Iran vs Nigeria statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 17th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Iran and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Iran and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Iran

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Nigeria
1960	$4,199,134,390	$4,196,174,502
1961	$4,426,949,095	$4,467,287,893
1962	$4,693,566,416	$4,909,399,176
1963	$4,928,628,018	$5,165,590,254
1964	$5,379,845,648	$5,552,931,319
1965	$6,197,319,929	$5,874,537,650
1966	$6,789,938,672	$6,366,917,453
1967	$7,555,383,690	$5,203,237,919
1968	$8,623,172,960	$5,200,997,920
1969	$9,743,089,607	$6,634,317,346
1970	$10,976,245,154	$12,546,094,982
1971	$13,731,802,833	$9,181,769,912
1972	$17,153,463,263	$12,274,416,018
1973	$27,081,698,250	$15,162,871,287
1974	$46,209,092,072	$24,846,641,318
1975	$51,776,222,350	$27,778,934,625
1976	$68,055,295,081	$36,308,883,249
1977	$80,600,122,702	$36,035,407,725
1978	$77,994,316,621	$36,527,862,209
1979	$90,391,877,326	$47,259,911,894
1980	$94,362,275,580	$64,201,788,123
1981	$100,499,312,750	$164,475,209,516
1982	$125,948,756,439	$142,769,363,314
1983	$156,365,156,618	$97,094,911,792
1984	$162,276,728,620	$73,484,359,521
1985	$180,183,629,600	$73,745,821,158
1986	$209,094,561,833	$54,805,852,581
1987	$134,009,995,923	$52,676,041,931
1988	$123,057,861,334	$49,648,470,440
1989	$120,496,362,916	$44,003,061,108
1990	$124,813,263,926	$54,035,795,388
1991	$131,637,664,958	$59,526,833,412
1992	$119,768,691,217	$52,058,181,854
1993	$63,743,623,231	$56,721,051,402
1994	$71,841,461,172	$80,399,613,064
1995	$96,419,225,745	$140,919,776,986
1996	$120,403,931,883	$185,730,236,700
1997	$113,919,163,421	$200,850,397,618
1998	$110,276,913,362	$218,416,200,673
1999	$113,848,450,089	$59,145,077,039
2000	$109,591,707,801	$69,171,451,627
2001	$126,878,750,296	$73,557,840,064
2002	$128,626,917,504	$95,054,059,303
2003	$151,911,222,120	$104,738,954,264
2004	$187,754,571,247	$135,764,731,646
2005	$224,970,371,329	$175,670,569,969
2006	$265,602,187,406	$238,454,997,161
2007	$349,736,591,836	$278,260,846,800
2008	$406,070,949,551	$339,476,276,258
2009	$414,059,094,950	$295,008,835,381
2010	$487,069,570,461	$366,990,417,129
2011	$629,082,257,472	$414,466,676,831
2012	$644,019,315,004	$463,971,018,239
2013	$500,399,839,840	$520,117,180,314
2014	$462,284,793,281	$574,183,763,412
2015	$409,191,686,497	$493,026,682,801
2016	$459,042,684,193	$404,649,125,252
2017	$489,168,731,811	$375,745,731,053
2018	$398,880,231,367	$421,739,251,509
2019	$333,519,146,339	$474,517,490,844
2020	$262,186,179,356	$432,198,898,468
2021	$383,436,202,447	$440,833,635,874
2022	$394,362,621,793	$477,403,400,101
2023	$404,625,655,076	$363,846,332,835
2024	$436,906,331,672	$187,759,703,100

Iran and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Nigeria
1960	$195.6	$93.1
1961	$200.1	$97.1
1962	$205.8	$104.5
1963	$209.6	$107.7
1964	$221.7	$113.3
1965	$247.5	$117.3
1966	$262.9	$124.4
1967	$283.7	$99.5
1968	$314	$97.3
1969	$345	$121.4
1970	$377	$224.5
1971	$457	$160.5
1972	$555	$209.5
1973	$851	$252.4
1974	$1,409	$403
1975	$1,532	$438
1976	$1,954	$556
1977	$2,243	$536
1978	$2,101	$527
1979	$2,352	$661
1980	$2,368	$870
1981	$2,393	$2,162
1982	$2,845	$1,822
1983	$3,397	$1,207
1984	$3,395	$890
1985	$3,634	$869
1986	$4,064	$628
1987	$2,513	$588
1988	$2,234	$540
1989	$2,125	$465
1990	$2,138	$556
1991	$2,194	$597
1992	$1,957	$509
1993	$1,038	$540
1994	$1,168	$745
1995	$1,550	$1,272
1996	$1,915	$1,633
1997	$1,790	$1,720
1998	$1,709	$1,822
1999	$1,740	$481
2000	$1,650	$547
2001	$1,881	$566
2002	$1,891	$712
2003	$2,209	$763
2004	$2,672	$962
2005	$3,132	$1,211
2006	$3,619	$1,600
2007	$4,688	$1,816
2008	$5,377	$2,154
2009	$5,416	$1,820
2010	$6,291	$2,202
2011	$8,026	$2,418
2012	$8,114	$2,633
2013	$6,223	$2,873
2014	$5,672	$3,089
2015	$4,953	$2,586
2016	$5,477	$2,070
2017	$5,753	$1,876
2018	$4,632	$2,058
2019	$3,831	$2,265
2020	$2,989	$2,020
2021	$4,335	$2,017
2022	$4,405	$2,139
2023	$4,466	$1,597
2024	$4,771	$807

