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People > Cities Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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STAT Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
Cities larger than the capital Lagos , Ibadan , Kano , Ilorin , Port Harcourt , Ogbomosho Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined
Rate of urbanization 3.8%
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than South Africa
1.4%
Ranked 128th.
Slum population 47.61 million
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than South Africa
7.06 million
Ranked 14th.

Slum population per thousand people 306.42
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than South Africa
143.05
Ranked 28th.

Slum population proportion 62.7%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than South Africa
23%
Ranked 42nd.

Urban areas over 1,000,000 8
Ranked 10th. 60% more than South Africa
5
Ranked 16th.
Urban areas over 1,000,000 per million people 0.0458
Ranked 86th.
0.103
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Nigeria
Urban areas over 2,000,000 5
Ranked 7th. 25% more than South Africa
4
Ranked 9th.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 per million people 0.0287
Ranked 56th.
0.0823
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Urban areas over 500,000 17
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than South Africa
6
Ranked 29th.
Urban areas over 500,000 per million people 0.0974
Ranked 101st.
0.123
Ranked 88th. 27% more than Nigeria
Urban population 63,558
Ranked 138th.
73,542
Ranked 101st. 16% more than Nigeria

Urban population per thousand people 3.02e-07
Ranked 213th.
1.23e-06
Ranked 188th. 4 times more than Nigeria

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of national capitals and largest cities by country (Countries); Wikipedia: Urbanization by country (Countries) ([1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.); Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.; Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013); Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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