Nigeria vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 30th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 54/197 ($252B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 174/197 ($1,084), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Nigeria and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1960	$4,196,174,502	$1,053,528,036
1961	$4,467,287,893	$1,097,206,526
1962	$4,909,399,176	$1,118,172,226
1963	$5,165,590,254	$1,160,103,724
1964	$5,552,931,319	$1,217,759,447
1965	$5,874,537,650	$1,312,105,394
1966	$6,366,917,453	$1,282,403,936
1967	$5,203,237,919	$1,397,715,282
1968	$5,200,997,920	$1,480,355,355
1969	$6,634,317,346	$1,748,891,294
1970	$12,546,094,982	$1,885,168,339
1971	$9,181,769,912	$2,179,828,710
1972	$12,274,416,018	$2,679,096,597
1973	$15,162,871,287	$3,311,043,292
1974	$24,846,641,318	$3,984,194,614
1975	$27,778,934,625	$4,373,532,601
1976	$36,308,883,249	$4,320,576,877
1977	$36,035,407,725	$4,366,610,469
1978	$36,527,862,209	$4,353,822,343
1979	$47,259,911,894	$5,180,102,910
1980	$64,201,788,123	$6,682,278,300
1981	$164,475,209,516	$8,015,464,252
1982	$142,769,363,314	$8,544,060,905
1983	$97,094,911,792	$7,768,031,182
1984	$73,484,359,521	$6,355,369,172
1985	$73,745,821,158	$5,640,137,575
1986	$54,805,852,581	$6,220,698,247
1987	$52,676,041,931	$6,744,657,033
1988	$49,648,470,440	$7,818,774,177
1989	$44,003,061,108	$8,290,553,535
1990	$54,035,795,388	$8,788,301,546
1991	$59,526,833,412	$8,646,000,000
1992	$52,058,181,854	$6,755,000,000
1993	$56,721,051,402	$6,567,250,000
1994	$80,399,613,064	$6,894,250,000
1995	$140,919,776,986	$7,115,000,000
1996	$185,730,236,700	$8,557,500,000
1997	$200,850,397,618	$8,534,000,000
1998	$218,416,200,673	$6,405,250,000
1999	$59,145,077,039	$6,861,500,000
2000	$69,171,451,627	$6,693,250,000
2001	$73,557,840,064	$6,780,750,000
2002	$95,054,059,303	$6,345,250,000
2003	$104,738,954,264	$5,730,500,000
2004	$135,764,731,646	$5,808,500,000
2005	$175,670,569,969	$5,758,250,000
2006	$238,454,997,161	$5,446,750,000
2007	$278,260,846,800	$5,294,750,000
2008	$339,476,276,258	$4,418,000,000
2009	$295,008,835,381	$9,670,750,000
2010	$366,990,417,129	$12,047,750,000
2011	$414,466,676,831	$14,109,000,000
2012	$463,971,018,239	$17,123,500,000
2013	$520,117,180,314	$19,100,750,000
2014	$574,183,763,412	$19,505,500,000
2015	$493,026,682,801	$19,973,250,000
2016	$404,649,125,252	$20,559,250,000
2017	$375,745,731,053	$51,035,657,371
2018	$421,739,251,509	$34,141,666,667
2019	$668,219,992,691	$33,357,695,635
2020	$598,586,817,819	$31,980,334,561
2021	$609,147,716,973	$41,287,673,690
2022	$646,950,257,578	$40,757,561,709
2023	$487,387,801,881	$35,871,779,681
2024	$252,261,880,141	$41,539,411,516

Nigeria and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1960	$93.1	$276.6
1961	$97.1	$279.2
1962	$104.5	$275.7
1963	$107.7	$277.1
1964	$113.3	$281.9
1965	$117.3	$294.3
1966	$124.4	$278.7
1967	$99.5	$294.4
1968	$97.3	$302
1969	$121.4	$346
1970	$224.5	$361
1971	$160.5	$406
1972	$209.5	$483
1973	$252.4	$579
1974	$403	$674
1975	$438	$717
1976	$556	$687
1977	$536	$677
1978	$527	$665
1979	$661	$779
1980	$870	$949
1981	$2,162	$1,069
1982	$1,822	$1,096
1983	$1,207	$959
1984	$890	$757
1985	$869	$649
1986	$628	$693
1987	$588	$726
1988	$540	$816
1989	$465	$840
1990	$556	$867
1991	$597	$831
1992	$509	$631
1993	$540	$605
1994	$745	$634
1995	$1,272	$648
1996	$1,633	$767
1997	$1,720	$751
1998	$1,822	$552
1999	$481	$582
2000	$547	$563
2001	$566	$566
2002	$712	$525
2003	$763	$468
2004	$962	$470
2005	$1,211	$461
2006	$1,600	$431
2007	$1,816	$414
2008	$2,154	$341
2009	$1,820	$736
2010	$2,202	$902
2011	$2,418	$1,038
2012	$2,633	$1,239
2013	$2,873	$1,363
2014	$3,089	$1,373
2015	$2,586	$1,387
2016	$2,070	$1,408
2017	$1,876	$3,445
2018	$2,058	$2,271
2019	$3,190	$2,184
2020	$2,797	$2,060
2021	$2,787	$2,614
2022	$2,899	$2,536
2023	$2,139	$2,195
2024	$1,084	$2,497

