Denmark vs Nigeria statistics compared

Denmark has a population of 5.98M (ranked 114/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Denmark's land area is 15,444 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 130th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Denmark and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Denmark and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Denmark

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Denmark	Nigeria
1960	$6,361,166,545	$4,196,174,502
1961	$7,058,361,229	$4,467,287,893
1962	$7,953,274,741	$4,909,399,176
1963	$8,466,044,980	$5,165,590,254
1964	$9,677,401,337	$5,552,931,319
1965	$10,870,670,865	$5,874,537,650
1966	$11,931,740,293	$6,366,917,453
1967	$13,059,064,806	$5,203,237,919
1968	$13,505,574,133	$5,200,997,920
1969	$15,414,902,667	$6,634,317,346
1970	$17,075,457,733	$12,546,094,982
1971	$19,086,192,720	$9,181,769,912
1972	$23,230,667,549	$12,274,416,018
1973	$30,718,181,337	$15,162,871,287
1974	$34,125,712,481	$24,846,641,318
1975	$40,418,967,666	$27,778,934,625
1976	$44,503,607,444	$36,308,883,249
1977	$49,711,709,588	$36,035,407,725
1978	$60,320,089,218	$36,527,862,209
1979	$70,393,030,603	$47,259,911,894
1980	$70,811,287,816	$64,201,788,123
1981	$61,459,941,461	$164,475,209,516
1982	$60,084,214,872	$142,769,363,314
1983	$60,331,158,447	$97,094,911,792
1984	$58,868,891,335	$73,484,359,521
1985	$62,452,421,011	$73,745,821,158
1986	$87,748,695,217	$54,805,852,581
1987	$109,183,446,340	$52,676,041,931
1988	$115,540,189,705	$49,648,470,440
1989	$112,312,200,761	$44,003,061,108
1990	$138,217,740,684	$54,035,795,388
1991	$139,180,507,778	$59,526,833,412
1992	$152,966,494,260	$52,058,181,854
1993	$143,111,306,004	$56,721,051,402
1994	$156,017,919,221	$80,399,613,064
1995	$184,848,481,008	$140,919,776,986
1996	$187,481,157,846	$185,730,236,700
1997	$173,241,365,735	$200,850,397,618
1998	$176,877,077,513	$218,416,200,673
1999	$177,887,720,536	$59,145,077,039
2000	$164,043,817,224	$69,171,451,627
2001	$164,881,594,415	$73,557,840,064
2002	$178,788,209,558	$95,054,059,303
2003	$218,421,193,436	$104,738,954,264
2004	$251,986,155,631	$135,764,731,646
2005	$265,150,087,712	$175,670,569,969
2006	$283,386,151,544	$238,454,997,161
2007	$320,213,157,595	$278,260,846,800
2008	$354,979,471,960	$339,476,276,258
2009	$322,619,152,195	$295,008,835,381
2010	$322,345,594,075	$366,990,417,129
2011	$344,315,595,263	$414,466,676,831
2012	$326,792,574,245	$463,971,018,239
2013	$344,631,016,965	$520,117,180,314
2014	$352,832,602,064	$574,183,763,412
2015	$301,758,922,338	$493,026,682,801
2016	$312,181,849,372	$404,649,125,252
2017	$331,610,593,962	$375,745,731,053
2018	$355,293,374,912	$421,739,251,509
2019	$345,401,473,013	$474,517,490,844
2020	$355,631,021,932	$432,198,898,468
2021	$408,378,204,640	$440,833,635,874
2022	$401,945,576,108	$477,403,400,101
2023	$407,091,920,305	$363,846,332,835
2024	$429,457,372,072	$187,759,703,100

