Thailand’s coastline is 3.8 times as long as Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 146 m above Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 43% of Thailand

Nigeria: 77.1% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Nigeria has 3.3 times as many people as Thailand

Nigeria: 238 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Nigeria is 86% more densely populated than Thailand

Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

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

Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

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

Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

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

Nigeria: 3.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nigeria has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Nigeria: 0.042 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Nigeria and Thailand are practically level

Nigeria: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 2 times the size of Nigeria’s

Nigeria: $291 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 2.8 times as much per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Thailand (Gini 0.6 points higher)

Nigeria: 33.9 (2022) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Nigeria: 41.8% (2022) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.1% in Nigeria, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Nigeria: 3.1% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand and Nigeria are practically level

Nigeria: 0.9% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Nigeria: no data · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 13% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 4.9 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: $67 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 9.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Thailand has 42% more doctors per person than Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Nigeria: no data · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 48% higher than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 12.1% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

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

Nigeria: 3.1% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 1.51 points higher than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 4.79 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 3.9 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Nigeria: 2 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 3.4 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 385 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 115 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 1.5 years longer than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 241 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 7 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (9 against 2)

Nigeria: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Nigeria: 41% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 8.2 times as fast as in Nigeria

Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

64% of people in Nigeria live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Nigeria: 64% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Nigeria: 71 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 16% longer than Nigeria’s

Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 33 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.02 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 19% of Nigeria

Nigeria: 18.9% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 6.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Nigeria: 31.3% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Thailand

Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 44% deadlier than in Nigeria

Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Thailand

Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 59% more rain than Nigeria

Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)