Nation

FULL LIST: Working age population across Nigeria in 2023

  1. Lagos: 8.66m
  2. Kano: 7.17m
  3. Oyo: 4.93m
  4. Katsina: 4.89m
  5. Rivers: 4.67m
  6. Kaduna:4.47m
  7. Ogun: 3.90m
  8. Bauchi: 3.89m
  9. Anambra: 3.44m
  10. Benue: 3.41m
  11. Jigawa: 3.31m
  12. Imo: 3.23m
  13. Delta: 3.22m
  14. Ondo: 3.14m
  15. Niger: 3.14m
  16. Sokoto: 3.02m
  17. Akwa Ibom: 2.88m
  18. Edo: 2.86m
  19. Enugu: 2.74m
  20. Borno: 2.73m
  21. Zamfara: 2.71m
  22. Kebbi: 2.67m
  23. Osun: 2.62m
  24. Adamawa: 2.59m
  25. Kogi: 2.58m
  26. Cross River: 2.56m
  27. Abia: 2.48m
  28. Plateau: 2.41m
  29. Ekiti: 2.18m
  30. Kwara: 1.99m
  31. Gombe: 1.95m
  32. Taraba: 1.88m
  33. Yobe: 1.74m
  34. FCT: 1.69m
  35. Ebonyi: 1.64m
  36. Nasarawa: 1.63m
  37. Bayelsa: 1.42m

SOURCE: NBS