List of Nigerian states by population
The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2022 Census figures,[1] as well as their 2016 projected populations, which was published by the National Bureau of Statistics.[2]
| Rank (2022) | State | Population (2012) | Population (2022) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lagos State | 9,113,605 | 15,000,000 | ||||||||
| 2 | Kano State | 9,113,605 | 17,550,598 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kaduna State | 6,113,503 | 8,252,366 | ||||||||
| 4 | Oyo State | 5,580,894 | 7,840,864 | ||||||||
| 5 | Katsina State | 5,801,584 | 7,831,319 | ||||||||
| 6 | Rivers State | 5,198,716 | 7,303,924 | ||||||||
| 7 | Bauchi State | 4,653,066 | 6,537,314 | ||||||||
| 8 | Borno State | 4,171,104 | 5,860,183 | ||||||||
| 9 | Jigawa State | 4,361,002 | 5,828,163 | ||||||||
| 10 | Benue State | 4,253,641 | 5,741,815 | ||||||||
| 11 | Delta State | 4,112,445 | 5,663,362 | ||||||||
| 12 | Niger State | 3,954,772 | 5,556,247 | ||||||||
| 13 | Anambra State | 4,177,828 | 5,527,809 | ||||||||
| 14 | Akwa Ibom State | 3,902,051 | 5,482,177 | ||||||||
| 15 | Imo State | 3,927,563 | 5,408,756 | ||||||||
| 16 | Ogun State | 3,751,140 | 5,217,716 | ||||||||
| 17 | Sokoto State | 3,702,676 | 4,998,090 | ||||||||
| 18 | Osun State | 3,416,959 | 4,705,589 | ||||||||
| 19 | Ondo State | 3,460,877 | 4,671,695 | ||||||||
| 20 | Zamfara State | 3,278,873 | 4,515,427 | ||||||||
| 21 | Kogi State | 3,314,043 | 4,473,490 | ||||||||
| 22 | Kebbi State | 3,256,541 | 4,440,050 | ||||||||
| 23 | Enugu State | 3,267,837 | 4,411,119 | ||||||||
| 24 | Edo State | 3,233,366 | 4,235,595 | ||||||||
| 25 | Adamawa State | 3,178,950 | 4,248,436 | ||||||||
| 26 | Plateau State | 3,206,531 | 4,200,442 | ||||||||
| 27 | Cross River State | 2,892,988 | 3,866,269 | ||||||||
| 28 | Abia State | 2,845,380 | 3,727,347 | ||||||||
| – | Federal Capital Territory | 1,406,239 | 3,564,126 | ||||||||
| 29 | Yobe State | 2,321,339 | 3,294,137 | ||||||||
| 30 | Ekiti State | 2,398,957 | 3,270,798 | ||||||||
| 31 | Gombe State | 2,365,040 | 3,256,962 | ||||||||
| 32 | Kwara State | 2,365,353 | 3,192,893 | ||||||||
| 33 | Taraba State | 2,294,800 | 3,066,834 | ||||||||
| 34 | Ebonyi State | 2,176,947 | 2,880,383 | ||||||||
| 35 | Nasarawa State | 1,869,377 | 2,523,395 | ||||||||
| 36 | Bayelsa State | 1,704,515 | 2,277,961
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