Kenya vs Nigeria statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 45th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Kenya and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Nigeria
1960	$791,265,459	$4,196,174,502
1961	$792,959,473	$4,467,287,893
1962	$868,111,401	$4,909,399,176
1963	$926,589,349	$5,165,590,254
1964	$998,759,334	$5,552,931,319
1965	$997,919,321	$5,874,537,650
1966	$1,164,519,674	$6,366,917,453
1967	$1,232,559,507	$5,203,237,919
1968	$1,353,295,459	$5,200,997,920
1969	$1,458,379,417	$6,634,317,346
1970	$1,603,447,359	$12,546,094,982
1971	$1,778,391,289	$9,181,769,912
1972	$2,107,279,157	$12,274,416,018
1973	$2,509,001,324	$15,162,871,287
1974	$2,969,958,812	$24,846,641,318
1975	$3,259,345,083	$27,778,934,625
1976	$3,474,542,392	$36,308,883,249
1977	$4,494,378,764	$36,035,407,725
1978	$5,303,735,111	$36,527,862,209
1979	$6,234,391,113	$47,259,911,894
1980	$7,265,315,820	$64,201,788,123
1981	$6,854,491,706	$164,475,209,516
1982	$6,431,579,357	$142,769,363,314
1983	$5,979,198,314	$97,094,911,792
1984	$6,191,437,070	$73,484,359,521
1985	$6,135,034,214	$73,745,821,158
1986	$7,239,126,568	$54,805,852,581
1987	$7,970,820,369	$52,676,041,931
1988	$8,355,380,879	$49,648,470,440
1989	$8,283,114,514	$44,003,061,108
1990	$8,572,359,038	$54,035,795,388
1991	$8,151,488,783	$59,526,833,412
1992	$8,209,120,763	$52,058,181,854
1993	$5,751,786,643	$56,721,051,402
1994	$7,148,148,564	$80,399,613,064
1995	$9,046,320,255	$140,919,776,986
1996	$12,045,865,396	$185,730,236,700
1997	$13,115,764,358	$200,850,397,618
1998	$14,093,998,844	$218,416,200,673
1999	$12,896,010,459	$59,145,077,039
2000	$12,705,350,098	$69,171,451,627
2001	$12,986,007,426	$73,557,840,064
2002	$13,147,736,899	$95,054,059,303
2003	$14,904,517,650	$104,738,954,264
2004	$16,095,337,094	$135,764,731,646
2005	$18,737,895,513	$175,670,569,969
2006	$25,825,512,284	$238,454,997,161
2007	$31,958,195,182	$278,260,846,800
2008	$35,895,153,328	$339,476,276,258
2009	$42,347,217,913	$295,008,835,381
2010	$45,405,615,064	$366,990,417,129
2011	$46,869,473,151	$414,466,676,831
2012	$56,396,704,672	$463,971,018,239
2013	$61,671,440,408	$520,117,180,314
2014	$68,285,796,514	$574,183,763,412
2015	$70,120,446,897	$493,026,682,801
2016	$74,815,144,164	$404,649,125,252
2017	$82,036,510,877	$375,745,731,053
2018	$92,202,979,985	$421,739,251,509
2019	$100,378,436,207	$474,517,490,844
2020	$100,657,505,751	$432,198,898,468
2021	$109,703,658,905	$440,833,635,874
2022	$114,448,978,153	$477,403,400,101
2023	$108,038,588,971	$363,846,332,835
2024	$124,498,691,699	$187,759,703,100

Kenya and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Nigeria
1960	$102.8	$93.1
1961	$99.3	$97.1
1962	$104.6	$104.5
1963	$107.4	$107.7
1964	$111.3	$113.3
1965	$106.9	$117.3
1966	$119.8	$124.4
1967	$121.9	$99.5
1968	$128.7	$97.3
1969	$133.3	$121.4
1970	$141	$224.5
1971	$150.9	$160.5
1972	$172.6	$209.5
1973	$198.6	$252.4
1974	$227.2	$403
1975	$241.2	$438
1976	$248.9	$556
1977	$311	$536
1978	$355	$527
1979	$403	$661
1980	$454	$870
1981	$413	$2,162
1982	$374	$1,822
1983	$335	$1,207
1984	$334	$890
1985	$320	$869
1986	$364	$628
1987	$387	$588
1988	$391	$540
1989	$374	$465
1990	$374	$556
1991	$345	$597
1992	$337	$509
1993	$229	$540
1994	$276.4	$745
1995	$340	$1,272
1996	$441	$1,633
1997	$467	$1,720
1998	$488	$1,822
1999	$434	$481
2000	$415	$547
2001	$411	$566
2002	$403	$712
2003	$443	$763
2004	$464	$962
2005	$523	$1,211
2006	$700	$1,600
2007	$840	$1,816
2008	$916	$2,154
2009	$1,048	$1,820
2010	$1,092	$2,202
2011	$1,096	$2,418
2012	$1,285	$2,633
2013	$1,371	$2,873
2014	$1,483	$3,089
2015	$1,489	$2,586
2016	$1,554	$2,070
2017	$1,667	$1,876
2018	$1,836	$2,058
2019	$1,960	$2,265
2020	$1,928	$2,020
2021	$2,061	$2,017
2022	$2,110	$2,139
2023	$1,952	$1,597
2024	$2,206	$807

