Japan’s coastline is 35 times as long as Nigeria’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 1,357 m above Nigeria’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 93% more people than Japan

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Japan is 30% more densely populated than Nigeria

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 31 years older than in Nigeria

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

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

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Japan: 30% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria hosts 52% more refugees per resident than Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Japan and Nigeria are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 15 times the size of Nigeria’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Japan produces 5.8 times as much per person as Nigeria

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Japan (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.2% in Japan

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.1% in Nigeria, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Japan spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 5.1× Nigeria’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Japan spends 54 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 39 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Japan has 7 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Japan is 2.2 times that in Nigeria

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

12% of adults in Nigeria are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

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

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Japan rate their lives 1.34 points higher than in Nigeria

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Japan drink 3.1 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Japan has 8.4 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Japan has 200 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

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

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

Adults in Japan went to school 5.1 years longer than in Nigeria

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Japan welcomed 128 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Japan has 25 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (27 against 2)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

86% of people in Japan are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Japan: 86% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 7.4 times as fast as in Nigeria

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

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

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Japan: 92% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Japan: 178 (2023) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 5.7 times as long as Nigeria’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Japan fly 44 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 19% of Nigeria

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 13 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 4.8 times as much fine dust as in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 69 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 6.5 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 14.7 °C warmer than Japan

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 75% more rain than Nigeria

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)