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Cyprus vs Nigeria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cyprus has a population of 1.36M (ranked 155/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Cyprus' land area is 3,568 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 163rd vs. 30th).

By GDP, Cyprus ranks 104/197 ($36.3B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Cyprus ranks 45/197 ($26,749), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Main facts and rankings

Cyprus Nigeria
Population
1380052
241467099
Population rank 153/197 6/197
GDP
$36.3B
2024
$188B
2024
GDP rank 104/197 58/197
GDP per capita
$26,749
2024
$807
2024
GDP per capita rank 45/197 186/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,240
2024
$6,440
2024
Government debt
$23.8B
2024
$99.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.3%
2025
52.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$17,490
2024
$427
2024
Government debt per person rank 34/185 170/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$24,086
2025
$1,020
2025
Land area
3,568 sq mi
2025
351,650 sq mi
2025
Population density
381 ppl/mi²
2024
662 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
4.48
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
54.8 years
2025

Cyprus and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Cyprus and Nigeria economies compared

GDP
Cyprus

Nigeria
Year GDP
Cyprus Nigeria
1960 - $4,196,174,502
1961 - $4,467,287,893
1962 - $4,909,399,176
1963 - $5,165,590,254
1964 - $5,552,931,319
1965 - $5,874,537,650
1966 - $6,366,917,453
1967 - $5,203,237,919
1968 - $5,200,997,920
1969 - $6,634,317,346
1970 - $12,546,094,982
1971 - $9,181,769,912
1972 - $12,274,416,018
1973 - $15,162,871,287
1974 - $24,846,641,318
1975 $489,912,574 $27,778,934,625
1976 $576,090,074 $36,308,883,249
1977 $734,876,021 $36,035,407,725
1978 $964,024,364 $36,527,862,209
1979 $1,288,699,776 $47,259,911,894
1980 $2,154,311,277 $64,201,788,123
1981 $2,087,496,374 $164,475,209,516
1982 $2,159,242,417 $142,769,363,314
1983 $2,160,364,071 $97,094,911,792
1984 $2,278,248,953 $73,484,359,521
1985 $2,430,411,900 $73,745,821,158
1986 $3,090,734,463 $54,805,852,581
1987 $3,704,813,886 $52,676,041,931
1988 $4,278,792,597 $49,648,470,440
1989 $4,563,482,604 $44,003,061,108
1990 $5,591,130,218 $54,035,795,388
1991 $5,770,197,348 $59,526,833,412
1992 $6,912,150,456 $52,058,181,854
1993 $6,590,291,048 $56,721,051,402
1994 $7,425,703,929 $80,399,613,064
1995 $9,933,137,128 $140,919,776,986
1996 $10,011,914,680 $185,730,236,700
1997 $9,547,816,420 $200,850,397,618
1998 $10,248,618,778 $218,416,200,673
1999 $10,497,907,228 $59,145,077,039
2000 $9,985,847,314 $69,171,451,627
2001 $10,397,898,907 $73,557,840,064
2002 $11,420,228,846 $95,054,059,303
2003 $14,547,329,558 $104,738,954,264
2004 $17,320,551,250 $135,764,731,646
2005 $18,433,412,511 $175,670,569,969
2006 $20,072,754,987 $238,454,997,161
2007 $23,968,727,074 $278,260,846,800
2008 $27,844,646,258 $339,476,276,258
2009 $26,048,179,949 $295,008,835,381
2010 $25,799,940,078 $366,990,417,129
2011 $27,641,547,910 $414,466,676,831
2012 $25,047,436,975 $463,971,018,239
2013 $23,959,712,861 $520,117,180,314
2014 $23,225,918,260 $574,183,763,412
2015 $19,909,278,417 $493,026,682,801
2016 $21,046,462,281 $404,649,125,252
2017 $22,946,570,629 $375,745,731,053
2018 $25,754,001,368 $421,739,251,509
2019 $26,196,667,100 $474,517,490,844
2020 $25,555,093,854 $432,198,898,468
2021 $30,372,642,502 $440,833,635,874
2022 $30,935,566,077 $477,403,400,101
2023 $33,886,930,712 $363,846,332,835
2024 $36,333,022,329 $187,759,703,100

