Nigeria vs Spain

Nigeria is 1.8 times larger than Spain — 923,768 against 505,370 km². Nigeria is 4.8 times more populous than Spain — 237,527,782 against 49,355,143 people.

Side by side

Population density

Nigeria is 2.6 times more densely populated than Spain — 257 against 98 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 Nigerian naira and the Euro.
• Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
• Different continents — Africa and Europe.

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.

Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

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.