Nigeria vs United Kingdom

Nigeria is 3.8 times larger than United Kingdom — 923,768 against 243,610 km². Nigeria is 3.4 times more populous than United Kingdom — 237,527,782 against 69,487,000 people.

Side by side

Population density

United Kingdom is 1.1 times more densely populated than Nigeria — 285 against 257 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

• They drive on opposite sides — Nigeria on the right, United Kingdom on the left.
• Different currencies: the Nigerian naira and the British pound.
• 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.

United Kingdom

Made up of Great Britain, the north-east of Ireland and around 6,000 smaller islands. No point in the UK is more than about 113 km from the sea. Ben Nevis, the highest point, is 1,345 m, which is modest — but the country has around 31,000 km of coastline once every inlet is counted.

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.