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Latvia vs Nigeria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Latvia has a population of 1.86M (ranked 149/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Latvia's land area is 24,027 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 121st vs. 30th).

By GDP, Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Main facts and rankings

Latvia Nigeria
Population
1844219
241467099
Population rank 149/197 6/197
GDP
$43.5B
2024
$188B
2024
GDP rank 100/197 58/197
GDP per capita
$23,368
2024
$807
2024
GDP per capita rank 53/197 186/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,867
2024
$6,440
2024
Government debt
$20.6B
2024
$99.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
48.3%
2025
52.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,068
2024
$427
2024
Government debt per person rank 52/185 170/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,995
2025
$1,020
2025
Land area
24,027 sq mi
2025
351,650 sq mi
2025
Population density
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
662 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.36
2023
4.48
2023
Median age
44.3 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
54.8 years
2025

Latvia and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Latvia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP
Latvia

Nigeria
Year GDP
Latvia Nigeria
1960 - $4,196,174,502
1961 - $4,467,287,893
1962 - $4,909,399,176
1963 - $5,165,590,254
1964 - $5,552,931,319
1965 - $5,874,537,650
1966 - $6,366,917,453
1967 - $5,203,237,919
1968 - $5,200,997,920
1969 - $6,634,317,346
1970 - $12,546,094,982
1971 - $9,181,769,912
1972 - $12,274,416,018
1973 - $15,162,871,287
1974 - $24,846,641,318
1975 - $27,778,934,625
1976 - $36,308,883,249
1977 - $36,035,407,725
1978 - $36,527,862,209
1979 - $47,259,911,894
1980 - $64,201,788,123
1981 - $164,475,209,516
1982 - $142,769,363,314
1983 - $97,094,911,792
1984 - $73,484,359,521
1985 - $73,745,821,158
1986 - $54,805,852,581
1987 - $52,676,041,931
1988 - $49,648,470,440
1989 - $44,003,061,108
1990 - $54,035,795,388
1991 - $59,526,833,412
1992 - $52,058,181,854
1993 - $56,721,051,402
1994 - $80,399,613,064
1995 $5,608,208,785 $140,919,776,986
1996 $5,799,465,288 $185,730,236,700
1997 $6,349,481,007 $200,850,397,618
1998 $6,974,112,951 $218,416,200,673
1999 $7,324,192,890 $59,145,077,039
2000 $7,761,252,607 $69,171,451,627
2001 $8,190,888,740 $73,557,840,064
2002 $9,249,030,241 $95,054,059,303
2003 $11,244,337,720 $104,738,954,264
2004 $13,827,070,379 $135,764,731,646
2005 $16,306,935,905 $175,670,569,969
2006 $20,434,922,247 $238,454,997,161
2007 $29,420,499,248 $278,260,846,800
2008 $34,135,200,994 $339,476,276,258
2009 $25,691,530,442 $295,008,835,381
2010 $23,468,324,572 $366,990,417,129
2011 $26,575,547,901 $414,466,676,831
2012 $27,116,149,949 $463,971,018,239
2013 $29,152,128,168 $520,117,180,314
2014 $30,277,203,767 $574,183,763,412
2015 $26,344,565,877 $493,026,682,801
2016 $27,117,105,060 $404,649,125,252
2017 $29,391,059,767 $375,745,731,053
2018 $33,247,935,477 $421,739,251,509
2019 $33,099,503,951 $474,517,490,844
2020 $33,379,927,435 $432,198,898,468
2021 $38,183,326,785 $440,833,635,874
2022 $38,014,713,596 $477,403,400,101
2023 $42,572,151,720 $363,846,332,835
2024 $43,520,773,851 $187,759,703,100

