Lagos
1,199 km²
Malabo
71 km²
City Map Compare/Lagos vs Malabovs
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Lagos covers 1,199 km² of contiguous built-up land, 17× the built-up area of Malabo (71 km²).
| Lagos | Malabo | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Lagos | Malabo |
| Population (2025) | 12.8 million | 729,478 |
| Built-up area | 1,199 km² | 71 km² |
| Density | 10,714 /km² | 10,274 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.