Area Database (v4.2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

% population in urban areas

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 25.7 26.8 28.0 29.1 30.3 31.4 32.6 33.7 33.6 33.5 33.5 33.4 33.3 34.6 35.9 37.2 38.5 39.9 40.6 41.3 42.0 42.7 43.5 44.2 44.9 45.6
Abia 17.5 21.0 24.4 27.9 31.3 34.8 38.2 41.7 43.1 44.5 45.9 47.3 48.7 44.0 39.3 34.6 29.9 25.2 24.0 22.8 21.6 20.4 19.2 18.0 16.8 15.6
Abuja FCT 3.62 7.05 10.5 13.9 17.3 20.8 24.2 27.6 36.1 44.5 53.0 61.4 69.9 67.5 65.2 62.8 60.5 58.2 59.5 60.8 62.1 63.4 64.7 66.0 67.3 68.6
Adamawa 22.5 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.7 22.8 22.9 22.9 22.5 22.1 21.7 21.3 20.8 22.0 23.1 24.3 25.4 26.6 25.8 24.9 24.1 23.3 22.5 21.6 20.8 20.0
Akwa Ibom 0.01 1.73 3.45 5.17 6.99 8.82 10.6 12.5 11.9 11.3 10.7 10.1 9.52 8.76 8.01 7.25 6.50 5.74 6.03 6.31 6.60 6.88 7.17 7.46 7.74 8.03
Anambra 20.1 20.7 21.3 21.9 22.5 23.1 23.8 24.4 35.8 47.3 58.8 70.2 81.7 82.3 82.9 83.5 84.1 84.7 84.8 84.9 85.0 85.1 85.3 85.4 85.5 85.6
Bauchi 3.18 5.30 7.41 9.53 11.6 13.8 15.9 18.0 19.9 21.8 23.8 25.7 27.6 25.2 22.8 20.4 18.0 15.6 15.2 14.8 14.5 14.1 13.7 13.4 13.0 12.6
Bayelsa 5.09 4.37 3.64 2.91 2.18 1.46 0.73 0.00 4.70 9.40 14.1 18.8 23.5 24.2 24.9 25.5 26.2 26.9 27.7 28.5 29.3 30.1 30.9 31.7 32.6 33.4
Benue 6.36 8.03 9.69 11.4 13.0 14.7 16.4 18.0 17.5 16.9 16.4 15.8 15.3 13.8 12.3 10.8 9.35 7.86 9.45 11.0 12.6 14.2 15.8 17.4 19.0 20.6
Borno 34.5 38.0 41.6 45.1 48.7 52.2 55.8 59.3 54.4 49.4 44.5 39.5 34.6 36.7 38.9 41.0 43.1 45.3 47.2 49.1 51.0 52.9 54.8 56.8 58.7 60.6
Cross River 29.2 28.3 27.3 26.3 25.4 24.4 23.4 22.5 22.0 21.6 21.2 20.7 20.3 19.6 18.9 18.2 17.6 16.9 17.2 17.5 17.9 18.2 18.6 18.9 19.2 19.6
Delta 11.2 16.2 21.3 26.3 31.3 36.4 41.4 46.5 45.3 44.1 42.9 41.7 40.5 42.6 44.7 46.8 48.9 51.0 52.0 53.0 54.0 54.9 55.9 56.9 57.9 58.8
Ebonyi 49.2 48.6 47.9 47.2 46.6 45.9 45.3 44.6 41.1 37.5 34.0 30.5 27.0 39.0 51.1 63.1 75.2 87.2 86.6 86.0 85.4 84.8 84.2 83.6 83.0 82.4
Edo 43.9 43.9 43.8 43.7 43.7 43.6 43.5 43.5 44.0 44.5 44.9 45.4 45.9 47.9 49.8 51.8 53.8 55.7 56.8 57.9 59.0 60.2 61.3 62.4 63.5 64.6
Ekiti 14.3 22.9 31.5 40.1 48.6 57.2 65.8 74.4 67.2 60.0 52.7 45.5 38.3 45.8 53.3 60.9 68.4 75.9 77.0 78.1 79.2 80.3 81.4 82.5 83.5 84.6
Enugu 4.33 12.4 20.5 28.6 36.7 44.8 52.9 61.0 54.5 47.9 41.3 34.8 28.2 36.5 44.7 53.0 61.2 69.5 71.2 72.8 74.5 76.2 77.8 79.5 81.2 82.8
Gombe 8.48 10.6 12.6 14.7 16.8 18.9 20.9 23.0 22.7 22.4 22.1 21.8 21.5 23.3 25.1 26.8 28.6 30.4 29.0 27.6 26.2 24.8 23.4 22.0 20.6 19.2
Imo 0.01 2.10 4.19 6.28 19.3 32.4 45.5 58.5 50.3 42.0 33.7 25.5 17.2 23.8 30.3 36.9 43.5 50.1 53.0 55.9 58.8 61.8 64.7 67.6 70.5 73.5
Jigawa 0.01 1.06 2.10 3.15 4.66 6.16 7.67 9.17 8.68 8.19 7.70 7.21 6.72 7.26 7.80 8.33 8.87 9.41 10.3 11.2 12.1 13.1 14.0 14.9 15.8 16.7
