What is land area in Nigeria?

Land area in Nigeria was 910,770 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Nigeria?

The highest recorded value was 910,770 sq. km in 1961.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Nigeria?

The lowest recorded value was 910,770 sq. km in 1961.

How does Nigeria rank for land area?

Nigeria ranks 30th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Nigeria?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Nigeria data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Nigeria

Name: Land area in Nigeria
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Nigeria: Land area was 910,770 sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

910,770 sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

30th

of 216 countries

All-time high

910,770 sq. km

in 1961

All-time low

910,770 sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Nigeria, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

The most recent figure for land area in Nigeria is 910,770 sq. km, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Nigeria peaked at 910,770 sq. km in 1961 and was at its lowest, 910,770 sq. km, in 1961.

Nigeria ranks 30th of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	9
1970s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	10
1980s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	10
1990s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	10
2000s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	10
2010s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	10
2020s	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	910,770 sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Nigeria

27 Bolivia 1.08 million sq. km compare
28 Mauritania 1.03 million sq. km compare
29 Egypt 995,450 sq. km compare
31 Tanzania 885,800 sq. km compare
32 Venezuela 882,050 sq. km compare
33 Namibia 823,290 sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 263 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Rural population 36.2% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 18.28 million hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 1,558 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 28.47 million metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Nigeria?: Land area in Nigeria was 910,770 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Nigeria?: The highest recorded value was 910,770 sq. km in 1961.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Nigeria?: The lowest recorded value was 910,770 sq. km in 1961.
How does Nigeria rank for land area?: Nigeria ranks 30th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Nigeria?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.