Liberia vs Nigeria statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 106th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Liberia and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Liberia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Liberia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	Nigeria
1960	$190,495,600	$4,196,174,502
1961	$183,920,900	$4,467,287,893
1962	$191,861,800	$4,909,399,176
1963	$200,229,600	$5,165,590,254
1964	$218,929,100	$5,552,931,319
1965	$229,260,800	$5,874,537,650
1966	$244,459,500	$6,366,917,453
1967	$261,024,300	$5,203,237,919
1968	$276,820,700	$5,200,997,920
1969	$306,961,800	$6,634,317,346
1970	$323,099,700	$12,546,094,982
1971	$341,543,100	$9,181,769,912
1972	$368,098,000	$12,274,416,018
1973	$386,968,300	$15,162,871,287
1974	$486,955,000	$24,846,641,318
1975	$577,549,300	$27,778,934,625
1976	$596,675,700	$36,308,883,249
1977	$673,010,600	$36,035,407,725
1978	$717,240,400	$36,527,862,209
1979	$814,067,900	$47,259,911,894
1980	$854,711,500	$64,201,788,123
1981	$846,514,500	$164,475,209,516
1982	$863,933,200	$142,769,363,314
1983	$823,374,900	$97,094,911,792
1984	$848,478,300	$73,484,359,521
1985	$851,296,100	$73,745,821,158
1986	$840,964,400	$54,805,852,581
1987	$972,800,000	$52,676,041,931
1988	$1,038,300,000	$49,648,470,440
1989	$786,300,000	$44,003,061,108
1990	$384,400,000	$54,035,795,388
1991	$348,000,000	$59,526,833,412
1992	$223,500,000	$52,058,181,854
1993	$160,400,000	$56,721,051,402
1994	$132,200,000	$80,399,613,064
1995	$134,800,000	$140,919,776,986
1996	$159,400,000	$185,730,236,700
1997	$295,900,000	$200,850,397,618
1998	$359,600,000	$218,416,200,673
1999	$441,800,000	$59,145,077,039
2000	$874,000,000	$69,171,451,627
2001	$906,000,000	$73,557,840,064
2002	$927,000,000	$95,054,059,303
2003	$748,000,000	$104,738,954,264
2004	$897,000,000	$135,764,731,646
2005	$949,000,000	$175,670,569,969
2006	$1,119,000,000	$238,454,997,161
2007	$1,373,000,000	$278,260,846,800
2008	$1,726,000,000	$339,476,276,258
2009	$1,768,000,000	$295,008,835,381
2010	$1,998,000,000	$366,990,417,129
2011	$2,398,000,000	$414,466,676,831
2012	$2,791,614,000	$463,971,018,239
2013	$3,177,198,100	$520,117,180,314
2014	$3,225,652,000	$574,183,763,412
2015	$3,227,075,700	$493,026,682,801
2016	$3,398,419,600	$404,649,125,252
2017	$3,390,703,400	$375,745,731,053
2018	$3,422,754,800	$421,739,251,509
2019	$3,319,596,500	$474,517,490,844
2020	$3,176,126,300	$432,198,898,468
2021	$3,513,049,500	$440,833,635,874
2022	$4,001,047,000	$477,403,400,101
2023	$4,390,000,000	$363,846,332,835
2024	$4,750,000,000	$187,759,703,100

Liberia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	Nigeria
1960	$167.2	$93.1
1961	$157.5	$97.1
1962	$160.3	$104.5
1963	$163.1	$107.7
1964	$173.9	$113.3
1965	$177.6	$117.3
1966	$184.6	$124.4
1967	$192.2	$99.5
1968	$198.6	$97.3
1969	$214.7	$121.4
1970	$220.3	$224.5
1971	$227.1	$160.5
1972	$238.6	$209.5
1973	$244.4	$252.4
1974	$299.4	$403
1975	$346	$438
1976	$347	$556
1977	$381	$536
1978	$394	$527
1979	$435	$661
1980	$443	$870
1981	$426	$2,162
1982	$422	$1,822
1983	$391	$1,207
1984	$390	$890
1985	$380	$869
1986	$364	$628
1987	$409	$588
1988	$424	$540
1989	$312	$465
1990	$172.9	$556
1991	$177.9	$597
1992	$107.8	$509
1993	$74.4	$540
1994	$61.5	$745
1995	$62.1	$1,272
1996	$71.4	$1,633
1997	$122.6	$1,720
1998	$134.7	$1,822
1999	$156.6	$481
2000	$298.5	$547
2001	$300	$566
2002	$299.5	$712
2003	$239.8	$763
2004	$284.1	$962
2005	$287.5	$1,211
2006	$321	$1,600
2007	$374	$1,816
2008	$452	$2,154
2009	$448	$1,820
2010	$492	$2,202
2011	$568	$2,418
2012	$638	$2,633
2013	$711	$2,873
2014	$707	$3,089
2015	$693	$2,586
2016	$715	$2,070
2017	$699	$1,876
2018	$692	$2,058
2019	$658	$2,265
2020	$617	$2,020
2021	$668	$2,017
2022	$745	$2,139
2023	$799	$1,597
2024	$846	$807

