Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates

Nigeria is 11 times larger than United Arab Emirates — 923,768 against 83,600 km². Nigeria is 21 times more populous than United Arab Emirates — 237,527,782 against 11,513,149 people.

Side by side

Population density

Nigeria is 1.9 times more densely populated than United Arab Emirates — 257 against 138 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 United Arab Emirates dirham.
• Different continents — Africa and Asia.

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.

United Arab Emirates

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 828 m, the tallest building in the world, and has been since 2010. Most of the country is desert; the Liwa Oasis on the edge of the Empty Quarter carries dunes over 250 m high. Jebel Jais in the Hajar mountains reaches 1,934 m and sees occasional snow.

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.