Libya vs Nigeria statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 16th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Libya and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Libya and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Libya

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	Nigeria
1960	$401,644,249	$4,196,174,502
1961	$443,905,612	$4,467,287,893
1962	$619,725,785	$4,909,399,176
1963	$892,327,911	$5,165,590,254
1964	$1,341,395,421	$5,552,931,319
1965	$1,804,979,680	$5,874,537,650
1966	$2,312,438,536	$6,366,917,453
1967	$2,726,986,913	$5,203,237,919
1968	$3,850,623,095	$5,200,997,920
1969	$4,380,987,481	$6,634,317,346
1970	$4,601,649,451	$12,546,094,982
1971	$5,260,185,125	$9,181,769,912
1972	$6,299,395,544	$12,274,416,018
1973	$8,625,889,430	$15,162,871,287
1974	$15,112,543,717	$24,846,641,318
1975	$14,710,912,458	$27,778,934,625
1976	$19,096,943,017	$36,308,883,249
1977	$22,428,297,108	$36,035,407,725
1978	$22,136,422,643	$36,527,862,209
1979	$30,536,429,497	$47,259,911,894
1980	$40,953,924,949	$64,201,788,123
1981	$36,374,353,880	$164,475,209,516
1982	$33,760,146,991	$142,769,363,314
1983	$33,200,520,140	$97,094,911,792
1984	$29,476,109,153	$73,484,359,521
1985	$31,530,566,324	$73,745,821,158
1986	$24,180,400,959	$54,805,852,581
1987	$26,697,659,335	$52,676,041,931
1988	$24,308,959,591	$49,648,470,440
1989	$25,156,707,899	$44,003,061,108
1990	$28,904,183,602	$54,035,795,388
1991	$31,991,821,265	$59,526,833,412
1992	$33,887,047,909	$52,058,181,854
1993	$30,660,051,911	$56,721,051,402
1994	$28,610,549,763	$80,399,613,064
1995	$25,541,379,187	$140,919,776,986
1996	$27,884,615,385	$185,730,236,700
1997	$30,700,897,875	$200,850,397,618
1998	$27,251,301,398	$218,416,200,673
1999	$35,975,860,857	$59,145,077,039
2000	$38,270,954,138	$69,171,451,627
2001	$34,112,093,927	$73,557,840,064
2002	$20,481,889,764	$95,054,059,303
2003	$26,265,625,000	$104,738,954,264
2004	$33,122,307,692	$135,764,731,646
2005	$47,334,691,241	$175,670,569,969
2006	$60,094,231,607	$238,454,997,161
2007	$68,032,978,391	$278,260,846,800
2008	$86,710,767,415	$339,476,276,258
2009	$60,808,562,033	$295,008,835,381
2010	$75,380,825,062	$366,990,417,129
2011	$48,169,263,294	$414,466,676,831
2012	$92,540,938,129	$463,971,018,239
2013	$75,351,107,029	$520,117,180,314
2014	$57,372,355,592	$574,183,763,412
2015	$48,717,501,321	$493,026,682,801
2016	$49,912,073,701	$404,649,125,252
2017	$67,157,452,182	$375,745,731,053
2018	$76,686,029,772	$421,739,251,509
2019	$69,254,496,472	$474,517,490,844
2020	$46,854,285,441	$432,198,898,468
2021	$35,217,995,647	$440,833,635,874
2022	$43,246,297,922	$477,403,400,101
2023	$45,096,462,972	$363,846,332,835
2024	$46,636,278,902	$187,759,703,100

Libya and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	Nigeria
1960	$269	$93.1
1961	$285.3	$97.1
1962	$382	$104.5
1963	$528	$107.7
1964	$765	$113.3
1965	$1,001	$117.3
1966	$1,251	$124.4
1967	$1,437	$99.5
1968	$1,972	$97.3
1969	$2,175	$121.4
1970	$2,210	$224.5
1971	$2,443	$160.5
1972	$2,830	$209.5
1973	$3,727	$252.4
1974	$6,214	$403
1975	$5,721	$438
1976	$7,018	$556
1977	$7,783	$536
1978	$7,252	$527
1979	$9,443	$661
1980	$11,960	$870
1981	$10,044	$2,162
1982	$9,064	$1,822
1983	$8,927	$1,207
1984	$7,811	$890
1985	$8,087	$869
1986	$6,019	$628
1987	$6,465	$588
1988	$5,736	$540
1989	$5,793	$465
1990	$6,502	$556
1991	$7,040	$597
1992	$7,303	$509
1993	$6,478	$540
1994	$5,933	$745
1995	$5,205	$1,272
1996	$5,591	$1,633
1997	$6,062	$1,720
1998	$5,301	$1,822
1999	$6,895	$481
2000	$7,214	$547
2001	$6,313	$566
2002	$3,718	$712
2003	$4,674	$763
2004	$5,774	$962
2005	$8,079	$1,211
2006	$10,049	$1,600
2007	$11,145	$1,816
2008	$13,906	$2,154
2009	$9,551	$1,820
2010	$11,601	$2,202
2011	$7,594	$2,418
2012	$14,976	$2,633
2013	$11,952	$2,873
2014	$8,926	$3,089
2015	$7,458	$2,586
2016	$7,526	$2,070
2017	$9,966	$1,876
2018	$11,197	$2,058
2019	$9,963	$2,265
2020	$6,650	$2,020
2021	$4,936	$2,017
2022	$5,987	$2,139
2023	$6,173	$1,597
2024	$6,318	$807

