Pakistan’s coastline is 23% longer than Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 6,192 m above Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 47% of Pakistan

Nigeria: 77.1% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)

Pakistan has 7% more people than Nigeria

Nigeria: 238 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)

Pakistan is 27% more densely populated than Nigeria

Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Pakistan is 2.5 years older than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023) · Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 0.8 more children on average than in Pakistan

Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024)

4.4% of people in Pakistan are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 3.1% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)

Pakistan hosts 8.7 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Pakistan has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Nigeria: 0.042 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

Nigeria: 1 (2026) · Pakistan: 2 (2026)

Pakistan’s economy is 40% larger than Nigeria’s

Nigeria: $291 billion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)

Nigeria produces 45% more per person than Pakistan

Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Pakistan (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Nigeria: 33.9 (2022) · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 23% in Pakistan

Nigeria: 41.8% (2022) · Pakistan: 23% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Pakistan, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 3.1% (2025) · Pakistan: 5.4% (2025)

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Nigeria: 0.9% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)

Pakistan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 13% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)

Nigeria spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Nigeria: $67 (2023) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 45% more likely to die before turning one than in Pakistan

Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Pakistan has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Nigeria: no data · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Pakistan is 40% higher than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Pakistan are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 12.1% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)

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

Nigeria: 3.1% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)

People in Pakistan rate their lives 0.08 points higher than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 4.79 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)

Adults in Nigeria drink 23 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

Nigeria: 2 litres (2023) · Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023)

Pakistan has 3 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)

Pakistan has 44 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)

Workers in Pakistan put in 409 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)

Adults in Nigeria went to school 3.3 years longer than in Pakistan

Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)

Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024) · Pakistan: no data

Pakistan has 4 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (6 against 2)

Nigeria: 2 (2026) · Pakistan: 6 (2026)

Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)

57% of people in Pakistan are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 41% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)

Home internet in Nigeria is 85% faster than in Pakistan

Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)

96% of people in Pakistan have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 62.5% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)

64% of people in Nigeria live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Nigeria: 64% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)

Pakistan has 77 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Nigeria: 71 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)

Pakistan’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)

Airlines from Pakistan fly 26% more passengers per resident than those from Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.02 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of Nigeria, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Nigeria: 18.9% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)

The average person in Pakistan emits 23% more CO₂ than someone in Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)

43% of Pakistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 31.3% (2025) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)

The air in Pakistan carries 8% more fine dust than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.6 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Pakistan

Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 48% deadlier than in Pakistan

Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 6.4 °C warmer than Pakistan

Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)

Nigeria gets 2.5 times as much rain as Pakistan

Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 mm (2016–2025 avg)