What is the population of Oyo?
Oyo has a city population of 736,072. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Oyo
Nigeria's 17th-largest city by population, Oyo has 736,072 residents and ranks second in Oyo State. The city sits 414 km from Abuja. Several cities cluster nearby: Iwo (250,443 people, 37 km away), Iseyin (365,300 people, 39 km away), and Ejigbo (138,357 people, 42 km away).
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 14
Elevation
286 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
7.854, 3.932
Record updated
2022-06-18
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 |
| Oyo | 736K |
Oyo Population FAQ
Where is Oyo?
Oyo is in Oyo State, Nigeria, 414 km from the capital, Abuja. Its coordinates are 7.854, 3.932.
How big is Oyo compared with other cities in Nigeria?
It is the 17th largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, holding 0.3% of the national population.