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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Nigeria 12 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Nigeria: 923,768 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Nigeria’s highest peak towers 817 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 46% of Czechia

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Nigeria has 22 times as many people as Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Nigeria is 85% more densely populated than Czechia

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 9.6 cm taller than in Nigeria

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Nigeria: 171.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 9.8 cm taller than in Nigeria

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Nigeria: 158.1 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 25 years older than in Nigeria

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Nigeria have 3.0 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 70 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Czechia’s economy is 34% larger than Nigeria’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 6.3 times as much per person as Nigeria

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Czechia (Gini 8.2 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Nigeria and Czechia are practically level

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

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 4.6× Nigeria’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Czechia spends 40 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Czechia live 25 years longer than in Nigeria

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Nigeria: 54.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Nigeria is 33 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 11 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 88% higher than in Nigeria

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Czechia rate their lives 2.03 points higher than in Nigeria

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 6.6 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 12 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 914 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Nigeria put in 288 more hours a year than in Czechia

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 5.4 years longer than in Nigeria

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 593 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 15 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (17 against 2)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Czechia is 4.3 times as fast as in Nigeria

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 2.7 times as long as Nigeria’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Czechia fly 9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 19% of Nigeria

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Nigeria carries 4.1 times as much fine dust as in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Nigeria are 3.5 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Nigeria is on average 18.0 °C warmer than Czechia

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

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Nigeria gets 30% more rain than Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Nigeria?

Nigeria is larger. Czechia fits inside Nigeria 12 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or Nigeria?

Nigeria has 22 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Nigeria?

People in Czechia live 25 years longer than in Nigeria. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 54.6 in Nigeria.

Are people taller in Czechia or Nigeria?

Men in Czechia are 9.6 cm taller than in Nigeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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