Mali vs Nigeria statistics compared

Mali has a population of 24.5M (ranked 58/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Mali's land area is 471,118 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 23rd vs. 30th).

By GDP, Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.6B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Mali ranks 171/197 ($1,086), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Mali and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Mali and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Mali

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Mali	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	$275,494,478	$5,203,237,919
1968	$343,771,973	$5,200,997,920
1969	$339,913,867	$6,634,317,346
1970	$359,772,315	$12,546,094,982
1971	$395,218,629	$9,181,769,912
1972	$486,617,280	$12,274,416,018
1973	$563,683,703	$15,162,871,287
1974	$538,747,340	$24,846,641,318
1975	$830,710,615	$27,778,934,625
1976	$939,228,017	$36,308,883,249
1977	$1,049,838,548	$36,035,407,725
1978	$1,222,702,573	$36,527,862,209
1979	$1,595,422,956	$47,259,911,894
1980	$1,759,691,186	$64,201,788,123
1981	$1,538,972,424	$164,475,209,516
1982	$1,333,754,225	$142,769,363,314
1983	$1,297,765,326	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,232,932,104	$73,484,359,521
1985	$1,392,196,048	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,852,163,453	$54,805,852,581
1987	$2,090,629,987	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,169,040,603	$49,648,470,440
1989	$2,181,821,909	$44,003,061,108
1990	$2,681,912,149	$54,035,795,388
1991	$2,724,131,458	$59,526,833,412
1992	$2,830,673,378	$52,058,181,854
1993	$2,818,281,085	$56,721,051,402
1994	$2,081,846,498	$80,399,613,064
1995	$2,706,425,157	$140,919,776,986
1996	$2,780,422,049	$185,730,236,700
1997	$2,697,105,823	$200,850,397,618
1998	$2,920,358,711	$218,416,200,673
1999	$3,440,724,710	$59,145,077,039
2000	$2,961,484,954	$69,171,451,627
2001	$3,468,337,942	$73,557,840,064
2002	$3,908,121,307	$95,054,059,303
2003	$4,714,071,980	$104,738,954,264
2004	$7,113,132,070	$135,764,731,646
2005	$8,009,875,052	$175,670,569,969
2006	$8,858,863,053	$238,454,997,161
2007	$10,289,243,720	$278,260,846,800
2008	$12,262,134,441	$339,476,276,258
2009	$12,592,138,109	$295,008,835,381
2010	$13,196,527,458	$366,990,417,129
2011	$15,506,843,902	$414,466,676,831
2012	$14,891,957,623	$463,971,018,239
2013	$15,769,357,573	$520,117,180,314
2014	$16,943,434,591	$574,183,763,412
2015	$15,583,181,170	$493,026,682,801
2016	$16,743,796,800	$404,649,125,252
2017	$18,308,362,040	$375,745,731,053
2018	$20,368,015,381	$421,739,251,509
2019	$20,477,421,885	$474,517,490,844
2020	$20,698,560,939	$432,198,898,468
2021	$22,999,245,263	$440,833,635,874
2022	$22,374,051,350	$477,403,400,101
2023	$24,621,545,565	$363,846,332,835
2024	$26,588,067,731	$187,759,703,100

Mali and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Mali

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mali	Nigeria
1960	-	$93.1
1961	-	$97.1
1962	-	$104.5
1963	-	$107.7
1964	-	$113.3
1965	-	$117.3
1966	-	$124.4
1967	$46	$99.5
1968	$56.5	$97.3
1969	$55	$121.4
1970	$57.3	$224.5
1971	$62	$160.5
1972	$75.1	$209.5
1973	$85.4	$252.4
1974	$80.2	$403
1975	$121.5	$438
1976	$134.9	$556
1977	$148.1	$536
1978	$169.1	$527
1979	$216.3	$661
1980	$233.7	$870
1981	$200.1	$2,162
1982	$169.7	$1,822
1983	$161.5	$1,207
1984	$150.2	$890
1985	$166.2	$869
1986	$217.1	$628
1987	$240.8	$588
1988	$245.5	$540
1989	$242.4	$465
1990	$292.2	$556
1991	$290.9	$597
1992	$296.3	$509
1993	$288.9	$540
1994	$208.9	$745
1995	$265.7	$1,272
1996	$267.2	$1,633
1997	$253.3	$1,720
1998	$267.4	$1,822
1999	$306	$481
2000	$256.2	$547
2001	$291.2	$566
2002	$318	$712
2003	$372	$763
2004	$543	$962
2005	$592	$1,211
2006	$633	$1,600
2007	$712	$1,816
2008	$821	$2,154
2009	$816	$1,820
2010	$828	$2,202
2011	$942	$2,418
2012	$878	$2,633
2013	$903	$2,873
2014	$940	$3,089
2015	$838	$2,586
2016	$872	$2,070
2017	$924	$1,876
2018	$996	$2,058
2019	$972	$2,265
2020	$953	$2,020
2021	$1,027	$2,017
2022	$970	$2,139
2023	$1,036	$1,597
2024	$1,086	$807

