Egypt vs Nigeria statistics compared

Egypt has a population of 117M (ranked 13/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Egypt's land area is 384,345 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 29th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Egypt ranks 42/197 ($389B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Egypt ranks 137/197 ($3,338), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Egypt and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Egypt and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Egypt

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Egypt	Nigeria
1960	$4,206,270,352	$4,196,174,502
1961	$4,494,575,611	$4,467,287,893
1962	$4,035,462,027	$4,909,399,176
1963	$4,187,146,232	$5,165,590,254
1964	$4,709,245,762	$5,552,931,319
1965	$4,948,667,540	$5,874,537,650
1966	$5,278,005,612	$6,366,917,453
1967	$5,605,484,299	$5,203,237,919
1968	$5,932,242,991	$5,200,997,920
1969	$6,524,455,206	$6,634,317,346
1970	$8,042,200,452	$12,546,094,982
1971	$8,609,283,346	$9,181,769,912
1972	$9,299,638,056	$12,274,416,018
1973	$10,098,534,613	$15,162,871,287
1974	$9,228,963,225	$24,846,641,318
1975	$11,632,178,869	$27,778,934,625
1976	$13,315,988,083	$36,308,883,249
1977	$14,400,806,876	$36,035,407,725
1978	$14,811,704,063	$36,527,862,209
1979	$18,020,571,429	$47,259,911,894
1980	$21,669,908,176	$64,201,788,123
1981	$22,136,081,081	$164,475,209,516
1982	$27,655,172,414	$142,769,363,314
1983	$30,966,239,814	$97,094,911,792
1984	$33,971,188,992	$73,484,359,521
1985	$39,053,502,251	$73,745,821,158
1986	$41,253,507,951	$54,805,852,581
1987	$40,455,616,654	$52,676,041,931
1988	$34,980,124,929	$49,648,470,440
1989	$39,756,299,050	$44,003,061,108
1990	$42,978,914,311	$54,035,795,388
1991	$37,387,836,491	$59,526,833,412
1992	$41,855,986,519	$52,058,181,854
1993	$46,578,631,453	$56,721,051,402
1994	$51,897,983,393	$80,399,613,064
1995	$60,159,245,060	$140,919,776,986
1996	$67,629,716,981	$185,730,236,700
1997	$78,436,578,171	$200,850,397,618
1998	$84,828,807,556	$218,416,200,673
1999	$90,710,704,807	$59,145,077,039
2000	$99,838,543,960	$69,171,451,627
2001	$96,684,636,119	$73,557,840,064
2002	$85,146,067,416	$95,054,059,303
2003	$80,288,461,538	$104,738,954,264
2004	$78,782,467,532	$135,764,731,646
2005	$89,660,339,660	$175,670,569,969
2006	$107,426,086,957	$238,454,997,161
2007	$130,437,828,371	$278,260,846,800
2008	$162,818,181,818	$339,476,276,258
2009	$189,147,005,445	$295,008,835,381
2010	$218,983,666,062	$366,990,417,129
2011	$235,989,672,978	$414,466,676,831
2012	$279,116,666,667	$463,971,018,239
2013	$288,434,108,527	$520,117,180,314
2014	$305,595,408,895	$574,183,763,412
2015	$329,366,576,819	$493,026,682,801
2016	$332,441,717,791	$404,649,125,252
2017	$248,362,771,739	$375,745,731,053
2018	$262,588,632,527	$421,739,251,509
2019	$318,678,815,490	$474,517,490,844
2020	$383,817,841,547	$432,198,898,468
2021	$424,671,765,456	$440,833,635,874
2022	$476,747,720,365	$477,403,400,101
2023	$395,926,075,163	$363,846,332,835
2024	$389,059,911,004	$187,759,703,100

Egypt and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Egypt

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Egypt	Nigeria
1960	$156.4	$93.1
1961	$162.8	$97.1
1962	$142.4	$104.5
1963	$143.9	$107.7
1964	$157.7	$113.3
1965	$161.6	$117.3
1966	$168.1	$124.4
1967	$174.1	$99.5
1968	$179.8	$97.3
1969	$193	$121.4
1970	$232.3	$224.5
1971	$243	$160.5
1972	$256.5	$209.5
1973	$272.2	$252.4
1974	$243.1	$403
1975	$299.2	$438
1976	$335	$556
1977	$353	$536
1978	$355	$527
1979	$421	$661
1980	$493	$870
1981	$490	$2,162
1982	$596	$1,822
1983	$648	$1,207
1984	$690	$890
1985	$770	$869
1986	$790	$628
1987	$754	$588
1988	$634	$540
1989	$701	$465
1990	$736	$556
1991	$623	$597
1992	$681	$509
1993	$740	$540
1994	$807	$745
1995	$916	$1,272
1996	$1,009	$1,633
1997	$1,146	$1,720
1998	$1,213	$1,822
1999	$1,268	$481
2000	$1,366	$547
2001	$1,295	$566
2002	$1,117	$712
2003	$1,031	$763
2004	$991	$962
2005	$1,106	$1,211
2006	$1,299	$1,600
2007	$1,548	$1,816
2008	$1,896	$2,154
2009	$2,162	$1,820
2010	$2,455	$2,202
2011	$2,591	$2,418
2012	$2,996	$2,633
2013	$3,026	$2,873
2014	$3,133	$3,089
2015	$3,307	$2,586
2016	$3,271	$2,070
2017	$2,395	$1,876
2018	$2,485	$2,058
2019	$2,963	$2,265
2020	$3,511	$2,020
2021	$3,827	$2,017
2022	$4,233	$2,139
2023	$3,457	$1,597
2024	$3,338	$807

Egypt vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Egypt

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Egypt	Nigeria
1950	34	35.5
1951	35.3	35.7
1952	36.6	35.9
1953	37.9	36
1954	39.1	36.2
1955	40.2	36.3
1956	41	36.5
1957	42.1	36.6
1958	42.9	36.8
1959	43.7	37
1960	44.4	37.2
1961	45.1	37.4
1962	45.8	37.6
1963	46.5	37.8
1964	47.1	38
1965	47.6	38.2
1966	48	38.4
1967	48.1	37.5
1968	48.6	38.6
1969	48.7	38.9
1970	49	40
1971	49.5	40.6
1972	49.9	41.3
1973	50.1	41.8
1974	51	42.5
1975	51.7	43.1
1976	52.5	44.2
1977	53.3	44.8
1978	54.1	45.3
1979	54.9	45.7
1980	55.7	46
1981	56.5	46.3
1982	57.2	46.4
1983	58	46.4
1984	58.7	46.3
1985	59.4	46.2
1986	60.1	46
1987	60.7	45.9
1988	61.4	45.8
1989	61.9	45.8
1990	62.5	45.7
1991	63.1	45.5
1992	63.6	45.6
1993	64.1	45.8
1994	64.7	45.7
1995	65.2	45.9
1996	65.7	45.8
1997	66.2	46
1998	66.6	46.1
1999	67	46.6
2000	67.3	47.1
2001	67.6	47.5
2002	67.8	48
2003	68	48.6
2004	68.2	49.1
2005	68.4	49.5
2006	68.5	49.9
2007	68.6	50.4
2008	68.8	50.7
2009	68.9	51.1
2010	69.1	51.3
2011	69.2	51.5
2012	69.5	51.7
2013	69.6	51.8
2014	69.9	51.9
2015	70.1	51.9
2016	70.4	52.2
2017	70.7	52.4
2018	71	52.7
2019	71.2	53
2020	69.8	53.1
2021	69	53.5
2022	71	54.1
2023	71.6	54.5
2024	71.8	54.6
2025	72	54.8

Egypt and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Egypt

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Egypt	Nigeria
1960	26,896,479	45,053,782
1961	27,600,898	45,989,310
1962	28,337,013	46,965,292
1963	29,091,869	47,973,575
1964	29,858,922	49,012,016
1965	30,629,174	50,086,764
1966	31,406,541	51,188,234
1967	32,196,360	52,293,065
1968	32,998,319	53,432,783
1969	33,811,615	54,631,914
1970	34,623,990	55,893,838
1971	35,433,368	57,214,684
1972	36,258,328	58,601,748
1973	37,102,043	60,082,139
1974	37,969,667	61,679,144
1975	38,875,327	63,410,815
1976	39,795,557	65,258,009
1977	40,748,870	67,234,590
1978	41,761,431	69,326,532
1979	42,818,628	71,498,242
1980	43,950,413	73,764,641
1981	45,147,224	76,068,103
1982	46,407,611	78,378,701
1983	47,786,402	80,438,260
1984	49,247,334	82,526,443
1985	50,734,968	84,897,973
1986	52,206,295	87,235,953
1987	53,674,435	89,591,716
1988	55,187,681	92,020,090
1989	56,710,642	94,531,014
1990	58,396,618	97,120,925
1991	60,028,997	99,720,162
1992	61,480,660	102,372,770
1993	62,915,681	105,122,069
1994	64,285,589	107,935,714
1995	65,652,622	110,819,428
1996	67,028,048	113,754,779
1997	68,431,740	116,754,792
1998	69,943,294	119,846,254
1999	71,520,954	123,047,320
2000	73,083,284	126,382,494
2001	74,652,029	129,862,595
2002	76,239,137	133,471,989
2003	77,853,548	137,202,644
2004	79,477,443	141,057,045
2005	81,101,004	145,017,253
2006	82,700,403	149,077,334
2007	84,276,225	153,267,261
2008	85,864,789	157,595,014
2009	87,501,636	162,049,464
2010	89,196,072	166,642,886
2011	91,093,059	171,379,598
2012	93,161,001	176,200,625
2013	95,333,553	181,049,443
2014	97,528,654	185,896,915
2015	99,597,342	190,671,878
2016	101,644,589	195,443,700
2017	103,696,057	200,254,579
2018	105,682,094	204,938,755
2019	107,553,158	209,485,641
2020	109,315,124	213,996,181
2021	110,957,008	218,529,286
2022	112,618,250	223,150,896
2023	114,535,772	227,882,945
2024	116,538,258	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Egypt and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Egypt

