What is the population of Ile-Ife?
Ile-Ife has a city population of 560,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Nigeria · Africa
Ile-Ife
City population
560,000
#24
in Nigeria
#2
in Osun State
#994
worldwide
7.482, 4.560 · 367 km from Abuja
About Ile-Ife
At 295 m elevation, Ile-Ife has a population of 560,000, making it the second-largest city in Osun State and the 24th largest in Nigeria. The city sits 367 km from Abuja. Osogbo, with 645,000 residents, lies 32 km away; Ilesa, at 325,000, is 26 km distant.
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 19
Elevation
295 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
7.482, 4.560
Record updated
2024-01-18
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 |
| Ile-Ife | 560K |
Ile-Ife Population FAQ
Where is Ile-Ife?
Ile-Ife is in Osun State, Nigeria, 367 km from the capital, Abuja. Its coordinates are 7.482, 4.560.
How big is Ile-Ife compared with other cities in Nigeria?
It is the 24th largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, holding 0.2% of the national population.