Latvia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita
Latvia

Nigeria
Year GDP per capita
Latvia Nigeria
1960 - $93.1
1961 - $97.1
1962 - $104.5
1963 - $107.7
1964 - $113.3
1965 - $117.3
1966 - $124.4
1967 - $99.5
1968 - $97.3
1969 - $121.4
1970 - $224.5
1971 - $160.5
1972 - $209.5
1973 - $252.4
1974 - $403
1975 - $438
1976 - $556
1977 - $536
1978 - $527
1979 - $661
1980 - $870
1981 - $2,162
1982 - $1,822
1983 - $1,207
1984 - $890
1985 - $869
1986 - $628
1987 - $588
1988 - $540
1989 - $465
1990 - $556
1991 - $597
1992 - $509
1993 - $540
1994 - $745
1995 $2,257 $1,272
1996 $2,360 $1,633
1997 $2,610 $1,720
1998 $2,894 $1,822
1999 $3,064 $481
2000 $3,278 $547
2001 $3,505 $566
2002 $4,004 $712
2003 $4,915 $763
2004 $6,110 $962
2005 $7,284 $1,211
2006 $9,212 $1,600
2007 $13,371 $1,816
2008 $15,678 $2,154
2009 $11,996 $1,820
2010 $11,188 $2,202
2011 $12,903 $2,418
2012 $13,329 $2,633
2013 $14,484 $2,873
2014 $15,186 $3,089
2015 $13,322 $2,586
2016 $13,839 $2,070
2017 $15,132 $1,876
2018 $17,252 $2,058
2019 $17,295 $2,265
2020 $17,564 $2,020
2021 $20,262 $2,017
2022 $20,227 $2,139
2023 $22,676 $1,597
2024 $23,368 $807

Latvia vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Latvia

Nigeria
Year Life expectancy, years
Latvia Nigeria
1950 64.6 35.5
1951 65.2 35.7
1952 65.7 35.9
1953 66.2 36
1954 66.7 36.2
1955 67.1 36.3
1956 67.6 36.5
1957 68.3 36.6
1958 68.9 36.8
1959 69.5 37
1960 70.3 37.2
1961 70.5 37.4
1962 69.9 37.6
1963 70.3 37.8
1964 71.5 38
1965 71.2 38.2
1966 71.2 38.4
1967 70.9 37.5
1968 70.5 38.6
1969 70.2 38.9
1970 70.2 40
1971 70.6 40.6
1972 70.3 41.3
1973 70.2 41.8
1974 70.1 42.5
1975 69.3 43.1
1976 69.4 44.2
1977 69.4 44.8
1978 69.3 45.3
1979 68.8 45.7
1980 69.1 46
1981 69.1 46.3
1982 69.6 46.4
1983 69.4 46.4
1984 69.4 46.3
1985 69.6 46.2
1986 71 46
1987 71 45.9
1988 70.9 45.8
1989 70.4 45.8
1990 69.5 45.7
1991 69.2 45.5
1992 68.5 45.6
1993 66.6 45.8
1994 65.2 45.7
1995 66 45.9
1996 68.6 45.8
1997 69.2 46
1998 68.9 46.1
1999 69.6 46.6
2000 70.2 47.1
2001 69.9 47.5
2002 70.2 48
2003 70.6 48.6
2004 70.9 49.1
2005 70.6 49.5
2006 70.6 49.9
2007 70.8 50.4
2008 72 50.7
2009 72.7 51.1
2010 73 51.3
2011 73.7 51.5
2012 73.9 51.7
2013 74.2 51.8
2014 74.3 51.9
2015 74.7 51.9
2016 74.8 52.2
2017 74.8 52.4
2018 75 52.7
2019 75.6 53
2020 75.5 53.1
2021 73.2 53.5
2022 74.9 54.1
2023 76.2 54.5
2024 76.3 54.6
2025 76.5 54.8

