yoruba population and yoruba population is above million my reason is base of govt figures please visit to see villages town and cities in nigeria please note that that yoruba fall into state count the number of villages town and cities in nigeria and compare this with the yoruba figure of oyo ogun ondo ekiti osun lagos kwara part of kogi and part of edo state you would see that the yoruba have about of the settlement in nigeria and when you compare comparison statictics from the office of statictics from radiom sample the yoruba are of the poulation but because of hausa fualni military govt who have alter the census to favour themself please also download a copy of google earth satellite image and see the satellite image of nigeria which show clear that their are more setttlement in yoruba land than any other part