India vs Nigeria statistics compared

India has a population of 1.45B (ranked 1/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). India's land area is 1,147,955 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 7th vs. 30th).

By GDP, India ranks 5/197 ($3.91T) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, India ranks 143/197 ($2,697), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

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India and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

India

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	India	Nigeria
1960	$37,029,883,876	$4,196,174,502
1961	$39,232,435,784	$4,467,287,893
1962	$42,161,481,858	$4,909,399,176
1963	$48,421,923,459	$5,165,590,254
1964	$56,480,289,941	$5,552,931,319
1965	$59,556,105,229	$5,874,537,650
1966	$45,581,230,504	$6,366,917,453
1967	$50,134,942,204	$5,203,237,919
1968	$53,085,455,871	$5,200,997,920
1969	$58,447,995,017	$6,634,317,346
1970	$62,422,483,055	$12,546,094,982
1971	$67,351,404,352	$9,181,769,912
1972	$71,464,700,667	$12,274,416,018
1973	$85,517,673,173	$15,162,871,287
1974	$99,526,597,934	$24,846,641,318
1975	$98,473,832,017	$27,778,934,625
1976	$102,716,451,980	$36,308,883,249
1977	$121,486,641,441	$36,035,407,725
1978	$137,302,319,829	$36,527,862,209
1979	$152,995,442,498	$47,259,911,894
1980	$186,328,579,302	$64,201,788,123
1981	$193,491,368,446	$164,475,209,516
1982	$200,715,624,831	$142,769,363,314
1983	$218,262,146,413	$97,094,911,792
1984	$212,157,645,178	$73,484,359,521
1985	$232,511,554,840	$73,745,821,158
1986	$248,985,994,041	$54,805,852,581
1987	$279,033,584,092	$52,676,041,931
1988	$296,589,670,896	$49,648,470,440
1989	$296,042,052,945	$44,003,061,108
1990	$320,979,026,420	$54,035,795,388
1991	$270,105,341,879	$59,526,833,412
1992	$288,208,070,278	$52,058,181,854
1993	$279,295,648,983	$56,721,051,402
1994	$327,274,843,459	$80,399,613,064
1995	$360,281,909,643	$140,919,776,986
1996	$392,896,866,205	$185,730,236,700
1997	$415,867,563,593	$200,850,397,618
1998	$421,351,317,225	$218,416,200,673
1999	$458,821,052,616	$59,145,077,039
2000	$468,395,521,654	$69,171,451,627
2001	$485,440,139,204	$73,557,840,064
2002	$514,939,140,319	$95,054,059,303
2003	$607,700,687,237	$104,738,954,264
2004	$709,152,728,831	$135,764,731,646
2005	$820,383,763,511	$175,670,569,969
2006	$940,259,888,788	$238,454,997,161
2007	$1,216,736,438,835	$278,260,846,800
2008	$1,198,895,139,006	$339,476,276,258
2009	$1,341,888,016,995	$295,008,835,381
2010	$1,675,615,519,485	$366,990,417,129
2011	$1,823,051,829,895	$414,466,676,831
2012	$1,827,637,590,410	$463,971,018,239
2013	$1,856,721,507,622	$520,117,180,314
2014	$2,039,126,479,155	$574,183,763,412
2015	$2,103,588,360,045	$493,026,682,801
2016	$2,294,796,885,663	$404,649,125,252
2017	$2,651,474,262,755	$375,745,731,053
2018	$2,702,929,641,649	$421,739,251,509
2019	$2,835,606,256,558	$474,517,490,844
2020	$2,674,851,578,587	$432,198,898,468
2021	$3,167,270,623,260	$440,833,635,874
2022	$3,346,107,287,731	$477,403,400,101
2023	$3,638,489,096,034	$363,846,332,835
2024	$3,912,686,168,582	$187,759,703,100