Latvia and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population
Latvia

Nigeria
Year Population
Latvia Nigeria
1960 2,120,979 45,053,782
1961 2,152,681 45,989,310
1962 2,181,586 46,965,292
1963 2,210,919 47,973,575
1964 2,240,623 49,012,016
1965 2,265,919 50,086,764
1966 2,283,217 51,188,234
1967 2,301,220 52,293,065
1968 2,323,619 53,432,783
1969 2,343,173 54,631,914
1970 2,359,164 55,893,838
1971 2,376,389 57,214,684
1972 2,395,674 58,601,748
1973 2,415,819 60,082,139
1974 2,437,186 61,679,144
1975 2,456,130 63,410,815
1976 2,470,989 65,258,009
1977 2,485,073 67,234,590
1978 2,497,921 69,326,532
1979 2,505,953 71,498,242
1980 2,511,701 73,764,641
1981 2,519,421 76,068,103
1982 2,531,080 78,378,701
1983 2,546,011 80,438,260
1984 2,562,047 82,526,443
1985 2,578,873 84,897,973
1986 2,599,892 87,235,953
1987 2,626,583 89,591,716
1988 2,653,434 92,020,090
1989 2,666,955 94,531,014
1990 2,663,151 97,120,925
1991 2,650,581 99,720,162
1992 2,614,338 102,372,770
1993 2,563,290 105,122,069
1994 2,520,742 107,935,714
1995 2,485,056 110,819,428
1996 2,457,222 113,754,779
1997 2,432,851 116,754,792
1998 2,410,019 119,846,254
1999 2,390,482 123,047,320
2000 2,367,550 126,382,494
2001 2,337,170 129,862,595
2002 2,310,173 133,471,989
2003 2,287,955 137,202,644
2004 2,263,122 141,057,045
2005 2,238,799 145,017,253
2006 2,218,357 149,077,334
2007 2,200,325 153,267,261
2008 2,177,322 157,595,014
2009 2,141,669 162,049,464
2010 2,097,555 166,642,886
2011 2,059,709 171,379,598
2012 2,034,319 176,200,625
2013 2,012,647 181,049,443
2014 1,993,782 185,896,915
2015 1,977,527 190,671,878
2016 1,959,537 195,443,700
2017 1,942,248 200,254,579
2018 1,927,174 204,938,755
2019 1,913,822 209,485,641
2020 1,900,449 213,996,181
2021 1,884,490 218,529,286
2022 1,879,383 223,150,896
2023 1,877,445 227,882,945
2024 1,862,441 232,679,478

Fertility rates in Latvia and Nigeria

Fertility rate
Latvia

Nigeria
Year Fertility rate
Latvia Nigeria
1960 1.94 6.36
1961 1.94 6.35
1962 1.91 6.36
1963 1.85 6.35
1964 1.79 6.36
1965 1.74 6.37
1966 1.76 6.39
1967 1.8 6.4
1968 1.83 6.42
1969 1.88 6.44
1970 1.96 6.47
1971 2 6.53
1972 2 6.58
1973 1.98 6.63
1974 1.97 6.7
1975 1.96 6.77
1976 1.93 6.81
1977 1.89 6.86
1978 1.87 6.92
1979 1.87 6.89
1980 1.86 6.85
1981 1.88 6.82
1982 1.97 6.8
1983 2.07 6.78
1984 2.09 6.7
1985 2.08 6.62
1986 2.12 6.56
1987 2.15 6.5
1988 2.11 6.5
1989 2.05 6.49
1990 2.02 6.46
1991 1.86 6.43
1992 1.73 6.39
1993 1.51 6.35
1994 1.39 6.32
1995 1.25 6.27
1996 1.16 6.22
1997 1.11 6.14
1998 1.09 6.07
1999 1.16 6.08
2000 1.25 6.12
2001 1.22 6.13
2002 1.26 6.12
2003 1.32 6.1
2004 1.29 6.09
2005 1.39 6.06
2006 1.46 6.05
2007 1.54 6.03
2008 1.58 6.02
2009 1.46 5.99
2010 1.36 5.95
2011 1.33 5.89
2012 1.44 5.8
2013 1.52 5.69
2014 1.65 5.62
2015 1.7 5.5
2016 1.74 5.34
2017 1.69 5.18
2018 1.6 5.02
2019 1.61 4.86
2020 1.55 4.7
2021 1.57 4.64
2022 1.47 4.55
2023 1.36 4.48

