What is the population of Zaria?
Zaria has a city population of 980,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Nigeria · Africa
Zaria
City population
980,000
#14
in Nigeria
#2
in Kaduna State
#565
worldwide
11.111, 7.723 · 230 km from Abuja
About Zaria
At 230 km from Abuja, this city of 980,000 is the second-largest settlement in Kaduna State and ranks 14th among Nigeria's listed cities. It sits 72 km from Kaduna, the state capital with a population of 1,850,000, and stands at 644 m elevation.
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 10
Elevation
644 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Coordinates
11.111, 7.723
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 |
| Zaria | 980K |
Zaria Population FAQ
Where is Zaria?
Zaria is in Kaduna State, Nigeria, 230 km from the capital, Abuja. Its coordinates are 11.111, 7.723.
How big is Zaria compared with other cities in Nigeria?
It is the 14th largest of the 268 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nigeria, holding 0.4% of the national population.