Namibia vs Nigeria statistics compared

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 33rd vs. 30th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Namibia and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Namibia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Namibia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Namibia	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	$2,421,990,338	$64,201,788,123
1981	$2,249,908,578	$164,475,209,516
1982	$2,118,710,248	$142,769,363,314
1983	$2,297,400,688	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,951,260,038	$73,484,359,521
1985	$1,608,237,350	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,809,048,527	$54,805,852,581
1987	$2,300,068,217	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,495,094,746	$49,648,470,440
1989	$2,535,135,798	$44,003,061,108
1990	$2,789,921,854	$54,035,795,388
1991	$2,996,869,281	$59,526,833,412
1992	$3,429,521,699	$52,058,181,854
1993	$3,251,188,833	$56,721,051,402
1994	$3,666,503,530	$80,399,613,064
1995	$3,978,514,206	$140,919,776,986
1996	$3,989,163,197	$185,730,236,700
1997	$4,154,989,950	$200,850,397,618
1998	$3,873,109,866	$218,416,200,673
1999	$3,868,551,730	$59,145,077,039
2000	$3,922,232,165	$69,171,451,627
2001	$3,557,341,215	$73,557,840,064
2002	$3,349,169,826	$95,054,059,303
2003	$4,926,439,384	$104,738,954,264
2004	$6,609,205,995	$135,764,731,646
2005	$7,248,374,838	$175,670,569,969
2006	$8,001,779,551	$238,454,997,161
2007	$8,839,536,476	$278,260,846,800
2008	$8,607,431,497	$339,476,276,258
2009	$8,938,847,189	$295,008,835,381
2010	$11,431,412,421	$366,990,417,129
2011	$12,523,359,441	$414,466,676,831
2012	$13,042,053,592	$463,971,018,239
2013	$12,043,307,277	$520,117,180,314
2014	$12,435,430,970	$574,183,763,412
2015	$11,335,161,084	$493,026,682,801
2016	$10,722,018,732	$404,649,125,252
2017	$12,895,153,371	$375,745,731,053
2018	$13,682,019,076	$421,739,251,509
2019	$12,541,928,303	$474,517,490,844
2020	$10,583,748,542	$432,198,898,468
2021	$12,402,486,184	$440,833,635,874
2022	$12,569,449,123	$477,403,400,101
2023	$12,408,271,448	$363,846,332,835
2024	$13,372,354,269	$187,759,703,100

Namibia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Namibia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Namibia	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	$2,468	$870
1981	$2,267	$2,162
1982	$2,097	$1,822
1983	$2,214	$1,207
1984	$1,830	$890
1985	$1,466	$869
1986	$1,599	$628
1987	$1,969	$588
1988	$2,063	$540
1989	$1,967	$465
1990	$2,037	$556
1991	$2,117	$597
1992	$2,347	$509
1993	$2,155	$540
1994	$2,356	$745
1995	$2,483	$1,272
1996	$2,423	$1,633
1997	$2,460	$1,720
1998	$2,235	$1,822
1999	$2,178	$481
2000	$2,157	$547
2001	$1,916	$566
2002	$1,772	$712
2003	$2,569	$763
2004	$3,403	$962
2005	$3,686	$1,211
2006	$4,017	$1,600
2007	$4,379	$1,816
2008	$4,205	$2,154
2009	$4,303	$1,820
2010	$5,418	$2,202
2011	$5,835	$2,418
2012	$5,943	$2,633
2013	$5,347	$2,873
2014	$5,378	$3,089
2015	$4,774	$2,586
2016	$4,396	$2,070
2017	$5,144	$1,876
2018	$5,309	$2,058
2019	$4,732	$2,265
2020	$3,879	$2,020
2021	$4,413	$2,017
2022	$4,350	$2,139
2023	$4,188	$1,597
2024	$4,413	$807