Kenya vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Nigeria
1950	36.9	35.5
1951	38	35.7
1952	38.6	35.9
1953	39.8	36
1954	41	36.2
1955	42.3	36.3
1956	43.5	36.5
1957	45.3	36.6
1958	46.5	36.8
1959	47.5	37
1960	48.5	37.2
1961	49.3	37.4
1962	50.1	37.6
1963	50.8	37.8
1964	51.3	38
1965	51.9	38.2
1966	52.4	38.4
1967	52.8	37.5
1968	53.3	38.6
1969	53.7	38.9
1970	54.1	40
1971	54.5	40.6
1972	55	41.3
1973	55.5	41.8
1974	56	42.5
1975	56.6	43.1
1976	57.2	44.2
1977	57.7	44.8
1978	58.2	45.3
1979	58.7	45.7
1980	59.2	46
1981	59.6	46.3
1982	59.9	46.4
1983	60.3	46.4
1984	60.6	46.3
1985	60.9	46.2
1986	60.8	46
1987	60.7	45.9
1988	60.3	45.8
1989	60	45.8
1990	58.3	45.7
1991	57.8	45.5
1992	57.1	45.6
1993	56.7	45.8
1994	56.1	45.7
1995	55.9	45.9
1996	55.6	45.8
1997	55.5	46
1998	55.6	46.1
1999	55.9	46.6
2000	56.1	47.1
2001	56.5	47.5
2002	56.8	48
2003	57.4	48.6
2004	57.9	49.1
2005	58.5	49.5
2006	59.1	49.9
2007	59.4	50.4
2008	60	50.7
2009	60.5	51.1
2010	60.9	51.3
2011	61.3	51.5
2012	61.5	51.7
2013	61.7	51.8
2014	62	51.9
2015	62.3	51.9
2016	62.5	52.2
2017	62.7	52.4
2018	62.8	52.7
2019	62.9	53
2020	61.6	53.1
2021	61.2	53.5
2022	63.5	54.1
2023	63.6	54.5
2024	63.8	54.6
2025	64	54.8

