Nigeria vs Palau statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 17.7K in Palau (ranked 194/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for Palau (ranked 30th vs. 180th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899).

Nigeria and Palau: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Palau economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Palau

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Palau
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	$11,563,041
1971	$9,181,769,912	$12,706,874
1972	$12,274,416,018	$13,956,474
1973	$15,162,871,287	$15,331,889
1974	$24,846,641,318	$16,848,759
1975	$27,778,934,625	$18,521,112
1976	$36,308,883,249	$20,364,420
1977	$36,035,407,725	$22,308,104
1978	$36,527,862,209	$24,530,015
1979	$47,259,911,894	$27,004,251
1980	$64,201,788,123	$29,728,054
1981	$164,475,209,516	$32,726,594
1982	$142,769,363,314	$36,027,583
1983	$97,094,911,792	$39,661,530
1984	$73,484,359,521	$44,814,259
1985	$73,745,821,158	$51,030,637
1986	$54,805,852,581	$58,109,314
1987	$52,676,041,931	$66,169,905
1988	$49,648,470,440	$75,348,615
1989	$44,003,061,108	$85,800,543
1990	$54,035,795,388	$97,702,303
1991	$59,526,833,412	$106,555,300
1992	$52,058,181,854	$104,771,300
1993	$56,721,051,402	$96,455,700
1994	$80,399,613,064	$106,138,500
1995	$140,919,776,986	$121,018,500
1996	$185,730,236,700	$137,494,600
1997	$200,850,397,618	$143,860,800
1998	$218,416,200,673	$149,079,600
1999	$59,145,077,039	$144,206,500
2000	$69,171,451,627	$149,535,800
2001	$73,557,840,064	$159,453,500
2002	$95,054,059,303	$162,665,500
2003	$104,738,954,264	$154,559,900
2004	$135,764,731,646	$166,391,600
2005	$175,670,569,969	$191,048,400
2006	$238,454,997,161	$193,679,700
2007	$278,260,846,800	$200,903,600
2008	$339,476,276,258	$201,167,300
2009	$295,008,835,381	$189,998,000
2010	$366,990,417,129	$188,174,300
2011	$414,466,676,831	$198,873,900
2012	$463,971,018,239	$215,762,400
2013	$520,117,180,314	$225,345,700
2014	$574,183,763,412	$243,156,500
2015	$493,026,682,801	$278,824,800
2016	$404,649,125,252	$298,323,500
2017	$375,745,731,053	$285,600,000
2018	$421,739,251,509	$288,546,300
2019	$474,517,490,844	$281,941,600
2020	$432,198,898,468	$258,990,800
2021	$440,833,635,874	$235,752,900
2022	$477,403,400,101	$255,591,100
2023	$363,846,332,835	$281,849,100
2024	$187,759,703,100	-

Nigeria and Palau economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Palau

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Palau
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	$1,017
1971	$160.5	$1,081
1972	$209.5	$1,145
1973	$252.4	$1,221
1974	$403	$1,328
1975	$438	$1,464
1976	$556	$1,616
1977	$536	$1,781
1978	$527	$1,972
1979	$661	$2,189
1980	$870	$2,423
1981	$2,162	$2,639
1982	$1,822	$2,838
1983	$1,207	$3,049
1984	$890	$3,360
1985	$869	$3,728
1986	$628	$4,144
1987	$588	$4,616
1988	$540	$5,145
1989	$465	$5,741
1990	$556	$6,403
1991	$597	$6,824
1992	$509	$6,553
1993	$540	$5,892
1994	$745	$6,329
1995	$1,272	$7,038
1996	$1,633	$7,788
1997	$1,720	$7,945
1998	$1,822	$8,048
1999	$481	$7,630
2000	$547	$7,797
2001	$566	$8,240
2002	$712	$8,341
2003	$763	$7,862
2004	$962	$8,395
2005	$1,211	$9,640
2006	$1,600	$9,885
2007	$1,816	$10,408
2008	$2,154	$10,583
2009	$1,820	$10,155
2010	$2,202	$10,229
2011	$2,418	$11,001
2012	$2,633	$12,145
2013	$2,873	$12,769
2014	$3,089	$13,726
2015	$2,586	$15,691
2016	$2,070	$16,763
2017	$1,876	$16,034
2018	$2,058	$16,198
2019	$2,265	$15,841
2020	$2,020	$14,557
2021	$2,017	$13,257
2022	$2,139	$14,392
2023	$1,597	$15,899
2024	$807	-