Iran vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Nigeria
1950	38.2	35.5
1951	38.7	35.7
1952	39.2	35.9
1953	39.5	36
1954	40	36.2
1955	40.6	36.3
1956	41.1	36.5
1957	41.3	36.6
1958	42.2	36.8
1959	42.8	37
1960	43.3	37.2
1961	43.9	37.4
1962	43.8	37.6
1963	45.1	37.8
1964	45.7	38
1965	46.4	38.2
1966	47.1	38.4
1967	47.8	37.5
1968	47.9	38.6
1969	49.4	38.9
1970	50.2	40
1971	51.1	40.6
1972	51.7	41.3
1973	52.9	41.8
1974	53.9	42.5
1975	54.8	43.1
1976	55.8	44.2
1977	56.7	44.8
1978	56	45.3
1979	58.5	45.7
1980	58.4	46
1981	56.6	46.3
1982	57.6	46.4
1983	58.5	46.4
1984	60.9	46.3
1985	61.5	46.2
1986	62.1	46
1987	62.7	45.9
1988	63.3	45.8
1989	65.3	45.8
1990	64.1	45.7
1991	66.2	45.5
1992	66.7	45.6
1993	67	45.8
1994	67.5	45.7
1995	67.9	45.9
1996	68.3	45.8
1997	68.6	46
1998	69.2	46.1
1999	69.7	46.6
2000	70.2	47.1
2001	70.6	47.5
2002	71.1	48
2003	70.5	48.6
2004	72	49.1
2005	72.4	49.5
2006	72.9	49.9
2007	73.3	50.4
2008	73.7	50.7
2009	74	51.1
2010	74.4	51.3
2011	74.7	51.5
2012	75	51.7
2013	75.3	51.8
2014	75.6	51.9
2015	75.9	51.9
2016	76.2	52.2
2017	76.4	52.4
2018	76.6	52.7
2019	76.9	53
2020	74.1	53.1
2021	73.8	53.5
2022	76.8	54.1
2023	77.7	54.5
2024	77.9	54.6
2025	78.1	54.8

Iran and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Nigeria
1960	21,470,434	45,053,782
1961	22,125,726	45,989,310
1962	22,807,907	46,965,292
1963	23,519,005	47,973,575
1964	24,262,859	49,012,016
1965	25,036,978	50,086,764
1966	25,829,270	51,188,234
1967	26,628,432	52,293,065
1968	27,437,391	53,432,783
1969	28,273,482	54,631,914
1970	29,145,100	55,893,838
1971	30,029,071	57,214,684
1972	30,921,179	58,601,748
1973	31,839,838	60,082,139
1974	32,796,463	61,679,144
1975	33,802,973	63,410,815
1976	34,837,271	65,258,009
1977	35,933,181	67,234,590
1978	37,126,535	69,326,532
1979	38,424,952	71,498,242
1980	39,842,324	73,764,641
1981	41,989,312	76,068,103
1982	44,272,141	78,378,701
1983	46,029,535	80,438,260
1984	47,793,998	82,526,443
1985	49,582,289	84,897,973
1986	51,446,045	87,235,953
1987	53,323,493	89,591,716
1988	55,072,694	92,020,090
1989	56,704,914	94,531,014
1990	58,380,092	97,120,925
1991	59,986,931	99,720,162
1992	61,184,983	102,372,770
1993	61,403,543	105,122,069
1994	61,520,598	107,935,714
1995	62,205,567	110,819,428
1996	62,881,300	113,754,779
1997	63,639,638	116,754,792
1998	64,519,859	119,846,254
1999	65,445,391	123,047,320
2000	66,418,659	126,382,494
2001	67,452,005	129,862,595
2002	68,011,317	133,471,989
2003	68,769,340	137,202,644
2004	70,256,316	141,057,045
2005	71,828,455	145,017,253
2006	73,392,747	149,077,334
2007	74,602,648	153,267,261
2008	75,514,204	157,595,014
2009	76,457,825	162,049,464
2010	77,420,842	166,642,886
2011	78,383,598	171,379,598
2012	79,370,580	176,200,625
2013	80,414,686	181,049,443
2014	81,502,045	185,896,915
2015	82,619,362	190,671,878
2016	83,812,228	195,443,700
2017	85,026,754	200,254,579
2018	86,117,998	204,938,755
2019	87,051,648	209,485,641
2020	87,723,443	213,996,181
2021	88,455,488	218,529,286
2022	89,524,246	223,150,896
2023	90,608,707	227,882,945
2024	91,567,738	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Iran and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Iran

