Nigeria
Urban population in Nigeria
Urban population in Nigeria: 10.1% in 1950 and 63.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 63.8%
- Since 1950
- +53.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 119 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 83.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 83.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.8 |
| 2024 | 63 |
| 2023 | 62.2 |
| 2022 | 61.4 |
| 2021 | 60.6 |
| 2020 | 59.8 |
| 2019 | 59 |
| 2018 | 58.2 |
| 2017 | 57.4 |
| 2016 | 56.5 |
| 2015 | 55.7 |
| 2014 | 54.9 |
| 2013 | 54.1 |
| 2012 | 53.3 |
| 2011 | 52.5 |
| 2010 | 51.7 |
| 2009 | 50.9 |
| 2008 | 50.1 |
| 2007 | 49.2 |
| 2006 | 48.4 |
| 2005 | 47.6 |
| 2004 | 46.7 |
| 2003 | 45.8 |
| 2002 | 45 |
| 2001 | 44.1 |
| 2000 | 43.3 |
| 1999 | 42.4 |
| 1998 | 41.6 |
| 1997 | 40.8 |
| 1996 | 40 |
| 1995 | 39.1 |
| 1994 | 38.3 |
| 1993 | 37.5 |
| 1992 | 36.8 |
| 1991 | 36 |
| 1990 | 35.2 |
| 1989 | 34.4 |
| 1988 | 33.6 |
| 1987 | 32.8 |
| 1986 | 32.1 |
| 1985 | 31.3 |
| 1984 | 30.5 |
| 1983 | 29.7 |
| 1982 | 29 |
| 1981 | 28.2 |
| 1980 | 27.4 |
| 1979 | 26.7 |
| 1978 | 25.9 |
| 1977 | 25.2 |
| 1976 | 24.4 |
| 1975 | 23.7 |
| 1974 | 23 |
| 1973 | 22.3 |
| 1972 | 21.6 |
| 1971 | 20.9 |
| 1970 | 20.2 |
| 1969 | 19.6 |
| 1968 | 18.9 |
| 1967 | 18.3 |
| 1966 | 17.7 |
| 1965 | 17.1 |
| 1964 | 16.5 |
| 1963 | 15.9 |
| 1962 | 15.4 |
| 1961 | 14.8 |
| 1960 | 14.2 |
| 1959 | 13.7 |
| 1958 | 13.2 |
| 1957 | 12.7 |
| 1956 | 12.2 |
| 1955 | 11.7 |
| 1954 | 11.3 |
| 1953 | 11 |
| 1952 | 10.7 |
| 1951 | 10.4 |
| 1950 | 10.1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 64.6 |
| 2027 | 65.4 |
| 2028 | 66.2 |
| 2029 | 67 |
| 2030 | 67.8 |
| 2031 | 68.6 |
| 2032 | 69.3 |
| 2033 | 70.1 |
| 2034 | 70.9 |
| 2035 | 71.7 |
| 2036 | 72.5 |
| 2037 | 73.3 |
| 2038 | 74.1 |
| 2039 | 74.9 |
| 2040 | 75.6 |
| 2041 | 76.4 |
| 2042 | 77.2 |
| 2043 | 78 |
| 2044 | 78.8 |
| 2045 | 79.5 |
| 2046 | 80.3 |
| 2047 | 81.1 |
| 2048 | 81.8 |
| 2049 | 82.6 |
| 2050 | 83.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per person$9 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel223,000 people in 2020
- National power1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022