India vs Nigeria: Population density

India

506.27 people per km²

in 2100

Nigeria

523.46 people per km²

in 2100

India rank

32nd

Nigeria rank

29th

Population density over time

Nigeria currently reports 523.46 people per km² against 506.27 people per km² in India, a difference of 17.18 people per km².

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was India ahead.

India ranks 32nd and Nigeria ranks 29th of 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.