Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 30th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	$4,196,174,502	$230,496,037
1961	$4,467,287,893	$244,832,039
1962	$4,909,399,176	$261,184,042
1963	$5,165,590,254	$275,968,044
1964	$5,552,931,319	$305,312,049
1965	$5,874,537,650	$344,176,055
1966	$6,366,917,453	$390,992,063
1967	$5,203,237,919	$441,728,183
1968	$5,200,997,920	$485,184,190
1969	$6,634,317,346	$551,263,864
1970	$12,546,094,982	$645,568,215
1971	$9,181,769,912	$717,750,278
1972	$12,274,416,018	$858,761,926
1973	$15,162,871,287	$1,299,079,410
1974	$24,846,641,318	$1,467,417,672
1975	$27,778,934,625	$1,356,603,608
1976	$36,308,883,249	$1,511,843,235
1977	$36,035,407,725	$1,640,746,619
1978	$36,527,862,209	$1,947,878,831
1979	$47,259,911,894	$2,293,760,511
1980	$64,201,788,123	$2,545,808,456
1981	$164,475,209,516	$2,498,190,847
1982	$142,769,363,314	$2,368,719,683
1983	$97,094,911,792	$2,562,351,551
1984	$73,484,359,521	$2,552,662,617
1985	$73,745,821,158	$2,423,339,172
1986	$54,805,852,581	$2,647,995,602
1987	$52,676,041,931	$3,143,851,794
1988	$49,648,470,440	$3,656,177,881
1989	$44,003,061,108	$3,546,472,566
1990	$54,035,795,388	$3,219,729,083
1991	$59,526,833,412	$3,787,394,958
1992	$52,058,181,854	$4,377,980,510
1993	$56,721,051,402	$4,974,550,286
1994	$80,399,613,064	$5,502,786,070
1995	$140,919,776,986	$4,636,057,476
1996	$185,730,236,700	$5,155,311,077
1997	$200,850,397,618	$4,936,615,299
1998	$218,416,200,673	$3,789,443,015
1999	$59,145,077,039	$3,477,038,204
2000	$69,171,451,627	$3,521,339,699
2001	$73,557,840,064	$3,081,024,212
2002	$95,054,059,303	$2,999,511,040
2003	$104,738,954,264	$3,536,411,824
2004	$135,764,731,646	$3,927,157,867
2005	$175,670,569,969	$4,865,892,972
2006	$238,454,997,161	$8,354,911,041
2007	$278,260,846,800	$9,545,028,944
2008	$339,476,276,258	$11,670,892,801
2009	$295,008,835,381	$11,619,456,449
2010	$366,990,417,129	$14,250,786,675
2011	$414,466,676,831	$17,985,138,066
2012	$463,971,018,239	$21,295,168,666
2013	$520,117,180,314	$21,261,338,065
2014	$574,183,763,412	$23,210,823,987
2015	$493,026,682,801	$21,723,437,010
2016	$404,649,125,252	$20,758,876,953
2017	$375,745,731,053	$22,742,699,138
2018	$421,739,251,509	$24,109,780,708
2019	$474,517,490,844	$24,750,626,030
2020	$432,198,898,468	$23,848,447,850
2021	$440,833,635,874	$26,109,413,521
2022	$477,403,400,101	$31,653,185,953
2023	$363,846,332,835	$30,816,367,067
2024	$187,759,703,100	$32,538,480,024

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	$93.1	$115.5
1961	$97.1	$119.7
1962	$104.5	$124.7
1963	$107.7	$128.9
1964	$113.3	$139.5
1965	$117.3	$153.9
1966	$124.4	$171.1
1967	$99.5	$189
1968	$97.3	$202.9
1969	$121.4	$225.3
1970	$224.5	$257.6
1971	$160.5	$279.7
1972	$209.5	$327
1973	$252.4	$483
1974	$403	$533
1975	$438	$482
1976	$556	$525
1977	$536	$558
1978	$527	$648
1979	$661	$748
1980	$870	$813
1981	$2,162	$781
1982	$1,822	$726
1983	$1,207	$769
1984	$890	$750
1985	$869	$697
1986	$628	$745
1987	$588	$865
1988	$540	$985
1989	$465	$934
1990	$556	$826
1991	$597	$942
1992	$509	$1,051
1993	$540	$1,151
1994	$745	$1,228
1995	$1,272	$998
1996	$1,633	$1,071
1997	$1,720	$990
1998	$1,822	$733
1999	$481	$650
2000	$547	$636
2001	$566	$538
2002	$712	$506
2003	$763	$577
2004	$962	$621
2005	$1,211	$744
2006	$1,600	$1,238
2007	$1,816	$1,371
2008	$2,154	$1,625
2009	$1,820	$1,569
2010	$2,202	$1,867
2011	$2,418	$2,288
2012	$2,633	$2,635
2013	$2,873	$2,561
2014	$3,089	$2,723
2015	$2,586	$2,485
2016	$2,070	$2,316
2017	$1,876	$2,478
2018	$2,058	$2,566
2019	$2,265	$2,576
2020	$2,020	$2,430
2021	$2,017	$2,608
2022	$2,139	$3,102
2023	$1,597	$2,966
2024	$807	$3,076