Libya vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	Nigeria
1950	33.1	35.5
1951	33.5	35.7
1952	33.8	35.9
1953	34.2	36
1954	34.7	36.2
1955	35.2	36.3
1956	36	36.5
1957	36.9	36.6
1958	38	36.8
1959	39.3	37
1960	40.8	37.2
1961	42.4	37.4
1962	44.1	37.6
1963	45.6	37.8
1964	47.7	38
1965	49.3	38.2
1966	50.9	38.4
1967	52.5	37.5
1968	53.8	38.6
1969	55.2	38.9
1970	56.4	40
1971	57.6	40.6
1972	58.7	41.3
1973	59.7	41.8
1974	60.7	42.5
1975	61.6	43.1
1976	62.4	44.2
1977	63.1	44.8
1978	63.8	45.3
1979	64.3	45.7
1980	64.8	46
1981	65.3	46.3
1982	65.8	46.4
1983	66.3	46.4
1984	66.7	46.3
1985	67.3	46.2
1986	67.8	46
1987	68.3	45.9
1988	68.6	45.8
1989	69	45.8
1990	69.3	45.7
1991	69.6	45.5
1992	70	45.6
1993	70.2	45.8
1994	70.5	45.7
1995	70.6	45.9
1996	70.7	45.8
1997	70.7	46
1998	70.7	46.1
1999	70.6	46.6
2000	70.5	47.1
2001	70.7	47.5
2002	70.8	48
2003	71	48.6
2004	71.2	49.1
2005	71.4	49.5
2006	71.6	49.9
2007	71.8	50.4
2008	71.9	50.7
2009	72.1	51.1
2010	72.2	51.3
2011	69.9	51.5
2012	72.2	51.7
2013	72.3	51.8
2014	71.3	51.9
2015	71.6	51.9
2016	71.8	52.2
2017	72.7	52.4
2018	73.2	52.7
2019	72.9	53
2020	72.4	53.1
2021	72.1	53.5
2022	74.5	54.1
2023	69.3	54.5
2024	71.1	54.6
2025	73.2	54.8

