Population (census): Kano is highest at 9,401,288 people, and FCT (Abuja) lowest at 1,406,239 people, across 37 states. The top three account for 18% of the total.
Population (census)
| Rank | State | Population (census) |
|---|
| 1 | Kano | 9,401,288 people |
| 2 | Lagos | 9,113,605 people |
| 3 | Kaduna | 6,113,503 people |
| 4 | Katsina | 5,801,584 people |
| 5 | Oyo | 5,580,894 people |
| 6 | Rivers | 5,198,716 people |
| 7 | Bauchi | 4,653,066 people |
| 8 | Jigawa | 4,361,002 people |
| 9 | Benue | 4,253,641 people |
| 10 | Anambra | 4,177,828 people |
| 11 | Borno | 4,171,104 people |
| 12 | Delta | 4,112,445 people |
| 13 | Niger | 3,954,772 people |
| 14 | Imo | 3,927,563 people |
| 15 | Akwa Ibom | 3,902,051 people |
| 16 | Ogun | 3,751,140 people |
| 17 | Sokoto | 3,702,676 people |
| 18 | Ondo | 3,460,877 people |
| 19 | Osun | 3,416,959 people |
| 20 | Kogi | 3,314,043 people |
| 21 | Zamfara | 3,278,873 people |
| 22 | Enugu | 3,267,837 people |
| 23 | Kebbi | 3,256,541 people |
| 24 | Edo | 3,233,366 people |
| 25 | Plateau | 3,206,531 people |
| 26 | Adamawa | 3,178,950 people |
| 27 | Cross River | 2,892,988 people |
| 28 | Abia | 2,845,380 people |
| 29 | Ekiti | 2,398,957 people |
| 30 | Kwara | 2,365,353 people |
| 31 | Gombe | 2,365,040 people |
| 32 | Yobe | 2,321,339 people |
| 33 | Taraba | 2,294,800 people |
| 34 | Ebonyi | 2,176,947 people |
| 35 | Nasarawa | 1,869,377 people |
| 36 | Bayelsa | 1,704,515 people |
| 37 | FCT (Abuja) | 1,406,239 people |
Source: National Population Commission / National Bureau of Statistics (via citypopulation.de)