Denmark and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Denmark

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Denmark	Nigeria
1960	$1,389	$93.1
1961	$1,531	$97.1
1962	$1,711	$104.5
1963	$1,807	$107.7
1964	$2,049	$113.3
1965	$2,284	$117.3
1966	$2,487	$124.4
1967	$2,701	$99.5
1968	$2,776	$97.3
1969	$3,151	$121.4
1970	$3,464	$224.5
1971	$3,846	$160.5
1972	$4,654	$209.5
1973	$6,117	$252.4
1974	$6,764	$403
1975	$7,988	$438
1976	$8,773	$556
1977	$9,770	$536
1978	$11,818	$527
1979	$13,757	$661
1980	$13,822	$870
1981	$12,000	$2,162
1982	$11,740	$1,822
1983	$11,797	$1,207
1984	$11,517	$890
1985	$12,213	$869
1986	$17,137	$628
1987	$21,296	$588
1988	$22,525	$540
1989	$21,882	$465
1990	$26,886	$556
1991	$27,003	$597
1992	$29,579	$509
1993	$27,582	$540
1994	$29,968	$745
1995	$35,321	$1,272
1996	$35,622	$1,633
1997	$32,780	$1,720
1998	$33,346	$1,822
1999	$33,426	$481
2000	$30,722	$547
2001	$30,768	$566
2002	$33,257	$712
2003	$40,519	$763
2004	$46,625	$962
2005	$48,926	$1,211
2006	$52,119	$1,600
2007	$58,632	$1,816
2008	$64,617	$2,154
2009	$58,413	$1,820
2010	$58,105	$2,202
2011	$61,810	$2,418
2012	$58,444	$2,633
2013	$61,378	$2,873
2014	$62,520	$3,089
2015	$53,094	$2,586
2016	$54,501	$2,070
2017	$57,522	$1,876
2018	$61,325	$2,058
2019	$59,404	$2,265
2020	$60,985	$2,020
2021	$69,728	$2,017
2022	$68,091	$2,139
2023	$68,454	$1,597
2024	$71,852	$807

Denmark vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Denmark

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Denmark	Nigeria
1950	70.3	35.5
1951	70.9	35.7
1952	70.8	35.9
1953	71.2	36
1954	71.3	36.2
1955	71.9	36.3
1956	72	36.5
1957	71.8	36.6
1958	72.2	36.8
1959	72.2	37
1960	72.2	37.2
1961	72.5	37.4
1962	72.4	37.6
1963	72.4	37.8
1964	72.5	38
1965	72.4	38.2
1966	72.5	38.4
1967	73	37.5
1968	73.1	38.6
1969	73.2	38.9
1970	73.4	40
1971	73.4	40.6
1972	73.5	41.3
1973	73.7	41.8
1974	73.8	42.5
1975	74.1	43.1
1976	73.8	44.2
1977	74.7	44.8
1978	74.4	45.3
1979	74.2	45.7
1980	74.1	46
1981	74.3	46.3
1982	74.6	46.4
1983	74.5	46.4
1984	74.6	46.3
1985	74.5	46.2
1986	74.6	46
1987	74.7	45.9
1988	74.8	45.8
1989	74.9	45.8
1990	74.9	45.7
1991	75.2	45.5
1992	75.3	45.6
1993	75.2	45.8
1994	75.4	45.7
1995	75.3	45.9
1996	75.7	45.8
1997	76	46
1998	76.4	46.1
1999	76.6	46.6
2000	76.8	47.1
2001	77	47.5
2002	77.1	48
2003	77.4	48.6
2004	77.8	49.1
2005	78.2	49.5
2006	78.2	49.9
2007	78.3	50.4
2008	78.7	50.7
2009	79	51.1
2010	79.2	51.3
2011	79.8	51.5
2012	80.1	51.7
2013	80.3	51.8
2014	80.6	51.9
2015	80.7	51.9
2016	80.9	52.2
2017	81.1	52.4
2018	81	52.7
2019	81.4	53
2020	81.5	53.1
2021	81.4	53.5
2022	81.3	54.1
2023	81.9	54.5
2024	82.1	54.6
2025	82.2	54.8

Denmark and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Denmark

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Denmark	Nigeria
1960	4,579,603	45,053,782
1961	4,611,687	45,989,310
1962	4,647,727	46,965,292
1963	4,684,483	47,973,575
1964	4,722,072	49,012,016
1965	4,759,012	50,086,764
1966	4,797,381	51,188,234
1967	4,835,354	52,293,065
1968	4,864,883	53,432,783
1969	4,891,860	54,631,914
1970	4,928,757	55,893,838
1971	4,963,126	57,214,684
1972	4,991,596	58,601,748
1973	5,021,861	60,082,139
1974	5,045,297	61,679,144
1975	5,059,862	63,410,815
1976	5,072,596	65,258,009
1977	5,088,419	67,234,590
1978	5,104,248	69,326,532
1979	5,116,801	71,498,242
1980	5,123,027	73,764,641
1981	5,121,572	76,068,103
1982	5,117,810	78,378,701
1983	5,114,297	80,438,260
1984	5,111,619	82,526,443
1985	5,113,691	84,897,973
1986	5,120,534	87,235,953
1987	5,127,024	89,591,716
1988	5,129,516	92,020,090
1989	5,132,594	94,531,014
1990	5,140,939	97,120,925
1991	5,154,298	99,720,162
1992	5,171,370	102,372,770
1993	5,188,628	105,122,069
1994	5,206,180	107,935,714
1995	5,233,373	110,819,428
1996	5,263,074	113,754,779
1997	5,284,991	116,754,792
1998	5,304,219	119,846,254
1999	5,321,799	123,047,320
2000	5,339,616	126,382,494
2001	5,358,783	129,862,595
2002	5,375,931	133,471,989
2003	5,390,574	137,202,644
2004	5,404,523	141,057,045
2005	5,419,432	145,017,253
2006	5,437,272	149,077,334
2007	5,461,438	153,267,261
2008	5,493,621	157,595,014
2009	5,523,095	162,049,464
2010	5,547,683	166,642,886
2011	5,570,572	171,379,598
2012	5,591,572	176,200,625
2013	5,614,932	181,049,443
2014	5,643,475	185,896,915
2015	5,683,483	190,671,878
2016	5,728,010	195,443,700
2017	5,764,980	200,254,579
2018	5,793,636	204,938,755
2019	5,814,422	209,485,641
2020	5,831,404	213,996,181
2021	5,856,733	218,529,286
2022	5,903,037	223,150,896
2023	5,946,952	227,882,945
2024	5,976,992	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Denmark and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Denmark

