Chile’s coastline is 7.5 times as long as Nigeria’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 4,474 m above Nigeria’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 12 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 9.7 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 18 years older than in Nigeria

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 3.2 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria hosts 3.9 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Chile and Nigeria are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 23% larger than Nigeria’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Chile produces 4 times as much per person as Nigeria

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Nigeria (Gini 9.1 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Chile: 9% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Chile spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 3.7× Nigeria’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Chile spends 26 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 8.8 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Chile is 40% higher than in Nigeria

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 1.51 points higher than in Nigeria

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Chile has 14 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Chile has 587 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Nigeria put in 112 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 3.7 years longer than in Nigeria

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 114 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Chile has 5 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (7 against 2)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Chile: 96% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 9.6 times as fast as in Nigeria

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Chile: 99% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Chile: 89% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Chile: 133 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Nigeria’s railway network is 47% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Chile fly 48 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Chile, but only 19% of Nigeria

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 6.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Chile

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 52% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 18.0 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 37% more rain than Nigeria

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)