Algeria vs Nigeria statistics compared

Algeria has a population of 46.8M (ranked 33/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Algeria's land area is 919,595 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 10th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Algeria ranks 52/197 ($264B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Algeria ranks 115/197 ($5,631), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Algeria and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Algeria and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Algeria

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Algeria	Nigeria
1960	$2,723,615,451	$4,196,174,502
1961	$2,434,747,056	$4,467,287,893
1962	$2,001,444,544	$4,909,399,176
1963	$2,702,982,018	$5,165,590,254
1964	$2,909,316,435	$5,552,931,319
1965	$3,136,284,307	$5,874,537,650
1966	$3,039,859,187	$6,366,917,453
1967	$3,370,870,376	$5,203,237,919
1968	$3,852,147,027	$5,200,997,920
1969	$4,257,253,264	$6,634,317,346
1970	$4,863,526,897	$12,546,094,982
1971	$5,077,183,094	$9,181,769,912
1972	$6,766,743,957	$12,274,416,018
1973	$8,707,858,912	$15,162,871,287
1974	$13,209,871,626	$24,846,641,318
1975	$15,557,902,754	$27,778,934,625
1976	$17,728,240,932	$36,308,883,249
1977	$20,972,113,685	$36,035,407,725
1978	$26,364,491,313	$36,527,862,209
1979	$33,243,706,860	$47,259,911,894
1980	$42,345,829,079	$64,201,788,123
1981	$44,348,590,461	$164,475,209,516
1982	$45,207,167,470	$142,769,363,314
1983	$48,801,369,800	$97,094,911,792
1984	$53,698,548,293	$73,484,359,521
1985	$57,937,868,670	$73,745,821,158
1986	$63,692,007,897	$54,805,852,581
1987	$66,745,818,375	$52,676,041,931
1988	$59,089,396,860	$49,648,470,440
1989	$55,634,721,573	$44,003,061,108
1990	$62,048,507,531	$54,035,795,388
1991	$45,715,676,428	$59,526,833,412
1992	$48,003,133,347	$52,058,181,854
1993	$49,945,584,453	$56,721,051,402
1994	$42,543,176,829	$80,399,613,064
1995	$41,764,291,672	$140,919,776,986
1996	$46,941,554,225	$185,730,236,700
1997	$48,177,612,042	$200,850,397,618
1998	$48,187,781,984	$218,416,200,673
1999	$48,640,671,735	$59,145,077,039
2000	$54,790,398,570	$69,171,451,627
2001	$59,413,400,924	$73,557,840,064
2002	$61,516,103,406	$95,054,059,303
2003	$73,482,264,191	$104,738,954,264
2004	$91,913,680,985	$135,764,731,646
2005	$107,046,618,670	$175,670,569,969
2006	$123,084,258,693	$238,454,997,161
2007	$142,482,739,810	$278,260,846,800
2008	$180,383,848,331	$339,476,276,258
2009	$150,317,292,079	$295,008,835,381
2010	$177,785,053,940	$366,990,417,129
2011	$218,331,946,925	$414,466,676,831
2012	$227,143,746,076	$463,971,018,239
2013	$229,701,430,292	$520,117,180,314
2014	$238,942,664,193	$574,183,763,412
2015	$187,493,855,609	$493,026,682,801
2016	$180,763,839,522	$404,649,125,252
2017	$189,880,896,903	$375,745,731,053
2018	$194,554,483,656	$421,739,251,509
2019	$193,459,662,091	$474,517,490,844
2020	$164,873,415,325	$432,198,898,468
2021	$186,231,205,262	$440,833,635,874
2022	$225,638,456,572	$477,403,400,101
2023	$247,626,161,016	$363,846,332,835
2024	$263,619,794,507	$187,759,703,100

