Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ivory Coast fits inside Nigeria 2.9 times
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Nigeria: 923,768 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Nigeria’s coastline is 66% longer than Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Nigeria’s highest peak towers 667 m above Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 77% of Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Nigeria has 7.3 times as many people as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Nigeria is 2.5 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Nigeria are 3.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Nigeria: 171.6 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Ivory Coast and Nigeria are practically level
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Nigeria: 158.1 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Ivory Coast is 0.34 years older than in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Nigeria have 0.2 more children on average than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
Nigeria and Ivory Coast are practically level
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Ivory Coast hosts 4.4 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Nigeria has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none
Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)
How many official languages?
Ivory Coast and Nigeria are practically level
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Nigeria’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Nigeria produces 16% more per person than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Nigeria (Gini 1.4 points higher)
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 21% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.1% in Nigeria, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Nigeria and Ivory Coast are practically level
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Nigeria: no data
How expensive is it?
Ivory Coast’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Nigeria’s
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Ivory Coast spends 31% more on health per person than Nigeria
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Ivory Coast live 7.5 years longer than in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Nigeria: 54.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Nigeria is 56% more likely to die before turning one than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Nigeria has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 2.5 times that in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
Nigeria and Ivory Coast are practically level
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
7.3% of adults in Ivory Coast smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ivory Coast rate their lives 0.36 points higher than in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ivory Coast drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Ivory Coast has 69% more meat per person than Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Ivory Coast has 468 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 41 more hours a year than in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Nigeria went to school 2.7 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Ivory Coast has 3 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (5 against 2)
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
Ivory Coast and Nigeria are practically level
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Ivory Coast is 95% faster than in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
73% of people in Ivory Coast have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
64% of people in Nigeria live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Nigeria’s railway network is 5.5 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Nigeria fly 1% more passengers per resident than those from Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 19% of Nigeria, but only 12% of Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Nigeria emits 26% more CO₂ than someone in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Nigeria carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 25% deadlier than in Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Nigeria is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 17% more rain than Nigeria
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than Nigeria?
Nigeria is larger. Ivory Coast fits inside Nigeria 2.9 times.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Nigeria?
Nigeria has 7.3 times as many people as Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Nigeria?
People in Ivory Coast live 7.5 years longer than in Nigeria. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 54.6 in Nigeria.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Nigeria?
Men in Nigeria are 3.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
