Norway’s coastline is 29 times as long as Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition) · Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition)

Norway’s highest peak towers 50 m above Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition) · Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 2.7% of Norway

Nigeria: 77.1% (2024) · Norway: 2.7% (2024)

Nigeria has 42 times as many people as Norway

Nigeria: 238 million (2025) · Norway: 5.61 million (2025)

Nigeria is 17 times as densely populated as Norway

Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025) · Norway: 15 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Norway is 22 years older than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023) · Norway: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024) · Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 3.1% (2025) · Norway: 19.1% (2025)

Norway hosts 42 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Nigeria: 0.042 (2026) · Norway: 23.2 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, Nigeria 1

Nigeria: 1 (2026) · Norway: 3 (2026)

Norway’s economy is 83% larger than Nigeria’s

Nigeria: $291 billion (2025) · Norway: $531 billion (2025)

Norway produces 11 times as much per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025) · Norway: Int$104,044 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Norway (Gini 7.4 points higher)

Nigeria: 33.9 (2022) · Norway: 26.5 (2023)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Norway

Nigeria: 41.8% (2022) · Norway: 0.2% (2023)

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

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

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Nigeria: 0.9% (2025) · Norway: 3.3% (2025)

Nigeria: no data · Norway: 24.5% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 7.1× Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 13% (2025) · Norway: 91% (2025)

Norway spends 124 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: $67 (2023) · Norway: $8,296 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 35 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 13 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023)

Nigeria: no data · Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Norway is 78% higher than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Norway are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 12.1% (2024) · Norway: 20.7% (2024)

13% of adults in Norway smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 3.1% (2024) · Norway: 12.9% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 2.45 points higher than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 4.79 (2025) · Norway: 7.24 (2025)

Adults in Norway drink 3.4 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Nigeria: 2 litres (2023) · Norway: 7 litres (2023)

Norway has 9.9 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023) · Norway: 70.4 kg (2023)

Norway has 1,005 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023) · Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023)

Workers in Nigeria put in 650 more hours a year than in Norway

Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023) · Norway: 1,412 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 5.5 years longer than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023) · Norway: 13.1 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 394 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024) · Norway: 0.91 (2022)

Norway has 6 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (8 against 2)

Nigeria: 2 (2026) · Norway: 8 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition) · Norway: 616 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 41% (2024) · Norway: 99% (2024)

Home internet in Norway is 5.2 times as fast as in Nigeria

Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026) · Norway: 228 Mbps (2026)

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

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

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 64% (2025) · Norway: 84% (2025)

Norway has 109 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Nigeria: 71 (2024) · Norway: 109 (2024)

Norway’s railway network is 10% longer than Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015) · Norway: 3,885 km (2021)

Nigeria: 0.02 (2023) · Norway: no data

Forest covers 33% of Norway, but only 19% of Nigeria

Nigeria: 18.9% (2024) · Norway: 33.2% (2024)

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

Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024) · Norway: 6.7 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 31.3% (2025) · Norway: 99% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 7.5 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024) · Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 22 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Norway

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

Roads in Nigeria are 8.5 times as deadly as in Norway

Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 25.8 °C warmer than Norway

Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Norway gets 21% more rain than Nigeria

Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg)