Nicaragua vs Nigeria statistics compared

Nicaragua has a population of 6.92M (ranked 108/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Nicaragua's land area is 46,464 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 98th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Nicaragua and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Nicaragua and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1960	$227,223,322	$4,196,174,502
1961	$244,144,237	$4,467,287,893
1962	$269,283,804	$4,909,399,176
1963	$297,324,163	$5,165,590,254
1964	$347,119,918	$5,552,931,319
1965	$564,290,020	$5,874,537,650
1966	$607,140,010	$6,366,917,453
1967	$657,140,011	$5,203,237,919
1968	$692,859,985	$5,200,997,920
1969	$750,000,003	$6,634,317,346
1970	$778,569,939	$12,546,094,982
1971	$828,569,953	$9,181,769,912
1972	$878,570,045	$12,274,416,018
1973	$1,092,900,015	$15,162,871,287
1974	$1,521,400,012	$24,846,641,318
1975	$1,581,599,959	$27,778,934,625
1976	$1,836,899,999	$36,308,883,249
1977	$2,226,999,874	$36,035,407,725
1978	$2,127,699,979	$36,527,862,209
1979	$1,567,599,982	$47,259,911,894
1980	$2,144,300,006	$64,201,788,123
1981	$2,474,700,227	$164,475,209,516
1982	$2,454,499,872	$142,769,363,314
1983	$2,753,100,058	$97,094,911,792
1984	$3,117,599,872	$73,484,359,521
1985	$2,683,699,935	$73,745,821,158
1986	$2,885,799,994	$54,805,852,581
1987	$3,851,200,118	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,630,900,096	$49,648,470,440
1989	$1,013,184,756	$44,003,061,108
1990	$1,009,455,484	$54,035,795,388
1991	$1,488,804,124	$59,526,833,412
1992	$1,792,800,000	$52,058,181,854
1993	$1,756,454,248	$56,721,051,402
1994	$3,863,185,119	$80,399,613,064
1995	$4,140,470,000	$140,919,776,986
1996	$4,308,351,903	$185,730,236,700
1997	$4,389,973,490	$200,850,397,618
1998	$4,635,347,386	$218,416,200,673
1999	$4,856,026,259	$59,145,077,039
2000	$5,109,587,050	$69,171,451,627
2001	$5,351,752,034	$73,557,840,064
2002	$5,223,727,303	$95,054,059,303
2003	$5,322,228,351	$104,738,954,264
2004	$5,792,932,838	$135,764,731,646
2005	$6,321,324,279	$175,670,569,969
2006	$6,763,672,381	$238,454,997,161
2007	$7,423,375,015	$278,260,846,800
2008	$8,496,967,597	$339,476,276,258
2009	$8,298,702,489	$295,008,835,381
2010	$8,758,602,233	$366,990,417,129
2011	$9,774,329,333	$414,466,676,831
2012	$10,532,017,232	$463,971,018,239
2013	$10,982,988,249	$520,117,180,314
2014	$11,880,438,824	$574,183,763,412
2015	$12,756,696,261	$493,026,682,801
2016	$13,286,093,388	$404,649,125,252
2017	$13,785,893,007	$375,745,731,053
2018	$13,025,221,974	$421,739,251,509
2019	$12,699,023,614	$474,517,490,844
2020	$12,726,422,432	$432,198,898,468
2021	$14,209,020,362	$440,833,635,874
2022	$15,634,572,502	$477,403,400,101
2023	$17,805,842,284	$363,846,332,835
2024	$19,693,982,968	$187,759,703,100

Nicaragua and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1960	$127.5	$93.1
1961	$132.9	$97.1
1962	$142.3	$104.5
1963	$152.5	$107.7
1964	$172.7	$113.3
1965	$272.3	$117.3
1966	$284	$124.4
1967	$297.9	$99.5
1968	$304	$97.3
1969	$319	$121.4
1970	$321	$224.5
1971	$331	$160.5
1972	$341	$209.5
1973	$413	$252.4
1974	$557	$403
1975	$561	$438
1976	$633	$556
1977	$744	$536
1978	$691	$527
1979	$495	$661
1980	$659	$870
1981	$740	$2,162
1982	$714	$1,822
1983	$780	$1,207
1984	$861	$890
1985	$724	$869
1986	$761	$628
1987	$992	$588
1988	$662	$540
1989	$249.2	$465
1990	$242.5	$556
1991	$350	$597
1992	$411	$509
1993	$394	$540
1994	$849	$745
1995	$892	$1,272
1996	$911	$1,633
1997	$913	$1,720
1998	$949	$1,822
1999	$980	$481
2000	$1,017	$547
2001	$1,052	$566
2002	$1,014	$712
2003	$1,021	$763
2004	$1,099	$962
2005	$1,183	$1,211
2006	$1,248	$1,600
2007	$1,350	$1,816
2008	$1,524	$2,154
2009	$1,467	$1,820
2010	$1,527	$2,202
2011	$1,680	$2,418
2012	$1,785	$2,633
2013	$1,835	$2,873
2014	$1,958	$3,089
2015	$2,074	$2,586
2016	$2,132	$2,070
2017	$2,183	$1,876
2018	$2,035	$2,058
2019	$1,959	$2,265
2020	$1,938	$2,020
2021	$2,138	$2,017
2022	$2,323	$2,139
2023	$2,609	$1,597
2024	$2,848	$807

