Nigeria’s coastline is 47% longer than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Nigeria’s highest peak towers 1,359 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 72% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 35% more people than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 5.2 times as densely populated as Nigeria

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 7.6 years older than in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 2.2 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 13 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Bangladesh and Nigeria are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 57% larger than Nigeria’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 7% more per person than Nigeria

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Bangladesh (Gini 3 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Nigeria: no data

Bangladesh’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Nigeria’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Nigeria spends 25% more on health per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 90% more doctors per person than Nigeria

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Nigeria is 44% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

12% of adults in Nigeria are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Nigeria rate their lives 0.47 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Nigeria drink 699 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Nigeria has 58% more meat per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Bangladesh has 118 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 321 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Nigeria went to school 0.8 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Nigeria welcomed 18% more tourists per resident than Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Bangladesh has 1 more World Heritage site than Nigeria (3 against 2)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 2 times as fast as in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

64% of people in Nigeria live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Nigeria’s railway network is 23% longer than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Bangladesh fly 70% more passengers per resident than those from Nigeria

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of Nigeria, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 7% more CO₂ than someone in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 30% more fine dust than in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.7 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 40% deadlier than in Nigeria

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2 times as much rain as Nigeria

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)