Namibia vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Namibia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Namibia	Nigeria
1950	41.9	35.5
1951	42.5	35.7
1952	43.1	35.9
1953	43.8	36
1954	44.4	36.2
1955	45	36.3
1956	45.7	36.5
1957	46.4	36.6
1958	47.1	36.8
1959	47.8	37
1960	48.5	37.2
1961	49.2	37.4
1962	50	37.6
1963	50.6	37.8
1964	51.3	38
1965	52	38.2
1966	52.3	38.4
1967	52.9	37.5
1968	53.6	38.6
1969	54.1	38.9
1970	54.7	40
1971	55.3	40.6
1972	55.8	41.3
1973	56.4	41.8
1974	56.9	42.5
1975	57.6	43.1
1976	58	44.2
1977	58.6	44.8
1978	59.1	45.3
1979	59.5	45.7
1980	56.6	46
1981	56.9	46.3
1982	57.3	46.4
1983	57.6	46.4
1984	58.1	46.3
1985	58.5	46.2
1986	58.7	46
1987	59.1	45.9
1988	59	45.8
1989	60.8	45.8
1990	61.4	45.7
1991	60.8	45.5
1992	60.2	45.6
1993	59.3	45.8
1994	58.4	45.7
1995	57.5	45.9
1996	56.6	45.8
1997	55.8	46
1998	54.8	46.1
1999	54	46.6
2000	52.9	47.1
2001	52	47.5
2002	52	48
2003	51.9	48.6
2004	52.2	49.1
2005	52.6	49.5
2006	53.2	49.9
2007	54	50.4
2008	54.7	50.7
2009	55.3	51.1
2010	56.1	51.3
2011	56.6	51.5
2012	57.7	51.7
2013	58.5	51.8
2014	59.3	51.9
2015	60	51.9
2016	60.8	52.2
2017	61.7	52.4
2018	62.6	52.7
2019	63.5	53
2020	64.1	53.1
2021	60.8	53.5
2022	64.2	54.1
2023	67.4	54.5
2024	67.5	54.6
2025	67.7	54.8

