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Lagos's 2024 population is now estimated at 16,536,000. In 1950, the population of Lagos was 325,218. Lagos has grown by 590,100 in the last year, which represents a 3.7% annual change. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
Lagos (/ ˈleɪɡɒs / LAY-goss; [10][11] also US: / ˈlɑːɡoʊs / LAH-gohss; [11][12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimate of 21 million, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent. [13][14][15][16] [17] Lagos ...
Lagos Population Review. The sprawling metropolis of Lagos is Nigeria’s largest city. Until 1991, it was also the capital of Nigeria until Abuja replaced Lagos as the federal capital. Lagos has 9 million people living in the city proper and 14 million or so in the urban area.
The metro area population of Lagos in 2021 was 14,862,000, a 3.44% increase from 2020. Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Lagos, Nigeria metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
216,783,400. Source: National Population Commission of Nigeria (web), National Bureau of Statistics (web). Explanation: The population projection assumes the same rate of growth for all LGAs within a state. The undercount of the 1991 census is estimated to be about 25 million.
Population of Lagos, Nigeria 2000-2035. In 2022, roughly 15.4 million people lived in Lagos, Nigeria, making it the largest city in Africa.
Lagos, however, remained the unofficial seat of many government agencies. The city’s population is centred on Lagos Island, in Lagos Lagoon, on the Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea. Lagos is Nigeria’s largest city and one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.