Mali vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mali

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mali	Nigeria
1950	28.7	35.5
1951	28.9	35.7
1952	29.1	35.9
1953	29.4	36
1954	29.5	36.2
1955	29.7	36.3
1956	29.9	36.5
1957	30.1	36.6
1958	30.2	36.8
1959	30.3	37
1960	30.5	37.2
1961	30.6	37.4
1962	30.8	37.6
1963	31	37.8
1964	31.2	38
1965	31.5	38.2
1966	31.8	38.4
1967	32.2	37.5
1968	32.6	38.6
1969	32.9	38.9
1970	33.4	40
1971	33.8	40.6
1972	34.5	41.3
1973	35.1	41.8
1974	35.7	42.5
1975	36.5	43.1
1976	37.2	44.2
1977	38	44.8
1978	38.8	45.3
1979	39.5	45.7
1980	40.3	46
1981	41	46.3
1982	41.8	46.4
1983	42.7	46.4
1984	43.4	46.3
1985	43.9	46.2
1986	44.6	46
1987	45.2	45.9
1988	45.7	45.8
1989	46.2	45.8
1990	46.5	45.7
1991	46.9	45.5
1992	47.2	45.6
1993	47.6	45.8
1994	47.9	45.7
1995	48.3	45.9
1996	48.5	45.8
1997	49.1	46
1998	49.6	46.1
1999	50.1	46.6
2000	50.6	47.1
2001	51.3	47.5
2002	52	48
2003	52.6	48.6
2004	53.3	49.1
2005	53.8	49.5
2006	54.3	49.9
2007	54.8	50.4
2008	55.2	50.7
2009	55.6	51.1
2010	56	51.3
2011	56.4	51.5
2012	56.7	51.7
2013	57.1	51.8
2014	57.5	51.9
2015	57.9	51.9
2016	58.3	52.2
2017	58.6	52.4
2018	58.9	52.7
2019	59.2	53
2020	58.9	53.1
2021	59.1	53.5
2022	60	54.1
2023	60.4	54.5
2024	60.7	54.6
2025	60.9	54.8

Mali and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Mali

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Mali	Nigeria
1960	5,402,550	45,053,782
1961	5,482,283	45,989,310
1962	5,563,917	46,965,292
1963	5,646,605	47,973,575
1964	5,730,125	49,012,016
1965	5,815,487	50,086,764
1966	5,902,204	51,188,234
1967	5,990,906	52,293,065
1968	6,082,979	53,432,783
1969	6,177,704	54,631,914
1970	6,276,472	55,893,838
1971	6,377,944	57,214,684
1972	6,483,726	58,601,748
1973	6,597,106	60,082,139
1974	6,715,436	61,679,144
1975	6,837,261	63,410,815
1976	6,960,979	65,258,009
1977	7,090,979	67,234,590
1978	7,229,651	69,326,532
1979	7,375,266	71,498,242
1980	7,530,515	73,764,641
1981	7,692,766	76,068,103
1982	7,860,194	78,378,701
1983	8,034,400	80,438,260
1984	8,208,599	82,526,443
1985	8,374,663	84,897,973
1986	8,531,277	87,235,953
1987	8,681,164	89,591,716
1988	8,833,996	92,020,090
1989	8,999,938	94,531,014
1990	9,178,830	97,120,925
1991	9,362,888	99,720,162
1992	9,553,540	102,372,770
1993	9,754,786	105,122,069
1994	9,967,031	107,935,714
1995	10,185,365	110,819,428
1996	10,407,278	113,754,779
1997	10,646,495	116,754,792
1998	10,919,573	119,846,254
1999	11,227,415	123,047,320
2000	11,559,290	126,382,494
2001	11,912,158	129,862,595
2002	12,288,050	133,471,989
2003	12,684,955	137,202,644
2004	13,102,409	141,057,045
2005	13,538,647	145,017,253
2006	13,990,139	149,077,334
2007	14,457,775	153,267,261
2008	14,940,782	157,595,014
2009	15,435,539	162,049,464
2010	15,945,198	166,642,886
2011	16,469,049	171,379,598
2012	16,957,033	176,200,625
2013	17,459,615	181,049,443
2014	18,020,267	185,896,915
2015	18,593,022	190,671,878
2016	19,191,289	195,443,700
2017	19,813,011	200,254,579
2018	20,442,030	204,938,755
2019	21,068,405	209,485,641
2020	21,713,836	213,996,181
2021	22,388,630	218,529,286
2022	23,072,640	223,150,896
2023	23,769,127	227,882,945
2024	24,478,595	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Mali and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Mali

