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Lagos (/ ˈleɪɡɒs / LAY-goss; [ 10 ][ 11 ] also US: / ˈlɑːɡoʊs / LAH-gohss; [ 11 ][ 12 ] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimate of 21 million, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent. [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ...
Over 1.2 million people living in Nigeria (0.5% of its total population, or 1 in every 200 people living in Nigeria) are from a continent other than Africa. There are 100,000 people from the United States, [ 14 ] 75,000 are from Lebanon , [ 15 ] 60,000 are from China [ 16 ] and 16,000 are from the United Kingdom.
Map of Nigerian states by population density. The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, [1] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics. [2]
Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century and Binis in the 16th century. [6][7][8][9] The Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island. [10] Their ruler Olofin divided the island among his ten sons. [11] One of them, Aromire, planted pepper on the nearby island ...
The Lagos Bureau of Statistics is a department in the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget concerned with the coordination of statistical activities in Lagos State, the most populous state of Nigeria. [1] The department focusses on the collections of statistical data on topics including population, housing, finance, education ...
Rank LGA Population 1 Ajeromi-Ifelodun: 1,456,783 2 Alimosho: 2,000,346 3 Kosofe: 665,421 4 Mushin: 633,543 5 Oshodi-Isolo: 1,621,789 6 Ojo: 598,336 7 Ikorodu
Nigeria has five cities with a population of over a million (from largest to smallest): Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Benin City and Port Harcourt. Lagos is the largest city in Africa, with a population of over 12 million in its urban area. [131]
Census in Nigeria. The Nigerian census has taken place irregularly since independence. It collects data on various statistics related to population and housing. It is often a controversial process with frequent allegations of data manipulation for political purposes. The 2023 census of Nigeria is the most recent to take place in the country.