France vs Nigeria statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 48th vs. 30th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

France and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

France and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

France

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Nigeria
1960	$61,756,878,990	$4,196,174,502
1961	$66,806,595,975	$4,467,287,893
1962	$74,888,595,286	$4,909,399,176
1963	$83,957,182,115	$5,165,590,254
1964	$93,079,224,076	$5,552,931,319
1965	$100,522,559,916	$5,874,537,650
1966	$108,928,356,519	$6,366,917,453
1967	$117,751,396,249	$5,203,237,919
1968	$128,427,504,709	$5,200,997,920
1969	$140,361,802,782	$6,634,317,346
1970	$146,926,998,937	$12,546,094,982
1971	$164,238,872,973	$9,181,769,912
1972	$201,621,751,625	$12,274,416,018
1973	$262,343,828,816	$15,162,871,287
1974	$283,102,178,123	$24,846,641,318
1975	$356,780,728,163	$27,778,934,625
1976	$368,488,292,816	$36,308,883,249
1977	$406,736,454,934	$36,035,407,725
1978	$501,724,418,605	$36,527,862,209
1979	$608,218,624,730	$47,259,911,894
1980	$694,529,183,483	$64,201,788,123
1981	$609,184,791,792	$164,475,209,516
1982	$578,152,310,610	$142,769,363,314
1983	$553,356,312,936	$97,094,911,792
1984	$525,033,325,828	$73,484,359,521
1985	$547,220,981,165	$73,745,821,158
1986	$764,946,585,851	$54,805,852,581
1987	$926,320,855,615	$52,676,041,931
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$49,648,470,440
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$44,003,061,108
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$54,035,795,388
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$59,526,833,412
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$52,058,181,854
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$56,721,051,402
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$80,399,613,064
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$140,919,776,986
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$185,730,236,700
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$200,850,397,618
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$218,416,200,673
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$59,145,077,039
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$69,171,451,627
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$73,557,840,064
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$95,054,059,303
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$104,738,954,264
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$135,764,731,646
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$175,670,569,969
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$238,454,997,161
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$278,260,846,800
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$339,476,276,258
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$295,008,835,381
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$366,990,417,129
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$414,466,676,831
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$463,971,018,239
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$520,117,180,314
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$574,183,763,412
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$493,026,682,801
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$404,649,125,252
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$375,745,731,053
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$421,739,251,509
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$474,517,490,844
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$432,198,898,468
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$440,833,635,874
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$477,403,400,101
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$363,846,332,835
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$187,759,703,100

France and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Nigeria
1960	$1,303	$93.1
1961	$1,395	$97.1
1962	$1,548	$104.5
1963	$1,718	$107.7
1964	$1,884	$113.3
1965	$2,015	$117.3
1966	$2,165	$124.4
1967	$2,321	$99.5
1968	$2,513	$97.3
1969	$2,724	$121.4
1970	$2,825	$224.5
1971	$3,128	$160.5
1972	$3,807	$209.5
1973	$4,914	$252.4
1974	$5,267	$403
1975	$6,607	$438
1976	$6,795	$556
1977	$7,465	$536
1978	$9,167	$527
1979	$11,063	$661
1980	$12,565	$870
1981	$10,956	$2,162
1982	$10,360	$1,822
1983	$9,862	$1,207
1984	$9,312	$890
1985	$9,657	$869
1986	$13,430	$628
1987	$16,176	$588
1988	$17,550	$540
1989	$17,547	$465
1990	$21,586	$556
1991	$21,501	$597
1992	$23,615	$509
1993	$22,239	$540
1994	$23,360	$745
1995	$26,792	$1,272
1996	$26,758	$1,633
1997	$24,169	$1,720
1998	$24,869	$1,822
1999	$24,576	$481
2000	$22,341	$547
2001	$22,332	$566
2002	$24,145	$712
2003	$29,480	$763
2004	$33,645	$962
2005	$34,696	$1,211
2006	$36,432	$1,600
2007	$41,486	$1,816
2008	$45,465	$2,154
2009	$41,728	$1,820
2010	$40,695	$2,202
2011	$43,930	$2,418
2012	$40,864	$2,633
2013	$42,669	$2,873
2014	$43,148	$3,089
2015	$36,702	$2,586
2016	$37,024	$2,070
2017	$38,687	$1,876
2018	$41,418	$2,058
2019	$40,408	$2,265
2020	$39,170	$2,020
2021	$43,725	$2,017
2022	$41,083	$2,139
2023	$44,691	$1,597
2024	$46,150	$807

France vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Nigeria
1950	66.4	35.5
1951	66.1	35.7
1952	67.4	35.9
1953	67.3	36
1954	68.2	36.2
1955	68.4	36.3
1956	68.5	36.5
1957	68.9	36.6
1958	70.1	36.8
1959	70.2	37
1960	70.4	37.2
1961	71	37.4
1962	70.5	37.6
1963	70.3	37.8
1964	71.3	38
1965	71.1	38.2
1966	71.5	38.4
1967	71.5	37.5
1968	71.5	38.6
1969	71.2	38.9
1970	72.1	40
1971	72.1	40.6
1972	72.3	41.3
1973	72.5	41.8
1974	72.8	42.5
1975	72.9	43.1
1976	73.1	44.2
1977	73.7	44.8
1978	73.8	45.3
1979	74.1	45.7
1980	74.2	46
1981	74.4	46.3
1982	74.8	46.4
1983	74.7	46.4
1984	75.2	46.3
1985	75.3	46.2
1986	75.6	46
1987	76.1	45.9
1988	76.4	45.8
1989	76.5	45.8
1990	76.8	45.7
1991	77	45.5
1992	77.3	45.6
1993	77.3	45.8
1994	77.8	45.7
1995	77.9	45.9
1996	78.1	45.8
1997	78.4	46
1998	78.6	46.1
1999	78.7	46.6
2000	79	47.1
2001	79.2	47.5
2002	79.4	48
2003	79.4	48.6
2004	80.3	49.1
2005	80.3	49.5
2006	80.7	49.9
2007	81	50.4
2008	81	50.7
2009	81.2	51.1
2010	81.4	51.3
2011	81.8	51.5
2012	81.7	51.7
2013	82	51.8
2014	82.4	51.9
2015	82.1	51.9
2016	82.4	52.2
2017	82.4	52.4
2018	82.6	52.7
2019	82.7	53
2020	82.2	53.1
2021	82.3	53.5
2022	82.5	54.1
2023	83.3	54.5
2024	83.5	54.6
2025	83.6	54.8

France and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	France	Nigeria
1960	47,412,964	45,053,782
1961	47,905,982	45,989,310
1962	48,389,516	46,965,292
1963	48,877,567	47,973,575
1964	49,401,492	49,012,016
1965	49,877,725	50,086,764
1966	50,311,637	51,188,234
1967	50,722,791	52,293,065
1968	51,112,980	53,432,783
1969	51,536,014	54,631,914
1970	52,007,169	55,893,838
1971	52,499,553	57,214,684
1972	52,962,356	58,601,748
1973	53,392,161	60,082,139
1974	53,746,571	61,679,144
1975	54,002,853	63,410,815
1976	54,232,383	65,258,009
1977	54,486,467	67,234,590
1978	54,734,030	69,326,532
1979	54,979,851	71,498,242
1980	55,274,184	73,764,641
1981	55,603,353	76,068,103
1982	55,806,789	78,378,701
1983	56,108,330	80,438,260
1984	56,383,085	82,526,443
1985	56,665,619	84,897,973
1986	56,956,002	87,235,953
1987	57,266,167	89,591,716
1988	57,598,186	92,020,090
1989	57,943,062	94,531,014
1990	58,261,012	97,120,925
1991	58,554,242	99,720,162
1992	58,846,584	102,372,770
1993	59,103,094	105,122,069
1994	59,324,863	107,935,714
1995	59,541,294	110,819,428
1996	59,754,504	113,754,779
1997	59,968,066	116,754,792
1998	60,190,684	119,846,254
1999	60,501,986	123,047,320
2000	60,918,661	126,382,494
2001	61,364,377	129,862,595
2002	61,812,142	133,471,989
2003	62,249,855	137,202,644
2004	62,707,588	141,057,045
2005	63,180,854	145,017,253
2006	63,622,342	149,077,334
2007	64,016,890	153,267,261
2008	64,375,116	157,595,014
2009	64,706,436	162,049,464
2010	65,026,211	166,642,886
2011	65,340,830	171,379,598
2012	65,657,659	176,200,625
2013	65,997,932	181,049,443
2014	66,312,067	185,896,915
2015	66,548,272	190,671,878
2016	66,724,104	195,443,700
2017	66,918,020	200,254,579
2018	67,158,348	204,938,755
2019	67,382,061	209,485,641
2020	67,601,110	213,996,181
2021	67,842,811	218,529,286
2022	68,065,015	223,150,896
2023	68,287,487	227,882,945
2024	68,516,699	232,679,478

