Australia vs Nigeria statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 6th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

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Australia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Australia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Nigeria
1960	$18,607,682,977	$4,196,174,502
1961	$19,684,003,149	$4,467,287,893
1962	$19,923,683,188	$4,909,399,176
1963	$21,540,963,447	$5,165,590,254
1964	$23,801,123,808	$5,552,931,319
1965	$25,977,284,156	$5,874,537,650
1966	$27,308,964,369	$6,366,917,453
1967	$30,442,724,871	$5,203,237,919
1968	$32,714,085,234	$5,200,997,920
1969	$36,684,485,870	$6,634,317,346
1970	$41,334,726,614	$12,546,094,982
1971	$45,217,767,235	$9,181,769,912
1972	$52,042,056,075	$12,274,416,018
1973	$63,833,440,102	$15,162,871,287
1974	$88,965,364,775	$24,846,641,318
1975	$97,304,383,449	$27,778,934,625
1976	$105,060,616,985	$36,308,883,249
1977	$110,352,144,987	$36,035,407,725
1978	$118,492,761,338	$36,527,862,209
1979	$134,900,602,067	$47,259,911,894
1980	$149,987,743,733	$64,201,788,123
1981	$176,895,390,688	$164,475,209,516
1982	$194,041,708,044	$142,769,363,314
1983	$177,267,290,706	$97,094,911,792
1984	$193,525,337,526	$73,484,359,521
1985	$180,643,265,927	$73,745,821,158
1986	$182,481,113,598	$54,805,852,581
1987	$189,495,764,955	$52,676,041,931
1988	$236,161,314,544	$49,648,470,440
1989	$299,875,906,679	$44,003,061,108
1990	$311,426,665,220	$54,035,795,388
1991	$325,975,319,456	$59,526,833,412
1992	$325,525,379,567	$52,058,181,854
1993	$312,133,923,553	$56,721,051,402
1994	$322,806,641,301	$80,399,613,064
1995	$368,166,023,166	$140,919,776,986
1996	$401,341,880,621	$185,730,236,700
1997	$435,642,611,297	$200,850,397,618
1998	$399,674,421,759	$218,416,200,673
1999	$389,652,212,057	$59,145,077,039
2000	$416,167,815,093	$69,171,451,627
2001	$379,629,301,675	$73,557,840,064
2002	$395,788,696,012	$95,054,059,303
2003	$467,739,079,790	$104,738,954,264
2004	$614,659,980,083	$135,764,731,646
2005	$695,692,898,677	$175,670,569,969
2006	$748,417,562,770	$238,454,997,161
2007	$855,007,458,585	$278,260,846,800
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$339,476,276,258
2009	$928,762,122,698	$295,008,835,381
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$366,990,417,129
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$414,466,676,831
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$463,971,018,239
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$520,117,180,314
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$574,183,763,412
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$493,026,682,801
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$404,649,125,252
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$375,745,731,053
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$421,739,251,509
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$474,517,490,844
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$432,198,898,468
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$440,833,635,874
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$477,403,400,101
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$363,846,332,835
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$187,759,703,100

Australia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Nigeria
1960	$1,811	$93.1
1961	$1,878	$97.1
1962	$1,855	$104.5
1963	$1,967	$107.7
1964	$2,131	$113.3
1965	$2,281	$117.3
1966	$2,344	$124.4
1967	$2,580	$99.5
1968	$2,724	$97.3
1969	$2,991	$121.4
1970	$3,305	$224.5
1971	$3,495	$160.5
1972	$3,949	$209.5
1973	$4,771	$252.4
1974	$6,483	$403
1975	$7,004	$438
1976	$7,487	$556
1977	$7,776	$536
1978	$8,253	$527
1979	$9,295	$661
1980	$10,209	$870
1981	$11,854	$2,162
1982	$12,779	$1,822
1983	$11,516	$1,207
1984	$12,422	$890
1985	$11,442	$869
1986	$11,392	$628
1987	$11,651	$588
1988	$14,285	$540
1989	$17,834	$465
1990	$18,249	$556
1991	$18,860	$597
1992	$18,624	$509
1993	$17,700	$540
1994	$18,130	$745
1995	$20,448	$1,272
1996	$22,022	$1,633
1997	$23,647	$1,720
1998	$21,479	$1,822
1999	$20,713	$481
2000	$21,870	$547
2001	$19,696	$566
2002	$20,302	$712
2003	$23,718	$763
2004	$30,837	$962
2005	$34,480	$1,211
2006	$36,596	$1,600
2007	$41,052	$1,816
2008	$49,701	$2,154
2009	$42,817	$1,820
2010	$52,145	$2,202
2011	$62,606	$2,418
2012	$68,073	$2,633
2013	$68,191	$2,873
2014	$62,544	$3,089
2015	$56,739	$2,586
2016	$49,888	$2,070
2017	$53,902	$1,876
2018	$57,196	$2,058
2019	$54,973	$2,265
2020	$51,792	$2,020
2021	$60,608	$2,017
2022	$64,997	$2,139
2023	$64,836	$1,597
2024	$64,407	$807

Australia vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	Nigeria
1950	69	35.5
1951	68.7	35.7
1952	69.1	35.9
1953	69.7	36
1954	69.9	36.2
1955	70.2	36.3
1956	70	36.5
1957	70.3	36.6
1958	70.9	36.8
1959	70.4	37
1960	70.9	37.2
1961	71.1	37.4
1962	70.9	37.6
1963	71	37.8
1964	70.6	38
1965	70.8	38.2
1966	70.7	38.4
1967	71	37.5
1968	70.7	38.6
1969	71.1	38.9
1970	70.7	40
1971	71.5	40.6
1972	71.8	41.3
1973	72.1	41.8
1974	71.8	42.5
1975	72.8	43.1
1976	72.8	44.2
1977	73.5	44.8
1978	73.7	45.3
1979	74.3	45.7
1980	74.6	46
1981	74.8	46.3
1982	74.7	46.4
1983	75.4	46.4
1984	75.5	46.3
1985	75.4	46.2
1986	76.1	46
1987	76.1	45.9
1988	76.3	45.8
1989	76.2	45.8
1990	77	45.7
1991	77.5	45.5
1992	77.5	45.6
1993	78	45.8
1994	77.9	45.7
1995	78.3	45.9
1996	78.3	45.8
1997	78.6	46
1998	79	46.1
1999	79.3	46.6
2000	79.6	47.1
2001	80	47.5
2002	80.1	48
2003	80.4	48.6
2004	80.7	49.1
2005	81.1	49.5
2006	81.3	49.9
2007	81.2	50.4
2008	81.4	50.7
2009	81.7	51.1
2010	82	51.3
2011	82.1	51.5
2012	82.3	51.7
2013	82.6	51.8
2014	82.5	51.9
2015	82.6	51.9
2016	82.8	52.2
2017	82.7	52.4
2018	83.3	52.7
2019	83.2	53
2020	83.7	53.1
2021	83.6	53.5
2022	82.8	54.1
2023	83.9	54.5
2024	84.1	54.6
2025	84.2	54.8

Australia and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	Nigeria
1960	10,276,477	45,053,782
1961	10,483,000	45,989,310
1962	10,742,000	46,965,292
1963	10,950,000	47,973,575
1964	11,167,000	49,012,016
1965	11,388,000	50,086,764
1966	11,651,000	51,188,234
1967	11,799,000	52,293,065
1968	12,009,000	53,432,783
1969	12,263,000	54,631,914
1970	12,507,000	55,893,838
1971	12,937,000	57,214,684
1972	13,177,000	58,601,748
1973	13,380,000	60,082,139
1974	13,723,000	61,679,144
1975	13,893,000	63,410,815
1976	14,033,000	65,258,009
1977	14,192,000	67,234,590
1978	14,358,000	69,326,532
1979	14,514,000	71,498,242
1980	14,692,000	73,764,641
1981	14,923,260	76,068,103
1982	15,184,247	78,378,701
1983	15,393,472	80,438,260
1984	15,579,391	82,526,443
1985	15,788,312	84,897,973
1986	16,018,350	87,235,953
1987	16,263,874	89,591,716
1988	16,532,164	92,020,090
1989	16,814,416	94,531,014
1990	17,065,128	97,120,925
1991	17,284,036	99,720,162
1992	17,478,635	102,372,770
1993	17,634,808	105,122,069
1994	17,805,468	107,935,714
1995	18,004,882	110,819,428
1996	18,224,767	113,754,779
1997	18,423,037	116,754,792
1998	18,607,584	119,846,254
1999	18,812,264	123,047,320
2000	19,028,802	126,382,494
2001	19,274,701	129,862,595
2002	19,495,210	133,471,989
2003	19,720,737	137,202,644
2004	19,932,722	141,057,045
2005	20,176,844	145,017,253
2006	20,450,966	149,077,334
2007	20,827,622	153,267,261
2008	21,249,199	157,595,014
2009	21,691,653	162,049,464
2010	22,031,750	166,642,886
2011	22,340,024	171,379,598
2012	22,733,465	176,200,625
2013	23,128,129	181,049,443
2014	23,475,686	185,896,915
2015	23,815,995	190,671,878
2016	24,190,907	195,443,700
2017	24,592,588	200,254,579
2018	24,963,258	204,938,755
2019	25,334,826	209,485,641
2020	25,649,248	213,996,181
2021	25,685,412	218,529,286
2022	26,014,399	223,150,896
2023	26,652,777	227,882,945
2024	27,204,809	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Australia and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Australia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Nigeria
1960	3.45	6.36
1961	3.54	6.35
1962	3.44	6.36
1963	3.33	6.35
1964	3.15	6.36
1965	2.98	6.37
1966	2.88	6.39
1967	2.85	6.4
1968	2.89	6.42
1969	2.89	6.44
1970	2.86	6.47
1971	2.96	6.53
1972	2.74	6.58
1973	2.49	6.63
1974	2.4	6.7
1975	2.15	6.77
1976	2.06	6.81
1977	2.01	6.86
1978	1.95	6.92
1979	1.91	6.89
1980	1.89	6.85
1981	1.94	6.82
1982	1.93	6.8
1983	1.92	6.78
1984	1.84	6.7
1985	1.92	6.62
1986	1.87	6.56
1987	1.85	6.5
1988	1.83	6.5
1989	1.84	6.49
1990	1.9	6.46
1991	1.85	6.43
1992	1.89	6.39
1993	1.86	6.35
1994	1.84	6.32
1995	1.82	6.27
1996	1.8	6.22
1997	1.78	6.14
1998	1.76	6.07
1999	1.76	6.08
2000	1.76	6.12
2001	1.74	6.13
2002	1.76	6.12
2003	1.75	6.1
2004	1.77	6.09
2005	1.81	6.06
2006	1.91	6.05
2007	1.96	6.03
2008	1.98	6.02
2009	1.97	5.99
2010	1.93	5.95
2011	1.93	5.89
2012	1.92	5.8
2013	1.86	5.69
2014	1.83	5.62
2015	1.81	5.5
2016	1.75	5.34
2017	1.74	5.18
2018	1.74	5.02
2019	1.66	4.86
2020	1.58	4.7
2021	1.7	4.64
2022	1.63	4.55
2023	1.5	4.48

Australia and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Australia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	Nigeria
1960	29.5	19.3
1961	29.3	19.3
1962	29.1	19.3
1963	28.8	19.3
1964	28.6	19.3
1965	28.3	19.3
1966	28.1	19.3
1967	28	19.2
1968	27.9	19.2
1969	27.8	19.1
1970	27.7	18.9
1971	27.7	18.8
1972	27.7	18.7
1973	27.8	18.6
1974	28	18.5
1975	28.1	18.4
1976	28.4	18.3
1977	28.6	18.2
1978	28.9	18
1979	29.1	17.9
1980	29.4	17.8
1981	29.6	17.7
1982	29.9	17.6
1983	30.2	17.5
1984	30.5	17.4
1985	30.8	17.3
1986	31.1	17.3
1987	31.3	17.3
1988	31.6	17.3
1989	31.8	17.3
1990	32.1	17.3
1991	32.4	17.3
1992	32.7	17.4
1993	33	17.4
1994	33.3	17.5
1995	33.6	17.6
1996	34	17.6
1997	34.3	17.7
1998	34.7	17.8
1999	35.1	17.9
2000	35.4	17.9
2001	35.6	17.9
2002	35.8	17.9
2003	36.1	17.9
2004	36.3	17.9
2005	36.5	17.9
2006	36.7	17.9
2007	36.8	17.9
2008	36.8	17.8
2009	36.9	17.8
2010	37	17.8
2011	37.1	17.7
2012	37.2	17.7
2013	37.2	17.7
2014	37.3	17.7
2015	37.3	17.8
2016	37.3	17.8
2017	37.4	17.9
2018	37.4	18
2019	37.6	18.2
2020	38	18.3
2021	38.3	18.5
2022	38.5	18.7
2023	38.8	18.8
2024	39	19

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