New Zealand vs Nigeria statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 74th vs. 30th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

New Zealand and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	Nigeria
1960	$5,536,098,360	$4,196,174,502
1961	$5,721,994,864	$4,467,287,893
1962	$6,133,158,532	$4,909,399,176
1963	$6,699,741,645	$5,165,590,254
1964	$7,340,766,415	$5,552,931,319
1965	$5,706,251,400	$5,874,537,650
1966	$5,917,437,693	$6,366,917,453
1967	$6,016,017,227	$5,203,237,919
1968	$5,228,045,415	$5,200,997,920
1969	$5,814,357,709	$6,634,317,346
1970	$6,495,605,331	$12,546,094,982
1971	$7,911,136,757	$9,181,769,912
1972	$9,567,331,065	$12,274,416,018
1973	$12,802,281,898	$15,162,871,287
1974	$13,940,981,798	$24,846,641,318
1975	$12,861,983,284	$27,778,934,625
1976	$13,604,832,424	$36,308,883,249
1977	$15,446,825,318	$36,035,407,725
1978	$18,530,518,395	$36,527,862,209
1979	$20,731,243,113	$47,259,911,894
1980	$23,244,547,385	$64,201,788,123
1981	$24,417,617,184	$164,475,209,516
1982	$24,164,603,059	$142,769,363,314
1983	$24,309,279,706	$97,094,911,792
1984	$21,665,975,319	$73,484,359,521
1985	$24,679,795,396	$73,745,821,158
1986	$30,604,668,357	$54,805,852,581
1987	$40,376,354,070	$52,676,041,931
1988	$45,176,811,594	$49,648,470,440
1989	$43,920,222,525	$44,003,061,108
1990	$45,495,129,385	$54,035,795,388
1991	$42,745,329,732	$59,526,833,412
1992	$41,649,829,860	$52,058,181,854
1993	$46,775,620,817	$56,721,051,402
1994	$55,314,732,279	$80,399,613,064
1995	$63,918,703,507	$140,919,776,986
1996	$70,140,835,299	$185,730,236,700
1997	$66,075,143,415	$200,850,397,618
1998	$56,227,169,851	$218,416,200,673
1999	$58,762,260,626	$59,145,077,039
2000	$52,623,281,957	$69,171,451,627
2001	$53,872,425,917	$73,557,840,064
2002	$66,627,729,311	$95,054,059,303
2003	$88,250,885,550	$104,738,954,264
2004	$103,905,210,084	$135,764,731,646
2005	$114,720,129,550	$175,670,569,969
2006	$111,538,810,713	$238,454,997,161
2007	$137,188,946,866	$278,260,846,800
2008	$133,437,126,590	$339,476,276,258
2009	$121,663,439,315	$295,008,835,381
2010	$146,887,902,524	$366,990,417,129
2011	$168,484,908,960	$414,466,676,831
2012	$176,560,711,239	$463,971,018,239
2013	$191,012,364,177	$520,117,180,314
2014	$201,518,402,787	$574,183,763,412
2015	$178,224,167,088	$493,026,682,801
2016	$189,100,085,275	$404,649,125,252
2017	$206,745,969,246	$375,745,731,053
2018	$211,985,631,173	$421,739,251,509
2019	$213,006,341,102	$474,517,490,844
2020	$213,029,554,654	$432,198,898,468
2021	$253,977,931,815	$440,833,635,874
2022	$249,509,991,440	$477,403,400,101
2023	$255,194,972,673	$363,846,332,835
2024	$260,235,932,559	$187,759,703,100

New Zealand and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	Nigeria
1960	$2,334	$93.1
1961	$2,365	$97.1
1962	$2,471	$104.5
1963	$2,646	$107.7
1964	$2,839	$113.3
1965	$2,171	$117.3
1966	$2,211	$124.4
1967	$2,208	$99.5
1968	$1,902	$97.3
1969	$2,097	$121.4
1970	$2,311	$224.5
1971	$2,773	$160.5
1972	$3,295	$209.5
1973	$4,323	$252.4
1974	$4,611	$403
1975	$4,172	$438
1976	$4,374	$556
1977	$4,951	$536
1978	$5,937	$527
1979	$6,668	$661
1980	$7,467	$870
1981	$7,814	$2,162
1982	$7,656	$1,822
1983	$7,598	$1,207
1984	$6,714	$890
1985	$7,601	$869
1986	$9,428	$628
1987	$12,331	$588
1988	$13,759	$540
1989	$13,312	$465
1990	$13,663	$556
1991	$12,230	$597
1992	$11,793	$509
1993	$13,094	$540
1994	$15,280	$745
1995	$17,400	$1,272
1996	$18,794	$1,633
1997	$17,474	$1,720
1998	$14,738	$1,822
1999	$15,322	$481
2000	$13,641	$547
2001	$13,883	$566
2002	$16,874	$712
2003	$21,914	$763
2004	$25,420	$962
2005	$27,751	$1,211
2006	$26,655	$1,600
2007	$32,480	$1,816
2008	$31,325	$2,154
2009	$28,277	$1,820
2010	$33,762	$2,202
2011	$38,432	$2,418
2012	$40,054	$2,633
2013	$43,000	$2,873
2014	$44,618	$3,089
2015	$38,665	$2,586
2016	$40,114	$2,070
2017	$42,950	$1,876
2018	$43,257	$2,058
2019	$42,779	$2,265
2020	$41,851	$2,020
2021	$49,689	$2,017
2022	$48,760	$2,139
2023	$48,655	$1,597
2024	$48,747	$807

