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Oyigbo, 
Nigeria
371,913 people lived in Oyigbo in 2025. It is the 1535th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 58th largest in Nigeria.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Oyigbo 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 Oyigbo grew
For every 10 people in Oyigbo in 1980, there were 65.1 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 590,402 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: read it left to right, 1975 to 2050, one column every five years, the height being people. Hatching marks the projected years. Below, a strip of the UN's confidence: strong colour where the census maps are recent and detailed, pale where they are not, blank where the place was not counted as a city.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Oyigbo through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Oyigbo in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Nigeria · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Nigeria and its 457 cities in 2025, each a dot whose area is its number of people (the largest is Lagos). Oyigbo is ringed, in colour; the other cities are grey. Neighbouring countries are outlines.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Oyigbo covered 72 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 19 km² of it. That is 51 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 7 by 7 metres. Since 1980, its built-up land has grown to 3.9 times its size, and its people are 6.5 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, 2 lived in Oyigbo, which is 371,913 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 Oyigbo's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1531 Abonnema372,654
- 1532 Ivanovo Russia372,200
- 1533 Oita Japan372,190
- 1534 Celaya Mexico372,139
- 1535 Oyigbo371,913
- 1536 Liuyang China371,661
- 1537 Pasto Colombia371,637
- 1538 Taizhou China371,055
- 1539 Zanjan Iran370,993
In Nigeria, 2025
- 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
- 1708 Bonny335,542
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Oyigbo 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 Oyigbo 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