Ethiopia vs Nigeria statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 25th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Ethiopia and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Nigeria
1960	$1,610,511,694	$4,196,174,502
1961	$1,680,859,514	$4,467,287,893
1962	$1,747,566,307	$4,909,399,176
1963	$1,825,058,828	$5,165,590,254
1964	$1,984,129,186	$5,552,931,319
1965	$2,159,998,591	$5,874,537,650
1966	$2,324,466,416	$6,366,917,453
1967	$2,461,762,003	$5,203,237,919
1968	$2,619,948,865	$5,200,997,920
1969	$2,768,987,372	$6,634,317,346
1970	$3,045,354,455	$12,546,094,982
1971	$3,224,280,835	$9,181,769,912
1972	$3,520,252,938	$12,274,416,018
1973	$4,070,570,550	$15,162,871,287
1974	$4,577,209,966	$24,846,641,318
1975	$4,577,047,854	$27,778,934,625
1976	$4,943,806,093	$36,308,883,249
1977	$5,651,840,585	$36,035,407,725
1978	$6,014,961,435	$36,527,862,209
1979	$6,586,048,398	$47,259,911,894
1980	$7,012,585,454	$64,201,788,123
1981	$7,507,663,567	$164,475,209,516
1982	$7,899,988,841	$142,769,363,314
1983	$8,781,664,427	$97,094,911,792
1984	$8,298,309,581	$73,484,359,521
1985	$9,717,392,687	$73,745,821,158
1986	$10,094,328,898	$54,805,852,581
1987	$10,790,001,558	$52,676,041,931
1988	$11,181,119,718	$49,648,470,440
1989	$11,762,932,007	$44,003,061,108
1990	$12,478,943,895	$54,035,795,388
1991	$13,799,799,324	$59,526,833,412
1992	$10,754,799,037	$52,058,181,854
1993	$9,051,043,870	$56,721,051,402
1994	$7,100,806,754	$80,399,613,064
1995	$7,855,205,207	$140,919,776,986
1996	$8,761,215,548	$185,730,236,700
1997	$8,803,539,988	$200,850,397,618
1998	$8,013,274,132	$218,416,200,673
1999	$7,892,973,532	$59,145,077,039
2000	$8,242,349,618	$69,171,451,627
2001	$8,231,326,016	$73,557,840,064
2002	$7,850,809,498	$95,054,059,303
2003	$8,623,691,300	$104,738,954,264
2004	$10,131,187,261	$135,764,731,646
2005	$12,401,139,454	$175,670,569,969
2006	$15,280,861,835	$238,454,997,161
2007	$19,707,616,773	$278,260,846,800
2008	$27,066,912,635	$339,476,276,258
2009	$32,437,389,116	$295,008,835,381
2010	$29,933,790,334	$366,990,417,129
2011	$31,952,763,089	$414,466,676,831
2012	$43,310,721,414	$463,971,018,239
2013	$47,648,276,605	$520,117,180,314
2014	$55,612,228,234	$574,183,763,412
2015	$64,589,328,551	$493,026,682,801
2016	$74,296,766,562	$404,649,125,252
2017	$81,770,885,148	$375,745,731,053
2018	$84,269,180,857	$421,739,251,509
2019	$95,912,620,248	$474,517,490,844
2020	$107,657,732,424	$432,198,898,468
2021	$111,261,888,669	$440,833,635,874
2022	$126,772,707,851	$477,403,400,101
2023	-	$363,846,332,835
2024	-	$187,759,703,100

Ethiopia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Nigeria
1960	$75.3	$93.1
1961	$76.7	$97.1
1962	$77.8	$104.5
1963	$79.2	$107.7
1964	$83.8	$113.3
1965	$88.9	$117.3
1966	$93.2	$124.4
1967	$96.1	$99.5
1968	$99.5	$97.3
1969	$102.3	$121.4
1970	$109.4	$224.5
1971	$112.7	$160.5
1972	$119.8	$209.5
1973	$134.9	$252.4
1974	$147.9	$403
1975	$144.3	$438
1976	$152	$556
1977	$170.4	$536
1978	$178.3	$527
1979	$192.4	$661
1980	$203.7	$870
1981	$212.7	$2,162
1982	$215.3	$1,822
1983	$232.7	$1,207
1984	$214.2	$890
1985	$243.9	$869
1986	$246	$628
1987	$254.1	$588
1988	$253.2	$540
1989	$256.4	$465
1990	$262.1	$556
1991	$277.6	$597
1992	$207.4	$509
1993	$168.5	$540
1994	$127.7	$745
1995	$136.5	$1,272
1996	$147.3	$1,633
1997	$143.4	$1,720
1998	$126.5	$1,822
1999	$120.7	$481
2000	$122.3	$547
2001	$118.5	$566
2002	$109.6	$712
2003	$116.8	$763
2004	$133.2	$962
2005	$158.2	$1,211
2006	$189.3	$1,600
2007	$237.1	$1,816
2008	$316	$2,154
2009	$369	$1,820
2010	$331	$2,202
2011	$343	$2,418
2012	$452	$2,633
2013	$484	$2,873
2014	$550	$3,089
2015	$622	$2,586
2016	$696	$2,070
2017	$746	$1,876
2018	$748	$2,058
2019	$829	$2,265
2020	$905	$2,020
2021	$911	$2,017
2022	$1,011	$2,139
2023	-	$1,597
2024	-	$807

