Niger vs Nigeria statistics compared

Niger has a population of 27M (ranked 55/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Niger's land area is 489,076 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 20th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Niger ranks 187/197 ($723), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Niger and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Niger and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Niger

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Niger	Nigeria
1960	$449,526,873	$4,196,174,502
1961	$485,785,231	$4,467,287,893
1962	$531,736,599	$4,909,399,176
1963	$586,294,879	$5,165,590,254
1964	$582,816,396	$5,552,931,319
1965	$673,383,511	$5,874,537,650
1966	$702,296,079	$6,366,917,453
1967	$665,586,872	$5,203,237,919
1968	$641,214,226	$5,200,997,920
1969	$625,867,985	$6,634,317,346
1970	$649,916,621	$12,546,094,982
1971	$693,573,704	$9,181,769,912
1972	$742,779,661	$12,274,416,018
1973	$946,385,105	$15,162,871,287
1974	$1,026,137,111	$24,846,641,318
1975	$1,048,690,933	$27,778,934,625
1976	$1,064,517,601	$36,308,883,249
1977	$1,291,458,041	$36,035,407,725
1978	$1,774,365,590	$36,527,862,209
1979	$2,109,277,666	$47,259,911,894
1980	$2,508,524,721	$64,201,788,123
1981	$2,170,893,414	$164,475,209,516
1982	$2,017,612,216	$142,769,363,314
1983	$1,803,099,561	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,461,243,326	$73,484,359,521
1985	$1,440,581,652	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,904,096,998	$54,805,852,581
1987	$2,233,006,105	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,280,356,193	$49,648,470,440
1989	$2,179,567,114	$44,003,061,108
1990	$3,512,356,508	$54,035,795,388
1991	$3,285,796,875	$59,526,833,412
1992	$3,386,232,579	$52,058,181,854
1993	$3,052,673,849	$56,721,051,402
1994	$1,938,058,175	$80,399,613,064
1995	$2,302,537,562	$140,919,776,986
1996	$2,405,686,940	$185,730,236,700
1997	$2,290,318,910	$200,850,397,618
1998	$2,643,363,519	$218,416,200,673
1999	$2,537,789,821	$59,145,077,039
2000	$2,241,753,193	$69,171,451,627
2001	$2,448,714,704	$73,557,840,064
2002	$2,782,192,879	$95,054,059,303
2003	$3,394,084,732	$104,738,954,264
2004	$3,760,443,738	$135,764,731,646
2005	$4,383,315,965	$175,670,569,969
2006	$4,756,361,252	$238,454,997,161
2007	$5,731,485,052	$278,260,846,800
2008	$7,297,600,226	$339,476,276,258
2009	$7,352,131,310	$295,008,835,381
2010	$7,851,192,502	$366,990,417,129
2011	$8,772,950,778	$414,466,676,831
2012	$9,426,912,648	$463,971,018,239
2013	$10,224,897,438	$520,117,180,314
2014	$10,862,943,544	$574,183,763,412
2015	$9,683,867,926	$493,026,682,801
2016	$10,398,861,982	$404,649,125,252
2017	$11,185,104,252	$375,745,731,053
2018	$12,837,307,497	$421,739,251,509
2019	$12,889,555,561	$474,517,490,844
2020	$13,744,653,103	$432,198,898,468
2021	$14,915,002,436	$440,833,635,874
2022	$15,433,852,714	$477,403,400,101
2023	$16,698,786,973	$363,846,332,835
2024	$19,537,639,288	$187,759,703,100

Niger and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Niger

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Niger	Nigeria
1960	$128.3	$93.1
1961	$134.6	$97.1
1962	$143.2	$104.5
1963	$153.3	$107.7
1964	$148.1	$113.3
1965	$166.3	$117.3
1966	$168.6	$124.4
1967	$155.4	$99.5
1968	$145.6	$97.3
1969	$138.3	$121.4
1970	$139.8	$224.5
1971	$145.2	$160.5
1972	$151.4	$209.5
1973	$187.9	$252.4
1974	$198.3	$403
1975	$197.2	$438
1976	$194.8	$556
1977	$229.8	$536
1978	$307	$527
1979	$354	$661
1980	$409	$870
1981	$343	$2,162
1982	$310	$1,822
1983	$268.8	$1,207
1984	$211.5	$890
1985	$202.4	$869
1986	$259.6	$628
1987	$295.3	$588
1988	$292.6	$540
1989	$271.3	$465
1990	$424	$556
1991	$384	$597
1992	$384	$509
1993	$335	$540
1994	$206.2	$745
1995	$237	$1,272
1996	$239.5	$1,633
1997	$220.6	$1,720
1998	$246.1	$1,822
1999	$228.3	$481
2000	$194.8	$547
2001	$205.4	$566
2002	$225.3	$712
2003	$265.2	$763
2004	$283.5	$962
2005	$319	$1,211
2006	$333	$1,600
2007	$387	$1,816
2008	$475	$2,154
2009	$461	$1,820
2010	$474	$2,202
2011	$511	$2,418
2012	$529	$2,633
2013	$552	$2,873
2014	$565	$3,089
2015	$486	$2,586
2016	$503	$2,070
2017	$522	$1,876
2018	$579	$2,058
2019	$562	$2,265
2020	$580	$2,020
2021	$609	$2,017
2022	$610	$2,139
2023	$638	$1,597
2024	$723	$807

Niger vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Niger

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Niger	Nigeria
1950	35.9	35.5
1951	35.9	35.7
1952	35.9	35.9
1953	35.9	36
1954	36	36.2
1955	36	36.3
1956	36	36.5
1957	36.1	36.6
1958	36.1	36.8
1959	36.1	37
1960	36.2	37.2
1961	36.3	37.4
1962	36.3	37.6
1963	36.4	37.8
1964	36.5	38
1965	36.4	38.2
1966	36.3	38.4
1967	36.2	37.5
1968	36.1	38.6
1969	36	38.9
1970	35.9	40
1971	35.3	40.6
1972	35.8	41.3
1973	35.9	41.8
1974	36.2	42.5
1975	36.6	43.1
1976	37.1	44.2
1977	37.7	44.8
1978	38.3	45.3
1979	38.9	45.7
1980	39.3	46
1981	39.6	46.3
1982	39.8	46.4
1983	40	46.4
1984	40	46.3
1985	40.1	46.2
1986	40.3	46
1987	40.5	45.9
1988	40.8	45.8
1989	41.2	45.8
1990	41.7	45.7
1991	42.3	45.5
1992	43.1	45.6
1993	43.8	45.8
1994	44.6	45.7
1995	45.5	45.9
1996	46.3	45.8
1997	47.1	46
1998	47.8	46.1
1999	48.5	46.6
2000	49.2	47.1
2001	49.9	47.5
2002	50.6	48
2003	51.5	48.6
2004	52.4	49.1
2005	53.3	49.5
2006	54.2	49.9
2007	55.1	50.4
2008	55.9	50.7
2009	56.5	51.1
2010	57.1	51.3
2011	57.6	51.5
2012	58	51.7
2013	58.4	51.8
2014	58.7	51.9
2015	58.8	51.9
2016	59.2	52.2
2017	59.5	52.4
2018	59.8	52.7
2019	60	53
2020	59.9	53.1
2021	59.5	53.5
2022	60.4	54.1
2023	61.2	54.5
2024	61.4	54.6
2025	61.7	54.8

Niger and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Niger

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Niger	Nigeria
1960	3,505,050	45,053,782
1961	3,608,162	45,989,310
1962	3,714,520	46,965,292
1963	3,823,873	47,973,575
1964	3,935,814	49,012,016
1965	4,049,695	50,086,764
1966	4,165,544	51,188,234
1967	4,283,590	52,293,065
1968	4,403,637	53,432,783
1969	4,525,725	54,631,914
1970	4,650,275	55,893,838
1971	4,776,225	57,214,684
1972	4,904,845	58,601,748
1973	5,037,865	60,082,139
1974	5,174,953	61,679,144
1975	5,317,019	63,410,815
1976	5,464,962	65,258,009
1977	5,619,716	67,234,590
1978	5,782,932	69,326,532
1979	5,955,556	71,498,242
1980	6,135,971	73,764,641
1981	6,322,006	76,068,103
1982	6,512,732	78,378,701
1983	6,708,644	80,438,260
1984	6,909,971	82,526,443
1985	7,118,457	84,897,973
1986	7,335,811	87,235,953
1987	7,561,150	89,591,716
1988	7,793,748	92,020,090
1989	8,034,780	94,531,014
1990	8,286,059	97,120,925
1991	8,546,900	99,720,162
1992	8,817,633	102,372,770
1993	9,100,789	105,122,069
1994	9,398,258	107,935,714
1995	9,714,529	110,819,428
1996	10,044,852	113,754,779
1997	10,383,969	116,754,792
1998	10,741,413	119,846,254
1999	11,117,411	123,047,320
2000	11,509,630	126,382,494
2001	11,920,647	129,862,595
2002	12,349,144	133,471,989
2003	12,796,984	137,202,644
2004	13,265,836	141,057,045
2005	13,756,192	145,017,253
2006	14,268,581	149,077,334
2007	14,803,610	153,267,261
2008	15,361,915	157,595,014
2009	15,943,675	162,049,464
2010	16,548,835	166,642,886
2011	17,176,283	171,379,598
2012	17,836,769	176,200,625
2013	18,519,898	181,049,443
2014	19,215,909	185,896,915
2015	19,939,498	190,671,878
2016	20,685,753	195,443,700
2017	21,435,446	200,254,579
2018	22,188,069	204,938,755
2019	22,947,757	209,485,641
2020	23,717,613	213,996,181
2021	24,502,140	218,529,286
2022	25,311,973	223,150,896
2023	26,159,867	227,882,945
2024	27,032,412	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Niger and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Niger