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Egypt	Nigeria
1960	6.79	6.36
1961	6.76	6.35
1962	6.71	6.36
1963	6.65	6.35
1964	6.54	6.36
1965	6.39	6.37
1966	6.31	6.39
1967	6.25	6.4
1968	6.19	6.42
1969	6.12	6.44
1970	6.06	6.47
1971	5.99	6.53
1972	5.93	6.58
1973	5.84	6.63
1974	5.78	6.7
1975	5.75	6.77
1976	5.73	6.81
1977	5.68	6.86
1978	5.63	6.92
1979	5.57	6.89
1980	5.49	6.85
1981	5.37	6.82
1982	5.33	6.8
1983	5.31	6.78
1984	5.21	6.7
1985	5.12	6.62
1986	5	6.56
1987	4.91	6.5
1988	4.83	6.5
1989	4.68	6.49
1990	4.51	6.46
1991	4.32	6.43
1992	4.15	6.39
1993	3.99	6.35
1994	3.87	6.32
1995	3.76	6.27
1996	3.7	6.22
1997	3.68	6.14
1998	3.68	6.07
1999	3.6	6.08
2000	3.51	6.12
2001	3.46	6.13
2002	3.41	6.12
2003	3.35	6.1
2004	3.28	6.09
2005	3.25	6.06
2006	3.22	6.05
2007	3.24	6.03
2008	3.24	6.02
2009	3.26	5.99
2010	3.3	5.95
2011	3.31	5.89
2012	3.4	5.8
2013	3.49	5.69
2014	3.49	5.62
2015	3.5	5.5
2016	3.35	5.34
2017	3.31	5.18
2018	3.02	5.02
2019	2.87	4.86
2020	2.85	4.7
2021	2.75	4.64
2022	2.75	4.55
2023	2.75	4.48

Egypt and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Egypt

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Egypt	Nigeria
1960	19.7	19.3
1961	19.5	19.3
1962	19.3	19.3
1963	19.2	19.3
1964	19.1	19.3
1965	19	19.3
1966	19	19.3
1967	19.1	19.2
1968	19.1	19.2
1969	19.1	19.1
1970	19.2	18.9
1971	19.2	18.8
1972	19.2	18.7
1973	19.2	18.6
1974	19.3	18.5
1975	19.3	18.4
1976	19.3	18.3
1977	19.3	18.2
1978	19.3	18
1979	19.3	17.9
1980	19.3	17.8
1981	19.3	17.7
1982	19.3	17.6
1983	19.3	17.5
1984	19.3	17.4
1985	19.4	17.3
1986	19.4	17.3
1987	19.4	17.3
1988	19.4	17.3
1989	19.4	17.3
1990	19.5	17.3
1991	19.6	17.3
1992	19.7	17.4
1993	19.9	17.4
1994	20	17.5
1995	20.1	17.6
1996	20.3	17.6
1997	20.5	17.7
1998	20.7	17.8
1999	20.9	17.9
2000	21.2	17.9
2001	21.4	17.9
2002	21.6	17.9
2003	21.8	17.9
2004	22.1	17.9
2005	22.3	17.9
2006	22.5	17.9
2007	22.7	17.9
2008	22.9	17.8
2009	23.1	17.8
2010	23.3	17.8
2011	23.4	17.7
2012	23.6	17.7
2013	23.7	17.7
2014	23.8	17.7
2015	23.9	17.8
2016	24	17.8
2017	24.1	17.9
2018	24.2	18
2019	24.4	18.2
2020	24.5	18.3
2021	24.7	18.5
2022	24.8	18.7
2023	25	18.8
2024	25.3	19

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