Lokoja — UN urban centre
Lokoja: 629,547 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #862 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7161; territory: Nigeria (NGA). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 7.7999, 6.7269. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 51,881 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 63,022 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 80,589 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 104,778 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 130,660 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 155,135 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 234,910 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 359,525 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 552,488 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 629,547 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 707,254 | Projection |
| 2035 | 792,644 | Projection |
| 2040 | 889,278 | Projection |
| 2045 | 970,975 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,062,690 | Projection |
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