Fertility rates in France and Nigeria

Fertility rate

France

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Nigeria
1960	2.85	6.36
1961	2.87	6.35
1962	2.89	6.36
1963	2.89	6.35
1964	2.87	6.36
1965	2.84	6.37
1966	2.8	6.39
1967	2.75	6.4
1968	2.69	6.42
1969	2.62	6.44
1970	2.55	6.47
1971	2.47	6.53
1972	2.38	6.58
1973	2.28	6.63
1974	2.18	6.7
1975	2.09	6.77
1976	2.01	6.81
1977	1.94	6.86
1978	1.89	6.92
1979	1.87	6.89
1980	1.85	6.85
1981	1.85	6.82
1982	1.86	6.8
1983	1.86	6.78
1984	1.86	6.7
1985	1.86	6.62
1986	1.85	6.56
1987	1.83	6.5
1988	1.81	6.5
1989	1.79	6.49
1990	1.77	6.46
1991	1.75	6.43
1992	1.74	6.39
1993	1.73	6.35
1994	1.73	6.32
1995	1.74	6.27
1996	1.75	6.22
1997	1.77	6.14
1998	1.78	6.07
1999	1.81	6.08
2000	1.89	6.12
2001	1.9	6.13
2002	1.88	6.12
2003	1.89	6.1
2004	1.92	6.09
2005	1.94	6.06
2006	2	6.05
2007	1.98	6.03
2008	2.01	6.02
2009	2	5.99
2010	2.03	5.95
2011	2.01	5.89
2012	2.01	5.8
2013	1.99	5.69
2014	2	5.62
2015	1.96	5.5
2016	1.92	5.34
2017	1.89	5.18
2018	1.87	5.02
2019	1.86	4.86
2020	1.83	4.7
2021	1.84	4.64
2022	1.79	4.55
2023	1.66	4.48

France and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

France

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Nigeria
1960	32.8	19.3
1961	32.8	19.3
1962	32.9	19.3
1963	32.8	19.3
1964	32.8	19.3
1965	32.7	19.3
1966	32.7	19.3
1967	32.7	19.2
1968	32.6	19.2
1969	32.5	19.1
1970	32.4	18.9
1971	32.2	18.8
1972	32	18.7
1973	31.8	18.6
1974	31.7	18.5
1975	31.6	18.4
1976	31.7	18.3
1977	31.9	18.2
1978	32.1	18
1979	32.3	17.9
1980	32.4	17.8
1981	32.6	17.7
1982	32.8	17.6
1983	33	17.5
1984	33.3	17.4
1985	33.5	17.3
1986	33.7	17.3
1987	34	17.3
1988	34.2	17.3
1989	34.5	17.3
1990	34.7	17.3
1991	35	17.3
1992	35.3	17.4
1993	35.6	17.4
1994	35.9	17.5
1995	36.2	17.6
1996	36.5	17.6
1997	36.8	17.7
1998	37.1	17.8
1999	37.4	17.9
2000	37.7	17.9
2001	37.9	17.9
2002	38.2	17.9
2003	38.4	17.9
2004	38.6	17.9
2005	38.9	17.9
2006	39.1	17.9
2007	39.4	17.9
2008	39.6	17.8
2009	39.8	17.8
2010	40	17.8
2011	40.3	17.7
2012	40.5	17.7
2013	40.8	17.7
2014	41	17.7
2015	41.2	17.8
2016	41.4	17.8
2017	41.6	17.9
2018	41.9	18
2019	42.1	18.2
2020	42.3	18.3
2021	42.4	18.5
2022	42.6	18.7
2023	42.8	18.8
2024	43	19

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