Nigeria vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1950	35.5	39.4
1951	35.7	35.5
1952	35.9	40.7
1953	36	41.3
1954	36.2	42
1955	36.3	42.6
1956	36.5	43.3
1957	36.6	43.9
1958	36.8	44.6
1959	37	45.1
1960	37.2	45.8
1961	37.4	46.4
1962	37.6	46.7
1963	37.8	47.7
1964	38	48.3
1965	38.2	48.9
1966	38.4	49.6
1967	37.5	50.2
1968	38.6	50.9
1969	38.9	51.5
1970	40	52.1
1971	40.6	52.6
1972	41.3	53.3
1973	41.8	53.9
1974	42.5	54.4
1975	43.1	55
1976	44.2	55.5
1977	44.8	56
1978	45.3	56.5
1979	45.7	57
1980	46	57.4
1981	46.3	57.8
1982	46.4	58.1
1983	46.4	58.3
1984	46.3	58.6
1985	46.2	58.8
1986	46	59
1987	45.9	59.2
1988	45.8	59.4
1989	45.8	59.6
1990	45.7	59.8
1991	45.5	59.9
1992	45.6	60.3
1993	45.8	60.5
1994	45.7	60.7
1995	45.9	60.9
1996	45.8	61.1
1997	46	61.3
1998	46.1	60.4
1999	46.6	61.5
2000	47.1	61.6
2001	47.5	61.6
2002	48	61.6
2003	48.6	61.7
2004	49.1	61.8
2005	49.5	61.9
2006	49.9	62
2007	50.4	62.2
2008	50.7	62.5
2009	51.1	62.8
2010	51.3	63.1
2011	51.5	63.4
2012	51.7	63.6
2013	51.8	63.9
2014	51.9	64.2
2015	51.9	64.5
2016	52.2	64.7
2017	52.4	64.9
2018	52.7	65.1
2019	53	65.3
2020	53.1	65.1
2021	53.5	64.4
2022	54.1	65.3
2023	54.5	66.1
2024	54.6	66.3
2025	54.8	66.4