Liberia vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	Nigeria
1950	38	35.5
1951	38	35.7
1952	38.1	35.9
1953	38.1	36
1954	38.1	36.2
1955	38.1	36.3
1956	38.1	36.5
1957	38.1	36.6
1958	38.1	36.8
1959	38.1	37
1960	38.1	37.2
1961	38.1	37.4
1962	38.2	37.6
1963	38.3	37.8
1964	38.5	38
1965	38.7	38.2
1966	39	38.4
1967	39.3	37.5
1968	39.6	38.6
1969	40	38.9
1970	40.4	40
1971	40.7	40.6
1972	41.2	41.3
1973	41.6	41.8
1974	42.1	42.5
1975	42.5	43.1
1976	42.9	44.2
1977	43.2	44.8
1978	43.6	45.3
1979	43.9	45.7
1980	44.1	46
1981	44.3	46.3
1982	44.4	46.4
1983	44.6	46.4
1984	44.7	46.3
1985	44	46.2
1986	44.5	46
1987	44.3	45.9
1988	44.1	45.8
1989	43.9	45.8
1990	37.6	45.7
1991	43.6	45.5
1992	43.6	45.6
1993	43	45.8
1994	42.6	45.7
1995	44.6	45.9
1996	44.9	45.8
1997	48.3	46
1998	49.4	46.1
1999	50.4	46.6
2000	51.9	47.1
2001	53.1	47.5
2002	54.1	48
2003	53	48.6
2004	55.9	49.1
2005	56.8	49.5
2006	57.5	49.9
2007	58.1	50.4
2008	58.7	50.7
2009	59.1	51.1
2010	59.4	51.3
2011	59.5	51.5
2012	59.8	51.7
2013	60	51.8
2014	59.2	51.9
2015	59.2	51.9
2016	60.5	52.2
2017	60.8	52.4
2018	61	52.7
2019	61.2	53
2020	61.3	53.1
2021	61.2	53.5
2022	61.9	54.1
2023	62.2	54.5
2024	62.3	54.6
2025	62.5	54.8

Liberia and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	Nigeria
1960	1,139,522	45,053,782
1961	1,167,717	45,989,310
1962	1,197,039	46,965,292
1963	1,227,414	47,973,575
1964	1,258,745	49,012,016
1965	1,291,156	50,086,764
1966	1,324,383	51,188,234
1967	1,358,435	52,293,065
1968	1,393,530	53,432,783
1969	1,429,605	54,631,914
1970	1,466,676	55,893,838
1971	1,504,077	57,214,684
1972	1,542,670	58,601,748
1973	1,583,588	60,082,139
1974	1,626,362	61,679,144
1975	1,670,913	63,410,815
1976	1,717,060	65,258,009
1977	1,766,019	67,234,590
1978	1,818,247	69,326,532
1979	1,872,713	71,498,242
1980	1,929,253	73,764,641
1981	1,986,867	76,068,103
1982	2,045,073	78,378,701
1983	2,107,113	80,438,260
1984	2,173,312	82,526,443
1985	2,240,539	84,897,973
1986	2,308,511	87,235,953
1987	2,377,229	89,591,716
1988	2,446,941	92,020,090
1989	2,517,858	94,531,014
1990	2,223,667	97,120,925
1991	1,956,518	99,720,162
1992	2,072,461	102,372,770
1993	2,155,126	105,122,069
1994	2,149,928	107,935,714
1995	2,169,162	110,819,428
1996	2,232,289	113,754,779
1997	2,412,989	116,754,792
1998	2,670,124	119,846,254
1999	2,821,684	123,047,320
2000	2,928,117	126,382,494
2001	3,015,338	129,862,595
2002	3,094,782	133,471,989
2003	3,119,532	137,202,644
2004	3,156,892	141,057,045
2005	3,301,015	145,017,253
2006	3,490,787	149,077,334
2007	3,669,050	153,267,261
2008	3,821,003	157,595,014
2009	3,943,028	162,049,464
2010	4,058,890	166,642,886
2011	4,221,178	171,379,598
2012	4,373,043	176,200,625
2013	4,470,239	181,049,443
2014	4,564,293	185,896,915
2015	4,659,431	190,671,878
2016	4,755,608	195,443,700
2017	4,848,925	200,254,579
2018	4,944,726	204,938,755
2019	5,043,721	209,485,641
2020	5,149,463	213,996,181
2021	5,259,323	218,529,286
2022	5,373,294	223,150,896
2023	5,493,031	227,882,945
2024	5,612,817	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Liberia and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Liberia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	Nigeria
1960	6.39	6.36
1961	6.45	6.35
1962	6.5	6.36
1963	6.56	6.35
1964	6.59	6.36
1965	6.62	6.37
1966	6.63	6.39
1967	6.65	6.4
1968	6.66	6.42
1969	6.64	6.44
1970	6.58	6.47
1971	6.54	6.53
1972	6.6	6.58
1973	6.65	6.63
1974	6.69	6.7
1975	6.74	6.77
1976	6.79	6.81
1977	6.84	6.86
1978	6.88	6.92
1979	6.92	6.89
1980	6.87	6.85
1981	6.83	6.82
1982	6.79	6.8
1983	6.76	6.78
1984	6.73	6.7
1985	6.69	6.62
1986	6.64	6.56
1987	6.57	6.5
1988	6.51	6.5
1989	6.43	6.49
1990	6.37	6.46
1991	6.32	6.43
1992	6.28	6.39
1993	6.25	6.35
1994	6.21	6.32
1995	6.17	6.27
1996	6.13	6.22
1997	6.08	6.14
1998	6.02	6.07
1999	5.95	6.08
2000	5.88	6.12
2001	5.77	6.13
2002	5.65	6.12
2003	5.55	6.1
2004	5.51	6.09
2005	5.52	6.06
2006	5.53	6.05
2007	5.46	6.03
2008	5.33	6.02
2009	5.17	5.99
2010	5.06	5.95
2011	4.97	5.89
2012	4.88	5.8
2013	4.75	5.69
2014	4.62	5.62
2015	4.52	5.5
2016	4.46	5.34
2017	4.4	5.18
2018	4.34	5.02
2019	4.26	4.86
2020	4.17	4.7
2021	4.09	4.64
2022	4.02	4.55
2023	3.95	4.48

Liberia and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

Nigeria

Table

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

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