Rank City State 2006 census Total area (km2) Population density (/ km2) Lagos Lagos 8,048,430 1,171.3 6,871 Kano Kano 2,828,861 449 6,300 Ibadan Oyo 2,559,853 3,080 831 Benin City Edo 1,147,188 1,204 953 5 Port Harcourt Rivers 1,005,904 369 2,726 6 Jos Plateau 821,618 1,821 451 7 Ilorin Kwara 777,667 765 1,016 8 Abuja FCT 776,298 1,769 439 ' 9 Kaduna Kaduna 760,084 131 5,802 10 Enugu Enugu 722,664 556 1300 11 Zaria Kaduna 695,089 563 1,234.6 12 Warri Delta 557,398 13 Ikorodu Lagos 535,619 345 1,553 14 Maiduguri Borno 543,016 137 3,964 15 Aba Abia 534,265 72 7,400 16 Ife Osun 509,035 1,791 284 17 Bauchi Bauchi 493,810 3,687 134 18 Akure Ondo 484,798 991 489 19 Abeokuta Ogun 451,607 879 510 20 Oyo Oyo 428,798 2427 177 21 Uyo Akwa Ibom 427,873 362 1,182 22 Sokoto Sokoto 427,760 23 Osogbo Osun 421,000 24 Owerri Imo 401,873 551 729 25 Yola Adamawa 392,854 831 473 26 Calabar Cross River 371,022 406 910 27 Umuahia Abia 359,230 385 933 28 Ondo City Ondo 358,430 29 Minna Niger 348,788 1,664 209 30 Lafia Nasarawa 330,712 31 Okene Kogi 320,260 328 976.4 32 Katsina Katsina 318,459 142 2,243 - Ikeja Lagos 313,196 49.92 6,274 33 Nsukka Enugu 309,633 45.38 34 Ado Ekiti Ekiti 308,621 293 1,053 35 Awka Anambra 301,657 36 Ogbomosho Oyo 299,535 37 Iseyin Oyo 286,700 38 Mubi Adamawa 280,009 1,317 39 Onitsha Anambra 261,604 52 5,030.8 40 Sagamu Ogun 253,412 41 Makurdi Benue 249,000 42 Badagry Lagos 241,093 441 547 43 Ilesa Osun 233,900 44 Gombe Gombe 230,900 45 Obafemi Owode Ogun 228,851 1,410 162 46 Owo Ondo 218,886 1,027 213 47 Jimeta Adamawa 218,400 48 Suleja Niger 216,578 119 1,820 49 Potiskum Yobe 205,876 559 368 50 Kukawa Borno 203,864 4,901 41.6 51 Gusau Zamfara 201,200 52 Iwo Osun 191,377 214 894 53 Bida Niger 188,181 51 3,689 54 Ugep Cross River 187,000 55 Ijebu Ode Ogun 186,700 56 Epe Lagos 181,409 965 188 57 Ise Ekiti Ekiti 167,100 58 Gboko Benue 166,400 59 Ilawe Ekiti Ekiti 160,700 60 Ikare Ondo 160,600 61 Osogbo Osun 156,694 47 3,334 62 Okpoko Anambra 152,900 63 Garki Jigawa 152,233 1,408 108.12 64 Sapele Delta 151,000 65 Ila Osun 150,700 66 Shaki Oyo 150,300 67 Ijero Ekiti 147,300 68 Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom 143,077 116 1,233 69 Jalingo Taraba 139,845 70 Otukpo Benue 136,800 71 Okigwe Imo 132,237 72 Kisi Oyo 130,800 73 Buguma Rivers 124,200 74 Funtua Katsina 122,500 75 Abakaliki Ebonyi 151,723 76 Asaba Delta 149,603 268 558 77 Gbongan Osun 117,300 78 Igboho Oyo 115,000 79 Gashua Yobe 109,600 70 Bama Borno 102,800 81 Uromi Edo 101,400
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