Nigeria - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Nigeria was 14,862,110 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,862,110 in 2021 and a minimum value of 762,418 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 762,418
1961 840,287
1962 926,233
1963 1,020,969
1964 1,086,830
1965 1,135,439
1966 1,186,292
1967 1,239,424
1968 1,295,014
1969 1,352,933
1970 1,413,528
1971 1,476,837
1972 1,570,870
1973 1,670,607
1974 1,776,828
1975 1,889,802
1976 2,010,130
1977 2,137,756
1978 2,273,679
1979 2,418,243
1980 2,572,218
1981 2,735,532
1982 2,909,463
1983 3,094,452
1984 3,291,482
1985 3,500,464
1986 3,723,030
1987 3,959,747
1988 4,211,873
1989 4,479,291
1990 4,764,093
1991 5,067,003
1992 5,318,226
1993 5,530,879
1994 5,752,346
1995 5,982,680
1996 6,222,575
1997 6,471,389
1998 6,730,516
1999 7,000,018
2000 7,280,706
2001 7,571,830
2002 7,875,021
2003 8,190,352
2004 8,518,770
2005 8,859,399
2006 9,194,896
2007 9,491,778
2008 9,798,673
2009 10,114,610
2010 10,441,180
2011 10,778,300
2012 11,126,800
2013 11,485,550
2014 11,856,390
2015 12,239,210
2016 12,634,380
2017 13,042,320
2018 13,463,420
2019 13,903,620
2020 14,368,330
2021 14,862,110

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Nigeria was 13.33 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 17.31 in 1992, while its lowest value was 10.96 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 10.96
1961 11.67
1962 12.42
1963 13.21
1964 13.57
1965 13.69
1966 13.80
1967 13.91
1968 14.02
1969 14.12
1970 14.22
1971 14.20
1972 14.44
1973 14.66
1974 14.88
1975 15.08
1976 15.25
1977 15.41
1978 15.57
1979 15.75
1980 15.95
1981 15.99
1982 16.07
1983 16.15
1984 16.25
1985 16.34
1986 16.43
1987 16.53
1988 16.63
1989 16.74
1990 16.86
1991 17.19
1992 17.31
1993 17.27
1994 17.24
1995 17.21
1996 17.18
1997 17.16
1998 17.13
1999 17.11
2000 17.09
2001 16.93
2002 16.77
2003 16.62
2004 16.47
2005 16.33
2006 16.15
2007 15.89
2008 15.64
2009 15.39
2010 15.15
2011 14.92
2012 14.71
2013 14.50
2014 14.31
2015 14.12
2016 13.96
2017 13.80
2018 13.65
2019 13.52
2020 13.42
2021 13.33

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization