Abuja has a population of 2,690,000, making it the 4th largest place we list in Nigeria. It is in FCT.
Abuja holds 1.1% of Nigeria's 242,431,832 people. Lagos, the largest place we list there, is 5.7 times its size.
2,690,000
population
#4
in Nigeria
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Lagos | Lagos | 15,388,000 |
| Kano | Kano State | 4,910,000 |
| Ibadan | Oyo State | 3,649,000 |
| Port Harcourt | Rivers State | 2,120,000 |
| Kaduna | Kaduna State | 1,850,000 |
| Benin City | Edo State | 1,782,000 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.