Àkójọ àwọn ìpínlẹ̀ Nàìjíríà bíi ìpọ̀síènìyàn

The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on preliminary 2006 Census figures.  

 Rank State Population 1 Kano State 9,383,682 2 Lagos State 9,013,534 3 Kaduna State 6,066,562 4  Katsina State 5,792,578 5 Oyo State 5,591,589 6 Rivers State 5,185,400 7 Bauchi State 4,676,465 8 Jigawa State 4,348,649 9 Benue State 4,219,244 10 Anambra State 4,182,032 11 Borno State 4,151,193 12 Delta State 4,098,391 13 Imo State 3,934,899 14 Niger State 3,950,249 15 Akwa Ibom State 3,920,208 16 Ogun State 3,728,098 17 Sokoto State 3,696,999 18 Ondo State 3,441,024 19 Osun State 3,423,535 20 Kogi State 3,278,487 21 Zamfara State 3,259,846 22 Enugu State 3,257,298 23  Kebbi State 3,238,628 24 Edo State 3,218,332 25 Plateau State 3,178,712 26 Adamawa State 3,168,101 27 Cross River State 2,888,966 28 Abia State 2,833,999 29 Ekiti State 2,384,212 30 Kwara State 2,371,089 31 Gombe State 2,353,879 32 Yobe State 2,321,591 33 Taraba State 2,300,736 34 Ebonyi State 2,173,501 35 Nasarawa State 1,863,275 36 Bayelsa State 1,703,358 - Agbègbè Olúìlú Ìjọba Àpapọ̀  1,405,201

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