Nicaragua vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1950	40.6	35.5
1951	40.8	35.7
1952	41.9	35.9
1953	42.4	36
1954	43.1	36.2
1955	43.7	36.3
1956	44.3	36.5
1957	44.9	36.6
1958	45.5	36.8
1959	46.1	37
1960	46.4	37.2
1961	47.3	37.4
1962	48	37.6
1963	48.8	37.8
1964	49.6	38
1965	50.6	38.2
1966	51.6	38.4
1967	52.3	37.5
1968	52.9	38.6
1969	53.4	38.9
1970	53.8	40
1971	54.2	40.6
1972	48	41.3
1973	55	41.8
1974	55.4	42.5
1975	55.8	43.1
1976	56.1	44.2
1977	56.1	44.8
1978	53.5	45.3
1979	50.8	45.7
1980	58	46
1981	58.3	46.3
1982	58.7	46.4
1983	56.9	46.4
1984	56.1	46.3
1985	56.4	46.2
1986	57.6	46
1987	57.3	45.9
1988	59.8	45.8
1989	61.9	45.8
1990	62.5	45.7
1991	63.3	45.5
1992	63.7	45.6
1993	64.1	45.8
1994	64.5	45.7
1995	64.9	45.9
1996	65.2	45.8
1997	65.5	46
1998	64.1	46.1
1999	65.9	46.6
2000	66.4	47.1
2001	67	47.5
2002	68	48
2003	68.7	48.6
2004	69.5	49.1
2005	70.4	49.5
2006	71	49.9
2007	71.2	50.4
2008	71.4	50.7
2009	71.5	51.1
2010	71.8	51.3
2011	72	51.5
2012	72.4	51.7
2013	72.6	51.8
2014	72.8	51.9
2015	72.9	51.9
2016	73.2	52.2
2017	73.4	52.4
2018	73.9	52.7
2019	73.8	53
2020	70.8	53.1
2021	70.5	53.5
2022	74.5	54.1
2023	74.9	54.5
2024	75.1	54.6
2025	75.3	54.8