Namibia and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Namibia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Namibia	Nigeria
1960	591,465	45,053,782
1961	603,067	45,989,310
1962	615,759	46,965,292
1963	629,589	47,973,575
1964	644,530	49,012,016
1965	660,558	50,086,764
1966	677,655	51,188,234
1967	696,045	52,293,065
1968	715,542	53,432,783
1969	736,120	54,631,914
1970	757,868	55,893,838
1971	780,584	57,214,684
1972	804,399	58,601,748
1973	828,928	60,082,139
1974	854,320	61,679,144
1975	881,032	63,410,815
1976	906,566	65,258,009
1977	931,104	67,234,590
1978	947,269	69,326,532
1979	962,825	71,498,242
1980	981,434	73,764,641
1981	992,500	76,068,103
1982	1,010,308	78,378,701
1983	1,037,511	80,438,260
1984	1,065,989	82,526,443
1985	1,096,890	84,897,973
1986	1,131,081	87,235,953
1987	1,167,889	89,591,716
1988	1,209,696	92,020,090
1989	1,288,947	94,531,014
1990	1,369,303	97,120,925
1991	1,415,684	99,720,162
1992	1,461,322	102,372,770
1993	1,508,697	105,122,069
1994	1,556,304	107,935,714
1995	1,602,170	110,819,428
1996	1,646,103	113,754,779
1997	1,689,264	116,754,792
1998	1,732,745	119,846,254
1999	1,776,368	123,047,320
2000	1,818,647	126,382,494
2001	1,857,048	129,862,595
2002	1,889,970	133,471,989
2003	1,917,464	137,202,644
2004	1,942,082	141,057,045
2005	1,966,582	145,017,253
2006	1,991,888	149,077,334
2007	2,018,600	153,267,261
2008	2,047,056	157,595,014
2009	2,077,394	162,049,464
2010	2,109,811	166,642,886
2011	2,146,325	171,379,598
2012	2,194,654	176,200,625
2013	2,252,508	181,049,443
2014	2,312,139	185,896,915
2015	2,374,300	190,671,878
2016	2,439,213	195,443,700
2017	2,506,853	200,254,579
2018	2,577,327	204,938,755
2019	2,650,494	209,485,641
2020	2,728,762	213,996,181
2021	2,810,548	218,529,286
2022	2,889,662	223,150,896
2023	2,963,095	227,882,945
2024	3,030,131	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Namibia and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Namibia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	Nigeria
1960	6.24	6.36
1961	6.29	6.35
1962	6.35	6.36
1963	6.41	6.35
1964	6.43	6.36
1965	6.45	6.37
1966	6.47	6.39
1967	6.49	6.4
1968	6.5	6.42
1969	6.51	6.44
1970	6.52	6.47
1971	6.52	6.53
1972	6.53	6.58
1973	6.54	6.63
1974	6.55	6.7
1975	6.53	6.77
1976	6.49	6.81
1977	6.44	6.86
1978	6.38	6.92
1979	6.31	6.89
1980	6.24	6.85
1981	6.16	6.82
1982	6.08	6.8
1983	6	6.78
1984	5.94	6.7
1985	5.88	6.62
1986	5.79	6.56
1987	5.7	6.5
1988	5.61	6.5
1989	5.52	6.49
1990	5.4	6.46
1991	5.29	6.43
1992	5.11	6.39
1993	4.91	6.35
1994	4.68	6.32
1995	4.42	6.27
1996	4.2	6.22
1997	4.17	6.14
1998	4.18	6.07
1999	4.14	6.08
2000	3.99	6.12
2001	3.83	6.13
2002	3.69	6.12
2003	3.58	6.1
2004	3.55	6.09
2005	3.57	6.06
2006	3.6	6.05
2007	3.61	6.03
2008	3.62	6.02
2009	3.63	5.99
2010	3.66	5.95
2011	3.66	5.89
2012	3.68	5.8
2013	3.65	5.69
2014	3.64	5.62
2015	3.6	5.5
2016	3.57	5.34
2017	3.51	5.18
2018	3.46	5.02
2019	3.4	4.86
2020	3.35	4.7
2021	3.3	4.64
2022	3.25	4.55
2023	3.21	4.48

Namibia and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Namibia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Namibia	Nigeria
1960	18.9	19.3
1961	18.7	19.3
1962	18.6	19.3
1963	18.5	19.3
1964	18.4	19.3
1965	18.4	19.3
1966	18.3	19.3
1967	18.3	19.2
1968	18.2	19.2
1969	18.1	19.1
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	18	18.8
1972	17.9	18.7
1973	17.8	18.6
1974	17.7	18.5
1975	17.6	18.4
1976	17.5	18.3
1977	17.3	18.2
1978	17	18
1979	16.8	17.9
1980	16.6	17.8
1981	16.4	17.7
1982	16.3	17.6
1983	16.4	17.5
1984	16.5	17.4
1985	16.7	17.3
1986	16.9	17.3
1987	17	17.3
1988	17.3	17.3
1989	17.8	17.3
1990	18.3	17.3
1991	18.4	17.3
1992	18.4	17.4
1993	18.5	17.4
1994	18.5	17.5
1995	18.6	17.6
1996	18.7	17.6
1997	18.8	17.7
1998	18.9	17.8
1999	18.9	17.9
2000	19	17.9
2001	19.1	17.9
2002	19.2	17.9
2003	19.3	17.9
2004	19.4	17.9
2005	19.6	17.9
2006	19.7	17.9
2007	19.9	17.9
2008	20	17.8
2009	20.3	17.8
2010	20.5	17.8
2011	20.7	17.7
2012	20.9	17.7
2013	21.1	17.7
2014	21.3	17.7
2015	21.4	17.8
2016	21.5	17.8
2017	21.6	17.9
2018	21.7	18
2019	21.8	18.2
2020	21.8	18.3
2021	21.8	18.5
2022	21.8	18.7
2023	21.9	18.8
2024	22.1	19

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