Nigeria vs. Palau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Palau

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Palau
1950	35.5	52.7
1951	35.7	52.9
1952	35.9	53.1
1953	36	53.3
1954	36.2	53.5
1955	36.3	53.7
1956	36.5	53.9
1957	36.6	54.1
1958	36.8	54.4
1959	37	54.6
1960	37.2	54.9
1961	37.4	55.1
1962	37.6	55.4
1963	37.8	55.6
1964	38	55.8
1965	38.2	55.9
1966	38.4	56.2
1967	37.5	56.5
1968	38.6	56.9
1969	38.9	57.3
1970	40	57.7
1971	40.6	58.1
1972	41.3	58.6
1973	41.8	59
1974	42.5	59.5
1975	43.1	60
1976	44.2	60.5
1977	44.8	60.9
1978	45.3	61.3
1979	45.7	61.6
1980	46	61.9
1981	46.3	62.1
1982	46.4	62.3
1983	46.4	62.5
1984	46.3	62.6
1985	46.2	62.7
1986	46	62.8
1987	45.9	62.8
1988	45.8	62.8
1989	45.8	62.8
1990	45.7	62.8
1991	45.5	62.8
1992	45.6	62.9
1993	45.8	63
1994	45.7	63.1
1995	45.9	63.3
1996	45.8	63.5
1997	46	63.7
1998	46.1	64
1999	46.6	64.2
2000	47.1	64.5
2001	47.5	64.8
2002	48	65.1
2003	48.6	65.4
2004	49.1	65.8
2005	49.5	66.2
2006	49.9	66.6
2007	50.4	67.1
2008	50.7	67.6
2009	51.1	68
2010	51.3	68.3
2011	51.5	68.6
2012	51.7	68.9
2013	51.8	69
2014	51.9	69.1
2015	51.9	69.1
2016	52.2	69
2017	52.4	69
2018	52.7	69
2019	53	69
2020	53.1	68.7
2021	53.5	68.6
2022	54.1	68.9
2023	54.5	69.3
2024	54.6	69.4
2025	54.8	69.5

Nigeria and Palau population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Palau

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Palau
1960	45,053,782	9,328
1961	45,989,310	9,555
1962	46,965,292	9,793
1963	47,973,575	10,037
1964	49,012,016	10,292
1965	50,086,764	10,547
1966	51,188,234	10,805
1967	52,293,065	10,988
1968	53,432,783	11,080
1969	54,631,914	11,159
1970	55,893,838	11,368
1971	57,214,684	11,759
1972	58,601,748	12,194
1973	60,082,139	12,552
1974	61,679,144	12,687
1975	63,410,815	12,655
1976	65,258,009	12,598
1977	67,234,590	12,525
1978	69,326,532	12,440
1979	71,498,242	12,337
1980	73,764,641	12,271
1981	76,068,103	12,402
1982	78,378,701	12,694
1983	80,438,260	13,006
1984	82,526,443	13,337
1985	84,897,973	13,688
1986	87,235,953	14,024
1987	89,591,716	14,334
1988	92,020,090	14,645
1989	94,531,014	14,945
1990	97,120,925	15,259
1991	99,720,162	15,614
1992	102,372,770	15,989
1993	105,122,069	16,372
1994	107,935,714	16,770
1995	110,819,428	17,195
1996	113,754,779	17,654
1997	116,754,792	18,108
1998	119,846,254	18,524
1999	123,047,320	18,901
2000	126,382,494	19,178
2001	129,862,595	19,352
2002	133,471,989	19,503
2003	137,202,644	19,659
2004	141,057,045	19,820
2005	145,017,253	19,819
2006	149,077,334	19,593
2007	153,267,261	19,302
2008	157,595,014	19,009
2009	162,049,464	18,709
2010	166,642,886	18,396
2011	171,379,598	18,078
2012	176,200,625	17,765
2013	181,049,443	17,648
2014	185,896,915	17,715
2015	190,671,878	17,770
2016	195,443,700	17,797
2017	200,254,579	17,812
2018	204,938,755	17,814
2019	209,485,641	17,798
2020	213,996,181	17,792
2021	218,529,286	17,783
2022	223,150,896	17,759
2023	227,882,945	17,727
2024	232,679,478	17,695

