Land area: Niger is highest at 76,363 km², and Lagos lowest at 3,345 km², across 37 states. The top three account for 22% of the total.
Land area
| Rank | State | Land area |
|---|
| 1 | Niger | 76,363 km² |
| 2 | Borno | 70,898 km² |
| 3 | Taraba | 54,473 km² |
| 4 | Kaduna | 46,053 km² |
| 5 | Bauchi | 45,837 km² |
| 6 | Yobe | 45,502 km² |
| 7 | Zamfara | 39,762 km² |
| 8 | Adamawa | 36,917 km² |
| 9 | Kwara | 36,825 km² |
| 10 | Kebbi | 36,800 km² |
| 11 | Benue | 34,059 km² |
| 12 | Plateau | 30,913 km² |
| 13 | Kogi | 29,833 km² |
| 14 | Oyo | 28,454 km² |
| 15 | Nasarawa | 27,117 km² |
| 16 | Sokoto | 25,973 km² |
| 17 | Katsina | 24,192 km² |
| 18 | Jigawa | 23,154 km² |
| 19 | Cross River | 20,156 km² |
| 20 | Kano | 20,131 km² |
| 21 | Gombe | 18,768 km² |
| 22 | Edo | 17,802 km² |
| 23 | Delta | 17,698 km² |
| 24 | Ogun | 16,762 km² |
| 25 | Ondo | 14,606 km² |
| 26 | Rivers | 11,077 km² |
| 27 | Bayelsa | 10,773 km² |
| 28 | Osun | 9,251 km² |
| 29 | FCT (Abuja) | 7,315 km² |
| 30 | Enugu | 7,161 km² |
| 31 | Akwa Ibom | 7,081 km² |
| 32 | Ekiti | 6,353 km² |
| 33 | Abia | 6,320 km² |
| 34 | Ebonyi | 5,670 km² |
| 35 | Imo | 5,530 km² |
| 36 | Anambra | 4,844 km² |
| 37 | Lagos | 3,345 km² |
Source: National Population Commission / National Bureau of Statistics (via citypopulation.de)
