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Lagos

First-level unit, Nigeria: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NGA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NGA / NGStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
12,072,652
people (GHSL 2025)
3,780 km²
area
5.2%
of Nigeria
20
units inside

01Kaart

Inside Lagos

The 20 ADM2 units of Lagos.

FIG 1 · 20 units inside Lagos
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Mense · GHSL 2025

12,072,652

5.2% of Nigeria.

Mense · WorldPop 2025

12,558,167

+4% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

3,780 km²

3,194 people per km².

Code

NG-LA

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Laagliggende kussone

5,229,579

people on land at or below 10 m, 43.3% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

Lagos in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

13,491,804

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2021-12-31

1.1%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

04Units

20 units inside Lagos

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Agege – 633,696 528,988 12.21 51,900 4.5% 0
Ajeromi/Ifelodun – 504,663 204,564 12.45 40,535 3.6% 0
Alimosho – 2,163,539 2,335,162 183.66 11,780 15.2% 337,425
Amuwo Odofin – 1,554,904 1,194,199 115.1 13,509 11% 1,509,355
Apapa – 104,144 119,254 37.45 2,781 0.7% 80,865
Badagry – 265,451 1,027,647 441.18 602 1.9% 215,615
Epe – 260,691 326,346 1,320.74 197 1.8% 73,240
Eti Osa – 336,973 628,540 178.55 1,887 2.4% 226,521
Ibeju Lekki – 150,908 332,000 417.87 361 1.1% 114,592
Ifako/Ijaye – 553,363 578,921 32.29 17,137 3.9% 0
Ikeja – 846,343 706,498 41.1 20,592 6% 0
Ikorodu – 807,099 1,441,742 414.25 1,948 5.7% 147,224
Kosofe – 1,445,500 1,022,808 61.31 23,577 10.2% 519,157
Lagos Island – 67,256 53,664 5.13 13,110 0.5% 0
Lagos Mainland – 1,197,922 851,107 20.29 59,040 8.4% 765,051
Mushin – 440,020 293,085 17.05 25,808 3.1% 0
Ojo – 789,836 949,056 172.79 4,571 5.6% 734,867
Oshodi/Isolo – 1,532,450 865,913 54.28 28,232 10.8% 414,339
Shomolu – 267,625 178,257 10.37 25,808 1.9% 0
Surulere – 264,960 211,413 20.21 13,110 1.9% 0
05Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Hawens
None at this resolution
Lughawens
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Spoorweë
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06Risiko

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Lagos publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Nigeria.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Bronne

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NGA ADM1, source: GRID3, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NGA ADM2, source: GRID3, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Lande
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.