Ikot Ekpene — UN urban centre
Ikot Ekpene: 418,650 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,343 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8097; 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: 5.1641, 7.7202. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 52,570 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 58,387 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 75,708 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 93,633 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 116,400 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 137,724 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 167,367 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 229,522 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 352,924 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 418,650 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 510,538 | Projection |
| 2035 | 575,431 | Projection |
| 2040 | 654,317 | Projection |
| 2045 | 722,593 | Projection |
| 2050 | 827,305 | Projection |
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