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Nigeria

Nigeria's best placing is 6th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #6Population
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 237.5 million
Land area: 910,770 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Nigeria is.

Population

#6 of 195

237,527,782 people

1st in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#29 of 194

211,371 km² of forest

9th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#30 of 194

910,770 km² of land

13th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#38 of 194

260.80 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP

#48 of 182

290,794,361,542 US$ (current prices)

3rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#52 of 135

3,798 km of railway

9th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Rainfall

#80 of 179

1,150 mm of precipitation per year

22nd in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports

#87 of 193

50 airports

18th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#80 of 151

853 km of coastline

16th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest by area

#114 of 194

23.2 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#98 of 133

4.17 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest per person

#144 of 194

0.0009 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#157 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#162 of 182

1,224 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#178 of 191

0.55 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#127 of 134

15.99 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#190 of 192

0.21 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Nigeria

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