Kenya and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Nigeria
1960	7,695,307	45,053,782
1961	7,987,770	45,989,310
1962	8,299,308	46,965,292
1963	8,627,971	47,973,575
1964	8,973,535	49,012,016
1965	9,338,078	50,086,764
1966	9,717,816	51,188,234
1967	10,111,057	52,293,065
1968	10,518,823	53,432,783
1969	10,939,695	54,631,914
1970	11,368,791	55,893,838
1971	11,788,904	57,214,684
1972	12,206,060	58,601,748
1973	12,634,835	60,082,139
1974	13,070,078	61,679,144
1975	13,511,671	63,410,815
1976	13,957,623	65,258,009
1977	14,428,819	67,234,590
1978	14,934,126	69,326,532
1979	15,460,666	71,498,242
1980	16,018,459	73,764,641
1981	16,601,507	76,068,103
1982	17,206,175	78,378,701
1983	17,846,374	80,438,260
1984	18,514,906	82,526,443
1985	19,201,768	84,897,973
1986	19,901,646	87,235,953
1987	20,616,096	89,591,716
1988	21,356,219	92,020,090
1989	22,118,434	94,531,014
1990	22,892,651	97,120,925
1991	23,646,514	99,720,162
1992	24,382,460	102,372,770
1993	25,117,188	105,122,069
1994	25,857,130	107,935,714
1995	26,601,751	110,819,428
1996	27,344,211	113,754,779
1997	28,101,768	116,754,792
1998	28,888,057	119,846,254
1999	29,733,408	123,047,320
2000	30,642,890	126,382,494
2001	31,619,170	129,862,595
2002	32,629,808	133,471,989
2003	33,652,223	137,202,644
2004	34,713,455	141,057,045
2005	35,796,484	145,017,253
2006	36,904,008	149,077,334
2007	38,036,349	153,267,261
2008	39,206,351	157,595,014
2009	40,408,891	162,049,464
2010	41,598,567	166,642,886
2011	42,758,461	171,379,598
2012	43,888,303	176,200,625
2013	44,986,791	181,049,443
2014	46,051,440	185,896,915
2015	47,088,526	190,671,878
2016	48,139,687	195,443,700
2017	49,197,766	200,254,579
2018	50,207,107	204,938,755
2019	51,202,827	209,485,641
2020	52,217,334	213,996,181
2021	53,219,166	218,529,286
2022	54,252,461	223,150,896
2023	55,339,003	227,882,945
2024	56,432,944	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Kenya and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Kenya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Nigeria
1960	7.65	6.36
1961	7.72	6.35
1962	7.77	6.36
1963	7.82	6.35
1964	7.87	6.36
1965	7.92	6.37
1966	7.96	6.39
1967	7.95	6.4
1968	7.95	6.42
1969	7.95	6.44
1970	7.94	6.47
1971	7.92	6.53
1972	7.89	6.58
1973	7.86	6.63
1974	7.82	6.7
1975	7.8	6.77
1976	7.77	6.81
1977	7.73	6.86
1978	7.67	6.92
1979	7.6	6.89
1980	7.53	6.85
1981	7.45	6.82
1982	7.35	6.8
1983	7.22	6.78
1984	7.08	6.7
1985	6.96	6.62
1986	6.84	6.56
1987	6.69	6.5
1988	6.52	6.5
1989	6.33	6.49
1990	6.14	6.46
1991	5.94	6.43
1992	5.74	6.39
1993	5.57	6.35
1994	5.44	6.32
1995	5.37	6.27
1996	5.31	6.22
1997	5.27	6.14
1998	5.24	6.07
1999	5.18	6.08
2000	5.14	6.12
2001	5.09	6.13
2002	5.03	6.12
2003	4.94	6.1
2004	4.86	6.09
2005	4.8	6.06
2006	4.75	6.05
2007	4.72	6.03
2008	4.66	6.02
2009	4.57	5.99
2010	4.45	5.95
2011	4.28	5.89
2012	4.12	5.8
2013	3.96	5.69
2014	3.84	5.62
2015	3.77	5.5
2016	3.69	5.34
2017	3.61	5.18
2018	3.54	5.02
2019	3.43	4.86
2020	3.36	4.7
2021	3.31	4.64
2022	3.26	4.55
2023	3.21	4.48

Kenya and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Nigeria
1960	15.7	19.3
1961	15.5	19.3
1962	15.3	19.3
1963	15.2	19.3
1964	15.1	19.3
1965	14.9	19.3
1966	14.8	19.3
1967	14.6	19.2
1968	14.5	19.2
1969	14.5	19.1
1970	14.4	18.9
1971	14.4	18.8
1972	14.3	18.7
1973	14.3	18.6
1974	14.3	18.5
1975	14.3	18.4
1976	14.3	18.3
1977	14.3	18.2
1978	14.3	18
1979	14.4	17.9
1980	14.5	17.8
1981	14.5	17.7
1982	14.6	17.6
1983	14.7	17.5
1984	14.8	17.4
1985	14.9	17.3
1986	15	17.3
1987	15	17.3
1988	15.1	17.3
1989	15.2	17.3
1990	15.3	17.3
1991	15.5	17.3
1992	15.6	17.4
1993	15.7	17.4
1994	15.9	17.5
1995	16	17.6
1996	16.1	17.6
1997	16.2	17.7
1998	16.4	17.8
1999	16.5	17.9
2000	16.7	17.9
2001	16.8	17.9
2002	17	17.9
2003	17.1	17.9
2004	17.3	17.9
2005	17.4	17.9
2006	17.5	17.9
2007	17.6	17.9
2008	17.7	17.8
2009	17.8	17.8
2010	17.9	17.8
2011	18.1	17.7
2012	18.2	17.7
2013	18.4	17.7
2014	18.5	17.7
2015	18.7	17.8
2016	18.9	17.8
2017	19.1	17.9
2018	19.3	18
2019	19.6	18.2
2020	19.8	18.3
2021	20	18.5
2022	20.3	18.7
2023	20.6	18.8
2024	20.8	19

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