Al-Hikmah University Journal

The need to up-date population data using indirect method has continued to increase in Nigeria. This is because the country has not been able to conduct census regularly. Over the years, census has not only been fraught with several problems but also carried out infrequently. The poor nature of the population data generation has affected the socio-economic development planning in Nigeria. This study employed the crowding index method to estimate the population of Kabba town. Data for the study were collected through a survey method where four hundred and eleven copies of a questionnaire were administered randomly to 10% of the 4112 household heads in the town. The average number of people per house as crowding index was multiplied by the total number of houses in each quarter to arrive at an estimated total population of the town. The population of Kabba was estimated at 70,870. Hence, the technique is recommended for use in estimating the population of localities and small communities where population data are not only inadequate but is difficult to obtain.