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Abonnema, 
Nigeria
372,654 people lived in Abonnema in 2025. It is the 1531st largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 57th largest in Nigeria.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Abonnema governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Abonnema grew
For every 10 people in Abonnema in 1980, there were 67.9 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 714,157 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2010 and 2015. The UN first counts it as a city in 1980, when it passed 50,000 people.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Abonnema through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Abonnema in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Nigeria · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 457 cities in Nigeria in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being Lagos. The ringed dot in colour is Abonnema; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Abonnema covered 27 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 2.2 km² of it. That is 6 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 2 by 2 metres. Since 2005, its built-up land has grown to 2.2 times its size, and its people are 2.2 times as many.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in Nigeria
Its share of Nigeria
Of every 1,000 people in Nigeria in 2025, 2 lived in Abonnema, which is 372,654 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in Nigeria, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Abonnema's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1527 Kuantan Malaysia373,353
- 1528 Junagadh India373,265
- 1529 La Paz Mexico372,988
- 1530 Khagaria India372,707
- 1531 Abonnema372,654
- 1532 Ivanovo Russia372,200
- 1533 Oita Japan372,190
- 1534 Celaya Mexico372,139
- 1535 Oyigbo371,913
In Nigeria, 2025
- 1427 Potiskum397,981
- 1464 Iseyin389,526
- 1496 KUNDULUN380,118
- 1506 Gamboru376,374
- 1531 Abonnema372,654
- 1535 Oyigbo371,913
- 1543 Daura369,916
- 1556 Gboko367,407
- 1690 Ikere-Ekiti338,367
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Abonnema are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1980 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Abonnema publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries