Belgium vs Nigeria statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 136th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Belgium and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Nigeria
1960	$11,810,619,368	$4,196,174,502
1961	$12,561,701,694	$4,467,287,893
1962	$13,436,827,167	$4,909,399,176
1963	$14,445,805,381	$5,165,590,254
1964	$16,168,044,450	$5,552,931,319
1965	$17,597,783,297	$5,874,537,650
1966	$18,894,891,312	$6,366,917,453
1967	$20,252,508,995	$5,203,237,919
1968	$21,654,856,965	$5,200,997,920
1969	$24,019,653,475	$6,634,317,346
1970	$26,706,196,047	$12,546,094,982
1971	$29,821,661,870	$9,181,769,912
1972	$37,209,418,019	$12,274,416,018
1973	$47,743,801,490	$15,162,871,287
1974	$56,033,077,879	$24,846,641,318
1975	$65,678,189,097	$27,778,934,625
1976	$71,113,882,968	$36,308,883,249
1977	$82,839,905,459	$36,035,407,725
1978	$101,246,526,194	$36,527,862,209
1979	$116,315,456,797	$47,259,911,894
1980	$126,829,314,388	$64,201,788,123
1981	$104,730,018,470	$164,475,209,516
1982	$92,095,926,188	$142,769,363,314
1983	$87,184,239,053	$97,094,911,792
1984	$83,349,530,159	$73,484,359,521
1985	$86,268,264,148	$73,745,821,158
1986	$120,018,787,249	$54,805,852,581
1987	$149,394,404,106	$52,676,041,931
1988	$162,299,103,675	$49,648,470,440
1989	$164,221,056,511	$44,003,061,108
1990	$205,331,747,948	$54,035,795,388
1991	$210,510,999,409	$59,526,833,412
1992	$234,781,652,447	$52,058,181,854
1993	$224,721,795,709	$56,721,051,402
1994	$244,884,129,491	$80,399,613,064
1995	$288,025,588,396	$140,919,776,986
1996	$279,201,433,225	$185,730,236,700
1997	$252,708,051,421	$200,850,397,618
1998	$258,528,339,631	$218,416,200,673
1999	$258,245,733,221	$59,145,077,039
2000	$236,792,460,312	$69,171,451,627
2001	$236,746,141,604	$73,557,840,064
2002	$258,383,599,375	$95,054,059,303
2003	$318,082,528,507	$104,738,954,264
2004	$369,214,712,443	$135,764,731,646
2005	$385,714,762,230	$175,670,569,969
2006	$408,259,840,869	$238,454,997,161
2007	$470,922,156,309	$278,260,846,800
2008	$517,328,087,920	$339,476,276,258
2009	$485,014,525,992	$295,008,835,381
2010	$481,556,503,720	$366,990,417,129
2011	$527,196,649,049	$414,466,676,831
2012	$498,414,364,945	$463,971,018,239
2013	$524,097,026,599	$520,117,180,314
2014	$537,987,419,164	$574,183,763,412
2015	$461,044,767,545	$493,026,682,801
2016	$474,271,566,740	$404,649,125,252
2017	$500,908,767,352	$375,745,731,053
2018	$542,638,913,428	$421,739,251,509
2019	$536,726,344,405	$474,517,490,844
2020	$529,694,473,502	$432,198,898,468
2021	$598,522,422,242	$440,833,635,874
2022	$593,614,574,326	$477,403,400,101
2023	$644,655,275,112	$363,846,332,835
2024	$664,564,181,487	$187,759,703,100

Belgium and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Nigeria
1960	$1,290	$93.1
1961	$1,368	$97.1
1962	$1,457	$104.5
1963	$1,555	$107.7
1964	$1,724	$113.3
1965	$1,860	$117.3
1966	$1,983	$124.4
1967	$2,114	$99.5
1968	$2,251	$97.3
1969	$2,490	$121.4
1970	$2,766	$224.5
1971	$3,083	$160.5
1972	$3,832	$209.5
1973	$4,901	$252.4
1974	$5,734	$403
1975	$6,701	$438
1976	$7,243	$556
1977	$8,427	$536
1978	$10,290	$527
1979	$11,811	$661
1980	$12,864	$870
1981	$10,623	$2,162
1982	$9,344	$1,822
1983	$8,846	$1,207
1984	$8,457	$890
1985	$8,751	$869
1986	$12,170	$628
1987	$15,136	$588
1988	$16,391	$540
1989	$16,525	$465
1990	$20,600	$556
1991	$21,042	$597
1992	$23,373	$509
1993	$22,284	$540
1994	$24,209	$745
1995	$28,414	$1,272
1996	$27,490	$1,633
1997	$24,821	$1,720
1998	$25,338	$1,822
1999	$25,253	$481
2000	$23,099	$547
2001	$23,015	$566
2002	$25,006	$712
2003	$30,655	$763
2004	$35,429	$962
2005	$36,810	$1,211
2006	$38,705	$1,600
2007	$44,319	$1,816
2008	$48,303	$2,154
2009	$44,923	$1,820
2010	$44,197	$2,202
2011	$47,761	$2,418
2012	$44,874	$2,633
2013	$46,965	$2,873
2014	$47,996	$3,089
2015	$40,894	$2,586
2016	$41,855	$2,070
2017	$44,035	$1,876
2018	$47,487	$2,058
2019	$46,717	$2,265
2020	$45,906	$2,020
2021	$51,658	$2,017
2022	$50,822	$2,139
2023	$54,690	$1,597
2024	$55,955	$807

