Maiduguri, Nigeria Metro Area Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Maiduguri, Nigeria metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Maiduguri in 2020 is 786,000, a 1.81% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Maiduguri in 2019 was 772,000, a 1.58% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Maiduguri in 2018 was 760,000, a 1.47% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of Maiduguri in 2017 was 749,000, a 1.49% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in Nigeria | |
|---|---|
| City Name | Population |
| Lagos | 14,368,000 |
| Kano | 3,999,000 |
| Ibadan | 3,552,000 |
| Abuja | 3,278,000 |
| Port Harcourt | 3,020,000 |
| Benin City | 1,727,000 |
| Onitsha | 1,415,000 |
| Uyo | 1,136,000 |
| Kaduna | 1,113,000 |
| Aba | 1,081,000 |
| Nnewi | 1,051,000 |
| Ilorin | 950,000 |
| Ikorodu | 938,000 |
| Jos | 895,000 |
| Owerri | 873,000 |
| Warri | 856,000 |
| Maiduguri | 786,000 |
| Umuahia | 774,000 |
| Enugu | 773,000 |
| Zaria | 726,000 |
| Oshogbo | 714,000 |
| Lokoja | 692,000 |
| Akure | 666,000 |
| Sokoto | 641,000 |
| Bauchi | 598,000 |
| Calabar | 579,000 |
| Abakaliki | 572,000 |
| Ogbomosho | 551,000 |
| Abeokuta | 533,000 |
| Gombe | 509,000 |
| Ado-Ekiti | 480,000 |
| Katsina | 470,000 |
| Okene | 465,000 |
| Igbidu | 453,000 |
| Minna | 448,000 |
| Gboko | 442,000 |
| Okpogho | 440,000 |
| Ondo | 432,000 |
| Oyo | 428,000 |
| Potiskum | 426,000 |
| Gwagwalada | 410,000 |
| Makurdi | 407,000 |
| Effon Alaiye | 384,000 |
| Ikot Ekpene | 383,000 |
| Saki | 376,000 |
| Ife | 374,000 |
| Birnin Kebbi | 366,000 |
| Ilesha | 357,000 |
| Ijebu-Ode | 345,000 |
| Lafia | 336,000 |
| Maiduguri - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 2020 | 786,000 | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 772,000 | 1.58% |
| 2018 | 760,000 | 1.47% |
| 2017 | 749,000 | 1.49% |
| 2016 | 738,000 | 1.51% |
| 2015 | 727,000 | 1.54% |
| 2014 | 716,000 | 1.56% |
| 2013 | 705,000 | 1.44% |
| 2012 | 695,000 | 1.61% |
| 2011 | 684,000 | 1.48% |
| 2010 | 674,000 | 1.51% |
| 2009 | 664,000 | 1.53% |
| 2008 | 654,000 | 1.55% |
| 2007 | 644,000 | 1.42% |
| 2006 | 635,000 | 1.60% |
| 2005 | 625,000 | 1.46% |
| 2004 | 616,000 | 1.48% |
| 2003 | 607,000 | 1.51% |
| 2002 | 598,000 | 1.53% |
| 2001 | 589,000 | 1.55% |
| 2000 | 580,000 | 1.58% |
| 1999 | 571,000 | 1.42% |
| 1998 | 563,000 | 1.62% |
| 1997 | 554,000 | 1.47% |
| 1996 | 546,000 | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 538,000 | 1.51% |
| 1994 | 530,000 | 1.53% |
| 1993 | 522,000 | 1.56% |
| 1992 | 514,000 | 1.38% |
| 1991 | 507,000 | 1.60% |
| 1990 | 499,000 | 5.72% |
| 1989 | 472,000 | 5.59% |
| 1988 | 447,000 | 5.67% |
| 1987 | 423,000 | 5.75% |
| 1986 | 400,000 | 5.82% |
| 1985 | 378,000 | 5.59% |
| 1984 | 358,000 | 5.60% |
| 1983 | 339,000 | 5.61% |
| 1982 | 321,000 | 5.94% |
| 1981 | 303,000 | 5.57% |
| 1980 | 287,000 | 5.51% |
| 1979 | 272,000 | 5.84% |
| 1978 | 257,000 | 5.33% |
| 1977 | 244,000 | 5.63% |
| 1976 | 231,000 | 5.96% |
| 1975 | 218,000 | 5.31% |
| 1974 | 207,000 | 5.61% |
| 1973 | 196,000 | 5.95% |
| 1972 | 185,000 | 5.71% |
| 1971 | 175,000 | 5.42% |
| 1970 | 166,000 | 6.41% |
| 1969 | 156,000 | 6.85% |
| 1968 | 146,000 | 6.57% |
| 1967 | 137,000 | 6.20% |
| 1966 | 129,000 | 6.61% |
| 1965 | 121,000 | 7.08% |
| 1964 | 113,000 | 6.60% |
| 1963 | 106,000 | 6.00% |
| 1962 | 100,000 | 6.38% |
| 1961 | 94,000 | 6.82% |
| 1960 | 88,000 | 7.32% |
| 1959 | 82,000 | 6.49% |
| 1958 | 77,000 | 5.48% |
| 1957 | 73,000 | 7.35% |
| 1956 | 68,000 | 6.25% |
| 1955 | 64,000 | 6.67% |
| 1954 | 60,000 | 7.14% |
| 1953 | 56,000 | 3.70% |
| 1952 | 54,000 | 3.85% |
| 1951 | 52,000 | 4.00% |
| 1950 | 50,000 | 0.00% |
