Area Database (v4.2.1)
% 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