Colombia’s coastline is 3.8 times as long as Nigeria’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,311 m above Nigeria’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 4.4 times as many people as Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 5.4 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 14 years older than in Nigeria

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 2.7 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria hosts 19 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Colombia and Nigeria are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

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

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 2.4 times as much per person as Nigeria

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Nigeria (Gini 20.5 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Nigeria’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Colombia spends 9.6 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 6.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Colombia is 5% higher than in Nigeria

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

8.0% of adults in Colombia smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 1.25 points higher than in Nigeria

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 2.4 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Colombia has 8.8 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Colombia has 656 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 409 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 1.4 years longer than in Nigeria

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 38 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Colombia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (9 against 2)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 5.6 times as fast as in Nigeria

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

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

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Nigeria’s railway network is 65% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Colombia fly 36 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 19% of Nigeria

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Colombia emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 58% more likely to be murdered in Colombia than in Nigeria

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 8% deadlier than in Nigeria

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 3.0 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 3 times as much rain as Nigeria

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)