Latvia and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age
Latvia

Nigeria
Year Median age, years
Latvia Nigeria
1960 32.3 19.3
1961 32.4 19.3
1962 32.6 19.3
1963 32.8 19.3
1964 33 19.3
1965 33.2 19.3
1966 33.5 19.3
1967 33.8 19.2
1968 34 19.2
1969 34.1 19.1
1970 34.2 18.9
1971 34.3 18.8
1972 34.5 18.7
1973 34.6 18.6
1974 34.7 18.5
1975 34.9 18.4
1976 35 18.3
1977 35.1 18.2
1978 35.1 18
1979 35.1 17.9
1980 34.9 17.8
1981 34.8 17.7
1982 34.7 17.6
1983 34.6 17.5
1984 34.7 17.4
1985 34.7 17.3
1986 34.7 17.3
1987 34.6 17.3
1988 34.6 17.3
1989 34.5 17.3
1990 34.6 17.3
1991 34.8 17.3
1992 35.2 17.4
1993 35.6 17.4
1994 36 17.5
1995 36.2 17.6
1996 36.6 17.6
1997 36.9 17.7
1998 37.3 17.8
1999 37.6 17.9
2000 37.9 17.9
2001 38.3 17.9
2002 38.6 17.9
2003 38.9 17.9
2004 39.2 17.9
2005 39.4 17.9
2006 39.7 17.9
2007 39.9 17.9
2008 40.1 17.8
2009 40.5 17.8
2010 41.1 17.8
2011 41.6 17.7
2012 42 17.7
2013 42.3 17.7
2014 42.5 17.7
2015 42.8 17.8
2016 43 17.8
2017 43.2 17.9
2018 43.4 18
2019 43.6 18.2
2020 43.8 18.3
2021 43.9 18.5
2022 44 18.7
2023 44.1 18.8
2024 44.3 19

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Latvia Nigeria
GNI, Atlas method
$40.8B
2024
$291B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
18.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.32%
2022
0.32%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.27%
2023
0.81%
2023
Armed forces personnel
9,000
2020
223,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.63%
2025
-4.48%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.88%
2024
3.45%
2024
Services, % of GDP
63.1%
2024
47%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.9%
2024
29.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
71.4
2025
53.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.2%
2023
26.3%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2023
3%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
4
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
56
2003
169
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$54.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$5.14B
2024
$38.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.34B
2024
$21.3B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,204,000
2020
5,265,000
2016
International tourism as share of exports
7.25%
2007
0.8%
2020
Banked people share
95%
2024
63.3%
2024

Energy

Latvia Nigeria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,248 kg
2023
333 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$17.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6.55 megatons
2023
127.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.49 tons
2023
0.56 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
47.8%
2023
55.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
44%
2021
80.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
8.79%
2023
1.08%
2022
Net energy imports use share
34.3%
2023
-66.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,629 kWh
2023
135.6 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
63.6%
2021
23.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.4%
2023
24.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
61.2%
2023

Society

Latvia Nigeria
% of world population
0.02%
2024
2.86%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,225
2024
-35,202
2024
Urban population
68.8%
2024
55%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.94 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.19 ft
2025
Quality of life index
74.3
2025
12.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
59
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
70
2025
58
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.5
2023
21.7
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.1
2019
20.7
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
70.4%
2024
English speaking
45.9%
2023
60.6%
2023
People using the Internet
92.7%
2024
39.2%
2023

Health

Latvia Nigeria
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,642
2022
$90.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$505
2022
$69.2
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
54.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.18%
2022
6.76%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.38
2021
0.39
2022
Age at first childbirth
28 years
2023
20.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
993
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3
2023
104.9
2023
Obesity rate
24.9%
2022
12.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.1%
2024
3%
2024
Air quality index
75
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
33.9%
2022
3.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
12.9 liters
2020
3.78 liters
2020

Territory

Latvia Nigeria
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.61%
2025
Land area per capita
12,901 sq mi
2024
1,511 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
7,610 sq mi
2025
267,948 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,214 sq mi
2025
81,611 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
121,167 mi
2017

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