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Ijebu-Igbo, 
Nigeria
269,742 people lived in Ijebu-Igbo in 2025. It is the 2160th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 78th largest in Nigeria.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Ijebu-Igbo 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 Ijebu-Igbo grew
For every 10 people in Ijebu-Igbo in 1975, there were 36.1 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 439,659 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2020 and 2025.
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
Ijebu-Igbo through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Ijebu-Igbo in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Nigeria · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Ijebu-Igbo is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Nigeria in 2025, 457 in all, led by Lagos, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Ijebu-Igbo covered 26 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 6.0 km² of it. That is 22 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 2.5 times its size, and its people are 3.6 times as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in Nigeria
Its share of Nigeria
Of every 1,000 people in Nigeria in 2025, 1 lived in Ijebu-Igbo, which is 269,742 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares, one for every 1,000th person in Nigeria; the coloured squares live in Ijebu-Igbo. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2156 Kapoeta South Sudan270,167
- 2157 Saghatta Bangladesh270,148
- 2158 Minakhan India270,142
- 2159 Muriya India269,810
- 2160 Ijebu-Igbo269,742
- 2161 Dadu Pakistan269,400
- 2162 Wuqing China269,223
- 2164 Kabinda Democratic Republic of the Congo269,115
- 2165 Beldanga India269,051
In Nigeria, 2025
- 2064 Ikirun281,875
- 2095 Iwo277,101
- 2121 Magboro273,818
- 2151 Eket270,603
- 2160 Ijebu-Igbo269,742
- 2178 Lafia267,580
- 2180 Agbor267,341
- 2218 Jalingo262,796
- 2219 Mubi262,651
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 Ijebu-Igbo are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 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 Ijebu-Igbo 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