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List of Nigerian states by population

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The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population (based on 2005 population estimates).It must be noted that several states had rejected the 1991 census report upon which this estimated projection is based.

Rank State Population
1 Lagos State 10,601,345
2 Kano State 8,077,751
3 Oyo State 7,617,720
4 Kaduna State 6,249,075
5 Katsina State 5,589,087
6 Ogun State 5,554,272
7 Benue State 5,281,642
8 Ondo State 5,111,407
9 Rivers State 5,083,429
10 Anambra State 4,721,858
11 Delta State 4,710,214
12 Osun State 4,637,627
13 Bauchi State 4,606,909
14 Borno State 4,588,668
15 Jigawa State 4,488,888
16 Akwa Ibom State 4,405,451
17 Imo State 4,403,063
18 Kwara State 4,391,555
19 Sokoto State 4,244,399
20 Abia State 4,222,476
21 Niger State 4,082,558
22 Kogi State 4,055,789
23 Adamawa State 3,737,223

24 Enugu State 3,590,513
25 Plateau State 3,553,440
26 Edo State 3,497,502
27 Cross River State 3,104,446
28 Kebbi State 3,030,931
29 Zamfara State 3,002,356

30 Ekiti State 2,737,186
31 Taraba State 2,688,944
32 Yobe State 2,532,395
33 Gombe State 2,448,326
34 Nassarawa State 2,040,097
35 Bayelsa State 1,998,349
36 Ebonyi State 1,739,136
- Abuja Federal Capital Territory 1,660,634

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