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Surface area — Nigeria

Surface area in Nigeria in 2023 — 923,770 km². Ranked 31 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 923,770 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 31of 215
Period maximum 923,770 km²1961
Period minimum 923,770 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Nigeria, 1961–2023800,000850,000900,000950,0001M1.05M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 923,770 km²1963: 923,770 km²1965: 923,770 km²1967: 923,770 km²1969: 923,770 km²1971: 923,770 km²1973: 923,770 km²1975: 923,770 km²1977: 923,770 km²1979: 923,770 km²1981: 923,770 km²1983: 923,770 km²1985: 923,770 km²1987: 923,770 km²1989: 923,770 km²1991: 923,770 km²1993: 923,770 km²1995: 923,770 km²1997: 923,770 km²1999: 923,770 km²2001: 923,770 km²2003: 923,770 km²2005: 923,770 km²2007: 923,770 km²2009: 923,770 km²2011: 923,770 km²2013: 923,770 km²2015: 923,770 km²2017: 923,770 km²2019: 923,770 km²2021: 923,770 km²2023: 923,770 km²
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 923,770 km²
World 141M km²
Sub-Saharan Africa 24.34M km²
Western Africa computed 6.15M km²
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.41M km²
Surface area — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 923,770 +0 +0%
2022 923,770 +0 +0%
2021 923,770 +0 +0%
2020 923,770 +0 +0%
2019 923,770 +0 +0%
2018 923,770 +0 +0%
2017 923,770 +0 +0%
2016 923,770 +0 +0%
2015 923,770 +0 +0%
2014 923,770 +0 +0%
2013 923,770 +0 +0%
2012 923,770 +0 +0%
2011 923,770 +0 +0%
2010 923,770 +0 +0%
2009 923,770 +0 +0%
2008 923,770 +0 +0%
2007 923,770 +0 +0%
2006 923,770 +0 +0%
2005 923,770 +0 +0%
2004 923,770 +0 +0%
2003 923,770 +0 +0%
2002 923,770 +0 +0%
2001 923,770 +0 +0%
2000 923,770 +0 +0%
1999 923,770 +0 +0%
1998 923,770 +0 +0%
1997 923,770 +0 +0%
1996 923,770 +0 +0%
1995 923,770 +0 +0%
1994 923,770 +0 +0%
1993 923,770 +0 +0%
1992 923,770 +0 +0%
1991 923,770 +0 +0%
1990 923,770 +0 +0%
1989 923,770 +0 +0%
1988 923,770 +0 +0%
1987 923,770 +0 +0%
1986 923,770 +0 +0%
1985 923,770 +0 +0%
1984 923,770 +0 +0%
1983 923,770 +0 +0%
1982 923,770 +0 +0%
1981 923,770 +0 +0%
1980 923,770 +0 +0%
1979 923,770 +0 +0%
1978 923,770 +0 +0%
1977 923,770 +0 +0%
1976 923,770 +0 +0%
1975 923,770 +0 +0%
1974 923,770 +0 +0%
1973 923,770 +0 +0%
1972 923,770 +0 +0%
1971 923,770 +0 +0%
1970 923,770 +0 +0%
1969 923,770 +0 +0%
1968 923,770 +0 +0%
1967 923,770 +0 +0%
1966 923,770 +0 +0%
1965 923,770 +0 +0%
1964 923,770 +0 +0%
1963 923,770 +0 +0%
1962 923,770 +0 +0%
1961 923,770 — —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 1.27M ML Mali 1.24M MR Mauritania 1.03M NG Nigeria 923,770 CI Côte d'Ivoire 322,460 BF Burkina Faso 274,200 GN Guinea 245,860 GH Ghana 238,539 SN Senegal 196,710 BJ Benin 114,760 LR Liberia 111,370 SL Sierra Leone 72,300 TG Togo 56,790 GW Guinea-Bissau 36,130 GM Gambia 11,300 CV Cabo Verde 4,030
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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