Region · Nigeria

Lagos

Nigeria

Cities listed

20.1M

combined population

Lagos

largest city

18 listed cities in Lagos

Share of country

26.8%

Of Nigeria's listed city population

Median city

308,290

People, half are smaller

Above 100,000

of 18 listed

Smallest listed

26,383

Badagry

Cities in Lagos

All 268 in Nigeria

Sortable and searchable. Ranks are within the whole country, not the region. This is not a complete list of settlements — only places GeoNames lists at 15,000 or more.

18 cities

cities table, sortable

1	Lagos	15,388,000	6.5%
21	Agege	683,600	0.3%
26	Ajegunle	550,000	0.2%
29	Ebute Ikorodu	535,619	0.2%
37	Lekki	401,272	0.2%
46	Obalende	342,000	0.1%
48	Ikeja	313,196	0.1%
49	Akowonjo	308,900	0.1%
50	Alimosho	308,290	0.1%
59	Aliayabiagba	228,000	0.1%
66	Mushin	199,000	0.1%
68	Surulere	191,920	0.1%
72	Oshodi	170,870	0.1%
79	Shomolu	154,390	0.1%
80	Irewe	139,494	0.1%
110	Alasia	100,000	0.0%
126	Epe	84,711	0.0%
195	Badagry	26,383	0.0%

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