listing of Nigeria’s 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on preliminary 2006 Census figures.
| Rank | State | Population |
| 1 | Lagos State | 11,401,288 |
| 2 | Kano State | 11,113,605 |
| 3 | Kaduna State | 6,113,503 |
| 4 | Katsina State | 5,801,584 |
| 5 | Oyo State | 5,591,589 |
| 6 | Rivers State | 5,185,400 |
| 7 | Bauchi State | 4,676,465 |
| 8 | Jigawa State | 4,361,002 |
| 9 | Benue State | 4,219,244 |
| 10 | Anambra State | 4,182,032 |
| 11 | Borno State | 4,171,104 |
| 12 | Delta State | 4,098,391 |
| 13 | Niger State | 3,954,772 |
| 14 | Imo State | 3,934,899 |
| 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 |
| – | Federal Capital Territory | 1,405,201 |
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