India and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

India

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	India	Nigeria
1960	$84.9	$93.1
1961	$87.9	$97.1
1962	$92.2	$104.5
1963	$103.4	$107.7
1964	$117.9	$113.3
1965	$121.5	$117.3
1966	$91	$124.4
1967	$98	$99.5
1968	$101.6	$97.3
1969	$109.5	$121.4
1970	$114.4	$224.5
1971	$120.7	$160.5
1972	$125.3	$209.5
1973	$146.6	$252.4
1974	$166.7	$403
1975	$161.1	$438
1976	$164.1	$556
1977	$189.6	$536
1978	$209.4	$527
1979	$228	$661
1980	$271.1	$870
1981	$275	$2,162
1982	$278.7	$1,822
1983	$296	$1,207
1984	$281	$890
1985	$301	$869
1986	$315	$628
1987	$345	$588
1988	$358	$540
1989	$350	$465
1990	$371	$556
1991	$306	$597
1992	$319	$509
1993	$303	$540
1994	$348	$745
1995	$375	$1,272
1996	$401	$1,633
1997	$416	$1,720
1998	$414	$1,822
1999	$442	$481
2000	$443	$547
2001	$450	$566
2002	$469	$712
2003	$544	$763
2004	$624	$962
2005	$710	$1,211
2006	$802	$1,600
2007	$1,022	$1,816
2008	$993	$2,154
2009	$1,095	$1,820
2010	$1,348	$2,202
2011	$1,445	$2,418
2012	$1,429	$2,633
2013	$1,433	$2,873
2014	$1,554	$3,089
2015	$1,584	$2,586
2016	$1,708	$2,070
2017	$1,950	$1,876
2018	$1,966	$2,058
2019	$2,041	$2,265
2020	$1,907	$2,020
2021	$2,240	$2,017
2022	$2,347	$2,139
2023	$2,530	$1,597
2024	$2,697	$807

India vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

India

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	India	Nigeria
1950	41.2	35.5
1951	41.6	35.7
1952	42.1	35.9
1953	42.4	36
1954	43.2	36.2
1955	43.7	36.3
1956	44.1	36.5
1957	44.4	36.6
1958	44.8	36.8
1959	45.3	37
1960	45.6	37.2
1961	45.8	37.4
1962	46.1	37.6
1963	46.5	37.8
1964	46.7	38
1965	45.6	38.2
1966	45.9	38.4
1967	46.2	37.5
1968	47.9	38.6
1969	48.3	38.9
1970	48.6	40
1971	48.9	40.6
1972	49.2	41.3
1973	49.6	41.8
1974	50.3	42.5
1975	50.8	43.1
1976	51.3	44.2
1977	51.8	44.8
1978	52.4	45.3
1979	53	45.7
1980	53.6	46
1981	54.2	46.3
1982	54.7	46.4
1983	55.3	46.4
1984	55.8	46.3
1985	56.3	46.2
1986	56.8	46
1987	57.3	45.9
1988	57.7	45.8
1989	58.2	45.8
1990	58.6	45.7
1991	59	45.5
1992	59.4	45.6
1993	59.8	45.8
1994	60.2	45.7
1995	60.6	45.9
1996	61	45.8
1997	61.4	46
1998	61.9	46.1
1999	62.3	46.6
2000	62.7	47.1
2001	63.2	47.5
2002	63.6	48
2003	64.1	48.6
2004	64.5	49.1
2005	64.9	49.5
2006	65.4	49.9
2007	65.8	50.4
2008	66.2	50.7
2009	66.7	51.1
2010	67.2	51.3
2011	67.6	51.5
2012	68.1	51.7
2013	68.5	51.8
2014	68.9	51.9
2015	69.3	51.9
2016	69.7	52.2
2017	70.1	52.4
2018	70.4	52.7
2019	70.7	53
2020	70.2	53.1
2021	67.3	53.5
2022	71.7	54.1
2023	72	54.5
2024	72.2	54.6
2025	72.5	54.8

India and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

India

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	India	Nigeria
1960	435,990,338	45,053,782
1961	446,564,729	45,989,310
1962	457,283,090	46,965,292
1963	468,138,575	47,973,575
1964	479,229,598	49,012,016
1965	490,140,146	50,086,764
1966	500,740,247	51,188,234
1967	511,606,372	52,293,065
1968	522,716,889	53,432,783
1969	533,880,544	54,631,914
1970	545,864,268	55,893,838
1971	558,096,387	57,214,684
1972	570,482,142	58,601,748
1973	583,465,598	60,082,139
1974	597,041,391	61,679,144
1975	611,309,535	63,410,815
1976	625,861,883	65,258,009
1977	640,801,103	67,234,590
1978	655,728,229	69,326,532
1979	671,155,747	71,498,242
1980	687,354,025	73,764,641
1981	703,696,250	76,068,103
1982	720,313,473	78,378,701
1983	737,372,681	80,438,260
1984	754,875,449	82,526,443
1985	772,647,793	84,897,973
1986	790,689,978	87,235,953
1987	808,931,270	89,591,716
1988	827,342,990	92,020,090
1989	846,039,529	94,531,014
1990	864,972,221	97,120,925
1991	883,927,600	99,720,162
1992	902,957,070	102,372,770
1993	922,118,387	105,122,069
1994	941,163,767	107,935,714
1995	960,301,044	110,819,428
1996	979,678,458	113,754,779
1997	999,133,762	116,754,792
1998	1,018,665,080	119,846,254
1999	1,038,225,823	123,047,320
2000	1,057,922,733	126,382,494
2001	1,077,898,575	129,862,595
2002	1,097,600,380	133,471,989
2003	1,116,803,006	137,202,644
2004	1,135,991,513	141,057,045
2005	1,154,676,322	145,017,253
2006	1,172,878,890	149,077,334
2007	1,190,676,021	153,267,261
2008	1,207,930,964	157,595,014
2009	1,225,524,753	162,049,464
2010	1,243,481,564	166,642,886
2011	1,261,224,954	171,379,598
2012	1,278,674,502	176,200,625
2013	1,295,829,511	181,049,443
2014	1,312,277,191	185,896,915
2015	1,328,024,498	190,671,878
2016	1,343,944,296	195,443,700
2017	1,359,657,400	200,254,579
2018	1,374,659,064	204,938,755
2019	1,389,030,312	209,485,641
2020	1,402,617,695	213,996,181
2021	1,414,203,896	218,529,286
2022	1,425,423,212	223,150,896
2023	1,438,069,596	227,882,945
2024	1,450,935,791	232,679,478