Cyprus and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita
Cyprus

Nigeria
Year GDP per capita
Cyprus Nigeria
1960 - $93.1
1961 - $97.1
1962 - $104.5
1963 - $107.7
1964 - $113.3
1965 - $117.3
1966 - $124.4
1967 - $99.5
1968 - $97.3
1969 - $121.4
1970 - $224.5
1971 - $160.5
1972 - $209.5
1973 - $252.4
1974 - $403
1975 $743 $438
1976 $870 $556
1977 $1,102 $536
1978 $1,434 $527
1979 $1,902 $661
1980 $3,154 $870
1981 $3,030 $2,162
1982 $3,100 $1,822
1983 $3,055 $1,207
1984 $3,167 $890
1985 $3,324 $869
1986 $4,159 $628
1987 $4,908 $588
1988 $5,584 $540
1989 $5,870 $465
1990 $7,092 $556
1991 $7,222 $597
1992 $8,530 $509
1993 $7,978 $540
1994 $8,791 $745
1995 $11,514 $1,272
1996 $11,373 $1,633
1997 $10,637 $1,720
1998 $11,206 $1,822
1999 $11,273 $481
2000 $10,537 $547
2001 $10,785 $566
2002 $11,636 $712
2003 $14,553 $763
2004 $17,016 $962
2005 $17,790 $1,211
2006 $19,037 $1,600
2007 $22,344 $1,816
2008 $25,522 $2,154
2009 $23,480 $1,820
2010 $22,876 $2,202
2011 $24,110 $2,418
2012 $21,493 $2,633
2013 $20,238 $2,873
2014 $19,326 $3,089
2015 $16,326 $2,586
2016 $17,013 $2,070
2017 $18,295 $1,876
2018 $20,267 $2,058
2019 $20,360 $2,265
2020 $19,624 $2,020
2021 $23,057 $2,017
2022 $23,236 $2,139
2023 $25,195 $1,597
2024 $26,749 $807

Cyprus vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cyprus

Nigeria
Year Life expectancy, years
Cyprus Nigeria
1950 55.8 35.5
1951 56.8 35.7
1952 57.7 35.9
1953 58.4 36
1954 59.3 36.2
1955 59.7 36.3
1956 60.4 36.5
1957 61 36.6
1958 61.6 36.8
1959 62.3 37
1960 63.3 37.2
1961 64.1 37.4
1962 64.7 37.6
1963 61.8 37.8
1964 62.2 38
1965 66.1 38.2
1966 66.5 38.4
1967 66.9 37.5
1968 67.3 38.6
1969 67.6 38.9
1970 68.1 40
1971 68.4 40.6
1972 68.6 41.3
1973 69 41.8
1974 54.6 42.5
1975 70.3 43.1
1976 70.8 44.2
1977 71.3 44.8
1978 71.7 45.3
1979 72.2 45.7
1980 72.8 46
1981 73.1 46.3
1982 73.5 46.4
1983 73.7 46.4
1984 74 46.3
1985 74.6 46.2
1986 74.9 46
1987 75.3 45.9
1988 75.4 45.8
1989 75.8 45.8
1990 76 45.7
1991 76.2 45.5
1992 76.3 45.6
1993 76.3 45.8
1994 76.4 45.7
1995 76.6 45.9
1996 76.9 45.8
1997 77.1 46
1998 77.2 46.1
1999 77.6 46.6
2000 77.9 47.1
2001 78.2 47.5
2002 78.8 48
2003 78.9 48.6
2004 79 49.1
2005 79.2 49.5
2006 79.5 49.9
2007 79.8 50.4
2008 79.9 50.7
2009 80.4 51.1
2010 80.6 51.3
2011 80.9 51.5
2012 81.1 51.7
2013 81.3 51.8
2014 81.3 51.9
2015 81.5 51.9
2016 81.5 52.2
2017 81.5 52.4
2018 81.6 52.7
2019 81.5 53
2020 81.2 53.1
2021 80.6 53.5
2022 80.4 54.1
2023 81.6 54.5
2024 81.8 54.6
2025 82 54.8

Cyprus and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population
Cyprus

Nigeria
Year Population
Cyprus Nigeria
1960 586,490 45,053,782
1961 595,514 45,989,310
1962 601,466 46,965,292
1963 607,252 47,973,575
1964 612,521 49,012,016
1965 617,736 50,086,764
1966 623,390 51,188,234
1967 629,251 52,293,065
1968 635,157 53,432,783
1969 641,189 54,631,914
1970 647,446 55,893,838
1971 654,050 57,214,684
1972 661,063 58,601,748
1973 665,937 60,082,139
1974 663,254 61,679,144
1975 659,405 63,410,815
1976 662,032 65,258,009
1977 667,101 67,234,590
1978 672,249 69,326,532
1979 677,549 71,498,242
1980 683,076 73,764,641
1981 688,893 76,068,103
1982 696,497 78,378,701
1983 707,225 80,438,260
1984 719,334 82,526,443
1985 731,277 84,897,973
1986 743,105 87,235,953
1987 754,785 89,591,716
1988 766,235 92,020,090
1989 777,420 94,531,014
1990 788,351 97,120,925
1991 798,944 99,720,162
1992 810,341 102,372,770
1993 826,034 105,122,069
1994 844,667 107,935,714
1995 862,695 110,819,428
1996 880,290 113,754,779
1997 897,568 116,754,792
1998 914,548 119,846,254
1999 931,234 123,047,320
2000 947,667 126,382,494
2001 964,127 129,862,595
2002 981,440 133,471,989
2003 999,590 137,202,644
2004 1,017,875 141,057,045
2005 1,036,151 145,017,253
2006 1,054,418 149,077,334
2007 1,072,714 153,267,261
2008 1,091,026 157,595,014
2009 1,109,371 162,049,464
2010 1,127,816 166,642,886
2011 1,146,493 171,379,598
2012 1,165,397 176,200,625
2013 1,183,895 181,049,443
2014 1,201,801 185,896,915
2015 1,219,502 190,671,878
2016 1,237,112 195,443,700
2017 1,254,275 200,254,579
2018 1,270,737 204,938,755
2019 1,286,671 209,485,641
2020 1,302,247 213,996,181
2021 1,317,309 218,529,286
2022 1,331,370 223,150,896
2023 1,344,976 227,882,945
2024 1,358,282 232,679,478

Fertility rates in Cyprus and Nigeria

Fertility rate
Cyprus

Nigeria
Year Fertility rate
Cyprus Nigeria
1960 3.39 6.36
1961 3.62 6.35
1962 3.51 6.36
1963 3.49 6.35
1964 3.41 6.36
1965 3.47 6.37
1966 3.4 6.39
1967 3.32 6.4
1968 3.27 6.42
1969 3.19 6.44
1970 3.07 6.47
1971 3.04 6.53
1972 2.99 6.58
1973 2.4 6.63
1974 2.28 6.7
1975 2.11 6.77
1976 2.33 6.81
1977 2.09 6.86
1978 2.08 6.92
1979 2.14 6.89
1980 2.3 6.85
1981 2.15 6.82
1982 2.49 6.8
1983 2.49 6.78
1984 2.51 6.7
1985 2.43 6.62
1986 2.45 6.56
1987 2.39 6.5
1988 2.47 6.5
1989 2.37 6.49
1990 2.4 6.46
1991 2.34 6.43
1992 2.46 6.39
1993 2.25 6.35
1994 2.16 6.32
1995 2.03 6.27
1996 1.95 6.22
1997 1.86 6.14
1998 1.76 6.07
1999 1.67 6.08
2000 1.64 6.12
2001 1.57 6.13
2002 1.5 6.12
2003 1.51 6.1
2004 1.51 6.09
2005 1.48 6.06
2006 1.51 6.05
2007 1.45 6.03
2008 1.48 6.02
2009 1.48 5.99
2010 1.43 5.95
2011 1.36 5.89
2012 1.38 5.8
2013 1.3 5.69
2014 1.31 5.62
2015 1.32 5.5
2016 1.36 5.34
2017 1.32 5.18
2018 1.32 5.02
2019 1.33 4.86
2020 1.36 4.7
2021 1.39 4.64
2022 1.39 4.55
2023 1.39 4.48