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Palau

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Palau

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Palau
1960	6.36	7.19
1961	6.35	7.17
1962	6.36	7.15
1963	6.35	7.12
1964	6.36	7.08
1965	6.37	7.01
1966	6.39	6.93
1967	6.4	6.84
1968	6.42	6.71
1969	6.44	6.58
1970	6.47	6.39
1971	6.53	6.16
1972	6.58	5.9
1973	6.63	5.59
1974	6.7	5.26
1975	6.77	4.9
1976	6.81	4.53
1977	6.86	4.09
1978	6.92	3.74
1979	6.89	3.49
1980	6.85	3.35
1981	6.82	3.28
1982	6.8	3.22
1983	6.78	3.14
1984	6.7	3.08
1985	6.62	3.01
1986	6.56	2.98
1987	6.5	2.93
1988	6.5	2.91
1989	6.49	2.92
1990	6.46	2.88
1991	6.43	2.74
1992	6.39	2.71
1993	6.35	2.73
1994	6.32	2.66
1995	6.27	2.55
1996	6.22	2.39
1997	6.14	2.19
1998	6.07	2.01
1999	6.08	1.91
2000	6.12	1.82
2001	6.13	1.87
2002	6.12	1.92
2003	6.1	1.96
2004	6.09	1.99
2005	6.06	2.02
2006	6.05	2
2007	6.03	1.97
2008	6.02	1.95
2009	5.99	1.94
2010	5.95	1.94
2011	5.89	1.97
2012	5.8	2.01
2013	5.69	2.05
2014	5.62	2.03
2015	5.5	2
2016	5.34	2.06
2017	5.18	2.02
2018	5.02	1.97
2019	4.86	1.98
2020	4.7	1.97
2021	4.64	1.95
2022	4.55	1.93
2023	4.48	1.91

Nigeria and Palau demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Palau

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Palau
1960	19.3	16.7
1961	19.3	16.1
1962	19.3	15.5
1963	19.3	15.1
1964	19.3	15
1965	19.3	14.9
1966	19.3	14.9
1967	19.2	15.2
1968	19.2	15.7
1969	19.1	16.1
1970	18.9	16.5
1971	18.8	16.6
1972	18.7	16.6
1973	18.6	16.8
1974	18.5	17.1
1975	18.4	17.4
1976	18.3	17.8
1977	18.2	18.1
1978	18	18.3
1979	17.9	18.6
1980	17.8	18.9
1981	17.7	19.3
1982	17.6	19.9
1983	17.5	20.5
1984	17.4	21.1
1985	17.3	21.6
1986	17.3	22.2
1987	17.3	23.1
1988	17.3	24
1989	17.3	24.9
1990	17.3	25.6
1991	17.3	26
1992	17.4	26.4
1993	17.4	26.9
1994	17.5	27.4
1995	17.6	27.8
1996	17.6	28.3
1997	17.7	28.8
1998	17.8	29.4
1999	17.9	30.2
2000	17.9	30.8
2001	17.9	31.2
2002	17.9	31.5
2003	17.9	31.8
2004	17.9	32
2005	17.9	32.3
2006	17.9	32.7
2007	17.9	33.1
2008	17.8	33.5
2009	17.8	33.9
2010	17.8	34.2
2011	17.7	34.6
2012	17.7	35
2013	17.7	35.3
2014	17.7	35.6
2015	17.8	36
2016	17.8	36.3
2017	17.9	36.7
2018	18	37
2019	18.2	37.4
2020	18.3	37.8
2021	18.5	38.1
2022	18.7	38.5
2023	18.8	38.8
2024	19	39.2

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