Fertility rates in India and Nigeria

Fertility rate

India

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	India	Nigeria
1960	5.92	6.36
1961	5.94	6.35
1962	5.95	6.36
1963	5.97	6.35
1964	5.98	6.36
1965	5.94	6.37
1966	5.88	6.39
1967	5.83	6.4
1968	5.76	6.42
1969	5.68	6.44
1970	5.62	6.47
1971	5.57	6.53
1972	5.48	6.58
1973	5.4	6.63
1974	5.33	6.7
1975	5.2	6.77
1976	5.13	6.81
1977	5.01	6.86
1978	4.89	6.92
1979	4.81	6.89
1980	4.78	6.85
1981	4.7	6.82
1982	4.62	6.8
1983	4.57	6.78
1984	4.52	6.7
1985	4.43	6.62
1986	4.4	6.56
1987	4.31	6.5
1988	4.22	6.5
1989	4.13	6.49
1990	4.05	6.46
1991	3.96	6.43
1992	3.88	6.39
1993	3.8	6.35
1994	3.72	6.32
1995	3.65	6.27
1996	3.58	6.22
1997	3.51	6.14
1998	3.45	6.07
1999	3.38	6.08
2000	3.35	6.12
2001	3.3	6.13
2002	3.22	6.12
2003	3.12	6.1
2004	3.05	6.09
2005	2.96	6.06
2006	2.87	6.05
2007	2.78	6.03
2008	2.71	6.02
2009	2.67	5.99
2010	2.6	5.95
2011	2.53	5.89
2012	2.47	5.8
2013	2.4	5.69
2014	2.29	5.62
2015	2.29	5.5
2016	2.28	5.34
2017	2.19	5.18
2018	2.18	5.02
2019	2.12	4.86
2020	2.05	4.7
2021	2.01	4.64
2022	1.99	4.55
2023	1.98	4.48

India and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

India

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	India	Nigeria
1960	20.2	19.3
1961	20.1	19.3
1962	19.9	19.3
1963	19.8	19.3
1964	19.6	19.3
1965	19.5	19.3
1966	19.4	19.3
1967	19.3	19.2
1968	19.2	19.2
1969	19.2	19.1
1970	19.2	18.9
1971	19.2	18.8
1972	19.2	18.7
1973	19.3	18.6
1974	19.3	18.5
1975	19.4	18.4
1976	19.5	18.3
1977	19.6	18.2
1978	19.7	18
1979	19.8	17.9
1980	19.9	17.8
1981	20	17.7
1982	20	17.6
1983	20.1	17.5
1984	20.2	17.4
1985	20.3	17.3
1986	20.4	17.3
1987	20.4	17.3
1988	20.5	17.3
1989	20.6	17.3
1990	20.7	17.3
1991	20.8	17.3
1992	21	17.4
1993	21.1	17.4
1994	21.2	17.5
1995	21.4	17.6
1996	21.6	17.6
1997	21.7	17.7
1998	21.9	17.8
1999	22.1	17.9
2000	22.3	17.9
2001	22.5	17.9
2002	22.7	17.9
2003	22.9	17.9
2004	23.1	17.9
2005	23.3	17.9
2006	23.6	17.9
2007	23.8	17.9
2008	24.1	17.8
2009	24.4	17.8
2010	24.7	17.8
2011	25	17.7
2012	25.3	17.7
2013	25.6	17.7
2014	26	17.7
2015	26.3	17.8
2016	26.6	17.8
2017	27	17.9
2018	27.3	18
2019	27.7	18.2
2020	28.1	18.3
2021	28.4	18.5
2022	28.7	18.7
2023	29.1	18.8
2024	29.5	19

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