Ethiopia vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Nigeria
1950	35.5	35.5
1951	35.9	35.7
1952	36.2	35.9
1953	36.6	36
1954	37	36.2
1955	37.3	36.3
1956	37.8	36.5
1957	32.2	36.6
1958	32.6	36.8
1959	39.2	37
1960	39.6	37.2
1961	40.2	37.4
1962	40.5	37.6
1963	41	37.8
1964	41.3	38
1965	41.4	38.2
1966	39.3	38.4
1967	41.9	37.5
1968	42.1	38.6
1969	42.1	38.9
1970	42.1	40
1971	42.2	40.6
1972	41	41.3
1973	41.1	41.8
1974	39.1	42.5
1975	38.9	43.1
1976	41.3	44.2
1977	41.4	44.8
1978	41.5	45.3
1979	42.4	45.7
1980	42.8	46
1981	43.1	46.3
1982	43.4	46.4
1983	36.3	46.4
1984	36.7	46.3
1985	37.7	46.2
1986	38.4	46
1987	45.9	45.9
1988	45.7	45.8
1989	45.6	45.8
1990	45.1	45.7
1991	46.7	45.5
1992	47.3	45.6
1993	47.7	45.8
1994	47.9	45.7
1995	48.2	45.9
1996	48.7	45.8
1997	49.2	46
1998	49.8	46.1
1999	49.5	46.6
2000	50.9	47.1
2001	51.4	47.5
2002	52.1	48
2003	52.9	48.6
2004	53.7	49.1
2005	54.4	49.5
2006	55.4	49.9
2007	56.6	50.4
2008	57.7	50.7
2009	58.7	51.1
2010	59.7	51.3
2011	60.6	51.5
2012	61.4	51.7
2013	62.2	51.8
2014	62.9	51.9
2015	63.6	51.9
2016	64.2	52.2
2017	64.8	52.4
2018	65.3	52.7
2019	65.7	53
2020	66	53.1
2021	65.3	53.5
2022	66.9	54.1
2023	67.3	54.5
2024	67.6	54.6
2025	67.9	54.8

