What is the population of Enugu?
Enugu has a city population of 950,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Nigeria · Africa
Enugu
City population
950,000
#15
in Nigeria
#1
in Enugu State
#584
worldwide
6.441, 7.499 · 291 km from Abuja
About Enugu
At 192 m elevation, Enugu is the largest of six cities in Enugu State with a population of 950,000. The city ranks 15th among Nigeria's 268 listed cities and accounts for 0.4% of the national population. It sits 291 km from Abuja. Nsukka, 48 km away, has 111,017 residents; Awka, 54 km distant, holds 167,738.
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
#1of 6
Elevation
192 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
6.441, 7.499
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 |
| Enugu | 950K |
Enugu Population FAQ
Where is Enugu?
Enugu is in Enugu State, Nigeria, 291 km from the capital, Abuja. Its coordinates are 6.441, 7.499.
How big is Enugu compared with other cities in Nigeria?
It is the 15th largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, holding 0.4% of the national population.