Brazil vs Nigeria
Nigeria has 12% more people than Brazil: 237,527,782 vs 212,812,405, a gap of 24.7 million. Nigeria is growing faster (+2.06% vs +0.38% a year), adding about 4,898,468 people a year against +815,392. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Brazil is the older society: 11.5% aged 65+ against 3.1% in Nigeria, while Nigeria has more children (40.5% under 15 vs 19.4%). Nigeria is 9.9× as densely populated (250.2 vs 25.3 people per km²). People in Brazil live 21.4 years longer on average (76.0 vs 54.6). GDP per capita is 8.8× higher in Brazil ($10,713 vs $1,224).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Brazil) and 2025 (Nigeria); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Brazil vs Nigeria — side by side
 Brazil |  Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 212,812,4052025 | 237,527,7822025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.38%2025 | +2.06%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.12024 | 32.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.12024 | 11.62024 |
| Children per woman | 1.612024 | 4.382024 |
| Life expectancy | 76.0 yrs2024 | 54.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 19.4%2025 | 40.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 11.5%2025 | 3.1%2025 |
| Density | 25.3 /km²2023 | 250.2 /km²2023 |
| Area | 8,510,420 km²2023 | 923,770 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 88.2%2025 | 63.8%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -217,2832025 | -15,2582025 |
| GDP per capita | $10,7132025 | $1,2242025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #7 | #6 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 2.59% | 2.89% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Brazil: 2.9× from 1960 to 2025; Nigeria: 5.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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