Canada vs Nigeria statistics compared

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 4th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

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Canada and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Canada

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Canada	Nigeria
1960	$40,563,768,947	$4,196,174,502
1961	$41,038,192,838	$4,467,287,893
1962	$42,336,211,556	$4,909,399,176
1963	$45,140,337,827	$5,165,590,254
1964	$49,503,663,836	$5,552,931,319
1965	$54,649,410,479	$5,874,537,650
1966	$61,252,415,405	$6,366,917,453
1967	$65,856,924,424	$5,203,237,919
1968	$72,048,833,006	$5,200,997,920
1969	$79,405,011,125	$6,634,317,346
1970	$88,192,257,632	$12,546,094,982
1971	$99,606,454,744	$9,181,769,912
1972	$113,463,848,874	$12,274,416,018
1973	$131,764,343,566	$15,162,871,287
1974	$160,949,188,139	$24,846,641,318
1975	$174,419,757,177	$27,778,934,625
1976	$207,271,612,576	$36,308,883,249
1977	$212,325,176,305	$36,035,407,725
1978	$219,369,542,386	$36,527,862,209
1979	$243,891,124,296	$47,259,911,894
1980	$274,776,566,028	$64,201,788,123
1981	$307,246,642,756	$164,475,209,516
1982	$314,647,807,409	$142,769,363,314
1983	$341,866,277,183	$97,094,911,792
1984	$356,718,400,124	$73,484,359,521
1985	$366,186,012,450	$73,745,821,158
1986	$379,006,836,992	$54,805,852,581
1987	$433,134,238,311	$52,676,041,931
1988	$509,380,027,627	$49,648,470,440
1989	$567,211,993,243	$44,003,061,108
1990	$596,075,591,361	$54,035,795,388
1991	$612,527,712,316	$59,526,833,412
1992	$594,387,358,319	$52,058,181,854
1993	$579,053,561,739	$56,721,051,402
1994	$579,944,346,807	$80,399,613,064
1995	$605,961,090,061	$140,919,776,986
1996	$630,607,994,133	$185,730,236,700
1997	$654,986,999,856	$200,850,397,618
1998	$634,000,000,000	$218,416,200,673
1999	$678,412,196,271	$59,145,077,039
2000	$744,773,415,932	$69,171,451,627
2001	$738,981,792,355	$73,557,840,064
2002	$760,649,334,098	$95,054,059,303
2003	$895,540,646,635	$104,738,954,264
2004	$1,026,690,238,278	$135,764,731,646
2005	$1,173,108,598,779	$175,670,569,969
2006	$1,319,264,809,591	$238,454,997,161
2007	$1,468,820,407,783	$278,260,846,800
2008	$1,552,989,690,722	$339,476,276,258
2009	$1,374,625,142,157	$295,008,835,381
2010	$1,617,343,367,486	$366,990,417,129
2011	$1,793,326,630,175	$414,466,676,831
2012	$1,828,366,481,522	$463,971,018,239
2013	$1,846,597,421,835	$520,117,180,314
2014	$1,805,749,878,440	$574,183,763,412
2015	$1,556,508,816,217	$493,026,682,801
2016	$1,527,994,741,907	$404,649,125,252
2017	$1,649,265,644,244	$375,745,731,053
2018	$1,725,329,192,783	$421,739,251,509
2019	$1,743,725,183,673	$474,517,490,844
2020	$1,655,684,730,000	$432,198,898,468
2021	$2,022,378,748,423	$440,833,635,874
2022	$2,190,411,080,134	$477,403,400,101
2023	$2,173,339,670,064	$363,846,332,835
2024	$2,241,253,230,970	$187,759,703,100

Canada and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Canada

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Canada	Nigeria
1960	$2,265	$93.1
1961	$2,246	$97.1
1962	$2,274	$104.5
1963	$2,380	$107.7
1964	$2,562	$113.3
1965	$2,777	$117.3
1966	$3,055	$124.4
1967	$3,226	$99.5
1968	$3,473	$97.3
1969	$3,776	$121.4
1970	$4,136	$224.5
1971	$4,535	$160.5
1972	$5,107	$209.5
1973	$5,858	$252.4
1974	$7,057	$403
1975	$7,537	$438
1976	$8,839	$556
1977	$8,949	$536
1978	$9,154	$527
1979	$10,078	$661
1980	$11,208	$870
1981	$12,379	$2,162
1982	$12,527	$1,822
1983	$13,477	$1,207
1984	$13,930	$890
1985	$14,170	$869
1986	$14,521	$628
1987	$16,378	$588
1988	$19,013	$540
1989	$20,795	$465
1990	$21,526	$556
1991	$21,847	$597
1992	$20,950	$509
1993	$20,187	$540
1994	$19,998	$745
1995	$20,680	$1,272
1996	$21,297	$1,633
1997	$21,902	$1,720
1998	$21,025	$1,822
1999	$22,315	$481
2000	$24,271	$547
2001	$23,822	$566
2002	$24,256	$712
2003	$28,302	$763
2004	$32,146	$962
2005	$36,384	$1,211
2006	$40,504	$1,600
2007	$44,660	$1,816
2008	$46,710	$2,154
2009	$40,875	$1,820
2010	$47,561	$2,202
2011	$52,224	$2,418
2012	$52,670	$2,633
2013	$52,638	$2,873
2014	$50,961	$3,089
2015	$43,594	$2,586
2016	$42,314	$2,070
2017	$45,130	$1,876
2018	$46,539	$2,058
2019	$46,353	$2,265
2020	$43,538	$2,020
2021	$52,887	$2,017
2022	$56,257	$2,139
2023	$54,220	$1,597
2024	$54,283	$807

Canada vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Canada

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Canada	Nigeria
1950	68.2	35.5
1951	68.5	35.7
1952	68.7	35.9
1953	69.1	36
1954	69.9	36.2
1955	70	36.3
1956	70	36.5
1957	69.9	36.6
1958	70.6	36.8
1959	70.6	37
1960	71	37.2
1961	71.2	37.4
1962	71.2	37.6
1963	71.3	37.8
1964	71.6	38
1965	71.7	38.2
1966	71.9	38.4
1967	72.1	37.5
1968	72.2	38.6
1969	72.4	38.9
1970	72.6	40
1971	72.9	40.6
1972	72.8	41.3
1973	73.1	41.8
1974	73.1	42.5
1975	73.4	43.1
1976	73.9	44.2
1977	74.2	44.8
1978	74.5	45.3
1979	74.8	45.7
1980	75.1	46
1981	75.5	46.3
1982	75.7	46.4
1983	76.1	46.4
1984	76.4	46.3
1985	76.3	46.2
1986	76.5	46
1987	76.8	45.9
1988	76.9	45.8
1989	77.1	45.8
1990	77.4	45.7
1991	77.6	45.5
1992	77.9	45.6
1993	77.7	45.8
1994	77.9	45.7
1995	78	45.9
1996	78.3	45.8
1997	78.5	46
1998	78.7	46.1
1999	78.9	46.6
2000	79.2	47.1
2001	79.4	47.5
2002	79.6	48
2003	79.7	48.6
2004	80	49.1
2005	80.1	49.5
2006	80.5	49.9
2007	80.5	50.4
2008	80.7	50.7
2009	81.1	51.1
2010	81.3	51.3
2011	81.5	51.5
2012	81.7	51.7
2013	81.8	51.8
2014	81.8	51.9
2015	81.9	51.9
2016	82	52.2
2017	81.9	52.4
2018	81.9	52.7
2019	82.3	53
2020	81.7	53.1
2021	82	53.5
2022	81.2	54.1
2023	82.6	54.5
2024	82.7	54.6
2025	82.9	54.8

Canada and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Canada

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Canada	Nigeria
1960	17,909,356	45,053,782
1961	18,271,000	45,989,310
1962	18,614,000	46,965,292
1963	18,964,000	47,973,575
1964	19,325,000	49,012,016
1965	19,678,000	50,086,764
1966	20,048,000	51,188,234
1967	20,412,000	52,293,065
1968	20,744,000	53,432,783
1969	21,028,000	54,631,914
1970	21,324,000	55,893,838
1971	21,962,032	57,214,684
1972	22,218,463	58,601,748
1973	22,491,777	60,082,139
1974	22,807,969	61,679,144
1975	23,143,275	63,410,815
1976	23,449,808	65,258,009
1977	23,725,843	67,234,590
1978	23,963,203	69,326,532
1979	24,201,544	71,498,242
1980	24,515,667	73,764,641
1981	24,819,915	76,068,103
1982	25,116,942	78,378,701
1983	25,366,451	80,438,260
1984	25,607,053	82,526,443
1985	25,842,116	84,897,973
1986	26,100,278	87,235,953
1987	26,446,601	89,591,716
1988	26,791,747	92,020,090
1989	27,276,781	94,531,014
1990	27,691,138	97,120,925
1991	28,037,420	99,720,162
1992	28,371,264	102,372,770
1993	28,684,764	105,122,069
1994	29,000,663	107,935,714
1995	29,302,311	110,819,428
1996	29,610,218	113,754,779
1997	29,905,948	116,754,792
1998	30,155,173	119,846,254
1999	30,401,286	123,047,320
2000	30,685,730	126,382,494
2001	31,020,855	129,862,595
2002	31,359,199	133,471,989
2003	31,642,461	137,202,644
2004	31,938,807	141,057,045
2005	32,242,732	145,017,253
2006	32,571,193	149,077,334
2007	32,888,886	153,267,261
2008	33,247,298	157,595,014
2009	33,630,069	162,049,464
2010	34,005,902	166,642,886
2011	34,339,221	171,379,598
2012	34,713,395	176,200,625
2013	35,080,992	181,049,443
2014	35,434,066	185,896,915
2015	35,704,498	190,671,878
2016	36,110,803	195,443,700
2017	36,545,075	200,254,579
2018	37,072,620	204,938,755
2019	37,618,495	209,485,641
2020	38,028,638	213,996,181
2021	38,239,864	218,529,286
2022	38,935,934	223,150,896
2023	40,083,484	227,882,945
2024	41,288,599	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Canada and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Canada

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	Nigeria
1960	3.81	6.36
1961	3.75	6.35
1962	3.68	6.36
1963	3.61	6.35
1964	3.46	6.36
1965	3.12	6.37
1966	2.75	6.39
1967	2.53	6.4
1968	2.39	6.42
1969	2.33	6.44
1970	2.26	6.47
1971	2.14	6.53
1972	1.98	6.58
1973	1.89	6.63
1974	1.84	6.7
1975	1.82	6.77
1976	1.8	6.81
1977	1.78	6.86
1978	1.77	6.92
1979	1.75	6.89
1980	1.74	6.85
1981	1.7	6.82
1982	1.69	6.8
1983	1.68	6.78
1984	1.65	6.7
1985	1.67	6.62
1986	1.68	6.56
1987	1.68	6.5
1988	1.68	6.5
1989	1.77	6.49
1990	1.83	6.46
1991	1.72	6.43
1992	1.71	6.39
1993	1.69	6.35
1994	1.69	6.32
1995	1.67	6.27
1996	1.63	6.22
1997	1.57	6.14
1998	1.56	6.07
1999	1.55	6.08
2000	1.51	6.12
2001	1.54	6.13
2002	1.52	6.12
2003	1.55	6.1
2004	1.56	6.09
2005	1.58	6.06
2006	1.63	6.05
2007	1.67	6.03
2008	1.7	6.02
2009	1.69	5.99
2010	1.65	5.95
2011	1.63	5.89
2012	1.63	5.8
2013	1.61	5.69
2014	1.61	5.62
2015	1.6	5.5
2016	1.59	5.34
2017	1.55	5.18
2018	1.51	5.02
2019	1.47	4.86
2020	1.41	4.7
2021	1.44	4.64
2022	1.33	4.55
2023	1.26	4.48

Canada and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Canada

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Canada	Nigeria
1960	26.4	19.3
1961	26.3	19.3
1962	26	19.3
1963	25.8	19.3
1964	25.6	19.3
1965	25.5	19.3
1966	25.5	19.3
1967	25.5	19.2
1968	25.7	19.2
1969	25.8	19.1
1970	26	18.9
1971	26.3	18.8
1972	26.6	18.7
1973	26.9	18.6
1974	27.2	18.5
1975	27.4	18.4
1976	27.7	18.3
1977	28.1	18.2
1978	28.5	18
1979	28.8	17.9
1980	29.2	17.8
1981	29.5	17.7
1982	29.8	17.6
1983	30.2	17.5
1984	30.6	17.4
1985	31	17.3
1986	31.4	17.3
1987	31.8	17.3
1988	32.2	17.3
1989	32.5	17.3
1990	32.9	17.3
1991	33.2	17.3
1992	33.6	17.4
1993	33.9	17.4
1994	34.3	17.5
1995	34.7	17.6
1996	35.1	17.6
1997	35.5	17.7
1998	36	17.8
1999	36.4	17.9
2000	36.7	17.9
2001	37.1	17.9
2002	37.4	17.9
2003	37.8	17.9
2004	38.1	17.9
2005	38.5	17.9
2006	38.8	17.9
2007	39.1	17.9
2008	39.3	17.8
2009	39.5	17.8
2010	39.7	17.8
2011	39.9	17.7
2012	40.1	17.7
2013	40.3	17.7
2014	40.5	17.7
2015	40.6	17.8
2016	40.7	17.8
2017	40.8	17.9
2018	40.8	18
2019	40.8	18.2
2020	40.9	18.3
2021	41.1	18.5
2022	41.3	18.7
2023	41.4	18.8
2024	41.5	19

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