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Moldova vs Nigeria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 135th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova Nigeria
Population
2358679
241467099
Population rank 145/197 6/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$188B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 58/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$807
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 186/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$6,440
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$99.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
52.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$427
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 170/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$1,020
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
351,650 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
662 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
4.48
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
54.8 years
2025

Moldova and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Moldova and Nigeria economies compared

GDP
Moldova

Nigeria
Year GDP
Moldova 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 $3,592,857,043 $54,035,795,388
1991 $3,094,565,871 $59,526,833,412
1992 $2,319,243,436 $52,058,181,854
1993 $2,371,813,324 $56,721,051,402
1994 $1,702,314,268 $80,399,613,064
1995 $1,752,999,370 $140,919,776,986
1996 $1,695,122,174 $185,730,236,700
1997 $1,930,081,169 $200,850,397,618
1998 $1,698,717,505 $218,416,200,673
1999 $1,170,782,957 $59,145,077,039
2000 $1,288,429,392 $69,171,451,627
2001 $1,480,673,594 $73,557,840,064
2002 $1,661,818,168 $95,054,059,303
2003 $1,980,907,435 $104,738,954,264
2004 $2,598,249,556 $135,764,731,646
2005 $2,988,342,907 $175,670,569,969
2006 $3,408,255,451 $238,454,997,161
2007 $4,401,173,152 $278,260,846,800
2008 $6,054,824,248 $339,476,276,258
2009 $5,439,434,272 $295,008,835,381
2010 $6,974,982,370 $366,990,417,129
2011 $8,414,352,020 $414,466,676,831
2012 $8,709,138,635 $463,971,018,239
2013 $9,496,717,876 $520,117,180,314
2014 $9,402,090,138 $574,183,763,412
2015 $7,797,667,197 $493,026,682,801
2016 $7,980,917,076 $404,649,125,252
2017 $9,514,404,016 $375,745,731,053
2018 $11,252,353,421 $421,739,251,509
2019 $11,736,797,055 $474,517,490,844
2020 $11,530,746,234 $432,198,898,468
2021 $13,691,869,264 $440,833,635,874
2022 $14,525,337,524 $477,403,400,101
2023 $16,711,906,746 $363,846,332,835
2024 $18,200,340,854 $187,759,703,100

Moldova and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

Nigeria
Year GDP per capita
Moldova 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 $1,207 $556
1991 $1,038 $597
1992 $778 $509
1993 $797 $540
1994 $574 $745
1995 $594 $1,272
1996 $575 $1,633
1997 $657 $1,720
1998 $579 $1,822
1999 $399 $481
2000 $441 $547
2001 $507 $566
2002 $571 $712
2003 $682 $763
2004 $897 $962
2005 $1,034 $1,211
2006 $1,183 $1,600
2007 $1,531 $1,816
2008 $2,111 $2,154
2009 $1,898 $1,820
2010 $2,437 $2,202
2011 $2,941 $2,418
2012 $3,045 $2,633
2013 $3,321 $2,873
2014 $3,290 $3,089
2015 $2,750 $2,586
2016 $2,847 $2,070
2017 $3,453 $1,876
2018 $4,156 $2,058
2019 $4,405 $2,265
2020 $4,376 $2,020
2021 $5,275 $2,017
2022 $5,744 $2,139
2023 $6,800 $1,597
2024 $7,618 $807

