This table ranks Nigeria's 36 states in order of their surface areas.
Rank State km² 1 Niger State76,363 2 Borno State70,898 3 Taraba State 54,473 4 Kaduna State 46,053 5 Bauchi State 45,893 6 Yobe State 45,502 7 Zamfara State 39,762 8 Adamawa State 36,917 9 Kwara State 36,825 10 Kebbi State 36,800 11 Benue State 34,059 12 Plateau State 30,913 13 Kogi State 29,833 14 Oyo State 28,454 15 Nasarawa State 27,117 16 Sokoto State 25,973 17 Katsina State 24,192 18 Jigawa State 23,154 19 Cross River State 22,590 20 Kano State 20,131 21 Edo State19,559 22 Gombe State 18,768 23 Delta State 17,698 24 Ogun State 16,762 25 Ondo State 15,500 26 Rivers State 11,077 27 Bayelsa State 10,773 28 Osun State 9,251 - Federal Capital Territory 7,315 29 Enugu State 7,161 30 Akwa Ibom State 7,081 31 Ekiti State 6,353 32 Abia State 6,320 33 Ebonyi State 5,670 34 Imo State 5,530 35 Anambra State 4,844 36 Lagos State 3,577
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See also List of Nigerian states by population Demographics of Nigeria