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Each column is one H3 hexagon (~0.74 km²). Data: Kontur Population 2023.
3D population density map Nigeria
224.1M people · 246 per km²
Nigeria in numbers
Nigeria has 224,135,234 people on about 912,000 km² of land, roughly 246 per km². They live in 637,762 populated hexagons; the densest, in Kumshe, Bama, Borno State, holds 34,023 people, about 46,000 per km².
Most populous regions
- Kano State15.2M · 7%
- Lagos State13.5M · 6%
- Kaduna State9.6M · 4%
- Katsina State9.1M · 4%
- Oyo State9M · 4%
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