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mali	Nigeria
1960	7.02	6.36
1961	7.03	6.35
1962	7.04	6.36
1963	7.05	6.35
1964	7.06	6.36
1965	7.08	6.37
1966	7.11	6.39
1967	7.14	6.4
1968	7.16	6.42
1969	7.18	6.44
1970	7.18	6.47
1971	7.2	6.53
1972	7.22	6.58
1973	7.22	6.63
1974	7.23	6.7
1975	7.25	6.77
1976	7.27	6.81
1977	7.3	6.86
1978	7.32	6.92
1979	7.35	6.89
1980	7.37	6.85
1981	7.37	6.82
1982	7.32	6.8
1983	7.28	6.78
1984	7.26	6.7
1985	7.26	6.62
1986	7.31	6.56
1987	7.31	6.5
1988	7.32	6.5
1989	7.33	6.49
1990	7.31	6.46
1991	7.28	6.43
1992	7.24	6.39
1993	7.18	6.35
1994	7.12	6.32
1995	7.05	6.27
1996	7.01	6.22
1997	6.97	6.14
1998	6.94	6.07
1999	6.91	6.08
2000	6.89	6.12
2001	6.85	6.13
2002	6.82	6.12
2003	6.78	6.1
2004	6.74	6.09
2005	6.71	6.06
2006	6.68	6.05
2007	6.65	6.03
2008	6.62	6.02
2009	6.59	5.99
2010	6.58	5.95
2011	6.55	5.89
2012	6.52	5.8
2013	6.49	5.69
2014	6.44	5.62
2015	6.39	5.5
2016	6.32	5.34
2017	6.25	5.18
2018	6.12	5.02
2019	5.89	4.86
2020	5.85	4.7
2021	5.78	4.64
2022	5.69	4.55
2023	5.61	4.48

Mali and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Mali

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mali	Nigeria
1960	19.8	19.3
1961	19.8	19.3
1962	19.8	19.3
1963	19.8	19.3
1964	19.8	19.3
1965	19.8	19.3
1966	19.7	19.3
1967	19.6	19.2
1968	19.6	19.2
1969	19.5	19.1
1970	19.4	18.9
1971	19.3	18.8
1972	19.2	18.7
1973	19.1	18.6
1974	19	18.5
1975	18.9	18.4
1976	18.7	18.3
1977	18.6	18.2
1978	18.4	18
1979	18.3	17.9
1980	18.1	17.8
1981	17.9	17.7
1982	17.8	17.6
1983	17.6	17.5
1984	17.5	17.4
1985	17.3	17.3
1986	17.1	17.3
1987	16.9	17.3
1988	16.8	17.3
1989	16.6	17.3
1990	16.5	17.3
1991	16.4	17.3
1992	16.4	17.4
1993	16.3	17.4
1994	16.3	17.5
1995	16.3	17.6
1996	16.3	17.6
1997	16.3	17.7
1998	16.4	17.8
1999	16.4	17.9
2000	16.5	17.9
2001	16.5	17.9
2002	16.6	17.9
2003	16.6	17.9
2004	16.6	17.9
2005	16.6	17.9
2006	16.6	17.9
2007	16.6	17.9
2008	16.5	17.8
2009	16.4	17.8
2010	16.4	17.8
2011	16.3	17.7
2012	16.1	17.7
2013	16	17.7
2014	16	17.7
2015	16	17.8
2016	16	17.8
2017	16	17.9
2018	16	18
2019	16.1	18.2
2020	16.2	18.3
2021	16.3	18.5
2022	16.5	18.7
2023	16.6	18.8
2024	16.7	19

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