Nigeria’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as Cameroon’s

Cameroon: 402 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Cameroon’s highest peak towers 1,626 m above Nigeria’s

Cameroon: 4,045 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 21% of Cameroon

Cameroon: 21.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 7.9 times as many people as Cameroon

Cameroon: 29.9 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 4.1 times as densely populated as Cameroon

Cameroon: 63 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

Nigeria and Cameroon are practically level

Cameroon: 17.8 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 0.1 more children on average than in Cameroon

Cameroon: 4.26 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

Nigeria and Cameroon are practically level

Cameroon: 2.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Cameroon hosts 26 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Cameroon: 13.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nigeria has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Cameroon none

Cameroon: 0 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Cameroon has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

Cameroon: 2 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Nigeria’s economy is 4.9 times the size of Cameroon’s

Cameroon: $58.9 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Nigeria produces 65% more per person than Cameroon

Cameroon: Int$5,788 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Cameroon than in Nigeria (Gini 8.3 points higher)

Cameroon: 42.2 (2021) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 27% in Cameroon

Cameroon: 26.7% (2021) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.6% in Cameroon, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Cameroon: 3.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Cameroon and Nigeria are practically level

Cameroon: 1.1% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Cameroon: 11.3% (2021) · Nigeria: no data

Cameroon’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Nigeria’s

Cameroon: 34% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Cameroon spends 18% more on health per person than Nigeria

Cameroon: $79 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 74% more likely to die before turning one than in Cameroon

Cameroon: 40.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Nigeria has 2.8 times as many doctors per person as Cameroon

Cameroon: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Cameroon: 2.7 per 1,000 (2016) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Cameroon is 2.7 times that in Nigeria

Cameroon: 17.5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

15% of adults in Cameroon are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Cameroon: 14.6% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

5.7% of adults in Cameroon smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Cameroon: 5.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Cameroon rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Nigeria

Cameroon: 5.08 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Cameroon drink 6.4 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Cameroon: 12.9 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Cameroon has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Cameroon: 14.8 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Cameroon has 431 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Cameroon: 2,901 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Cameroon put in 119 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Cameroon: 2,181 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Nigeria went to school 1 year longer than in Cameroon

Cameroon: 6.6 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Cameroon: no data · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

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

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

Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Cameroon 6

Cameroon: 6 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

46% of people in Cameroon are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Cameroon: 46% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Nigeria is 24% faster than in Cameroon

Cameroon: 35 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

72% of people in Cameroon have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Cameroon: 72% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

64% of people in Nigeria live in cities, versus 56% in Cameroon

Cameroon: 56% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Cameroon has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

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

Nigeria’s railway network is 4 times as long as Cameroon’s

Cameroon: 884 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Nigeria fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Cameroon

Cameroon: 0.01 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 41% of Cameroon, but only 19% of Nigeria

Cameroon: 40.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Nigeria emits 77% more CO₂ than someone in Cameroon

Cameroon: 0.3 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

73% of Cameroon’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Cameroon: 73.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Cameroon carries 3% more fine dust than in Nigeria

Cameroon: 51.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Cameroon

Cameroon: 6.8 per 100k (2022) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 3.2 times as deadly as in Cameroon

Cameroon: 7.8 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 2.3 °C warmer than Cameroon

Cameroon: 25.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Cameroon gets 60% more rain than Nigeria

Cameroon: 1,665 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)