Benin City has a population of 1,782,000, making it the 7th largest place we list in Nigeria. It is in Edo State.
Benin City holds 0.74% of Nigeria's 242,431,832 people. Lagos, the largest place we list there, is 8.6 times its size.
1,782,000
population
#7
in Nigeria
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Abuja | FCT | 2,690,000 |
| Port Harcourt | Rivers State | 2,120,000 |
| Kaduna | Kaduna State | 1,850,000 |
| Onitsha | Anambra | 1,553,000 |
| Aba | Abia State | 1,160,000 |
| Maiduguri | Borno State | 1,110,000 |
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.