Distribution of Population by State and Sex  (1991)
STATE	BOTH SEXES	MALE	FEMALE
Abia	2,338,487	1,125,999	1,212,488
Adamawa	2,102,053	1,050,791	1,051,262
Akwa Ibom	2,409,613	1,167,829	1,241,784
Anambra	2,796,475	1,374,671	1,421,804
Bauchi	4,351,007	2,192,423	2,158,584
Benue	2,753,077	1,368,965	1,384,112
Borno	2,536,003	129,611	1,239,892
Cross River	1,911,297	956,136	955,161
Delta	2,590,491	1,271,932	1,318,559
Edo	2,172,005	1,085,156	1,086,849
Enugu	3,154,380	1,475,648	1,678,732
Imo	2,485,635	1,166,448	1,319,187
Jigawa	2,875,525	1,455,780	1,419,745
Kaduna	3,935,618	2,041,141	1,894,477
Kano	5,810,470	2,958,736	2,851,734
Kastina	3,753,133	1,860,658	1,892,475
Kebbi	2,068,490	1,035,723	1,032,767
Kogi	2,147,756	1,039,484	1,108,272
Kwara	1,548,412	773,182	775,230
Lagos	5,725,116	3,010,604	2,714,512
Niger	2,421,581	1,252,466	1,169,115
Ogun	2,333,726	1,147,746	1,185,980
Ondo	3,785,338	1,881,884	1,903,454
Osun	2,158,143	1,043,126	1,115,017
Oyo	3,452,720	1,711,428	1,741,292
Plateau	3,312,412	1,657,209	1,655,203
Rivers	4,309,557	2,239,558	2,069,999
Sokoto	4,470,176	2,208,874	2,261,302
Taraba	1,512,163	759,872	752,291
Yobe	1,399,687	714,729	684,958
Abuja (FCT)	371,674	205,299	166,375
Nigeria	88,992,220	44,529,608	44,462,612