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Map of Nigerian states by population density

Map of Nigerian states by total 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
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

See also