New Zealand vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	Nigeria
1950	69.3	35.5
1951	69.1	35.7
1952	69.4	35.9
1953	70.2	36
1954	70.3	36.2
1955	70.5	36.3
1956	70.7	36.5
1957	70.3	36.6
1958	70.9	36.8
1959	70.8	37
1960	71.2	37.2
1961	70.9	37.4
1962	71.2	37.6
1963	71.3	37.8
1964	71.3	38
1965	71.2	38.2
1966	71.1	38.4
1967	71.4	37.5
1968	71.1	38.6
1969	71.5	38.9
1970	71.2	40
1971	71.7	40.6
1972	71.8	41.3
1973	71.7	41.8
1974	71.9	42.5
1975	72.2	43.1
1976	72.4	44.2
1977	72.1	44.8
1978	73	45.3
1979	73.1	45.7
1980	72.9	46
1981	73.6	46.3
1982	73.7	46.4
1983	73.8	46.4
1984	74.4	46.3
1985	73.9	46.2
1986	74.1	46
1987	74.2	45.9
1988	74.5	45.8
1989	74.9	45.8
1990	75.4	45.7
1991	76.1	45.5
1992	76.2	45.6
1993	76.5	45.8
1994	76.9	45.7
1995	76.8	45.9
1996	76.8	45.8
1997	77.3	46
1998	78.2	46.1
1999	77.9	46.6
2000	78.7	47.1
2001	78.7	47.5
2002	78.9	48
2003	79.1	48.6
2004	79.4	49.1
2005	80	49.5
2006	80	49.9
2007	80.1	50.4
2008	80.2	50.7
2009	80.5	51.1
2010	81.1	51.3
2011	80.8	51.5
2012	81.2	51.7
2013	81.6	51.8
2014	81.4	51.9
2015	81.6	51.9
2016	82	52.2
2017	81.6	52.4
2018	81.9	52.7
2019	81.8	53
2020	82.7	53.1
2021	82.3	53.5
2022	81	54.1
2023	82.1	54.5
2024	82.2	54.6
2025	82.4	54.8

New Zealand and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	Nigeria
1960	2,371,800	45,053,782
1961	2,419,700	45,989,310
1962	2,482,000	46,965,292
1963	2,531,800	47,973,575
1964	2,585,400	49,012,016
1965	2,628,400	50,086,764
1966	2,675,900	51,188,234
1967	2,724,100	52,293,065
1968	2,748,100	53,432,783
1969	2,772,800	54,631,914
1970	2,810,700	55,893,838
1971	2,853,000	57,214,684
1972	2,903,900	58,601,748
1973	2,961,300	60,082,139
1974	3,023,700	61,679,144
1975	3,083,100	63,410,815
1976	3,110,500	65,258,009
1977	3,120,200	67,234,590
1978	3,121,200	69,326,532
1979	3,109,000	71,498,242
1980	3,112,900	73,764,641
1981	3,124,900	76,068,103
1982	3,156,100	78,378,701
1983	3,199,300	80,438,260
1984	3,227,100	82,526,443
1985	3,247,100	84,897,973
1986	3,246,300	87,235,953
1987	3,274,400	89,591,716
1988	3,283,400	92,020,090
1989	3,299,200	94,531,014
1990	3,329,800	97,120,925
1991	3,495,100	99,720,162
1992	3,531,700	102,372,770
1993	3,572,200	105,122,069
1994	3,620,000	107,935,714
1995	3,673,400	110,819,428
1996	3,732,000	113,754,779
1997	3,781,300	116,754,792
1998	3,815,000	119,846,254
1999	3,835,100	123,047,320
2000	3,857,700	126,382,494
2001	3,880,500	129,862,595
2002	3,948,500	133,471,989
2003	4,027,200	137,202,644
2004	4,087,500	141,057,045
2005	4,133,900	145,017,253
2006	4,184,600	149,077,334
2007	4,223,800	153,267,261
2008	4,259,800	157,595,014
2009	4,302,600	162,049,464
2010	4,350,700	166,642,886
2011	4,384,000	171,379,598
2012	4,408,100	176,200,625
2013	4,442,100	181,049,443
2014	4,516,500	185,896,915
2015	4,609,400	190,671,878
2016	4,714,100	195,443,700
2017	4,813,600	200,254,579
2018	4,900,600	204,938,755
2019	4,979,200	209,485,641
2020	5,090,200	213,996,181
2021	5,111,300	218,529,286
2022	5,117,100	223,150,896
2023	5,245,000	227,882,945
2024	5,338,500	232,679,478

