Ẹ wo àmì-ọ̀rọ̀ fún Àkójọ àwọn ìpínlẹ̀ Nàìjíríà bíi ìpọ̀síènìyàn

[[Fáìlì:Population density map of Nigerian states - English.png|thumb|250px|Map of Nigerian states by population density]]
[[Fáìlì:Nigerian states by population.PNG|thumb|250px|Map of Nigerian states by total population]]

The following table presents a listing of [[Nigeria]]'s [[States of Nigeria|36 states]] ranked in order of their total population based on preliminary [[2006]] [[Census]] figures. [http://www.population.gov.ng/pop_figure.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827183907/http://www.population.gov.ng/pop_figure.pdf |date=2008-08-27 }}
 
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|- bgcolor=#e8e8e8
! align="left" scope="col" | Rank
! align="left" scope="col" | State
! scope="col" | Population
|-
| align="left" | 1
| align="left" | [[Kano State]]
| align="center" | 9,383,682
|-
| align="left" | 2
| align="left" | [[Lagos State]]
| align="center" | 9,013,534
|-
| align="left" | 3
| align="left" | [[Kaduna State]]
| align="center" | 6,066,562
|-
| align="left" | 4 
| align="left" | [[Katsina State]]
| align="center" | 5,792,578
|-
| align="left" | 5
| align="left" | [[Oyo State]]
| align="center" | 5,591,589
|-
| align="left" | 6
| align="left" | [[Rivers State]]
| align="center" | 5,185,400
|-
| align="left" | 7
| align="left" | [[Bauchi State]]
| align="center" | 4,676,465
|-
| align="left" | 8
| align="left" | [[Jigawa State]]
| align="center" | 4,348,649
|-
| align="left" | 9
| align="left" | [[Benue State]]
| align="center" | 4,219,244
|-
| align="left" | 10
| align="left" | [[Anambra State]]
| align="center" | 4,182,032
|-
| align="left" | 11
| align="left" | [[Borno State]]
| align="center" | 4,151,193
|-
| align="left" | 12
| align="left" | [[Delta State, Nigeria|Delta State]]
| align="center" | 4,098,391
|-
| align="left" | 13
| align="left" | [[Imo State]]
| align="center" | 3,934,899
|-
| align="left" | 14
| align="left" | [[Niger State]]
| align="center" | 3,950,249
|-
| align="left" | 15
| align="left" | [[Akwa Ibom State]]
| align="center" | 3,920,208
|-
| align="left" | 16
| align="left" | [[Ogun State]]
| align="center" | 3,728,098
|-
| align="left" | 17
| align="left" | [[Sokoto State]]
| align="center" | 3,696,999
|-
| align="left" | 18
| align="left" | [[Ondo State]]
| align="center" | 3,441,024
|-
| align="left" | 19
| align="left" | [[Osun State]]
| align="center" | 3,423,535
|-
| align="left" | 20
| align="left" | [[Kogi State]]
| align="center" | 3,278,487
|-
| align="left" | 21
| align="left" | [[Zamfara State]]
| align="center" | 3,259,846
|-
| align="left" | 22
| align="left" | [[Enugu State]]
| align="center" | 3,257,298
|-
| align="left" | 23 
| align="left" | [[Kebbi State]]
| align="center" | 3,238,628
|-
| align="left" | 24
| align="left" | [[Edo State]]
| align="center" | 3,218,332
|-
| align="left" | 25
| align="left" | [[Plateau State]]
| align="center" | 3,178,712
|-
| align="left" | 26
| align="left" | [[Adamawa State]]
| align="center" | 3,168,101
|-
| align="left" | 27
| align="left" | [[Cross River State]]
| align="center" | 2,888,966
|-
| align="left" | 28
| align="left" | [[Abia State]]
| align="center" | 2,833,999
|-
| align="left" | 29
| align="left" | [[Ekiti State]]
| align="center" | 2,384,212
|-
| align="left" | 30
| align="left" | [[Kwara State]]
| align="center" | 2,371,089
|-
| align="left" | 31
| align="left" | [[Gombe State]]
| align="center" | 2,353,879
|-
| align="left" | 32
| align="left" | [[Yobe State]]
| align="center" | 2,321,591
|-
| align="left" | 33
| align="left" | [[Taraba State]]
| align="center" | 2,300,736
|-
| align="left" | 34
| align="left" | [[Ebonyi State]]
| align="center" | 2,173,501
|-
| align="left" | 35
| align="left" | [[Nasarawa State]]
| align="center" | 1,863,275
|-
| align="left" | 36
| align="left" | [[Bayelsa State]]
| align="center" | 1,703,358
|-
| align="left" | -
| align="left" | [[Agbègbè Olú-ìlú Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ Nàíjíríà|Agbègbè Olúìlú Ìjọba Àpapọ̀]] 
| align="center" | 1,405,201
|}

== See also ==
{{NigerianStateLists}}

[[Ẹ̀ka:Àwọn Ìpínlẹ̀ Nàìjíríà|*]]