What is the population of Agege?
Agege has a city population of 683,600. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Agege
The second-largest city in Lagos, Agege has a population of 683,600. It sits 2 km from Ikeja, which has 313,196 residents, and is surrounded by several other substantial cities within 10 km: Akowonjo (308,900), Alimosho (308,290), Oshodi (170,870), and Shomolu (154,390). Located 533 km from Abuja, Agege accounts for 0.3% of Nigeria's national population.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 18
Elevation
42 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
6.616, 3.333
Record updated
2026-06-20
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 268 in NigeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Agege | 684K |
Agege Population FAQ
Where is Agege?
Agege is in Lagos, Nigeria, 533 km from the capital, Abuja. Its coordinates are 6.616, 3.333.
How big is Agege compared with other cities in Nigeria?
It is the 21st largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, holding 0.3% of the national population.