11/06/2025
One ridiculous point some Nigerians raise any time they want to prove their supremacy over Ghana is that Ghana is the size of one state in Nigeria. And many people who don't bother to investigate things lap it up and repeat it every time.
At over 238,000 square kms, Ghana is larger than the whole of southern Nigeria (which is slightly over 200,000 sq km). That is, Ghana is larger than Southeast, Southwest and South-south combined.
Meanwhile, Singapore has about 700 sqkms (the size of Lekki peninsula in Lagos), but is one of the best countries of the world in all human development indices.
Ghana is many times larger than Qatar which has 11,627 sq km - that is the land mass of Rivers State, which ranks number 26 among Nigerian 36 states in terms of land mass. Meanwhile, Qatar hosted the World Cup last year, but Nigeria in spite of its large population and land mass is not mentioned among the countries that can host the World in the next 20 years.
At 34 million people, Ghana is almost the same population as Canada, which many Nigerians want to flee to.
Ghana has a larger population than each of Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Republic or Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Qatar, Singapore, Belgium, Greece, etc.
Many Nigerians also make this empty point to prove their supremacy when Nigerian states or zones are being discussed. Ironically, Lagos State is by far the smallest state in Nigeria in land mass but has the largest GDP and amenities in terms of Nigerian standards.
Land mass and population are good, but the power, level of development, and global influence of countries are not judged by land mass or population.
People should learn to stop raising these funny points in public discussion. It makes them look like people who don't think.