---
title: "Mexico vs Nigeria — area, population, currency"
description: "Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900 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/mexico-vs-nigeria/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Mexico vs Nigeria

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

1,964,375 km² vs 923,768 km² · 131,946,900 vs 237,527,782

Mexico is 2.1 times larger than Nigeria — 1,964,375 against 923,768 km². Nigeria is 1.8 times more populous than Mexico — 237,527,782 against 131,946,900 people.

## Side by side

|  | Mexico | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Mexico City | Abuja |
| Area | 1,964,375 km² | 923,768 km² |
| Population | 131,946,900 (2025) | 237,527,782 (2025) |
| Density | 67.2 /km² | 257.1 /km² |
| Currency | Mexican peso (MXN) | Nigerian naira (NGN) |
| Official languages | Spanish | English |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +52 | +234 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Africa |
| ISO codes | MX / MEX | NG / NGA |

## Population density

Nigeria is 3.8 times more densely populated than Mexico — 257 against 67 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 Mexican peso and the Nigerian naira.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Africa.

## Mexico

Mexico has the fourth-highest count of vertebrate and plant species of any country, and more reptile species than anywhere else. Chicxulub, under the northern Yucatán, is the roughly 180 km crater left by the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The Sistema Sac Actun beneath the same peninsula is the longest known underwater cave system in the world, over 370 km surveyed.

## 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 Mexico bigger than Nigeria?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 923,768 km².

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

Nigeria, with 237,527,782 against 131,946,900.

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

Mexico is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 and Nigeria is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [India vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-nigeria/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-nigeria/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Japan vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-nigeria/)
- [Canada vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-nigeria/)
- [Australia vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-mexico/)
- [Australia vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-nigeria/)
- [New Zealand vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-nigeria/)
- [France vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-mexico/)

## 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]