Ireland’s coastline is 70% longer than Nigeria’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Nigeria’s highest peak towers 1,378 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 65% of Ireland

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 43 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 3.3 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 21 years older than in Nigeria

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 2.9 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Ireland hosts 48 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Nigeria’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 16 times as much per person as Nigeria

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Ireland (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria spends 0.9% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 6.6× Nigeria’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Ireland spends 111 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 21 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 10 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Ireland is 11% higher than in Nigeria

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Nigeria

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 5 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Ireland has 14 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,451 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Nigeria put in 408 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 4.1 years longer than in Nigeria

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 950 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Ireland and Nigeria are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 6.9 times as fast as in Nigeria

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

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

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Nigeria’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Ireland fly 1,582 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of Nigeria, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 6.8 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 24 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 4.8 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 17.1 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 9% more rain than Nigeria

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)