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
4,177,828
7,299,910
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
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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
^ Population by State and Sex. population.gov.ng
^Demographic Statistics Bulletin 2020
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