Editing Abuja (section)

== Demographics ==
At the 2006 census, the city of Abuja had a population of 776,298,<ref name="plac">{{cite web|url=http://placng.org/Legal%20Notice%20on%20Publication%20of%202006%20Census%20Final%20Results.pdf |title=Legal Notice on Publication of 2006 Census Final Results |publisher=Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre |access-date=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319130952/http://placng.org/Legal%20Notice%20on%20Publication%20of%202006%20Census%20Final%20Results.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2013 }}</ref> making it than the [[List of Nigerian cities by population|eighth most populous city in Nigeria]]. United Nations figures showed that Abuja grew by 139.7% between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing city in the world.<ref name="euromonitor2010">{{cite web | url = http://blog.euromonitor.com/2010/03/special-report-worlds-fastest-growing-cities-are-in-asia-and-africa.html | title = World's Fastest Growing Cities are in Asia and Africa | date = 2 March 2010 | publisher = Euromonitor | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022953/http://blog.euromonitor.com/2010/03/special-report-worlds-fastest-growing-cities-are-in-asia-and-africa.html | archive-date = 2015-11-17 | access-date = 26 October 2015
}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, the city is experiencing an annual growth of at least 35%, retaining its position as the fastest-growing city on the African continent and one of the fastest-growing in the world.<ref name="abujafacts5">{{cite web|url=http://www.abujafacts.ng/top-5-cities-to-do-business-in-nigeria-abuja-is-2nd/ |title=Top 5 Cities To Do Business in Nigeria. ABUJA Is 2nd |publisher=Abuja Facts |date=22 April 2015 |access-date=26 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204113031/http://www.abujafacts.ng/top-5-cities-to-do-business-in-nigeria-abuja-is-2nd/ |archive-date=4 February 2016 }}</ref>

=== Conurbation ===
Abuja has witnessed a huge influx of people into the city; the growth has led to the emergence of satellite towns, such as [[Karu Urban Area]], [[Suleja]], Gwagwalada, Lugbe, [[Kuje]] and smaller settlements towards which the planned city is sprawling. The urban agglomeration centred upon Abuja had a population estimated at 3,770,000 in 2022.<ref name="Demographia">{{cite book|author1=Demographia|title=Demographia World Urban Areas|date=July 2022|edition=18th|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> The [[Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|metropolitan area of Abuja]] was estimated in 2016 at six million people, the country's second-most populous metro area.<ref name="Jaiyeola">{{cite web |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/29/fct-minister-harps-on-development-of-satellite-towns/ |title=FCT Minister Harps on Development of Satellite Towns |last=Jaiyeola |first=Andrews |access-date=22 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806020432/http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/29/fct-minister-harps-on-development-of-satellite-towns/ |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city has a large and growing immigrant community consisting mainly of nationals from the ECOWAS sub-region. The city has been undergoing a rapid pace of physical development over the last fifteen years.