---
title: "Greece vs Nigeria — area, population, currency"
description: "Greece is 131,957 km² with 10,413,962 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/greece-vs-nigeria/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Greece vs Nigeria

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

131,957 km² vs 923,768 km² · 10,413,962 vs 237,527,782

Nigeria is 7.0 times larger than Greece — 923,768 against 131,957 km². Nigeria is 23 times more populous than Greece — 237,527,782 against 10,413,962 people.

## Side by side

|  | Greece | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Athens | Abuja |
| Area | 131,957 km² | 923,768 km² |
| Population | 10,413,962 (2025) | 237,527,782 (2025) |
| Density | 78.9 /km² | 257.1 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Nigerian naira (NGN) |
| Official languages | Greek | English |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +30 | +234 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Africa |
| ISO codes | GR / GRC | NG / NGA |

## Population density

Nigeria is 3.3 times more densely populated than Greece — 257 against 79 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 Euro and the Nigerian naira.
- Different continents — Europe and Africa.

## Greece

Somewhere between 1,200 and 6,000 islands depending on how you count a rock, of which about 227 are inhabited. Greece has roughly 13,700 km of coastline, the longest in the Mediterranean and eleventh longest in the world. No part of the mainland is more than about 137 km from the sea, and Mount Olympus reaches 2,917 m.

## 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 Greece bigger than Nigeria?

Nigeria is larger — 923,768 km² against 131,957 km².

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

Nigeria, with 237,527,782 against 10,413,962.

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

Greece is UTC+02:00 and Nigeria is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Greece](https://atoneplace.net/country/greece/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
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- [China vs Greece](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-greece/)
- [Japan vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-nigeria/)
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- [Australia vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-nigeria/)
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- [Germany vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-vs-nigeria/)

## 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]