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City profile · Nigeria · Africa

Ajegunle

Lagos · Nigeria
City population
550,000
#26
in Nigeria
#3
in Lagos
#1,015
worldwide
AbujaAjegunle
6.452, 3.331 · 543 km from Abuja
City population
550,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Nigeria
#26
of 268 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,015
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Nigeria
0.2%
of the national population

About Ajegunle

Situated 543 km from Abuja, this city of 550,000 is the third-largest in Lagos by population and accounts for 0.2% of Nigeria's total. Aliayabiagba lies adjacent at 0 km distance with 228,000 residents, while Lagos itself sits 7 km away with a population of 15,388,000. Surulere (191,920), Mushin (199,000), and Obalende (342,000) are also within 9 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Nigeria
#26of 268
LargestSmallest
Position in Lagos
#3of 18
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Nigeria
Region
Lagos
Rank in region
#3of 18
Distance to capital
543 km
to Abuja
Elevation
2 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
6.452, 3.331
Record updated
2024-04-16
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 Nigeria

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

0KMAliayabiagba228K people6KMSurulere192K people7KMLagos15.4M people9KMMushin199K people9KMObalende342K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Ajegunle550K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Ajegunle compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Ajegunle550K

Ajegunle Population FAQ

What is the population of Ajegunle?

Ajegunle has a city population of 550,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Ajegunle?

Ajegunle is in Lagos, Nigeria, 543 km from the capital, Abuja. Its coordinates are 6.452, 3.331.

How big is Ajegunle compared with other cities in Nigeria?

It is the 26th largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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