Belgium vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Nigeria
1950	66.3	35.5
1951	66.7	35.7
1952	68	35.9
1953	68.4	36
1954	68.6	36.2
1955	68.5	36.3
1956	68.8	36.5
1957	69.2	36.6
1958	69.9	36.8
1959	70.3	37
1960	69.6	37.2
1961	70.5	37.4
1962	70.2	37.6
1963	70	37.8
1964	70.7	38
1965	70.6	38.2
1966	70.6	38.4
1967	70.9	37.5
1968	70.6	38.6
1969	70.7	38.9
1970	70.9	40
1971	71.1	40.6
1972	71.4	41.3
1973	71.6	41.8
1974	72	42.5
1975	72	43.1
1976	72.1	44.2
1977	72.8	44.8
1978	72.7	45.3
1979	73.2	45.7
1980	73.2	46
1981	73.7	46.3
1982	73.9	46.4
1983	73.9	46.4
1984	74.4	46.3
1985	74.5	46.2
1986	74.7	46
1987	75.3	45.9
1988	75.6	45.8
1989	75.6	45.8
1990	76.1	45.7
1991	76.2	45.5
1992	76.4	45.6
1993	76.4	45.8
1994	76.7	45.7
1995	76.8	45.9
1996	77.2	45.8
1997	77.4	46
1998	77.5	46.1
1999	77.6	46.6
2000	77.8	47.1
2001	78.1	47.5
2002	78.2	48
2003	78.3	48.6
2004	79	49.1
2005	79.1	49.5
2006	79.4	49.9
2007	79.5	50.4
2008	79.6	50.7
2009	79.8	51.1
2010	80	51.3
2011	80.4	51.5
2012	80.3	51.7
2013	80.5	51.8
2014	81.1	51.9
2015	80.9	51.9
2016	81.3	52.2
2017	81.4	52.4
2018	81.5	52.7
2019	81.8	53
2020	80.8	53.1
2021	81.7	53.5
2022	81.2	54.1
2023	82.1	54.5
2024	82.3	54.6
2025	82.4	54.8

Belgium and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Nigeria
1960	9,153,489	45,053,782
1961	9,183,948	45,989,310
1962	9,220,578	46,965,292
1963	9,289,770	47,973,575
1964	9,378,113	49,012,016
1965	9,463,667	50,086,764
1966	9,527,807	51,188,234
1967	9,580,991	52,293,065
1968	9,618,756	53,432,783
1969	9,646,032	54,631,914
1970	9,655,549	55,893,838
1971	9,673,162	57,214,684
1972	9,711,115	58,601,748
1973	9,741,720	60,082,139
1974	9,772,419	61,679,144
1975	9,800,700	63,410,815
1976	9,818,227	65,258,009
1977	9,830,358	67,234,590
1978	9,839,534	69,326,532
1979	9,848,382	71,498,242
1980	9,859,242	73,764,641
1981	9,858,982	76,068,103
1982	9,856,303	78,378,701
1983	9,855,520	80,438,260
1984	9,855,372	82,526,443
1985	9,858,308	84,897,973
1986	9,861,823	87,235,953
1987	9,870,234	89,591,716
1988	9,901,664	92,020,090
1989	9,937,697	94,531,014
1990	9,967,379	97,120,925
1991	10,004,486	99,720,162
1992	10,045,158	102,372,770
1993	10,084,475	105,122,069
1994	10,115,603	107,935,714
1995	10,136,811	110,819,428
1996	10,156,637	113,754,779
1997	10,181,245	116,754,792
1998	10,203,008	119,846,254
1999	10,226,419	123,047,320
2000	10,251,250	126,382,494
2001	10,286,570	129,862,595
2002	10,332,785	133,471,989
2003	10,376,133	137,202,644
2004	10,421,137	141,057,045
2005	10,478,617	145,017,253
2006	10,547,958	149,077,334
2007	10,625,700	153,267,261
2008	10,709,973	157,595,014
2009	10,796,493	162,049,464
2010	10,895,586	166,642,886
2011	11,038,264	171,379,598
2012	11,106,932	176,200,625
2013	11,159,407	181,049,443
2014	11,209,057	185,896,915
2015	11,274,196	190,671,878
2016	11,331,422	195,443,700
2017	11,375,158	200,254,579
2018	11,427,054	204,938,755
2019	11,488,980	209,485,641
2020	11,538,604	213,996,181
2021	11,586,195	218,529,286
2022	11,680,210	223,150,896
2023	11,787,423	227,882,945
2024	11,876,844	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Belgium and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Belgium

