---
title: "Australia vs Nigeria — area, population, currency"
description: "Australia is 7,741,220 km² with 27,614,411 people; Nigeria is 923,768 km² with 237,527,782. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-nigeria/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Australia vs Nigeria

**Australia vs Nigeria: Australia is larger; Nigeria has more people**

7,741,220 km² vs 923,768 km² · 27,614,411 vs 237,527,782

Australia is 8.4 times larger than Nigeria — 7,741,220 against 923,768 km². Nigeria is 8.6 times more populous than Australia — 237,527,782 against 27,614,411 people.

## Side by side

|  | Australia | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Canberra | Abuja |
| Area | 7,741,220 km² | 923,768 km² |
| Population | 27,614,411 (2025) | 237,527,782 (2025) |
| Density | 3.6 /km² | 257.1 /km² |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | Nigerian naira (NGN) |
| Official languages | English | English |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +61 | +234 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Oceania | Africa |
| ISO codes | AU / AUS | NG / NGA |

## Population density

Nigeria is 72 times more densely populated than Australia — 257 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Australia on the left, Nigeria on the right.
- Different currencies: the Australian dollar and the Nigerian naira.
- Australia spans 5 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Oceania and Africa.

## Australia

The sixth-largest country in the world and the only one that covers an entire continent. The Great Barrier Reef runs about 2,300 km and is the largest structure made by living organisms on Earth, visible from orbit. Around eighty percent of its mammals, reptiles and flowering plants exist nowhere else. Melbourne and Sydney are within roughly a hundred thousand people of each other, and which counts as the largest city depends on where the boundary is drawn.

## Nigeria

The most populous country in Africa, with roughly one African in six. The Niger Delta is the largest river delta in Africa at about 70,000 km², a maze of creeks and mangrove covering an area the size of Ireland.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Australia bigger than Nigeria?

Australia is larger — 7,741,220 km² against 923,768 km².

### Which has more people, Australia or Nigeria?

Nigeria, with 237,527,782 against 27,614,411.

### What is the time difference between Australia and Nigeria?

Australia is UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 and Nigeria is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [India vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-nigeria/)
- [China vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-nigeria/)
- [Japan vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-nigeria/)
- [Canada vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-nigeria/)
- [Australia vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-united-states/)
- [Australia vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-india/)
- [Australia vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-china/)
- [Australia vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Australia vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-japan/)
- [Australia vs Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-canada/)
- [Australia vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Australia vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-france/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]