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Nigeria - Population Density 2021

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

239.9 +5.0 from 2020 Global rank: 162nd

Nigeria's population density was 239.9 in 2021, increased +5.0 from 235.0 in 2020. This was the 162nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Population Density by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.5%
2nd	Mongolia	2.2	1.7%
3rd	Australia	3.3	0.1%
4th	Namibia	3.4	3.0%
5th	Iceland	3.7	1.7%
6th	Suriname	3.8	0.9%
7th	Guyana	3.9	1.0%
8th	Libya	4.1	1.3%
9th	Botswana	4.2	1.5%
10th	Canada	4.4	2.6%
11th	Mauritania	4.6	2.9%
12th	Kazakhstan	7.3	1.3%
13th	Central African Republic	8.2	1.7%
14th	Russian Federation	8.8	-0.3%
15th	Gabon	9.2	2.3%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	11.0	1.0%
17th	Chad	14.2	3.5%
18th	Saudi Arabia	14.3	-2.4%
19th	Oman	14.5	-0.5%
20th	Norway	14.8	0.5%
21st	Turkmenistan	15.1	2.0%
22nd	New Caledonia	15.6	0.4%
23rd	Argentina	16.6	0.3%
24th	Paraguay	16.8	1.2%
25th	South Sudan	17.2	1.6%
26th	Congo, Republic of	17.3	2.4%
27th	Belize	17.3	1.2%
28th	Finland	18.2	0.2%
29th	Mali	18.3	3.1%
30th	Algeria	18.8	1.6%
31st	New Zealand	19.3	0.2%
32nd	Niger	19.3	3.3%
33rd	Uruguay	19.4	-0.1%
34th	Bhutan	20.3	0.7%
35th	Papua New Guinea	22.1	2.0%
36th	Brazil	25.1	0.4%
37th	Vanuatu	25.1	2.3%
38th	Sweden	25.6	0.6%
39th	Sudan	25.7	2.7%
40th	Peru	25.9	1.0%
41st	Chile	26.2	0.4%
42nd	Zambia	26.4	2.9%
43rd	Solomon Islands	27.2	2.4%
44th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	27.5	3.7%
45th	Eritrea	27.6	1.7%
46th	Angola	27.7	3.2%
47th	Latvia	30.3	-0.8%
48th	Estonia	31.1	0.1%
49th	Lao PDR	32.3	1.5%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.7	1.9%
51st	United States	36.3	0.2%
52nd	Palau	38.7	-0.1%
53rd	Faroe Islands	38.9	1.1%
54th	Bahamas, The	39.6	0.1%
55th	Mozambique	40.3	3.0%
56th	Zimbabwe	40.8	1.7%
57th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.7	3.3%
58th	Lithuania	44.9	-0.1%
59th	Belarus	45.8	-0.8%
60th	Colombia	46.1	1.1%
61st	Montenegro	46.5	-0.2%
62nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	47.6	1.9%
63rd	Djibouti	48.4	1.5%
64th	Fiji	50.2	0.2%
65th	South Africa	50.7	1.6%
66th	Madagascar	51.0	2.5%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	54.5	0.8%
68th	Liberia	54.6	2.1%
69th	Nicaragua	55.2	1.2%
70th	Guinea	55.8	2.5%
71st	Cameroon	56.9	2.7%
72nd	Panama	58.6	1.2%
73rd	Bulgaria	59.9	-0.7%
74th	Afghanistan	61.3	2.4%
75th	Equatorial Guinea	62.7	2.5%
76th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.4	-1.7%
77th	Georgia	64.9	-0.4%
78th	Mexico	65.7	0.7%
79th	Croatia	69.3	-0.9%
80th	Eswatini	70.2	1.2%
81st	Yemen, Republic of	70.3	2.8%
82nd	Tanzania	70.9	3.0%
83rd	Ecuador	71.2	0.8%
84th	Tajikistan	71.8	2.2%
85th	North Macedonia	72.8	-1.0%
86th	Guinea-Bissau	73.2	2.3%
87th	Ireland	74.2	1.4%
88th	Lesotho	74.5	1.2%
89th	Ukraine	76.5	-0.9%
90th	Samoa	76.9	0.9%
91st	Tunisia	77.6	0.6%
92nd	Uzbekistan	77.7	2.0%
93rd	Burkina Faso	80.4	2.4%
94th	French Polynesia	80.6	0.2%
95th	Serbia	81.3	-0.9%
96th	Myanmar	81.8	0.7%
97th	Greece	82.0	-1.2%
98th	Morocco	82.8	1.0%
99th	Romania	83.1	-0.7%
100th	Brunei Darussalam	85.7	1.0%
101st	Senegal	89.4	2.6%
102nd	Dominica	89.6	-0.5%
103rd	Moldova	90.4	-1.5%
104th	Timor-Leste	90.8	1.8%
105th	Albania	90.9	-1.5%
106th	Kenya	91.6	1.9%
107th	Honduras	92.0	1.7%
108th	Côte d'Ivoire	93.2	2.5%
109th	Spain	94.9	0.1%
110th	Cambodia	96.2	1.5%
111th	Costa Rica	99.1	0.5%
112th	Iraq	99.2	2.3%
113th	Northern Mariana Islands	102.1	-1.2%
114th	Malaysia	104.3	1.2%
115th	Slovenia	104.7	0.3%
116th	Armenia	105.1	0.0%
117th	Hungary	105.5	-0.4%
118th	Cuba	107.1	-0.5%
119th	Austria	108.5	0.4%
120th	Türkiye	109.3	0.9%
121st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	111.5	1.5%
122nd	European Union	111.6	-0.1%
