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Nigeria

Federal Republic of Nigeria
Africa · Western Africa

0Population

923.77Kkm² of land

$2.23KGDP / person

AbujaCapital

ISO codes: NG · NGA
Density: 218 /km²
Languages: English
Currency: Nigerian naira (NGN)
Dial code: +234
Internet domain: .ng
Time zones: 1
Coastline: Has a coast
Map centre: 9.4400° N, 7.5030° E
Demonym: Nigerian
UN region: Western Africa
Economy: Emerging region: G20
Income group: Lower middle income
Total GDP: $448.12B
Sovereignty: Independent · UN member
Borders: 4

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By the numbers

How Nigeria stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.

Population

7th

of 242 · 2.62% of world population

Land area

33rd

of 242 · 0.62% of world land

GDP per person

185th

richest of 242 by output per person

Population density

61st

most crowded of 242

Ten facts about Nigeria

The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.

1

Africa's most populous country, with over 500 living languages and the continent's largest film industry.

2

Population is about 200,963,599 people, the 7th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly 2.62 per cent of everyone alive.

3

Covers 923,768 km², making it the 33rd largest country here - about 10 times the size of Portugal.

4

Population density is about 218 people per km².

5

The capital is Abuja, at 9.09° N, 7.53° E, with a metropolitan population of about 1,576,000.

6

Shares land borders with 4 countries: Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

7

Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.

8

Keeps a single time zone, Africa/Lagos.

9

The currency is the Nigerian naira (NGN, symbol ₦).

10

The official language is English.

Local time

Live, from PHP's IANA database.

Africa/Lagos

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UTC+01:00

Cities

The largest places we hold coordinates for. Click a row to fly the map there.

1 Lagos Lagos 6.4452° N, 3.3896° E 9.47M

2 Kano Kano 12.0019° N, 8.5181° E 3.14M

3 Ibadan Oyo 7.3820° N, 3.9280° E 2.63M

4 ★ Abuja Federal Capital Territory 9.0853° N, 7.5314° E 1.58M

5 Kaduna Kaduna 10.5220° N, 7.4381° E 1.44M

6 Benin City Edo 6.3424° N, 5.6181° E 1.19M

7 Port Harcourt Rivers 4.8119° N, 7.0081° E 1.02M

8 Ogbomosho Oyo 8.1320° N, 4.2380° E 951K

9 Maiduguri Borno 11.8519° N, 13.1581° E 896K

10 Warri Delta 5.5200° N, 5.7600° E 830.11K

Land neighbours

4 countries share a border with Nigeria.