|
Region + Rank
|
Population
|
City
|
|
Lagos 1
|
21,095,133
|
Lagos
|
|
Kano 1
|
5,026,276
|
Kano
|
|
Oyo 1
|
4,415,758
|
Ibadan
|
|
Capital 1
|
4,125,740
|
Abuja
|
|
Rivers 1
|
3,828,964
|
Port Harcourt
|
|
Edo 1
|
2,559,138
|
Benin City
|
|
Osun 1
|
2,389,754
|
Osogbo
|
|
Anambra 1
|
2,384,653
|
Onitsha
|
|
Lagos 2
|
2,107,532
|
Ikorodu
|
|
Kaduna 1
|
1,527,196
|
Kaduna
|
|
Akwa Ibom 1
|
1,451,209
|
Uyo
|
|
Lagos 3
|
1,410,183
|
Agege
|
|
Imo 1
|
1,401,873
|
Owerri
|
|
Katsina 1
|
1,336,550
|
Katsina
|
|
Kwara 1
|
1,302,492
|
Ilorin
|
|
Enugu 1
|
1,291,516
|
Enugu
|
|
Abia 1
|
1,280,410
|
Aba
|
|
Delta 1
|
1,175,950
|
Warri
|
|
Borno 1
|
1,102,920
|
Maiduguri
|
|
Kaduna 2
|
1,084,035
|
Zaria
|
|
Plateau 1
|
1,065,088
|
Jos
|
|
Ogun 1
|
1,022,606
|
Abeokuta
|
|
Osun 2
|
963,150
|
Ifẹ̀
|
|
Sokoto 1
|
945,322
|
Sokoto
|
|
Ondo 1
|
916,141
|
Akure
|
|
Bauchi 1
|
903,118
|
Bauchi
|
|
Bayelsa 1
|
819,036
|
Yenagoa
|
|
Nasarawa 1
|
796,086
|
Ado
|
|
Adamawa 1
|
770,348
|
Jimeta
|
|
Ebonyi 1
|
760,598
|
Abakaliki
|
|
Benue 1
|
726,494
|
Makurdi
|
|
Cross River 1
|
719,523
|
Calabar
|
|
Abia 2
|
713,034
|
Umuahia
|
|
Gombe 1
|
704,407
|
Gombe
|
|
Oyo 2
|
701,525
|
Ogbomoso
|
|
Zamfara 1
|
697,757
|
Gusau
|
|
Oyo 3
|
665,060
|
Oyo
|
|
Capital 2
|
662,624
|
Madalla
|
|
Kogi 1
|
635,590
|
Lokoja
|
|
Taraba 1
|
634,237
|
Jalingo
|
|
Ogun 2
|
625,170
|
Ota
|
|
Ekiti 1
|
611,236
|
Ado Ekiti
|
|
Osun 3
|
602,972
|
Ilerin
|
|
Yobe 1
|
597,111
|
Potiskum
|
|
Benue 2
|
592,055
|
Gboko
|
|
Nasarawa 2
|
582,054
|
Lafia
|
|
Anambra 2
|
560,812
|
Nnewi
|
|
Niger 1
|
556,882
|
Minna
|
|
Enugu 2
|
528,031
|
Nsukka
|
|
Ogun 3
|
513,206
|
Ijoko
|
|
Ondo 2
|
511,953
|
Ondo
|
|
Nasarawa 3
|
505,120
|
Masaka
|
|
Delta 2
|
504,581
|
Asaba
|
|
Kebbi 1
|
491,180
|
Birnin Kebbi
|
|
Anambra 3
|
455,089
|
Awka
|
|
Adamawa 2
|
441,060
|
Mubi
|
|
|
Region + Rank
|
Population
|
City
|
|
Kogi 2
|
438,030
|
Okene
|
|
Capital 3
|
428,020
|
Kubwa
|
|
Katsina 2
|
410,450
|
Funtua
|
|
Adamawa 3
|
403,087
|
Yola
|
|
Niger 2
|
379,010
|
Bida
|
|
Ondo 3
|
377,568
|
Owo
|
|
Kwara 2
|
340,022
|
Offa
|
|
Yobe 2
|
331,671
|
184,196
|
|
Rivers 2
|
317,163
|
Oyigbo
|
|
Katsina 3
|
304,250
|
Jibia
|
|
Yobe 3
|
294,192
|
Nguru
|
|
Zamfara 2
|
290,208
|
Kaura Namoda
|
|
Delta 3
|
283,056
|
Ughelli
|
|
Imo 2
|
272,018
|
Nkwerre
|
|
Taraba 2
|
264,439
|
Wukari
|
|
Niger 3
|
258,195
|
Kontagora
|
|
Akwa Ibom 2
|
250,204
|
Ikot Ekpene
|
|
Kogi 3
|
248,545
|
Ankpa
|
|
Benue 3
|
242,192
|
Otukpo
|
|
Kano 2
|
240,090
|
Wudil
|
|
Rivers 3
|
235,475
|
Omoku
|
|
Akwa Ibom 3
|
235,072
|
Eket
|
|
Jigawa 1
|
232,840
|
Dutse
|
|
Kebbi 2
|
228,706
|
Yelwa
|
|
Plateau 2
|
225,755
|
Bukuru
|
|
Edo 2
|
217,044
|
Ekpoma
|
|
Kano 3
|
215,016
|
Gaya
|
|
Jigawa 2
|
213,943
|
Hadejia
|
|
Kebbi 3
|
211,961
|
Argungu
|
|
Jigawa 3
|
208,108
|
Birnin Kudu
|
|
Ekiti 2
|
207,045
|
Ikere
|
|
Zamfara 3
|
206,721
|
Gummi
|
|
Edo 3
|
201,887
|
Auchi
|
|
Plateau 3
|
187,397
|
Langtang
|
|
Kaduna 3
|
182,292
|
Kafanchan
|
|
Borno 2
|
164,015
|
Biu
|
|
Bauchi 2
|
158,368
|
Azare
|
|
Ebonyi 2
|
156,611
|
Afikpo
|
|
Taraba 3
|
152,001
|
Mutum Mbiyu
|
|
Gombe 2
|
151,944
|
Kaltungo
|
|
Borno 3
|
148,552
|
Monguno
|
|
Sokoto 2
|
140,092
|
Isa
|
|
Gombe 3
|
140,013
|
Bajoga
|
|
Bauchi 3
|
129,126
|
Misau
|
|
Ekiti 3
|
127,436
|
Ikole
|
|
Kwara 3
|
120,335
|
Omu-Aran
|
|
Cross River 2
|
116,017
|
Ikom
|
|
Imo 3
|
115,500
|
Ihiagwa
|
|
Abia 3
|
110,433
|
Arochukwu
|
|
Sokoto 3
|
107,100
|
Magagindoke
|
|
Enugu 3
|
103,253
|
Obolo
|
|
Cross River 3
|
101,936
|
Ugep
|
|
Ebonyi 3
|
82,656
|
Okposi
|
|
Bayelsa 2
|
76,011
|
Asikoro
|
|
Bayelsa 3
|
41,093
|
Amassoma
|
|