Nigeria - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Nigeria was 35,962,060 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,962,060 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,145,512 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 2,145,512
1961 2,307,157
1962 2,483,438
1963 2,675,543
1964 2,838,869
1965 2,987,077
1966 3,144,274
1967 3,310,861
1968 3,487,727
1969 3,674,807
1970 3,873,599
1971 4,087,814
1972 4,343,653
1973 4,616,235
1974 4,907,942
1975 5,219,792
1976 5,553,761
1977 5,910,036
1978 6,291,783
1979 6,700,409
1980 7,138,570
1981 7,606,591
1982 8,108,708
1983 8,646,857
1984 9,061,683
1985 9,498,924
1986 9,961,849
1987 10,451,480
1988 10,970,280
1989 11,517,880
1990 12,098,460
1991 12,663,020
1992 13,164,490
1993 13,620,650
1994 14,096,480
1995 14,592,360
1996 15,110,020
1997 15,648,390
1998 16,210,810
1999 16,797,790
2000 17,411,510
2001 18,050,720
2002 18,719,580
2003 19,418,800
2004 20,151,140
2005 20,915,320
2006 21,684,210
2007 22,400,240
2008 23,144,370
2009 23,914,620
2010 24,715,330
2011 25,546,730
2012 26,411,370
2013 27,307,010
2014 28,238,740
2015 29,206,900
2016 30,213,090
2017 31,259,000
2018 32,346,400
2019 33,486,830
2020 34,689,720
2021 35,962,060

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Nigeria was 17.01 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 17.01 in 2021, while its lowest value was 4.75 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 4.75
1961 5.01
1962 5.28
1963 5.57
1964 5.79
1965 5.96
1966 6.14
1967 6.33
1968 6.52
1969 6.72
1970 6.92
1971 7.13
1972 7.40
1973 7.68
1974 7.96
1975 8.24
1976 8.52
1977 8.79
1978 9.08
1979 9.39
1980 9.72
1981 10.08
1982 10.47
1983 10.89
1984 11.13
1985 11.37
1986 11.62
1987 11.87
1988 12.14
1989 12.41
1990 12.71
1991 12.97
1992 13.14
1993 13.26
1994 13.39
1995 13.52
1996 13.65
1997 13.79
1998 13.94
1999 14.09
2000 14.24
2001 14.40
2002 14.56
2003 14.72
2004 14.89
2005 15.06
2006 15.21
2007 15.31
2008 15.40
2009 15.50
2010 15.59
2011 15.69
2012 15.79
2013 15.90
2014 16.01
2015 16.12
2016 16.25
2017 16.38
2018 16.51
2019 16.66
2020 16.83
2021 17.01

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization