Lagos
1,199 km²
Uyo region
271 km²
City Map Compare/Lagos vs Uyo regionvs
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Lagos covers 1,199 km² of contiguous built-up land, 4.4× the built-up area of Uyo region (271 km²).
| Lagos | Uyo region | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Lagos | Uyo region |
| Population (2025) | 12.8 million | 1.61 million |
| Built-up area | 1,199 km² | 271 km² |
| Density | 10,714 /km² | 5,926 /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.
“Region” marks urban areas that join many towns and dense rural settlement into one built-up area; they are named after their main town.