Ethiopia and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Nigeria
1960	21,376,693	45,053,782
1961	21,906,102	45,989,310
1962	22,465,126	46,965,292
1963	23,051,637	47,973,575
1964	23,666,548	49,012,016
1965	24,310,612	50,086,764
1966	24,952,689	51,188,234
1967	25,620,276	52,293,065
1968	26,337,930	53,432,783
1969	27,072,571	54,631,914
1970	27,829,128	55,893,838
1971	28,600,106	57,214,684
1972	29,374,608	58,601,748
1973	30,166,785	60,082,139
1974	30,957,273	61,679,144
1975	31,723,252	63,410,815
1976	32,534,418	65,258,009
1977	33,167,272	67,234,590
1978	33,734,592	69,326,532
1979	34,238,652	71,498,242
1980	34,428,514	73,764,641
1981	35,304,012	76,068,103
1982	36,701,290	78,378,701
1983	37,740,817	80,438,260
1984	38,735,722	82,526,443
1985	39,842,136	84,897,973
1986	41,037,656	87,235,953
1987	42,460,039	89,591,716
1988	44,150,825	92,020,090
1989	45,879,690	94,531,014
1990	47,609,755	97,120,925
1991	49,717,198	99,720,162
1992	51,853,747	102,372,770
1993	53,708,891	105,122,069
1994	55,611,508	107,935,714
1995	57,537,335	110,819,428
1996	59,467,635	113,754,779
1997	61,404,539	116,754,792
1998	63,363,524	119,846,254
1999	65,374,561	123,047,320
2000	67,411,494	126,382,494
2001	69,487,762	129,862,595
2002	71,635,517	133,471,989
2003	73,832,663	137,202,644
2004	76,077,206	141,057,045
2005	78,367,470	145,017,253
2006	80,703,490	149,077,334
2007	83,103,217	153,267,261
2008	85,543,668	157,595,014
2009	88,007,636	162,049,464
2010	90,538,514	166,642,886
2011	93,149,970	171,379,598
2012	95,798,767	176,200,625
2013	98,438,751	181,049,443
2014	101,115,610	185,896,915
2015	103,867,135	190,671,878
2016	106,718,162	195,443,700
2017	109,666,481	200,254,579
2018	112,664,152	204,938,755
2019	115,737,383	209,485,641
2020	118,917,671	213,996,181
2021	122,138,588	218,529,286
2022	125,384,287	223,150,896
2023	128,691,692	227,882,945
2024	132,059,767	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Nigeria
1960	6.51	6.36
1961	6.53	6.35
1962	6.56	6.36
1963	6.59	6.35
1964	6.61	6.36
1965	6.63	6.37
1966	6.66	6.39
1967	6.68	6.4
1968	6.7	6.42
1969	6.72	6.44
1970	6.78	6.47
1971	6.84	6.53
1972	6.9	6.58
1973	6.96	6.63
1974	7.02	6.7
1975	7.08	6.77
1976	7.13	6.81
1977	7.19	6.86
1978	7.23	6.92
1979	7.25	6.89
1980	7.29	6.85
1981	7.31	6.82
1982	7.34	6.8
1983	7.35	6.78
1984	7.36	6.7
1985	7.34	6.62
1986	7.32	6.56
1987	7.29	6.5
1988	7.26	6.5
1989	7.23	6.49
1990	7.2	6.46
1991	7.16	6.43
1992	7.13	6.39
1993	7.09	6.35
1994	7.05	6.32
1995	7	6.27
1996	6.93	6.22
1997	6.87	6.14
1998	6.79	6.07
1999	6.72	6.08
2000	6.65	6.12
2001	6.58	6.13
2002	6.5	6.12
2003	6.4	6.1
2004	6.3	6.09
2005	6.19	6.06
2006	6.05	6.05
2007	5.89	6.03
2008	5.7	6.02
2009	5.49	5.99
2010	5.28	5.95
2011	5.08	5.89
2012	4.89	5.8
2013	4.71	5.69
2014	4.61	5.62
2015	4.53	5.5
2016	4.47	5.34
2017	4.4	5.18
2018	4.37	5.02
2019	4.35	4.86
2020	4.27	4.7
2021	4.18	4.64
2022	4.08	4.55
2023	3.99	4.48

Ethiopia and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Nigeria
1960	18.6	19.3
1961	18.6	19.3
1962	18.6	19.3
1963	18.6	19.3
1964	18.6	19.3
1965	18.6	19.3
1966	18.5	19.3
1967	18.5	19.2
1968	18.4	19.2
1969	18.3	19.1
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	17.7	18.7
1973	17.6	18.6
1974	17.5	18.5
1975	17.3	18.4
1976	17.2	18.3
1977	17.1	18.2
1978	17	18
1979	16.9	17.9
1980	16.8	17.8
1981	16.8	17.7
1982	16.7	17.6
1983	16.7	17.5
1984	16.8	17.4
1985	16.9	17.3
1986	16.9	17.3
1987	16.9	17.3
1988	16.9	17.3
1989	16.9	17.3
1990	16.9	17.3
1991	16.9	17.3
1992	16.9	17.4
1993	16.8	17.4
1994	16.7	17.5
1995	16.6	17.6
1996	16.5	17.6
1997	16.4	17.7
1998	16.3	17.8
1999	16.2	17.9
2000	16.2	17.9
2001	16.1	17.9
2002	16.1	17.9
2003	16.1	17.9
2004	16.2	17.9
2005	16.2	17.9
2006	16.3	17.9
2007	16.4	17.9
2008	16.5	17.8
2009	16.7	17.8
2010	16.9	17.8
2011	17.1	17.7
2012	17.4	17.7
2013	17.6	17.7
2014	17.9	17.7
2015	18.1	17.8
2016	18.3	17.8
2017	18.6	17.9
2018	18.8	18
2019	19	18.2
2020	19.2	18.3
2021	19.4	18.5
2022	19.6	18.7
2023	19.7	18.8
2024	19.9	19

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