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Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.
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. The following are lists of the most populous fully defined incorporated settlements in Nigeria by population. This page consists of three different tables, with different kinds of settlements; a list for "defined cities", listing the population, strictly within the defined city limits, a list for "urban area" population, and another list for the population within metropolitan areas.
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
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]
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.
Lagos Colony was merged into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1906, and the 1911 census nominally covered that combined area. However, since British colonial control did not effectively extend to all the areas they claimed as part of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate at the time, the 1911 census only covered part of the area it was supposed to.
Lagos becomes capital of the British Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. [17] Lagos Central Times newspaper begins publication (approximate date). Anfani Bus Service begins operating. [18] 1917 - Lagos Town Council [5] and Colonial Bank [8] established. 1920s - Lagos Market Women's Association founded. [19] 1921 - Population: 98,303. 1923