Christianity In Nigeria (Updated)

Nigeria has the largest Christian population of any country in Africa, with more than 85 million persons in Nigeria belonging to the church with various denominations, according to the Pew Research Cente.

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Christians in Nigeria comprise between 50% and 67.4% of the population. Christians are dominant in the southern and central region in Nigeria.

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Christian Population By State

Reigion	State	Population	Christians %	Christian population	Total region
Northern states	1- Sokoto	3,696,999	0.4%	14,788	4.211%
	2- Zamfara	3,259,846	0.4%	13,039
	3- Jigawa	4,348,649	0.8%	34,789
	4- Kano	9,383,682	1.1%	103,220
	5- Yobe	2,321,591	1%	23,216
	6-Katsina	5,792,578	0.4%	23,170
	7- Borno	4,151,193	2%	83,024
	8- Kebbi	3,238,628	0.4%	12,954
	9- Bauchi	4,676,465	1.6%	74,823
	10- Gombe	2,353,879	6.2%	145,940
	11- Niger	3,950,249	4%	158,010
	12- Kaduna	6,066,562	20%	1,213,312
Central states	13- Kogi	3,278,487	15%	491,773	29,665%
	14- Abuja	1,405,201	20%	281,040
	15- Adamawa	3,168,101	10%	315,810
	16- Nasarawa	1,863,275	13.8%	257,132
	17- Taraba	2,300,736	13.7%	315,201
	18- Plateau	3,178,712	70%	2,225,098
	19- Benue	4,219,244	53.4%	2,253,076
	20 – Kwara	2,371,089	13,6%	322,468
Western States	21-Oyo	5,591,589	30%	1,677,477	51,376%
	22- Ogun	3,728,098	35%	1,304,834
	23- Osun	3,423,535	30%	1,727,060
	24- Lagos	20,384,299	53%	11,219,481
	25- Ondo	3,441,024	78,2%	2,690,881
	26- Ekiti	2,384,212	79%	1,883,527
	27- Edo	3,218,332	58,2%	1,873,069
	28- Delta	4,098,391	80%	3,278,713
Southern States	29-Anambra	4,182,032	85%	3,554,727	89,645%
	30- Enugu	3,257,298	89%	2,898,995
	31- Cross River	2,888,966	82%	2,368,952
	32- Ebonyi	2,173,501	90%	1,956,151
	33- Rivers	5,185,400	90.4%	4,687,602
	34- Abia	2,833,999	91.3%	2,587,441
	35- Akwa Ibom	3,920,208	95,8%	3,755,559
	36- Bayelsa	1,703,358	90%	1,533,022
	37- Imo	3,934,899	90%	3,541,409
	total	140,003,542	37,2391%	52,836,039

 

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