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Nigeria
1960	2.57	6.36
1961	2.55	6.35
1962	2.55	6.36
1963	2.67	6.35
1964	2.6	6.36
1965	2.61	6.37
1966	2.62	6.39
1967	2.35	6.4
1968	2.12	6.42
1969	2	6.44
1970	1.95	6.47
1971	2.04	6.53
1972	2.03	6.58
1973	1.92	6.63
1974	1.9	6.7
1975	1.92	6.77
1976	1.75	6.81
1977	1.66	6.86
1978	1.67	6.92
1979	1.6	6.89
1980	1.55	6.85
1981	1.44	6.82
1982	1.43	6.8
1983	1.38	6.78
1984	1.4	6.7
1985	1.45	6.62
1986	1.48	6.56
1987	1.5	6.5
1988	1.56	6.5
1989	1.62	6.49
1990	1.67	6.46
1991	1.68	6.43
1992	1.76	6.39
1993	1.75	6.35
1994	1.81	6.32
1995	1.8	6.27
1996	1.75	6.22
1997	1.75	6.14
1998	1.72	6.07
1999	1.73	6.08
2000	1.77	6.12
2001	1.74	6.13
2002	1.72	6.12
2003	1.76	6.1
2004	1.78	6.09
2005	1.8	6.06
2006	1.85	6.05
2007	1.84	6.03
2008	1.89	6.02
2009	1.84	5.99
2010	1.87	5.95
2011	1.75	5.89
2012	1.73	5.8
2013	1.67	5.69
2014	1.69	5.62
2015	1.71	5.5
2016	1.79	5.34
2017	1.75	5.18
2018	1.73	5.02
2019	1.7	4.86
2020	1.68	4.7
2021	1.72	4.64
2022	1.55	4.55
2023	1.5	4.48

Denmark and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Denmark

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Denmark	Nigeria
1960	33	19.3
1961	33.1	19.3
1962	33	19.3
1963	33	19.3
1964	32.9	19.3
1965	32.8	19.3
1966	32.6	19.3
1967	32.5	19.2
1968	32.5	19.2
1969	32.5	19.1
1970	32.5	18.9
1971	32.5	18.8
1972	32.6	18.7
1973	32.7	18.6
1974	32.8	18.5
1975	33	18.4
1976	33.2	18.3
1977	33.4	18.2
1978	33.7	18
1979	33.9	17.9
1980	34.3	17.8
1981	34.7	17.7
1982	35.1	17.6
1983	35.5	17.5
1984	35.7	17.4
1985	36	17.3
1986	36.2	17.3
1987	36.5	17.3
1988	36.7	17.3
1989	36.9	17.3
1990	37.1	17.3
1991	37.3	17.3
1992	37.4	17.4
1993	37.5	17.4
1994	37.6	17.5
1995	37.7	17.6
1996	37.7	17.6
1997	37.9	17.7
1998	38	17.8
1999	38.2	17.9
2000	38.4	17.9
2001	38.6	17.9
2002	38.8	17.9
2003	39	17.9
2004	39.2	17.9
2005	39.5	17.9
2006	39.8	17.9
2007	40.1	17.9
2008	40.2	17.8
2009	40.4	17.8
2010	40.5	17.8
2011	40.7	17.7
2012	41	17.7
2013	41.2	17.7
2014	41.4	17.7
2015	41.5	17.8
2016	41.6	17.8
2017	41.7	17.9
2018	41.8	18
2019	41.9	18.2
2020	42.1	18.3
2021	42.2	18.5
2022	42.1	18.7
2023	42.2	18.8
2024	42.3	19

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