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 listed 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
Coordinates
7.482, 4.560
Record updated
18 January 2024
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 listed in Nigeria, holding 0.2% of the national population.