Iceland vs Nigeria: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square

Iceland
0.0864 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria
0.0768 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Iceland rank
80th
Nigeria rank
82nd

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square over time

  • Iceland
  • Nigeria
00.0250.050.0750.1197619992023

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.0864 units per square kilometre against 0.0768 units per square kilometre in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0096 units per square kilometre.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

Iceland ranks 80th and Nigeria ranks 82nd of 181 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland Nigeria Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0019 units per square kilometre 0.0068 units per square kilometre 0.0049 units per square kilometre Nigeria
2000s 0.0018 units per square kilometre 0.0093 units per square kilometre 0.0076 units per square kilometre Nigeria
2010s 0.0026 units per square kilometre 0.0129 units per square kilometre 0.0103 units per square kilometre Nigeria
2020s 0.0428 units per square kilometre 0.0836 units per square kilometre 0.0408 units per square kilometre Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square, Iceland or Nigeria?
Iceland, at 0.0864 units per square kilometre against 0.0768 units per square kilometre in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square between Iceland and Nigeria?
0.0096 units per square kilometre, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Nigeria?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Iceland and Nigeria rank globally for refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square?
Iceland ranks 80th and Nigeria ranks 82nd of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iceland vs Nigeria: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/refugee-population-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-square-kilometre/iceland/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/refugee-population-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-square-kilometre/iceland/nigeria/">Iceland vs Nigeria: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
181 places, 6,976 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.