI	703,421
<	Sagamu	OG	127,513
<	Saki	OY	89,595
<	Sango Otta	OG	103,332
<	Sapele	DE	109,576
<	Sokoto	SO	329,639
<	Suleja	NI	105,075
<	Uga	AN	40,048
<	Ugep	CR	134,773
<	Ughelli	DE	54,206
<	Umuahia	AB	147,167
<	Uromi	ED	73,569
<	Uyo	AK	58,369
<	Warri	DE	363,382
<	Wukari	TA	53,050
<	Yenagoa	BY	...
<	Yola	AD	54,810
<	Zaria	KD	612,257

(1991) provided by Clive Thornton.

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Federal States

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