Nigeria: Land area in sq. km: The latest value from 2023 is 910770 sq. km, unchanged from 910770 sq. km in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 656095 sq. km, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from 1961 to 2023 is 910770 sq. km. The minimum value, 910770 sq. km, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 910770 sq. km was recorded in 1961.

Nigeria NG: Urban Land Area data was reported at 17,196.234 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 17,196.234 sq km for 2000. Nigeria NG: Urban Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 17,196.234 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17,196.234 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 17,196.234 sq km in 2010. Nigeria NG: Urban Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Actual value and historical data chart for Nigeria Land Area Sq Km

Nigeria NG: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 369.110 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 369.110 sq km for 2000. Nigeria NG: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 369.110 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 369.110 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 369.110 sq km in 2010. Nigeria NG: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the total urban land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Actual value and historical data chart for Nigeria Surface Area Sq Km

Nigeria NG: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data was reported at 3,655.987 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3,655.987 sq km for 2000. Nigeria NG: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data is updated yearly, averaging 3,655.987 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,655.987 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 3,655.987 sq km in 2010. Nigeria NG: Rural Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Time series data for the statistic Urban land area (sq. km) and country Nigeria. Indicator Definition:Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Nigeria Land Use: Land Area data was reported at 910,770.000 sq km in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 910,770.000 sq km for 2021. Nigeria Land Use: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 910,770.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2022, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 910,770.000 sq km in 2022 and a record low of 910,770.000 sq km in 2022. Nigeria Land Use: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Nigeria NG: Rural Land Area data was reported at 880,103.313 sq km in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 880,103.313 sq km for 2000. Nigeria NG: Rural Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 880,103.313 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 880,103.313 sq km in 2010 and a record low of 880,103.313 sq km in 2010. Nigeria NG: Rural Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Sum;

Nigeria NG: Land Area data was reported at 910,770.000 sq km in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 910,770.000 sq km for 2016. Nigeria NG: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 910,770.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 910,770.000 sq km in 2017 and a record low of 910,770.000 sq km in 2017. Nigeria NG: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. 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.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;

Algeria is the biggest country in Africa, with an area exceeding 2.38 million square kilometers as of 2020. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan follow with a total area of around 2.34 million and 1.88 million square kilometers, respectively. On the other hand, Seychelles is the smallest country on the continent, with an area of only 460 square kilometers. Overall, Africa’s total area exceeds 30 million square kilometers, being the second largest continent in the world after Asia. Nigeria and Ethiopia lead the ranking of the most populated countries in Africa.

How have the African countries been formed?

The political geography of Africa has been influenced by its colonial history. Between the 19th and 20th Century, the European colonizers have divided up Africa. The partition of the territories was merely driven by strategic purposes: Borders between countries were artificially created in the absence of a geographic border. Following the decolonization, most countries gained their independence in the second half of the 1900s. The newest country in Africa is South Sudan, which became independent in 2011.

Africa's physical geography

Geographically, the African continent is mostly constituted by plains and tablelands. Inner plateaus are prevalent in the sub-Saharan region. In the center-north, the arid Sahara Desert extends for around nine million square kilometers, being the largest subtropical desert in the world. The continent also has some of the biggest water basins worldwide, namely the Nile, Congo, and Niger rivers. East Africa has, instead, the highest summit on the continent, the Kilimanjaro. Peaking at 5,895 meters, the mountain dominates Tanzania’s landscape and attracts thousands of climbers each year.

Nigeria Land Use: Land Area: Arable Land and Permanent Crops data was reported at 434,720.000 sq km in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 434,720.000 sq km for 2020. Nigeria Land Use: Land Area: Arable Land and Permanent Crops data is updated yearly, averaging 333,000.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 434,720.000 sq km in 2021 and a record low of 271,760.000 sq km in 1961. Nigeria Land Use: Land Area: Arable Land and Permanent Crops data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Number of tractors of Nigeria rose by 2.78% from 7 units per 100 sq. km in 2006 to 7 units per 100 sq. km in 2007. Since the 2.78% decline in 2005, number of tractors went up by 4.91% in 2007. Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Nigéria: Land area in sq. km: Pour cet indicateur, Food and Agriculture Organization fournit des données pour la Nigéria de 1961 à 2023. La valeur moyenne pour Nigéria pendant cette période était de 910770 sq. km avec un minimum de 910770 sq. km en 1961 et un maximum de 910770 sq. km en 1961.

Nigeria Land Use: Land Area: Permanent Meadows and Pastures data was reported at 251,720.000 sq km in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 251,720.000 sq km for 2021. Nigeria Land Use: Land Area: Permanent Meadows and Pastures data is updated yearly, averaging 261,155.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2022, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 270,000.000 sq km in 1976 and a record low of 234,710.000 sq km in 2009. Nigeria Land Use: Land Area: Permanent Meadows and Pastures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Nigeria NG: Surface Area data was reported at 923,770.000 sq km in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 923,770.000 sq km for 2016. Nigeria NG: Surface Area data is updated yearly, averaging 923,770.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 923,770.000 sq km in 2017 and a record low of 923,770.000 sq km in 2017. Nigeria NG: Surface Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;

Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Area: Total data was reported at 997.900 sq km th in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 775.600 sq km th for 2015. Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Area: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 775.600 sq km th from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2020, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 997.900 sq km th in 2020 and a record low of 613.700 sq km th in 2000. Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Area: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Cover: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Areas data was reported at 0.170 sq km th in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.157 sq km th for 2018. Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Areas data is updated yearly, averaging 0.157 sq km th from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.231 sq km th in 1992 and a record low of 0.119 sq km th in 2004. Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Areas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Cover: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Area: Consolidated Bare Areas data was reported at 0.024 sq km th in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.024 sq km th for 2018. Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Area: Consolidated Bare Areas data is updated yearly, averaging 0.025 sq km th from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.026 sq km th in 2004 and a record low of 0.024 sq km th in 2019. Nigeria Land Cover: Bare Area: Consolidated Bare Areas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Cover: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Nigeria NG: Agricultural Land data was reported at 708,000.000 sq km in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 708,000.000 sq km for 2014. Nigeria NG: Agricultural Land data is updated yearly, averaging 611,820.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2015, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 737,000.000 sq km in 2007 and a record low of 472,190.000 sq km in 1981. Nigeria NG: Agricultural Land data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;