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 2006 Census figures,^[1] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics.^[2]

Rank (2019)	State	Population (2006)	Population (2023)
1	Kano State	9,401,288	16,253,549
2	Lagos State	9,113,605	15,772,884
3	Katsina State	5,801,584	9,300,382
4	Kaduna State	6,113,503	8,324,285
5	Bauchi State	4,653,066	7,540,663
6	Oyo State	5,580,894	7,512,855
7	Anambra State	3,177,828	5,299,910
8	Rivers State	5,198,716	7,234,973
9	Jigawa State	4,361,002	6,979,080
10	Niger State	3,954,772	6,720,617
11	Benue State	4,253,641	6,687,706
12	Borno State	4,171,104	6,651,590
13	Ogun State	3,751,140	6,445,275
14	Sokoto State	3,702,676	6,163,187
15	Delta State	4,112,445	6,107,543
16	Imo State	3,927,563	6,067,722
17	Kebbi State	3,256,541	6,001,610
18	Ondo State	3,460,877	5,469,707
19	Akwa Ibom State	3,902,051	5,780,581
20	Zamfara State	3,278,873	5,517,793
21	Plateau State	3,206,531	5,400,974
22	Enugu State	3,267,837	5,396,098
23	Adamawa State	3,178,950	5,236,948
24	Edo State	3,233,366	5,161,137
25	Kogi State	3,314,043	5,053,734
26	Abia State	2,845,380	4,841,943
-	Federal Capital Territory	1,406,239	4,802,443
27	Gombe State	2,365,040	4,623,462
28	Yobe State	2,321,339	4,350,401
29	Taraba State	2,294,800	4,331,885
30	Kwara State	2,365,353	4,259,613
31	Osun State	3,416,959	4,237,396
32	Cross River State	2,892,988	4,175,020
33	Ebonyi State	2,176,947	4,007,155
34	Nasarawa State	1,869,377	3,632,239
35	Ekiti State	2,398,957	3,398,177
36	Bayelsa State	1,704,515	2,394,725
Total	Nigeria	140,431,790	230,135,262

Map of Nigerian states by population density

References

1. Population by State and Sex. population.gov.ng
2. Demographic Statistics Bulletin 2020