Research Article
Nigeria and Italy Divergences in Coronavirus Experience: Impact of Population Density
Table 2
Selected demographics, health indicators, and COVID-19 incidences for Nigeria and Italy.
| | | Italy | Nigeria |
| | Demographics | | | | Population | 60,550,075 | 200,963,599 | | Land area (km2) | 294,140 | 910,768 | | Population density (per km2) | 206 | 221 | | Density (per mile2) | 533 | 572 | | Selected health indicators | | | | Number of state/province | 110 | 36 | | Hospital beds/10000 population | 3.18 | 5.0 | | No. of physicians/1000 persons | 4.2 | 0.4 | | Population growth rate | 0.23 | 2.6 | | COVID-19 | | | | Incidences | 197,675 | 1,273 | | Deaths | 26,644 | 40 | | Recovery | 64,928 | 239 |
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Sources: computed for this study from reviewed reports.
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