123rd	Sierra Leone	112.1	2.3%
124th	Portugal	113.1	0.6%
125th	Slovak Republic	113.3	-0.2%
126th	Syrian Arab Republic	117.8	2.8%
127th	Benin	119.0	2.6%
128th	Poland	120.8	-1.4%
129th	Azerbaijan	122.7	0.4%
130th	Jordan	124.6	1.9%
131st	France	125.9	0.4%
132nd	Cabo Verde	128.2	0.4%
133rd	United Arab Emirates	134.8	1.9%
134th	Czechia	136.1	-1.8%
135th	Thailand	140.4	0.1%
136th	Cyprus	142.6	1.2%
137th	Ghana	142.9	2.0%
138th	Indonesia	146.2	-0.1%
139th	Denmark	146.4	0.4%
140th	Tonga	146.5	-0.2%
141st	Isle of Man	147.6	0.0%
142nd	China	150.4	0.1%
143rd	Kiribati	158.5	1.8%
144th	Micronesia, Federated States of	159.5	0.6%
145th	Togo	163.2	2.4%
146th	Guatemala	164.2	1.4%
147th	Andorra	166.7	1.3%
148th	St. Kitts and Nevis	179.9	-0.2%
149th	Italy	200.0	-0.5%
150th	Nepal	205.6	1.8%
151st	Antigua and Barbuda	209.9	0.5%
152nd	Malawi	212.6	2.6%
153rd	Seychelles	215.8	0.8%
154th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	217.9	0.4%
155th	Qatar	218.0	-10.4%
156th	Switzerland	220.3	0.8%
157th	Uganda	229.0	3.3%
158th	Marshall Islands	229.8	-3.1%
159th	Dominican Republic	230.8	1.0%
160th	São Tomé and Principe	231.2	2.1%
161st	Germany	238.1	0.0%
162nd	Nigeria	239.9	2.1%
163rd	Kuwait	244.7	-0.9%
164th	Liechtenstein	244.9	0.7%
165th	American Samoa	246.1	-1.1%
166th	Luxembourg	248.6	1.5%
167th	British Virgin Islands	252.1	1.8%
168th	Gambia, The	254.5	2.4%
169th	Jamaica	262.0	0.2%
170th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	263.7	-0.7%
171st	Trinidad and Tobago	266.6	0.1%
172nd	United Kingdom	276.9	0.4%
173rd	Cayman Islands	292.1	2.1%
174th	St. Lucia	292.7	0.2%
175th	El Salvador	301.9	0.3%
176th	Virgin Islands (US)	302.5	-0.4%
177th	Guam	303.2	1.0%
178th	Pakistan	310.7	1.9%
179th	Viet Nam	315.7	0.9%
180th	Tuvalu	339.8	-2.0%
181st	Grenada	343.2	0.3%
182nd	Japan	344.8	-0.5%
183rd	Curaçao	346.7	-1.0%
184th	Sri Lanka	358.2	1.1%
185th	Puerto Rico (US)	367.8	-0.6%
186th	Philippines	379.3	0.9%
187th	Belgium	379.9	0.4%
188th	Haiti	412.7	1.2%
189th	Israel	433.1	1.7%
190th	Comoros	439.6	2.0%
191st	India	475.7	0.8%
192nd	Burundi	504.9	2.8%
193rd	Netherlands	520.7	0.5%
194th	Korea	530.4	-0.1%
195th	Rwanda	541.4	2.2%
196th	Lebanon	559.0	0.3%
197th	San Marino	570.9	-1.5%
198th	Nauru	585.5	0.6%
199th	Aruba	598.3	-0.8%
200th	St. Martin (French part)	599.2	-5.7%
201st	Mauritius	634.1	0.0%
202nd	Barbados	656.2	0.2%
203rd	West Bank and Gaza	817.1	2.4%
204th	Channel Islands	842.1	0.3%
205th	Bermuda	1,197.2	0.4%
206th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,222.7	1.4%
207th	Bangladesh	1,288.0	0.8%
208th	Malta	1,619.2	0.5%
209th	Maldives	1,720.5	2.8%
210th	Bahrain	1,904.3	1.5%
211th	Gibraltar	3,685.8	1.9%
212th	Hong Kong SAR, China	7,060.1	-0.9%
213th	Singapore	7,595.5	-4.1%
214th	Monaco	18,487.0	-1.5%
215th	Macao SAR, China	20,681.8	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's population density in 2021?▾

Nigeria's population density in 2021 was 239.9. This ranked 162nd globally.

How did Nigeria's population density change in 2021?▾

Nigeria's population density increased by 2.1% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest population density in 2021?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2021 at 20,681.8.

What is the population density of Nigeria in 2021?▾

The population density of Nigeria in 2021 was 239.9. This ranked 162nd globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Nigeria's population density?▾

Nigeria's population density went from 235.0 in 2020 to 239.9 in 2021, a 2.1% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Nigeria matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2021. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 24.7%. View full analysis →

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