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Nigeria
1960	7.52	6.36
1961	7.46	6.35
1962	7.4	6.36
1963	7.32	6.35
1964	7.24	6.36
1965	7.22	6.37
1966	7.21	6.39
1967	7.19	6.4
1968	7.12	6.42
1969	7.01	6.44
1970	6.8	6.47
1971	6.55	6.53
1972	6.26	6.58
1973	6.06	6.63
1974	5.97	6.7
1975	5.95	6.77
1976	6.07	6.81
1977	6.18	6.86
1978	6.34	6.92
1979	6.55	6.89
1980	6.63	6.85
1981	6.62	6.82
1982	6.59	6.8
1983	6.53	6.78
1984	6.43	6.7
1985	6.24	6.62
1986	6.01	6.56
1987	5.72	6.5
1988	5.43	6.5
1989	5.17	6.49
1990	4.93	6.46
1991	4.57	6.43
1992	4.1	6.39
1993	3.67	6.35
1994	3.24	6.32
1995	2.85	6.27
1996	2.54	6.22
1997	2.32	6.14
1998	2.19	6.07
1999	2.09	6.08
2000	2	6.12
2001	1.92	6.13
2002	1.84	6.12
2003	1.8	6.1
2004	1.78	6.09
2005	1.76	6.06
2006	1.76	6.05
2007	1.75	6.03
2008	1.74	6.02
2009	1.74	5.99
2010	1.75	5.95
2011	1.79	5.89
2012	1.85	5.8
2013	1.91	5.69
2014	1.98	5.62
2015	2.02	5.5
2016	2.05	5.34
2017	2.02	5.18
2018	1.92	5.02
2019	1.77	4.86
2020	1.7	4.7
2021	1.71	4.64
2022	1.7	4.55
2023	1.7	4.48

Iran and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Nigeria
1960	19.1	19.3
1961	18.7	19.3
1962	18.4	19.3
1963	18.1	19.3
1964	17.9	19.3
1965	17.8	19.3
1966	17.7	19.3
1967	17.7	19.2
1968	17.6	19.2
1969	17.6	19.1
1970	17.6	18.9
1971	17.7	18.8
1972	17.8	18.7
1973	17.9	18.6
1974	18	18.5
1975	18.1	18.4
1976	18.2	18.3
1977	18.3	18.2
1978	18.3	18
1979	18.3	17.9
1980	18.2	17.8
1981	18.4	17.7
1982	18.6	17.6
1983	18.5	17.5
1984	18.4	17.4
1985	18.3	17.3
1986	18.2	17.3
1987	18.2	17.3
1988	18.2	17.3
1989	18.1	17.3
1990	18.2	17.3
1991	18.3	17.3
1992	18.4	17.4
1993	18.3	17.4
1994	18.4	17.5
1995	18.7	17.6
1996	19.1	17.6
1997	19.5	17.7
1998	20	17.8
1999	20.7	17.9
2000	21.4	17.9
2001	22	17.9
2002	22.6	17.9
2003	23.1	17.9
2004	23.7	17.9
2005	24.3	17.9
2006	24.8	17.9
2007	25.5	17.9
2008	26.1	17.8
2009	26.6	17.8
2010	27.2	17.8
2011	27.7	17.7
2012	28.2	17.7
2013	28.7	17.7
2014	29.2	17.7
2015	29.7	17.8
2016	30.2	17.8
2017	30.7	17.9
2018	31.2	18
2019	31.7	18.2
2020	32.3	18.3
2021	32.8	18.5
2022	33.3	18.7
2023	33.8	18.8
2024	34.3	19

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