Cyprus and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age
Cyprus

Nigeria
Year Median age, years
Cyprus Nigeria
1960 23.1 19.3
1961 23.1 19.3
1962 23.3 19.3
1963 23.5 19.3
1964 23.7 19.3
1965 23.9 19.3
1966 24 19.3
1967 24.2 19.2
1968 24.3 19.2
1969 24.5 19.1
1970 24.7 18.9
1971 24.9 18.8
1972 25.1 18.7
1973 25.3 18.6
1974 25.4 18.5
1975 25.5 18.4
1976 25.9 18.3
1977 26.3 18.2
1978 26.8 18
1979 27.2 17.9
1980 27.7 17.8
1981 28.2 17.7
1982 28.5 17.6
1983 28.7 17.5
1984 28.8 17.4
1985 28.9 17.3
1986 29.1 17.3
1987 29.2 17.3
1988 29.4 17.3
1989 29.6 17.3
1990 29.8 17.3
1991 30.1 17.3
1992 30.3 17.4
1993 30.4 17.4
1994 30.5 17.5
1995 30.6 17.6
1996 30.8 17.6
1997 31 17.7
1998 31.2 17.8
1999 31.4 17.9
2000 31.6 17.9
2001 31.8 17.9
2002 32 17.9
2003 32.2 17.9
2004 32.4 17.9
2005 32.6 17.9
2006 32.8 17.9
2007 33.1 17.9
2008 33.4 17.8
2009 33.6 17.8
2010 33.9 17.8
2011 34.2 17.7
2012 34.5 17.7
2013 34.8 17.7
2014 35.2 17.7
2015 35.6 17.8
2016 36 17.8
2017 36.4 17.9
2018 36.8 18
2019 37.2 18.2
2020 37.6 18.3
2021 38 18.5
2022 38.4 18.7
2023 38.8 18.8
2024 39.2 19

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cyprus Nigeria
GNI, Atlas method
$31B
2024
$291B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
40.4%
2025
18.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.74%
2022
0.32%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.82%
2023
0.81%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
223,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.84%
2025
-4.48%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.86%
2024
3.45%
2024
Services, % of GDP
76.9%
2024
47%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.3%
2024
29.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
73.2
2025
53.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.3%
2023
26.3%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2023
3%
2022
Number of billionaires
10
2025
4
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0009%
2025
0.000004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
169
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$10.9B
2024
$54.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.09B
2024
$38.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$661M
2024
$21.3B
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,117,000
2019
5,265,000
2016
International tourism as share of exports
3.25%
2020
0.8%
2020
Banked people share
96.1%
2024
63.3%
2024

Energy

Cyprus Nigeria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,673 kg
2023
333 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
$17.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.18 megatons
2023
127.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.34 tons
2023
0.56 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.5%
2022
55.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
15.6%
2021
80.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.44%
2023
1.08%
2022
Net energy imports use share
117%
2022
-66.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,842 kWh
2023
135.6 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
15.1%
2021
23.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
24.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
61.2%
2023

Society

Cyprus Nigeria
% of world population
0.02%
2024
2.86%
2024
Annual migration change
+8,138
2024
-35,202
2024
Urban population
67.1%
2024
55%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.19 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.4
2025
12.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
71
2025
58
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2023
21.7
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
20.7
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
70.4%
2024
English speaking
75.1%
2023
60.6%
2023
People using the Internet
91.2%
2023
39.2%
2023

Health

Cyprus Nigeria
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,864
2022
$90.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$417
2022
$69.2
2022
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
54.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.17%
2022
6.76%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.55
2021
0.39
2022
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
20.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
14
2023
993
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.5
2023
104.9
2023
Obesity rate
23.6%
2022
12.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
3%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
35.6%
2022
3.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.36 liters
2020
3.78 liters
2020

Territory

Cyprus Nigeria
% of world land
0.006%
2025
0.61%
2025
Land area per capita
2,627 sq mi
2024
1,511 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
498 sq mi
2025
267,948 sq mi
2025
Forest area
666 sq mi
2025
81,611 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,366 mi
2016
121,167 mi
2017

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