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Niger	Nigeria
1960	7.53	6.36
1961	7.51	6.35
1962	7.5	6.36
1963	7.49	6.35
1964	7.48	6.36
1965	7.47	6.37
1966	7.48	6.39
1967	7.49	6.4
1968	7.5	6.42
1969	7.51	6.44
1970	7.51	6.47
1971	7.52	6.53
1972	7.52	6.58
1973	7.53	6.63
1974	7.54	6.7
1975	7.54	6.77
1976	7.56	6.81
1977	7.6	6.86
1978	7.66	6.92
1979	7.72	6.89
1980	7.78	6.85
1981	7.82	6.82
1982	7.86	6.8
1983	7.9	6.78
1984	7.92	6.7
1985	7.93	6.62
1986	7.9	6.56
1987	7.87	6.5
1988	7.84	6.5
1989	7.82	6.49
1990	7.81	6.46
1991	7.8	6.43
1992	7.8	6.39
1993	7.79	6.35
1994	7.79	6.32
1995	7.78	6.27
1996	7.78	6.22
1997	7.8	6.14
1998	7.84	6.07
1999	7.84	6.08
2000	7.83	6.12
2001	7.81	6.13
2002	7.8	6.12
2003	7.79	6.1
2004	7.78	6.09
2005	7.77	6.06
2006	7.74	6.05
2007	7.73	6.03
2008	7.7	6.02
2009	7.68	5.99
2010	7.64	5.95
2011	7.59	5.89
2012	7.53	5.8
2013	7.45	5.69
2014	7.34	5.62
2015	7.22	5.5
2016	7.04	5.34
2017	6.87	5.18
2018	6.71	5.02
2019	6.54	4.86
2020	6.37	4.7
2021	6.2	4.64
2022	6.14	4.55
2023	6.06	4.48

Niger and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Niger

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Niger	Nigeria
1960	15.5	19.3
1961	15.5	19.3
1962	15.5	19.3
1963	15.5	19.3
1964	15.6	19.3
1965	15.6	19.3
1966	15.6	19.3
1967	15.7	19.2
1968	15.7	19.2
1969	15.8	19.1
1970	15.9	18.9
1971	15.9	18.8
1972	16	18.7
1973	16.1	18.6
1974	16.1	18.5
1975	16.2	18.4
1976	16.3	18.3
1977	16.3	18.2
1978	16.4	18
1979	16.4	17.9
1980	16.4	17.8
1981	16.4	17.7
1982	16.4	17.6
1983	16.4	17.5
1984	16.4	17.4
1985	16.4	17.3
1986	16.4	17.3
1987	16.4	17.3
1988	16.5	17.3
1989	16.5	17.3
1990	16.5	17.3
1991	16.6	17.3
1992	16.6	17.4
1993	16.6	17.4
1994	16.6	17.5
1995	16.6	17.6
1996	16.6	17.6
1997	16.5	17.7
1998	16.5	17.8
1999	16.4	17.9
2000	16.3	17.9
2001	16.2	17.9
2002	16.1	17.9
2003	16	17.9
2004	15.9	17.9
2005	15.8	17.9
2006	15.7	17.9
2007	15.5	17.9
2008	15.5	17.8
2009	15.4	17.8
2010	15.3	17.8
2011	15.3	17.7
2012	15.3	17.7
2013	15.3	17.7
2014	15.3	17.7
2015	15.4	17.8
2016	15.5	17.8
2017	15.6	17.9
2018	15.7	18
2019	15.8	18.2
2020	15.9	18.3
2021	16	18.5
2022	16.2	18.7
2023	16.3	18.8
2024	16.5	19

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