Bundesstaaten Nigerias
Erscheinungsbild
In der Tabelle sind die 36 Bundesstaaten von Nigeria und das Federal Capital Territory um die Hauptstadt Abuja nach Einwohnerzahl, Fläche und Bevölkerungsdichte alphabetisch geordnet (Stand 1. Januar 2005).
| Verwaltungsgliederung von Nigeria | ||||||
| Verwaltungseinheit | Einwohner | Fläche | Dichte | |||
| 2005 | Rang | km² | Rang | je/km² | Rang | |
| Abia | 4.222.492 | 15 | 6.320 | 33 | 668 | 5 |
| Abuja Federal Capital Territory | 660.639 | 37 | 7.315 | 29 | 90 | 31 |
| Adamawa | 3.737.239 | 21 | 36.917 | 8 | 101 | 28 |
| Akwa Ibom | 4.805.470 | 9 | 7.081 | 31 | 679 | 4 |
| Anambra | 4.721.864 | 10 | 4.844 | 36 | 975 | 2 |
| Bauchi | 4.706.913 | 11 | 45.837 | 5 | 103 | 27 |
| Bayelsa | 1.998.358 | 35 | 10.773 | 27 | 186 | 19 |
| Benue | 5.181.652 | 7 | 34.059 | 11 | 152 | 22 |
| Borno | 4.588.680 | 12 | 70.898 | 2 | 65 | 34 |
| Cross River | 3.104.458 | 28 | 20.156 | 19 | 154 | 21 |
| Delta | 4.170.222 | 16 | 17.698 | 23 | 236 | 15 |
| Ebonyi | 1.739.152 | 36 | 5.670 | 34 | 307 | 11 |
| Edo | 3.497.514 | 27 | 17.802 | 22 | 197 | 18 |
| Ekiti | 2.737.205 | 29 | 6.353 | 32 | 431 | 10 |
| Enugu | 3.590.528 | 25 | 7.161 | 30 | 501 | 7 |
| Gombe | 2.448.250 | 33 | 18.768 | 21 | 130 | 24 |
| Imo | 4.485.075 | 13 | 5.530 | 35 | 811 | 3 |
| Jigawa | 4.988.892 | 8 | 23.154 | 18 | 216 | 17 |
| Kaduna | 6.849.028 | 3 | 46.053 | 4 | 149 | 23 |
| Kano | 10.077.638 | 2 | 20.131 | 20 | 501 | 8 |
| Katsina | 6.483.412 | 5 | 24.192 | 17 | 268 | 13 |
| Kebbi | 3.630.947 | 22 | 36.800 | 10 | 99 | 29 |
| Kogi | 3.595.796 | 24 | 29.833 | 13 | 121 | 25 |
| Kwara | 2.591.566 | 31 | 36.825 | 9 | 70 | 33 |
| Lagos | 10.601.160 | 1 | 3.345 | 37 | 3.169 | 1 |
| Nassarawa | 2.040.112 | 34 | 27.117 | 15 | 75 | 32 |
| Niger | 4.082.562 | 18 | 76.363 | 1 | 53 | 36 |
| Ogun | 4.054.285 | 19 | 16.762 | 24 | 242 | 14 |
| Ondo | 4.011.423 | 20 | 14.606 | 25 | 275 | 12 |
| Osun | 4.137.647 | 17 | 9.251 | 28 | 447 | 9 |
| Oyo | 6.617.712 | 4 | 28.454 | 14 | 233 | 16 |
| Plateau | 3.553.455 | 26 | 30.913 | 12 | 115 | 26 |
| Rivers | 5.689.061 | 6 | 11.077 | 26 | 514 | 6 |
| Sokoto | 4.244.412 | 14 | 25.973 | 16 | 163 | 20 |
| Taraba | 2.688.963 | 30 | 54.473 | 3 | 49 | 37 |
| Yobe | 2.532.415 | 32 | 45.502 | 6 | 56 | 35 |
| Zamfara | 3.602.374 | 23 | 39.762 | 7 | 91 | 30 |
| Nigeria insgesamt | ||||||
| Nigeria | Einwohner 2005 | Fläche in km² | Dichte je km² | |||
| Gesamt | 156.468.571 | 923.768 | 169 | |||
Quelle: http://gazetteer.de/