ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · NIGERIA
Capital of Nigeria
The capital of Nigeria is Abuja. The largest, Abuja, has around 1,693,400 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALAbuja
POPULATION1,693,400
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Abuja1,693,400 people
In context
Where Abujasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MAbuja is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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