Moldova vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

Nigeria
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova Nigeria
1950 54 35.5
1951 54.5 35.7
1952 55.1 35.9
1953 55.7 36
1954 56.3 36.2
1955 56.9 36.3
1956 57.4 36.5
1957 58 36.6
1958 58.5 36.8
1959 59 37
1960 59.4 37.2
1961 59.9 37.4
1962 60.3 37.6
1963 60.6 37.8
1964 61 38
1965 61.3 38.2
1966 61.6 38.4
1967 61.8 37.5
1968 62 38.6
1969 62.2 38.9
1970 62.4 40
1971 62.7 40.6
1972 62.9 41.3
1973 63.2 41.8
1974 63.4 42.5
1975 63.7 43.1
1976 64 44.2
1977 64.2 44.8
1978 64.5 45.3
1979 64.8 45.7
1980 65.2 46
1981 65.6 46.3
1982 65.9 46.4
1983 66.1 46.4
1984 66.4 46.3
1985 66.9 46.2
1986 67.4 46
1987 67.9 45.9
1988 68.2 45.8
1989 68.2 45.8
1990 67.9 45.7
1991 67.6 45.5
1992 66.7 45.6
1993 66.7 45.8
1994 66.3 45.7
1995 66.2 45.9
1996 66.2 45.8
1997 66.5 46
1998 66.8 46.1
1999 67.2 46.6
2000 67.5 47.1
2001 67.7 47.5
2002 67.8 48
2003 67.9 48.6
2004 68 49.1
2005 68.2 49.5
2006 68.4 49.9
2007 68.7 50.4
2008 69 50.7
2009 69.4 51.1
2010 69.9 51.3
2011 70.2 51.5
2012 70.3 51.7
2013 70.3 51.8
2014 70.2 51.9
2015 70.1 51.9
2016 70.2 52.2
2017 70.4 52.4
2018 70.2 52.7
2019 70.2 53
2020 69.9 53.1
2021 69 53.5
2022 71.5 54.1
2023 71.2 54.5
2024 71.3 54.6
2025 71.5 54.8

Moldova and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

Nigeria
Year Population
Moldova Nigeria
1960 2,058,020 45,053,782
1961 2,103,327 45,989,310
1962 2,147,227 46,965,292
1963 2,188,895 47,973,575
1964 2,228,000 49,012,016
1965 2,265,287 50,086,764
1966 2,301,871 51,188,234
1967 2,337,695 52,293,065
1968 2,373,073 53,432,783
1969 2,408,469 54,631,914
1970 2,437,590 55,893,838
1971 2,460,611 57,214,684
1972 2,484,742 58,601,748
1973 2,510,584 60,082,139
1974 2,538,164 61,679,144
1975 2,566,998 63,410,815
1976 2,596,491 65,258,009
1977 2,626,298 67,234,590
1978 2,656,211 69,326,532
1979 2,683,035 71,498,242
1980 2,708,675 73,764,641
1981 2,735,987 76,068,103
1982 2,763,101 78,378,701
1983 2,791,207 80,438,260
1984 2,820,518 82,526,443
1985 2,850,787 84,897,973
1986 2,883,057 87,235,953
1987 2,916,306 89,591,716
1988 2,948,891 92,020,090
1989 2,970,039 94,531,014
1990 2,977,912 97,120,925
1991 2,981,566 99,720,162
1992 2,980,965 102,372,770
1993 2,975,966 105,122,069
1994 2,966,745 107,935,714
1995 2,953,200 110,819,428
1996 2,947,293 113,754,779
1997 2,936,413 116,754,792
1998 2,935,227 119,846,254
1999 2,930,622 123,047,320
2000 2,924,668 126,382,494
2001 2,918,135 129,862,595
2002 2,911,385 133,471,989
2003 2,903,198 137,202,644
2004 2,896,023 141,057,045
2005 2,888,985 145,017,253
2006 2,880,967 149,077,334
2007 2,874,299 153,267,261
2008 2,868,833 157,595,014
2009 2,865,213 162,049,464
2010 2,862,354 166,642,886
2011 2,860,699 171,379,598
2012 2,860,324 176,200,625
2013 2,859,558 181,049,443
2014 2,857,815 185,896,915
2015 2,835,978 190,671,878
2016 2,803,186 195,443,700
2017 2,755,189 200,254,579
2018 2,707,203 204,938,755
2019 2,664,224 209,485,641
2020 2,635,130 213,996,181
2021 2,595,809 218,529,286
2022 2,528,654 223,150,896
2023 2,457,783 227,882,945
2024 2,389,275 232,679,478