Kaduna 17.2 20.6 24.1 27.6 31.1 34.6 38.0 41.5 39.6 37.7 35.7 33.8 31.8 34.2 36.5 38.8 41.1 43.4 43.2 43.1 42.9 42.7 42.5 42.3 42.1 41.9
Kano 41.3 40.2 39.1 37.9 36.8 35.6 34.5 33.4 32.0 30.5 29.1 27.7 26.3 29.9 33.5 37.0 40.6 44.2 44.1 44.1 44.0 43.9 43.8 43.8 43.7 43.6
Katsina 11.6 13.8 16.1 18.3 20.5 22.7 24.9 27.2 25.7 24.3 22.9 21.5 20.1 19.7 19.3 18.9 18.4 18.0 18.9 19.8 20.7 21.6 22.5 23.4 24.3 25.2
Kebbi 0.01 2.43 4.85 7.27 12.0 16.7 21.4 26.1 24.9 23.8 22.6 21.5 20.3 19.9 19.5 19.1 18.8 18.4 18.0 17.6 17.2 16.9 16.5 16.1 15.8 15.4
Kogi 37.7 35.9 34.1 32.3 30.4 28.6 26.8 24.9 26.9 28.9 30.9 32.9 34.9 36.1 37.2 38.4 39.6 40.8 39.7 38.7 37.7 36.7 35.6 34.6 33.6 32.6
Kwara 53.6 52.9 52.2 51.5 50.8 50.2 49.5 48.8 46.7 44.5 42.4 40.2 38.1 42.4 46.7 51.0 55.3 59.6 62.9 66.2 69.6 72.9 76.2 79.6 82.9 86.2
Lagos 81.1 83.3 85.5 87.6 89.8 92.0 94.2 96.4 95.3 94.1 93.0 91.9 90.8 92.6 94.5 96.3 98.2 100 99.5 98.9 98.4 97.8 97.3 96.7 96.2 95.6
Nassarawa 14.3 16.0 17.7 19.4 21.1 22.8 24.5 26.2 24.0 21.8 19.5 17.3 15.1 15.7 16.3 16.9 17.5 18.2 21.3 24.5 27.7 30.9 34.1 37.3 40.5 43.7
Niger 62.1 55.5 49.0 42.4 35.8 29.3 22.7 16.1 17.4 18.7 20.0 21.3 22.6 21.4 20.3 19.1 17.9 16.7 18.2 19.7 21.2 22.7 24.2 25.7 27.2 28.7
Ogun 78.2 72.8 67.3 61.9 56.5 51.0 45.6 40.2 37.1 33.9 30.8 27.7 24.6 29.6 34.7 39.7 44.8 49.8 49.6 49.3 49.1 48.8 48.6 48.4 48.1 47.9
Ondo 4.92 11.8 18.8 25.7 32.6 39.5 46.4 53.3 50.0 46.7 43.4 40.1 36.8 39.4 42.0 44.5 47.1 49.7 50.5 51.3 52.0 52.8 53.5 54.3 55.0 55.8
Osun 7.44 14.7 22.0 29.3 36.5 43.8 51.1 58.4 59.4 60.4 61.5 62.5 63.5 66.6 69.8 72.9 76.0 79.1 78.3 77.5 76.7 75.9 75.1 74.3 73.5 72.7
Oyo 29.0 34.8 40.6 46.4 52.2 58.0 63.8 69.6 63.4 57.2 51.1 44.9 38.7 44.9 51.2 57.4 63.6 69.9 72.0 74.1 76.2 78.4 80.5 82.6 84.7 86.8
Plateau 16.6 18.2 19.7 21.2 22.7 24.3 25.8 27.3 25.9 24.4 22.9 21.5 20.0 20.5 20.9 21.4 21.8 22.3 23.3 24.4 25.4 26.5 27.6 28.6 29.7 30.7
Rivers 5.83 8.97 12.1 15.2 18.4 21.5 24.6 27.8 28.4 29.1 29.8 30.5 31.2 34.8 38.4 42.0 45.6 49.2 49.9 50.6 51.3 52.0 52.7 53.4 54.2 54.9
Sokoto 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.7 14.0 14.2 14.5 15.8 17.1 18.5 19.8 21.1 20.8 20.5 20.1 19.8 19.5 19.2 18.9 18.6
Taraba 50.2 45.7 41.1 36.6 32.1 27.5 23.0 18.5 18.6 18.8 18.9 19.0 19.2 18.4 17.5 16.7 15.9 15.1 15.9 16.8 17.7 18.5 19.4 20.2 21.1 21.9
Yobe 45.8 42.5 39.3 36.1 32.9 29.6 26.4 23.2 24.7 26.2 27.7 29.2 30.7 28.9 27.1 25.2 23.4 21.6 21.5 21.5 21.4 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.1 21.1
Zamfora 0.01 3.23 6.44 9.66 14.3 18.8 23.4 28.0 24.3 20.5 16.7 13.0 9.20 10.9 12.6 14.2 15.9 17.6 19.7 21.8 23.8 25.9 28.0 30.1 32.2 34.3
Lighter numbers are estimates