🇳🇬 Nigeria
Registry and organization country assignments can differ from the physical location of an IP. Snapshot: 2026-10-04.
3,219,200
Delegated IPv4 address slots
301
Registered ASNs
2
Hosting ASNs
497
Known VPN exit prefixes
Country reference
- ISO code
- NG
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Abuja
- Currency
- NGN
- Calling code
- 234
- EU member
- No
- Delegated IPv6 address slots
- 11,171,575,904,660,842,501,463,223,566,336
Registry allocations
Allocated and assigned RIR prefixes; address slots are summed across records and may overlap.
| Registry | Prefixes | IPv4 slots | IPv6 slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRINIC | 553 | 3,211,008 | 10,537,750,604,546,727,800,714,871,963,648 |
| RIPE_NCC | 5 | 8,192 | 633,825,300,114,114,700,748,351,602,688 |
Major autonomous systems
Showing up to 200 of 301 ASNs assigned to this country, ranked by announced IPv4 prefix address slots. Overlapping announcements count separately.
| ASN | Organization | Category | IPv4 slots | IPv6 prefixes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS36873 | Airtel Networks Limited | business | 1,878,528 | 17 |
| AS29465 | MTN NIGERIA Communication limited | isp | 770,560 | 42 |
| AS36923 | SWIFT NETWORKS LIMITED | business | 352,768 | 0 |
| AS29091 | ipNX Nigeria Limited | business | 188,672 | 1 |
| AS30998 | Netcom Africa Limited | business | 130,304 | 1 |
| AS37637 | Smile Communications Nigeria | isp | 129,280 | 0 |
| AS37282 | Main one Cable Company Nigeria Limited | isp | 105,984 | 3 |
| AS37340 | SPECTRANET LIMITED | business | 84,480 | 1 |
| AS37480 | Cobranet Limited | business | 80,896 | 1 |
| AS37405 | University of Nigeria | education | 65,536 | 0 |
| AS37148 | Globacom Limited | business | 55,808 | 51 |
| AS37714 | BITFLUX COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | isp | 48,128 | 1 |
| AS37661 | Nigerian Research and Education Network Limited by Guarantee | education | 41,216 | 0 |
| AS37088 | VDT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | isp | 40,960 | 1 |
| AS37420 | University of JOS | education | 37,888 | 0 |
| AS37297 | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife | education | 32,768 | 0 |
| AS16284 | Inq. Digital Nigeria | business | 29,440 | 4 |
| AS37472 | Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd | isp | 27,392 | 0 |
| AS30988 | IS InternetSolutions Limited | business | 21,760 | 1 |
| AS37443 | Usmanu Danfodiyo University | education | 17,408 | 0 |
| AS37170 | University of Lagos | education | 16,384 | 1 |
| AS37506 | Zinox Telecommunications Limited | isp | 16,384 | 1 |
| AS328419 | Bayero University | education | 16,384 | 0 |
| AS37629 | eStream Networks | business | 14,848 | 0 |
| AS36920 | KKON Technologies Ltd | business | 13,056 | 0 |
Largest cities by reference population
GeoNames reference data; this is not a count of located IP addresses.
- Lagos · 15,388,000
- Kano · 4,910,000
- Ibadan · 3,649,000
- Abuja · 2,690,000
- Port Harcourt · 2,120,000
- Kaduna · 1,850,000
- Benin City · 1,782,000
- Onitsha · 1,553,000
- Aba · 1,160,000
- Maiduguri · 1,110,000
Hosting counts use ASN organization classifications. VPN counts include distinct exit prefixes with a source-provided country seen within seven days of this snapshot; zero means no known evidence, not absence. Country and city references: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).