Algeria and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Algeria

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Algeria	Nigeria
1960	$238.4	$93.1
1961	$209.4	$97.1
1962	$169.6	$104.5
1963	$225.6	$107.7
1964	$238.9	$113.3
1965	$253.6	$117.3
1966	$241.4	$124.4
1967	$261.8	$99.5
1968	$292.4	$97.3
1969	$316	$121.4
1970	$353	$224.5
1971	$360	$160.5
1972	$469	$209.5
1973	$590	$252.4
1974	$873	$403
1975	$992	$438
1976	$1,080	$556
1977	$1,232	$536
1978	$1,506	$527
1979	$1,843	$661
1980	$2,276	$870
1981	$2,307	$2,162
1982	$2,275	$1,822
1983	$2,374	$1,207
1984	$2,524	$890
1985	$2,633	$869
1986	$2,800	$628
1987	$2,847	$588
1988	$2,451	$540
1989	$2,247	$465
1990	$2,445	$556
1991	$1,759	$597
1992	$1,803	$509
1993	$1,831	$540
1994	$1,526	$745
1995	$1,467	$1,272
1996	$1,617	$1,633
1997	$1,629	$1,720
1998	$1,603	$1,822
1999	$1,596	$481
2000	$1,773	$547
2001	$1,896	$566
2002	$1,937	$712
2003	$2,284	$763
2004	$2,817	$962
2005	$3,233	$1,211
2006	$3,661	$1,600
2007	$4,167	$1,816
2008	$5,181	$2,154
2009	$4,235	$1,820
2010	$4,913	$2,202
2011	$5,916	$2,418
2012	$6,034	$2,633
2013	$5,980	$2,873
2014	$6,095	$3,089
2015	$4,685	$2,586
2016	$4,425	$2,070
2017	$4,555	$1,876
2018	$4,577	$2,058
2019	$4,468	$2,265
2020	$3,744	$2,020
2021	$4,161	$2,017
2022	$4,962	$2,139
2023	$5,364	$1,597
2024	$5,631	$807

Algeria vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Algeria

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Algeria	Nigeria
1950	42.7	35.5
1951	43.3	35.7
1952	43.5	35.9
1953	43.6	36
1954	40.6	36.2
1955	40.9	36.3
1956	40.9	36.5
1957	40.9	36.6
1958	40.9	36.8
1959	40.9	37
1960	40.8	37.2
1961	40.8	37.4
1962	39.5	37.6
1963	43.1	37.8
1964	43	38
1965	42.8	38.2
1966	42.7	38.4
1967	42.7	37.5
1968	42.8	38.6
1969	43	38.9
1970	43.3	40
1971	43.8	40.6
1972	44.4	41.3
1973	45.1	41.8
1974	46	42.5
1975	46.9	43.1
1976	48	44.2
1977	49.2	44.8
1978	50.6	45.3
1979	52.4	45.7
1980	54.5	46
1981	57.4	46.3
1982	59.6	46.4
1983	61.3	46.4
1984	62.7	46.3
1985	64.2	46.2
1986	65.3	46
1987	66.1	45.9
1988	66.9	45.8
1989	67.5	45.8
1990	67.7	45.7
1991	67.7	45.5
1992	67.7	45.6
1993	67.8	45.8
1994	67.3	45.7
1995	67.7	45.9
1996	68.2	45.8
1997	68.9	46
1998	69.3	46.1
1999	70.1	46.6
2000	70.6	47.1
2001	71	47.5
2002	71.6	48
2003	71.9	48.6
2004	72.5	49.1
2005	72.8	49.5
2006	73.1	49.9
2007	73.3	50.4
2008	73.6	50.7
2009	73.9	51.1
2010	74.1	51.3
2011	74.4	51.5
2012	74.6	51.7
2013	74.8	51.8
2014	75	51.9
2015	75.2	51.9
2016	75.3	52.2
2017	75.4	52.4
2018	75.6	52.7
2019	75.7	53
2020	73.3	53.1
2021	75.2	53.5
2022	76.1	54.1
2023	76.3	54.5
2024	76.5	54.6
2025	76.7	54.8

Algeria and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Algeria

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Algeria	Nigeria
1960	11,424,922	45,053,782
1961	11,628,883	45,989,310
1962	11,800,771	46,965,292
1963	11,982,118	47,973,575
1964	12,179,813	49,012,016
1965	12,365,976	50,086,764
1966	12,590,069	51,188,234
1967	12,876,118	52,293,065
1968	13,172,614	53,432,783
1969	13,475,960	54,631,914
1970	13,783,719	55,893,838
1971	14,098,936	57,214,684
1972	14,427,072	58,601,748
1973	14,771,147	60,082,139
1974	15,133,502	61,679,144
1975	15,678,596	63,410,815
1976	16,409,170	65,258,009
1977	17,015,994	67,234,590
1978	17,506,974	69,326,532
1979	18,036,655	71,498,242
1980	18,607,174	73,764,641
1981	19,220,704	76,068,103
1982	19,872,348	78,378,701
1983	20,558,115	80,438,260
1984	21,271,969	82,526,443
1985	22,008,544	84,897,973
1986	22,745,499	87,235,953
1987	23,443,624	89,591,716
1988	24,109,536	92,020,090
1989	24,754,485	94,531,014
1990	25,375,810	97,120,925
1991	25,987,928	99,720,162
1992	26,628,568	102,372,770
1993	27,277,048	105,122,069
1994	27,887,279	107,935,714
1995	28,470,191	110,819,428
1996	29,033,044	113,754,779
1997	29,579,301	116,754,792
1998	30,054,133	119,846,254
1999	30,474,354	123,047,320
2000	30,903,893	126,382,494
2001	31,331,221	129,862,595
2002	31,750,835	133,471,989
2003	32,175,818	137,202,644
2004	32,628,286	141,057,045
2005	33,109,249	145,017,253
2006	33,623,506	149,077,334
2007	34,189,416	153,267,261
2008	34,816,961	157,595,014
2009	35,490,445	162,049,464
2010	36,188,236	166,642,886
2011	36,903,376	171,379,598
2012	37,646,166	176,200,625
2013	38,414,171	181,049,443
2014	39,205,031	185,896,915
2015	40,019,529	190,671,878
2016	40,850,721	195,443,700
2017	41,689,299	200,254,579
2018	42,505,035	204,938,755
2019	43,294,546	209,485,641
2020	44,042,091	213,996,181
2021	44,761,099	218,529,286
2022	45,477,389	223,150,896
2023	46,164,219	227,882,945
2024	46,814,308	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Algeria and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Algeria