Nigeria vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1950	35.5	49.4
1951	35.7	49.8
1952	35.9	50.2
1953	36	50.6
1954	36.2	51
1955	36.3	51.4
1956	36.5	51.8
1957	36.6	52.2
1958	36.8	52.6
1959	37	53
1960	37.2	53.5
1961	37.4	54
1962	37.6	54.5
1963	37.8	54.9
1964	38	55.4
1965	38.2	55.9
1966	38.4	56.4
1967	37.5	56.8
1968	38.6	57.1
1969	38.9	57.5
1970	40	57.8
1971	40.6	58
1972	41.3	58.2
1973	41.8	58.1
1974	42.5	58.2
1975	43.1	58.2
1976	44.2	57.6
1977	44.8	57
1978	45.3	54.7
1979	45.7	54.9
1980	46	59.1
1981	46.3	59.4
1982	46.4	59.9
1983	46.4	60
1984	46.3	60.6
1985	46.2	60.9
1986	46	61
1987	45.9	60.7
1988	45.8	60.2
1989	45.8	59.4
1990	45.7	58.3
1991	45.5	57
1992	45.6	55.6
1993	45.8	54
1994	45.7	52.5
1995	45.9	51.1
1996	45.8	49
1997	46	48.5
1998	46.1	47.6
1999	46.6	46.4
2000	47.1	46
2001	47.5	44.5
2002	48	45.9
2003	48.6	45.4
2004	49.1	46
2005	49.5	46.6
2006	49.9	47.1
2007	50.4	47.6
2008	50.7	48.5
2009	51.1	49.7
2010	51.3	51.9
2011	51.5	53.9
2012	51.7	55.4
2013	51.8	56.8
2014	51.9	58.1
2015	51.9	59
2016	52.2	59.8
2017	52.4	60.3
2018	52.7	60.9
2019	53	61.1
2020	53.1	61.5
2021	53.5	60.1
2022	54.1	62.4
2023	54.5	62.8
2024	54.6	63.1
2025	54.8	63.3
2026	55	63.6