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Nigeria
1960	2.54	6.36
1961	2.63	6.35
1962	2.59	6.36
1963	2.68	6.35
1964	2.71	6.36
1965	2.61	6.37
1966	2.52	6.39
1967	2.41	6.4
1968	2.31	6.42
1969	2.27	6.44
1970	2.25	6.47
1971	2.21	6.53
1972	2.09	6.58
1973	1.95	6.63
1974	1.83	6.7
1975	1.74	6.77
1976	1.73	6.81
1977	1.71	6.86
1978	1.69	6.92
1979	1.69	6.89
1980	1.68	6.85
1981	1.66	6.82
1982	1.61	6.8
1983	1.57	6.78
1984	1.54	6.7
1985	1.51	6.62
1986	1.54	6.56
1987	1.54	6.5
1988	1.57	6.5
1989	1.58	6.49
1990	1.62	6.46
1991	1.66	6.43
1992	1.65	6.39
1993	1.61	6.35
1994	1.56	6.32
1995	1.56	6.27
1996	1.59	6.22
1997	1.6	6.14
1998	1.6	6.07
1999	1.62	6.08
2000	1.67	6.12
2001	1.67	6.13
2002	1.65	6.12
2003	1.67	6.1
2004	1.72	6.09
2005	1.76	6.06
2006	1.8	6.05
2007	1.82	6.03
2008	1.85	6.02
2009	1.84	5.99
2010	1.86	5.95
2011	1.81	5.89
2012	1.8	5.8
2013	1.76	5.69
2014	1.74	5.62
2015	1.7	5.5
2016	1.68	5.34
2017	1.65	5.18
2018	1.62	5.02
2019	1.6	4.86
2020	1.55	4.7
2021	1.6	4.64
2022	1.53	4.55
2023	1.47	4.48

Belgium and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Nigeria
1960	34.9	19.3
1961	34.9	19.3
1962	34.9	19.3
1963	34.9	19.3
1964	34.8	19.3
1965	34.8	19.3
1966	34.7	19.3
1967	34.7	19.2
1968	34.7	19.2
1969	34.6	19.1
1970	34.5	18.9
1971	34.4	18.8
1972	34.3	18.7
1973	34.3	18.6
1974	34.3	18.5
1975	34.2	18.4
1976	34.1	18.3
1977	34.1	18.2
1978	34.1	18
1979	34.1	17.9
1980	34.2	17.8
1981	34.3	17.7
1982	34.5	17.6
1983	34.8	17.5
1984	35	17.4
1985	35.2	17.3
1986	35.4	17.3
1987	35.6	17.3
1988	35.9	17.3
1989	36.1	17.3
1990	36.3	17.3
1991	36.5	17.3
1992	36.7	17.4
1993	37	17.4
1994	37.2	17.5
1995	37.5	17.6
1996	37.8	17.6
1997	38.1	17.7
1998	38.3	17.8
1999	38.6	17.9
2000	38.9	17.9
2001	39.2	17.9
2002	39.4	17.9
2003	39.7	17.9
2004	40	17.9
2005	40.2	17.9
2006	40.4	17.9
2007	40.6	17.9
2008	40.7	17.8
2009	40.8	17.8
2010	40.8	17.8
2011	40.9	17.7
2012	41.1	17.7
2013	41.2	17.7
2014	41.3	17.7
2015	41.4	17.8
2016	41.4	17.8
2017	41.6	17.9
2018	41.7	18
2019	41.8	18.2
2020	41.9	18.3
2021	42	18.5
2022	42.2	18.7
2023	42.4	18.8
2024	42.7	19

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