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Nigeria

Fertility rate

New Zealand

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Nigeria
1960	4.24	6.36
1961	4.31	6.35
1962	4.19	6.36
1963	4.05	6.35
1964	3.8	6.36
1965	3.54	6.37
1966	3.41	6.39
1967	3.35	6.4
1968	3.34	6.42
1969	3.28	6.44
1970	3.17	6.47
1971	3.18	6.53
1972	3	6.58
1973	2.76	6.63
1974	2.58	6.7
1975	2.37	6.77
1976	2.27	6.81
1977	2.21	6.86
1978	2.07	6.92
1979	2.12	6.89
1980	2.03	6.85
1981	2.01	6.82
1982	1.95	6.8
1983	1.92	6.78
1984	1.93	6.7
1985	1.93	6.62
1986	1.96	6.56
1987	2.03	6.5
1988	2.1	6.5
1989	2.12	6.49
1990	2.18	6.46
1991	2.09	6.43
1992	2.06	6.39
1993	2.04	6.35
1994	1.98	6.32
1995	1.98	6.27
1996	1.96	6.22
1997	1.96	6.14
1998	1.89	6.07
1999	1.97	6.08
2000	1.98	6.12
2001	1.97	6.13
2002	1.89	6.12
2003	1.93	6.1
2004	1.98	6.09
2005	1.97	6.06
2006	2.01	6.05
2007	2.18	6.03
2008	2.19	6.02
2009	2.13	5.99
2010	2.17	5.95
2011	2.09	5.89
2012	2.1	5.8
2013	2.01	5.69
2014	1.92	5.62
2015	1.99	5.5
2016	1.87	5.34
2017	1.81	5.18
2018	1.71	5.02
2019	1.72	4.86
2020	1.61	4.7
2021	1.64	4.64
2022	1.66	4.55
2023	1.56	4.48

New Zealand and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	Nigeria
1960	27.5	19.3
1961	27.1	19.3
1962	26.8	19.3
1963	26.4	19.3
1964	26.2	19.3
1965	26	19.3
1966	25.9	19.3
1967	25.8	19.2
1968	25.7	19.2
1969	25.7	19.1
1970	25.6	18.9
1971	25.7	18.8
1972	25.9	18.7
1973	26	18.6
1974	26.2	18.5
1975	26.3	18.4
1976	26.5	18.3
1977	26.8	18.2
1978	27.1	18
1979	27.5	17.9
1980	27.9	17.8
1981	28.2	17.7
1982	28.5	17.6
1983	28.8	17.5
1984	29.1	17.4
1985	29.4	17.3
1986	29.8	17.3
1987	30.1	17.3
1988	30.4	17.3
1989	30.8	17.3
1990	31.1	17.3
1991	31.4	17.3
1992	31.7	17.4
1993	32	17.4
1994	32.3	17.5
1995	32.6	17.6
1996	32.8	17.6
1997	33.2	17.7
1998	33.6	17.8
1999	34	17.9
2000	34.3	17.9
2001	34.6	17.9
2002	34.8	17.9
2003	35	17.9
2004	35.2	17.9
2005	35.5	17.9
2006	35.8	17.9
2007	36.1	17.9
2008	36.4	17.8
2009	36.6	17.8
2010	36.8	17.8
2011	37	17.7
2012	37.2	17.7
2013	37.4	17.7
2014	37.5	17.7
2015	37.4	17.8
2016	37.3	17.8
2017	37.2	17.9
2018	37.3	18
2019	37.3	18.2
2020	37.5	18.3
2021	37.8	18.5
2022	38.1	18.7
2023	38.3	18.8
2024	38.6	19

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