---
title: "Brazil vs Nigeria — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 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/brazil-vs-nigeria/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Nigeria

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

8,515,770 km² vs 923,768 km² · 212,812,405 vs 237,527,782

Brazil is 9.2 times larger than Nigeria — 8,515,770 against 923,768 km². Nigeria is 1.1 times more populous than Brazil — 237,527,782 against 212,812,405 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Abuja |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 923,768 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 237,527,782 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 257.1 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Nigerian naira (NGN) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | English |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +234 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Africa |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | NG / NGA |

## Population density

Nigeria is 10 times more densely populated than Brazil — 257 against 25 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

- Different currencies: the Brazilian real and the Nigerian naira.
- Brazil spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Africa.

## Brazil

The fifth-largest country in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It holds about sixty percent of the Amazon rainforest, and the Amazon River discharges roughly a fifth of all the fresh water that reaches the world's oceans — more than the next seven rivers combined. Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

## 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 Brazil bigger than Nigeria?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 923,768 km².

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

Nigeria, with 237,527,782 against 212,812,405.

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

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and Nigeria is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
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## 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]