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Nigeria
1960	7.5	6.36
1961	7.56	6.35
1962	7.61	6.36
1963	7.65	6.35
1964	7.67	6.36
1965	7.71	6.37
1966	7.71	6.39
1967	7.71	6.4
1968	7.71	6.42
1969	7.71	6.44
1970	7.7	6.47
1971	7.67	6.53
1972	7.63	6.58
1973	7.59	6.63
1974	7.55	6.7
1975	7.49	6.77
1976	7.41	6.81
1977	7.31	6.86
1978	7.21	6.92
1979	7.12	6.89
1980	6.99	6.85
1981	6.85	6.82
1982	6.68	6.8
1983	6.5	6.78
1984	6.28	6.7
1985	6.04	6.62
1986	5.65	6.56
1987	5.3	6.5
1988	5.02	6.5
1989	4.76	6.49
1990	4.51	6.46
1991	4.37	6.43
1992	4.27	6.39
1993	4.08	6.35
1994	3.91	6.32
1995	3.49	6.27
1996	3.14	6.22
1997	2.89	6.14
1998	2.69	6.07
1999	2.62	6.08
2000	2.59	6.12
2001	2.52	6.13
2002	2.43	6.12
2003	2.45	6.1
2004	2.5	6.09
2005	2.56	6.06
2006	2.63	6.05
2007	2.7	6.03
2008	2.79	6.02
2009	2.83	5.99
2010	2.88	5.95
2011	2.9	5.89
2012	3	5.8
2013	3	5.69
2014	3.08	5.62
2015	3.09	5.5
2016	3.09	5.34
2017	3.09	5.18
2018	3.02	5.02
2019	3	4.86
2020	2.94	4.7
2021	2.87	4.64
2022	2.82	4.55
2023	2.77	4.48

Algeria and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Algeria

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Algeria	Nigeria
1960	17.4	19.3
1961	17.2	19.3
1962	17	19.3
1963	16.9	19.3
1964	16.7	19.3
1965	16.6	19.3
1966	16.5	19.3
1967	16.4	19.2
1968	16.4	19.2
1969	16.4	19.1
1970	16.4	18.9
1971	16.4	18.8
1972	16.4	18.7
1973	16.5	18.6
1974	16.5	18.5
1975	16.5	18.4
1976	16.3	18.3
1977	16.3	18.2
1978	16.4	18
1979	16.5	17.9
1980	16.6	17.8
1981	16.7	17.7
1982	16.9	17.6
1983	17	17.5
1984	17.2	17.4
1985	17.4	17.3
1986	17.6	17.3
1987	17.8	17.3
1988	18.1	17.3
1989	18.3	17.3
1990	18.6	17.3
1991	18.8	17.3
1992	19	17.4
1993	19.3	17.4
1994	19.5	17.5
1995	19.8	17.6
1996	20.1	17.6
1997	20.4	17.7
1998	20.9	17.8
1999	21.4	17.9
2000	21.9	17.9
2001	22.4	17.9
2002	22.9	17.9
2003	23.3	17.9
2004	23.8	17.9
2005	24.2	17.9
2006	24.6	17.9
2007	25	17.9
2008	25.4	17.8
2009	25.8	17.8
2010	26.2	17.8
2011	26.5	17.7
2012	26.8	17.7
2013	27.1	17.7
2014	27.3	17.7
2015	27.6	17.8
2016	27.8	17.8
2017	28	17.9
2018	28.2	18
2019	28.4	18.2
2020	28.6	18.3
2021	28.7	18.5
2022	28.9	18.7
2023	29.1	18.8
2024	29.3	19

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