Nigeria and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1960	45,053,782	3,809,389
1961	45,989,310	3,930,401
1962	46,965,292	4,055,959
1963	47,973,575	4,185,877
1964	49,012,016	4,320,006
1965	50,086,764	4,458,462
1966	51,188,234	4,601,217
1967	52,293,065	4,748,307
1968	53,432,783	4,900,440
1969	54,631,914	5,058,181
1970	55,893,838	5,215,918
1971	57,214,684	5,374,712
1972	58,601,748	5,542,445
1973	60,082,139	5,720,404
1974	61,679,144	5,908,328
1975	63,410,815	6,098,658
1976	65,258,009	6,287,105
1977	67,234,590	6,449,512
1978	69,326,532	6,543,575
1979	71,498,242	6,647,556
1980	73,764,641	7,041,303
1981	76,068,103	7,498,635
1982	78,378,701	7,796,496
1983	80,438,260	8,098,404
1984	82,526,443	8,391,488
1985	84,897,973	8,686,813
1986	87,235,953	8,982,578
1987	89,591,716	9,284,644
1988	92,020,090	9,583,094
1989	94,531,014	9,864,798
1990	97,120,925	10,137,281
1991	99,720,162	10,404,816
1992	102,372,770	10,702,700
1993	105,122,069	10,860,288
1994	107,935,714	10,873,148
1995	110,819,428	10,974,599
1996	113,754,779	11,158,360
1997	116,754,792	11,369,827
1998	119,846,254	11,594,297
1999	123,047,320	11,783,458
2000	126,382,494	11,892,055
2001	129,862,595	11,971,901
2002	133,471,989	12,087,653
2003	137,202,644	12,232,323
2004	141,057,045	12,365,896
2005	145,017,253	12,483,432
2006	149,077,334	12,636,445
2007	153,267,261	12,804,058
2008	157,595,014	12,959,149
2009	162,049,464	13,142,790
2010	166,642,886	13,356,548
2011	171,379,598	13,595,424
2012	176,200,625	13,817,887
2013	181,049,443	14,013,808
2014	185,896,915	14,207,359
2015	190,671,878	14,399,013
2016	195,443,700	14,600,294
2017	200,254,579	14,812,482
2018	204,938,755	15,034,452
2019	209,485,641	15,271,368
2020	213,996,181	15,526,888
2021	218,529,286	15,797,210
2022	223,150,896	16,069,056
2023	227,882,945	16,340,822
2024	232,679,478	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1960	6.36	7.2
1961	6.35	7.21
1962	6.36	7.23
1963	6.35	7.23
1964	6.36	7.23
1965	6.37	7.23
1966	6.39	7.2
1967	6.4	7.16
1968	6.42	7.11
1969	6.44	7.04
1970	6.47	6.98
1971	6.53	6.94
1972	6.58	6.94
1973	6.63	6.94
1974	6.7	6.88
1975	6.77	6.83
1976	6.81	6.77
1977	6.86	6.71
1978	6.92	6.66
1979	6.89	6.59
1980	6.85	6.52
1981	6.82	6.45
1982	6.8	6.33
1983	6.78	6.2
1984	6.7	6.04
1985	6.62	5.87
1986	6.56	5.69
1987	6.5	5.5
1988	6.5	5.28
1989	6.49	5.07
1990	6.46	4.88
1991	6.43	4.72
1992	6.39	4.57
1993	6.35	4.39
1994	6.32	4.28
1995	6.27	4.15
1996	6.22	4.11
1997	6.14	4.08
1998	6.07	4.07
1999	6.08	4.06
2000	6.12	4.01
2001	6.13	3.98
2002	6.12	3.93
2003	6.1	3.86
2004	6.09	3.78
2005	6.06	3.69
2006	6.05	3.64
2007	6.03	3.68
2008	6.02	3.78
2009	5.99	3.95
2010	5.95	4.04
2011	5.89	4.13
2012	5.8	4.13
2013	5.69	4.11
2014	5.62	4.01
2015	5.5	3.91
2016	5.34	3.83
2017	5.18	3.77
2018	5.02	3.74
2019	4.86	3.75
2020	4.7	3.75
2021	4.64	3.77
2022	4.55	3.77
2023	4.48	3.72

Nigeria and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1960	19.3	16.4
1961	19.3	16.2
1962	19.3	16
1963	19.3	15.8
1964	19.3	15.7
1965	19.3	15.7
1966	19.3	15.7
1967	19.2	15.7
1968	19.2	15.7
1969	19.1	15.7
1970	18.9	15.7
1971	18.8	15.8
1972	18.7	15.8
1973	18.6	15.8
1974	18.5	15.9
1975	18.4	15.9
1976	18.3	15.8
1977	18.2	15.8
1978	18	15.7
1979	17.9	15.6
1980	17.8	15.6
1981	17.7	15.7
1982	17.6	15.8
1983	17.5	15.8
1984	17.4	15.8
1985	17.3	15.9
1986	17.3	15.9
1987	17.3	15.9
1988	17.3	15.9
1989	17.3	16.1
1990	17.3	16.3
1991	17.3	16.5
1992	17.4	16.4
1993	17.4	16.3
1994	17.5	16.4
1995	17.6	16.6
1996	17.6	16.9
1997	17.7	17.2
1998	17.8	17.5
1999	17.9	17.7
2000	17.9	17.8
2001	17.9	18
2002	17.9	18.1
2003	17.9	18.2
2004	17.9	18.3
2005	17.9	18.3
2006	17.9	18.5
2007	17.9	18.5
2008	17.8	18.5
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.8	18.3
2011	17.7	18.2
2012	17.7	18.1
2013	17.7	18
2014	17.7	18
2015	17.8	18
2016	17.8	18
2017	17.9	18.1
2018	18	18.2
2019	18.2	18.3
2020	18.3	18.5
2021	18.5	18.6
2022	18.7	18.7
2023	18.8	18.9
2024	19	19

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