Fertility rates in Moldova and Nigeria

Fertility rate
Moldova

Nigeria
Year Fertility rate
Moldova Nigeria
1960 3.32 6.36
1961 3.23 6.35
1962 3.04 6.36
1963 2.89 6.35
1964 2.71 6.36
1965 2.69 6.37
1966 2.65 6.39
1967 2.62 6.4
1968 2.59 6.42
1969 2.57 6.44
1970 2.57 6.47
1971 2.56 6.53
1972 2.56 6.58
1973 2.57 6.63
1974 2.56 6.7
1975 2.52 6.77
1976 2.47 6.81
1977 2.42 6.86
1978 2.39 6.92
1979 2.38 6.89
1980 2.38 6.85
1981 2.4 6.82
1982 2.45 6.8
1983 2.58 6.78
1984 2.67 6.7
1985 2.67 6.62
1986 2.74 6.56
1987 2.78 6.5
1988 2.63 6.5
1989 2.46 6.49
1990 2.39 6.46
1991 2.28 6.43
1992 2.22 6.39
1993 2.11 6.35
1994 1.99 6.32
1995 1.83 6.27
1996 1.71 6.22
1997 1.79 6.14
1998 1.65 6.07
1999 1.56 6.08
2000 1.5 6.12
2001 1.47 6.13
2002 1.45 6.12
2003 1.48 6.1
2004 1.54 6.09
2005 1.53 6.06
2006 1.54 6.05
2007 1.58 6.03
2008 1.64 6.02
2009 1.72 5.99
2010 1.7 5.95
2011 1.65 5.89
2012 1.66 5.8
2013 1.62 5.69
2014 1.82 5.62
2015 1.87 5.5
2016 1.89 5.34
2017 1.81 5.18
2018 1.81 5.02
2019 1.78 4.86
2020 1.77 4.7
2021 1.75 4.64
2022 1.69 4.55
2023 1.73 4.48

Moldova and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

Nigeria
Year Median age, years
Moldova Nigeria
1960 24.6 19.3
1961 24.7 19.3
1962 24.9 19.3
1963 25.1 19.3
1964 25.4 19.3
1965 25.7 19.3
1966 25.9 19.3
1967 26.1 19.2
1968 26.3 19.2
1969 26.4 19.1
1970 26.4 18.9
1971 26.3 18.8
1972 26.3 18.7
1973 26.3 18.6
1974 26.5 18.5
1975 26.7 18.4
1976 26.9 18.3
1977 27.2 18.2
1978 27.5 18
1979 27.6 17.9
1980 27.6 17.8
1981 27.9 17.7
1982 28.1 17.6
1983 28.3 17.5
1984 28.5 17.4
1985 28.7 17.3
1986 28.9 17.3
1987 29.1 17.3
1988 29.3 17.3
1989 29.5 17.3
1990 29.8 17.3
1991 30.2 17.3
1992 30.4 17.4
1993 30.6 17.4
1994 30.8 17.5
1995 31 17.6
1996 31.2 17.6
1997 31.3 17.7
1998 31.5 17.8
1999 31.8 17.9
2000 32 17.9
2001 32.2 17.9
2002 32.4 17.9
2003 32.6 17.9
2004 32.8 17.9
2005 33 17.9
2006 33.3 17.9
2007 33.6 17.9
2008 33.9 17.8
2009 34.3 17.8
2010 34.6 17.8
2011 34.9 17.7
2012 35.1 17.7
2013 35.4 17.7
2014 35.7 17.7
2015 36.1 17.8
2016 36.5 17.8
2017 36.8 17.9
2018 37.2 18
2019 37.6 18.2
2020 38 18.3
2021 38.3 18.5
2022 38.6 18.7
2023 38.8 18.8
2024 39.1 19

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova Nigeria
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$291B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
18.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
0.32%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
0.81%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
223,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-4.48%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
3.45%
2024
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
47%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
29.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
53.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
26.3%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
3%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
4
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000004%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
169
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$54.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$5.48B
2024
$38.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$21.3B
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
5,265,000
2016
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
0.8%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
63.3%
2024

Energy

Moldova Nigeria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
333 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$17.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
127.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
0.56 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
55.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
80.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
1.08%
2022
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
-66.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
135.6 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
23.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
24.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
61.2%
2023

Society

Moldova Nigeria
% of world population
0.03%
2024
2.86%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
-35,202
2024
Urban population
43.6%
2024
55%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.19 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
12.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
58
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
21.7
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
20.7
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
70.4%
2024
English speaking
2%
2025
60.6%
2023
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
39.2%
2023

Health

Moldova Nigeria
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$90.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$69.2
2022
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
54.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
6.76%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
0.39
2022
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
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
14.7
2023
104.9
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
12.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
3%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
3.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
3.78 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova Nigeria
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.61%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
1,511 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
267,948 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
81,611 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
121,167 mi
2017

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