El Salvador vs Nigeria: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita

El Salvador
0.1779 units per person
in 2025
Nigeria
0.1758 units per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
77th
Nigeria rank
78th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.1779 units per person against 0.1758 units per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0021 units per person.

Across all 66 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 77th and Nigeria ranks 78th of 121 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1221 units per person 0.0581 units per person 0.064 units per person El Salvador
1970s 0.1441 units per person 0.0811 units per person 0.063 units per person El Salvador
1980s 0.1669 units per person 0.1101 units per person 0.0568 units per person El Salvador
1990s 0.1817 units per person 0.1311 units per person 0.0507 units per person El Salvador
2000s 0.1788 units per person 0.1432 units per person 0.0356 units per person El Salvador
2010s 0.1781 units per person 0.1532 units per person 0.025 units per person El Salvador
2020s 0.1772 units per person 0.1687 units per person 0.0085 units per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita, El Salvador or Nigeria?
El Salvador, at 0.1779 units per person against 0.1758 units per person in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita between El Salvador and Nigeria?
0.0021 units per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nigeria?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Nigeria rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 77th and Nigeria ranks 78th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
121 places, 7,986 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.