Libya and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	Nigeria
1960	1,492,890	45,053,782
1961	1,555,699	45,989,310
1962	1,621,960	46,965,292
1963	1,690,457	47,973,575
1964	1,753,691	49,012,016
1965	1,804,015	50,086,764
1966	1,849,063	51,188,234
1967	1,898,199	52,293,065
1968	1,952,781	53,432,783
1969	2,014,293	54,631,914
1970	2,082,589	55,893,838
1971	2,153,534	57,214,684
1972	2,226,091	58,601,748
1973	2,314,193	60,082,139
1974	2,432,211	61,679,144
1975	2,571,556	63,410,815
1976	2,721,237	65,258,009
1977	2,881,533	67,234,590
1978	3,052,526	69,326,532
1979	3,233,846	71,498,242
1980	3,424,378	73,764,641
1981	3,621,486	76,068,103
1982	3,724,765	78,378,701
1983	3,718,961	80,438,260
1984	3,773,633	82,526,443
1985	3,898,745	84,897,973
1986	4,017,403	87,235,953
1987	4,129,739	89,591,716
1988	4,237,755	92,020,090
1989	4,342,920	94,531,014
1990	4,445,239	97,120,925
1991	4,544,400	99,720,162
1992	4,640,352	102,372,770
1993	4,733,045	105,122,069
1994	4,822,037	107,935,714
1995	4,906,843	110,819,428
1996	4,987,393	113,754,779
1997	5,064,639	116,754,792
1998	5,140,704	119,846,254
1999	5,218,038	123,047,320
2000	5,305,021	126,382,494
2001	5,403,639	129,862,595
2002	5,508,410	133,471,989
2003	5,619,398	137,202,644
2004	5,736,693	141,057,045
2005	5,858,798	145,017,253
2006	5,980,211	149,077,334
2007	6,104,380	153,267,261
2008	6,235,430	157,595,014
2009	6,366,686	162,049,464
2010	6,497,839	166,642,886
2011	6,343,203	171,379,598
2012	6,179,328	176,200,625
2013	6,304,628	181,049,443
2014	6,427,252	185,896,915
2015	6,531,819	190,671,878
2016	6,632,126	195,443,700
2017	6,738,770	200,254,579
2018	6,849,055	204,938,755
2019	6,951,033	209,485,641
2020	7,045,399	213,996,181
2021	7,135,175	218,529,286
2022	7,223,805	223,150,896
2023	7,305,659	227,882,945
2024	7,381,023	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Libya and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Libya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Nigeria
1960	7.51	6.36
1961	7.56	6.35
1962	7.61	6.36
1963	7.69	6.35
1964	7.75	6.36
1965	7.82	6.37
1966	7.89	6.39
1967	7.93	6.4
1968	7.97	6.42
1969	8.01	6.44
1970	8.05	6.47
1971	8.1	6.53
1972	8.07	6.58
1973	8.05	6.63
1974	8.02	6.7
1975	7.98	6.77
1976	7.93	6.81
1977	7.87	6.86
1978	7.79	6.92
1979	7.68	6.89
1980	7.54	6.85
1981	7.37	6.82
1982	7.16	6.8
1983	6.91	6.78
1984	6.62	6.7
1985	6.33	6.62
1986	6.02	6.56
1987	5.72	6.5
1988	5.41	6.5
1989	5.09	6.49
1990	4.78	6.46
1991	4.46	6.43
1992	4.16	6.39
1993	3.88	6.35
1994	3.65	6.32
1995	3.44	6.27
1996	3.26	6.22
1997	3.13	6.14
1998	3.04	6.07
1999	2.97	6.08
2000	2.91	6.12
2001	2.87	6.13
2002	2.83	6.12
2003	2.8	6.1
2004	2.77	6.09
2005	2.77	6.06
2006	2.7	6.05
2007	2.65	6.03
2008	2.6	6.02
2009	2.56	5.99
2010	2.6	5.95
2011	2.65	5.89
2012	2.68	5.8
2013	2.72	5.69
2014	2.75	5.62
2015	2.71	5.5
2016	2.67	5.34
2017	2.63	5.18
2018	2.58	5.02
2019	2.54	4.86
2020	2.51	4.7
2021	2.46	4.64
2022	2.4	4.55
2023	2.36	4.48

Libya and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Libya

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	Nigeria
1960	18.5	19.3
1961	18.2	19.3
1962	17.9	19.3
1963	17.5	19.3
1964	17.2	19.3
1965	16.7	19.3
1966	15.9	19.3
1967	15.3	19.2
1968	14.9	19.2
1969	14.7	19.1
1970	14.7	18.9
1971	14.7	18.8
1972	14.7	18.7
1973	14.9	18.6
1974	15.3	18.5
1975	15.5	18.4
1976	15.6	18.3
1977	15.8	18.2
1978	15.9	18
1979	15.9	17.9
1980	16	17.8
1981	16.1	17.7
1982	16.3	17.6
1983	16.5	17.5
1984	16.8	17.4
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	17.3	17.3
1987	17.6	17.3
1988	17.9	17.3
1989	18.2	17.3
1990	18.6	17.3
1991	18.9	17.3
1992	19.3	17.4
1993	19.7	17.4
1994	20.1	17.5
1995	20.6	17.6
1996	21.1	17.6
1997	21.5	17.7
1998	22	17.8
1999	22.4	17.9
2000	22.7	17.9
2001	22.9	17.9
2002	23.1	17.9
2003	23.2	17.9
2004	23.4	17.9
2005	23.6	17.9
2006	23.8	17.9
2007	24.2	17.9
2008	24.6	17.8
2009	25	17.8
2010	25.3	17.8
2011	25.5	17.7
2012	25.7	17.7
2013	25.9	17.7
2014	26.2	17.7
2015	26.4	17.8
2016	26.6	17.8
2017	26.8	17.9
2018	27	18
2019	27.2	18.2
2020	27.5	18.3
2021	27.7	18.5
2022	28	18.7
2023	28.2	18.8
2024	28.5	19

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