Àkójọ àwọn ìpínlẹ̀ Nàìjíríà bíi ìpọ̀síènìyàn
(Àtúnjúwe láti 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 preliminary 2006 Census figures. [1] Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine.
Rank | State | Population |
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1 | Kano State | 9,383,682 |
2 | Lagos State | 9,013,534 |
3 | Kaduna State | 6,066,562 |
4 | Katsina State | 5,792,578 |
5 | Oyo State | 5,591,589 |
6 | Rivers State | 5,185,400 |
7 | Bauchi State | 4,676,465 |
8 | Jigawa State | 4,348,649 |
9 | Benue State | 4,219,244 |
10 | Anambra State | 4,182,032 |
11 | Borno State | 4,151,193 |
12 | Delta State | 4,098,391 |
13 | Imo State | 3,934,899 |
14 | Niger State | 3,950,249 |
15 | Akwa Ibom State | 3,920,208 |
16 | Ogun State | 3,728,098 |
17 | Sokoto State | 3,696,999 |
18 | Ondo State | 3,441,024 |
19 | Osun State | 3,423,535 |
20 | Kogi State | 3,278,487 |
21 | Zamfara State | 3,259,846 |
22 | Enugu State | 3,257,298 |
23 | Kebbi State | 3,238,628 |
24 | Edo State | 3,218,332 |
25 | Plateau State | 3,178,712 |
26 | Adamawa State | 3,168,101 |
27 | Cross River State | 2,888,966 |
28 | Abia State | 2,833,999 |
29 | Ekiti State | 2,384,212 |
30 | Kwara State | 2,371,089 |
31 | Gombe State | 2,353,879 |
32 | Yobe State | 2,321,591 |
33 | Taraba State | 2,300,736 |
34 | Ebonyi State | 2,173,501 |
35 | Nasarawa State | 1,863,275 |
36 | Bayelsa State | 1,703,358 |
- | Agbègbè Olúìlú Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ | 1,405,201 |