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	45,053,782	1,995,110
1961	45,989,310	2,046,127
1962	46,965,292	2,093,919
1963	47,973,575	2,141,376
1964	49,012,016	2,188,325
1965	50,086,764	2,235,820
1966	51,188,234	2,285,774
1967	52,293,065	2,337,532
1968	53,432,783	2,390,803
1969	54,631,914	2,446,927
1970	55,893,838	2,505,628
1971	57,214,684	2,566,421
1972	58,601,748	2,628,432
1973	60,082,139	2,690,629
1974	61,679,144	2,752,671
1975	63,410,815	2,814,820
1976	65,258,009	2,877,327
1977	67,234,590	2,940,327
1978	69,326,532	3,003,714
1979	71,498,242	3,067,341
1980	73,764,641	3,131,512
1981	76,068,103	3,197,019
1982	78,378,701	3,264,291
1983	80,438,260	3,333,633
1984	82,526,443	3,405,198
1985	84,897,973	3,478,936
1986	87,235,953	3,554,793
1987	89,591,716	3,632,543
1988	92,020,090	3,711,880
1989	94,531,014	3,796,078
1990	97,120,925	3,896,481
1991	99,720,162	4,021,837
1992	102,372,770	4,166,699
1993	105,122,069	4,320,872
1994	107,935,714	4,480,208
1995	110,819,428	4,644,278
1996	113,754,779	4,813,361
1997	116,754,792	4,987,883
1998	119,846,254	5,166,390
1999	123,047,320	5,349,333
2000	126,382,494	5,537,064
2001	129,862,595	5,728,435
2002	133,471,989	5,924,003
2003	137,202,644	6,123,997
2004	141,057,045	6,328,041
2005	145,017,253	6,535,905
2006	149,077,334	6,747,720
2007	153,267,261	6,963,345
2008	157,595,014	7,183,002
2009	162,049,464	7,406,438
2010	166,642,886	7,633,523
2011	171,379,598	7,859,346
2012	176,200,625	8,081,390
2013	181,049,443	8,302,698
2014	185,896,915	8,523,441
2015	190,671,878	8,743,246
2016	195,443,700	8,961,718
2017	200,254,579	9,178,714
2018	204,938,755	9,394,513
2019	209,485,641	9,609,010
2020	213,996,181	9,815,746
2021	218,529,286	10,012,896
2022	223,150,896	10,203,169
2023	227,882,945	10,389,635
2024	232,679,478	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.36	6.02
1961	6.35	6.07
1962	6.36	6.14
1963	6.35	6.15
1964	6.36	6.19
1965	6.37	6.2
1966	6.39	6.23
1967	6.4	6.24
1968	6.42	6.25
1969	6.44	6.26
1970	6.47	6.25
1971	6.53	6.23
1972	6.58	6.2
1973	6.63	6.16
1974	6.7	6.11
1975	6.77	6.07
1976	6.81	6.02
1977	6.86	5.96
1978	6.92	5.88
1979	6.89	5.79
1980	6.85	5.71
1981	6.82	5.65
1982	6.8	5.59
1983	6.78	5.56
1984	6.7	5.51
1985	6.62	5.47
1986	6.56	5.42
1987	6.5	5.36
1988	6.5	5.3
1989	6.49	5.24
1990	6.46	5.18
1991	6.43	5.11
1992	6.39	5.03
1993	6.35	4.96
1994	6.32	4.87
1995	6.27	4.78
1996	6.22	4.73
1997	6.14	4.68
1998	6.07	4.63
1999	6.08	4.59
2000	6.12	4.53
2001	6.13	4.47
2002	6.12	4.42
2003	6.1	4.36
2004	6.09	4.28
2005	6.06	4.22
2006	6.05	4.15
2007	6.03	4.08
2008	6.02	4.01
2009	5.99	3.94
2010	5.95	3.88
2011	5.89	3.82
2012	5.8	3.75
2013	5.69	3.68
2014	5.62	3.63
2015	5.5	3.56
2016	5.34	3.5
2017	5.18	3.43
2018	5.02	3.38
2019	4.86	3.32
2020	4.7	3.27
2021	4.64	3.22
2022	4.55	3.17
2023	4.48	3.1

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	19.3	18.5
1961	19.3	18.4
1962	19.3	18.3
1963	19.3	18.1
1964	19.3	18
1965	19.3	17.9
1966	19.3	17.8
1967	19.2	17.6
1968	19.2	17.5
1969	19.1	17.4
1970	18.9	17.3
1971	18.8	17.2
1972	18.7	17.1
1973	18.6	17.2
1974	18.5	17.2
1975	18.4	17.3
1976	18.3	17.4
1977	18.2	17.5
1978	18	17.7
1979	17.9	17.8
1980	17.8	18
1981	17.7	18.1
1982	17.6	18.2
1983	17.5	18.3
1984	17.4	18.3
1985	17.3	18.4
1986	17.3	18.5
1987	17.3	18.5
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.3	18.6
1990	17.3	18.7
1991	17.3	18.8
1992	17.4	18.9
1993	17.4	19
1994	17.5	19.1
1995	17.6	19.2
1996	17.6	19.4
1997	17.7	19.5
1998	17.8	19.6
1999	17.9	19.7
2000	17.9	19.8
2001	17.9	19.9
2002	17.9	19.9
2003	17.9	20
2004	17.9	20.2
2005	17.9	20.3
2006	17.9	20.4
2007	17.9	20.6
2008	17.8	20.7
2009	17.8	20.9
2010	17.8	21
2011	17.7	21.2
2012	17.7	21.3
2013	17.7	21.5
2014	17.7	21.7
2015	17.8	21.9
2016	17.8	22
2017	17.9	22.2
2018	18	22.4
2019	18.2	22.6
2020	18.3	22.8
2021	18.5	23
2022	18.7	23.2
2023	18.8	23.4
2024	19	23.6

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