Nicaragua and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1960	1,782,370	45,053,782
1961	1,836,451	45,989,310
1962	1,892,320	46,965,292
1963	1,950,159	47,973,575
1964	2,010,176	49,012,016
1965	2,072,681	50,086,764
1966	2,137,820	51,188,234
1967	2,205,567	52,293,065
1968	2,275,836	53,432,783
1969	2,348,398	54,631,914
1970	2,423,065	55,893,838
1971	2,499,825	57,214,684
1972	2,573,578	58,601,748
1973	2,649,278	60,082,139
1974	2,732,075	61,679,144
1975	2,816,943	63,410,815
1976	2,903,851	65,258,009
1977	2,992,534	67,234,590
1978	3,080,314	69,326,532
1979	3,164,525	71,498,242
1980	3,252,403	73,764,641
1981	3,345,674	76,068,103
1982	3,438,745	78,378,701
1983	3,530,282	80,438,260
1984	3,619,104	82,526,443
1985	3,706,479	84,897,973
1986	3,794,157	87,235,953
1987	3,882,164	89,591,716
1988	3,972,320	92,020,090
1989	4,066,476	94,531,014
1990	4,162,559	97,120,925
1991	4,259,637	99,720,162
1992	4,357,026	102,372,770
1993	4,453,732	105,122,069
1994	4,549,316	107,935,714
1995	4,642,931	110,819,428
1996	4,729,974	113,754,779
1997	4,809,573	116,754,792
1998	4,883,655	119,846,254
1999	4,954,018	123,047,320
2000	5,022,633	126,382,494
2001	5,087,825	129,862,595
2002	5,149,909	133,471,989
2003	5,210,963	137,202,644
2004	5,272,912	141,057,045
2005	5,342,105	145,017,253
2006	5,418,855	149,077,334
2007	5,497,243	153,267,261
2008	5,576,593	157,595,014
2009	5,656,601	162,049,464
2010	5,737,450	166,642,886
2011	5,819,051	171,379,598
2012	5,901,287	176,200,625
2013	5,983,845	181,049,443
2014	6,066,492	185,896,915
2015	6,149,417	190,671,878
2016	6,232,666	195,443,700
2017	6,316,231	200,254,579
2018	6,400,080	204,938,755
2019	6,483,657	209,485,641
2020	6,565,267	213,996,181
2021	6,644,741	218,529,286
2022	6,730,654	223,150,896
2023	6,823,613	227,882,945
2024	6,916,140	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Nicaragua and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1960	7.16	6.36
1961	7.11	6.35
1962	7.1	6.36
1963	7.08	6.35
1964	7.06	6.36
1965	7.03	6.37
1966	6.99	6.39
1967	6.94	6.4
1968	6.89	6.42
1969	6.83	6.44
1970	6.77	6.47
1971	6.71	6.53
1972	6.65	6.58
1973	6.59	6.63
1974	6.52	6.7
1975	6.45	6.77
1976	6.37	6.81
1977	6.28	6.86
1978	6.16	6.92
1979	6.07	6.89
1980	5.96	6.85
1981	5.84	6.82
1982	5.74	6.8
1983	5.61	6.78
1984	5.49	6.7
1985	5.36	6.62
1986	5.22	6.56
1987	5.07	6.5
1988	4.93	6.5
1989	4.76	6.49
1990	4.6	6.46
1991	4.43	6.43
1992	4.27	6.39
1993	4.1	6.35
1994	3.94	6.32
1995	3.78	6.27
1996	3.62	6.22
1997	3.47	6.14
1998	3.34	6.07
1999	3.22	6.08
2000	3.12	6.12
2001	3	6.13
2002	2.89	6.12
2003	2.83	6.1
2004	2.78	6.09
2005	2.77	6.06
2006	2.73	6.05
2007	2.7	6.03
2008	2.66	6.02
2009	2.63	5.99
2010	2.6	5.95
2011	2.56	5.89
2012	2.53	5.8
2013	2.49	5.69
2014	2.46	5.62
2015	2.43	5.5
2016	2.41	5.34
2017	2.38	5.18
2018	2.35	5.02
2019	2.32	4.86
2020	2.3	4.7
2021	2.27	4.64
2022	2.24	4.55
2023	2.22	4.48

Nicaragua and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1960	16.2	19.3
1961	16.1	19.3
1962	16	19.3
1963	15.9	19.3
1964	15.9	19.3
1965	15.9	19.3
1966	16	19.3
1967	16	19.2
1968	16	19.2
1969	16.1	19.1
1970	16.1	18.9
1971	16.1	18.8
1972	16.2	18.7
1973	16.2	18.6
1974	16.2	18.5
1975	16.2	18.4
1976	16.2	18.3
1977	16.2	18.2
1978	16.2	18
1979	16.2	17.9
1980	16.2	17.8
1981	16.2	17.7
1982	16.2	17.6
1983	16.3	17.5
1984	16.3	17.4
1985	16.3	17.3
1986	16.3	17.3
1987	16.4	17.3
1988	16.4	17.3
1989	16.5	17.3
1990	16.7	17.3
1991	16.8	17.3
1992	17	17.4
1993	17.2	17.4
1994	17.4	17.5
1995	17.6	17.6
1996	17.9	17.6
1997	18.1	17.7
1998	18.4	17.8
1999	18.8	17.9
2000	19.1	17.9
2001	19.4	17.9
2002	19.7	17.9
2003	20.1	17.9
2004	20.4	17.9
2005	20.8	17.9
2006	21.1	17.9
2007	21.4	17.9
2008	21.7	17.8
2009	22	17.8
2010	22.2	17.8
2011	22.5	17.7
2012	22.8	17.7
2013	23.1	17.7
2014	23.4	17.7
2015	23.7	17.8
2016	24	17.8
2017	24.3	17.9
2018	24.7	18
2019	25	18.2
2020	25.3	18.3
2021	25.6	18.5
2022	25.9	18.7
2023	26.3	18.8
2024	26.6	19

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