Lagos State of Nigeria

Lagos state is the commercial nerve centre of the West African country of Nigeria. Regarded as the New York of Nigeria because of its population density and the ever growing demand for quality housing. Lagos State is the smallest state in Nigeria , yet it has the highest population, which is over Eight percent of the national estimate.

Based on a UN study and the State Regional Master Plan, the State is estimated to have above 13 million inhabitants. Out of this population, Lagos metropolitan area is occupied by over 85 percent on an area that is 37 percent of the land area of Lagos State . The rate of population growth is about 300,000 persons per annum with a population density of about 1,308 persons per sq. kilometer. In the built up urban areas of metropolitan Lagos , the average density is 20,000 persons per square kilometer. In a recent UN study (1999), the city of Lagos is expected to hit the 24.5 million population mark and thus be among the ten most populous cities in the world by the year 2015.

“Lagos is to the people of Nigeria, what the head is to the body of an individual.” This is why Soft River is gearing up to lead the real estate market in the state.