{"id":68715,"date":"2021-07-22T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/?p=68715"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:31:16","slug":"the-10-largest-cities-in-nigeria-by-population-land-area-and-infrastructural-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/the-10-largest-cities-in-nigeria-by-population-land-area-and-infrastructural-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Largest Cities in Nigeria By Population, Land Area and Infrastructural Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria has made a name for itself within and outside Africa. It is known worldwide as the Giant of Africa, a title it earned due to its population and fast-growing economy. With a total population of over two hundred and six million, one hundred and forty thousand (206,140,000) people, it is the most populated African country\u2014almost twice the population of Ethiopia, the second-largest country in Africa. It has also been predicted that by 2050, Nigeria will become the third most populated country in the world, and many of these people will be eking out a living in the largest cities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n