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Ikare, 
Nigeria
330,941 people lived in Ikare in 2025. It is the 1736th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 64th largest in Nigeria.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Ikare 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 Ikare grew
For every 10 people in Ikare in 1975, there were 33.5 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 449,657 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2010 and 2015.
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
Ikare through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Ikare 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 Ikare; 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, Ikare covered 51 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 8.9 km² of it. That is 27 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 4.2 times its size, and its people are 3.4 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, 1 lived in Ikare, which is 330,941 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 Ikare's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1732 Liaoyuan China331,469
- 1733 Nuevo Laredo Mexico331,195
- 1734 Gravataí Brazil330,969
- 1735 Murcia Spain330,966
- 1736 Ikare330,941
- 1737 Erin-osun330,484
- 1738 Xuanwei China330,467
- 1739 Dashiqiao China330,302
- 1740 Riwoto South Sudan330,053
In Nigeria, 2025
- 1556 Gboko367,407
- 1690 Ikere-Ekiti338,367
- 1708 Bonny335,542
- 1721 Gwagwalada333,464
- 1736 Ikare330,941
- 1737 Erin-osun330,484
- 1818 Sapele315,614
- 1874 Ughelli307,005
- 1900 Owo301,931
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 Ikare 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 Ikare 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