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Nigeria vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 30th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

Nigeria Russia
Population
241467099
142718132
Population rank 6/197 9/197
GDP
$188B
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 58/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$807
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 186/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,440
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$99.3B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.5%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$427
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 170/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,020
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
351,650 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
662 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.48
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
19 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
54.8 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

Nigeria and Russia: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Russia economies compared

GDP
Nigeria

Russia
Year GDP
Nigeria Russia
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 -
1971 $9,181,769,912 -
1972 $12,274,416,018 -
1973 $15,162,871,287 -
1974 $24,846,641,318 -
1975 $27,778,934,625 -
1976 $36,308,883,249 -
1977 $36,035,407,725 -
1978 $36,527,862,209 -
1979 $47,259,911,894 -
1980 $64,201,788,123 -
1981 $164,475,209,516 -
1982 $142,769,363,314 -
1983 $97,094,911,792 -
1984 $73,484,359,521 -
1985 $73,745,821,158 -
1986 $54,805,852,581 -
1987 $52,676,041,931 -
1988 $49,648,470,440 $554,828,660,436
1989 $44,003,061,108 $506,631,299,735
1990 $54,035,795,388 $517,014,446,228
1991 $59,526,833,412 $517,962,962,963
1992 $52,058,181,854 $460,290,556,901
1993 $56,721,051,402 $435,083,713,851
1994 $80,399,613,064 $395,077,301,248
1995 $140,919,776,986 $395,537,185,735
1996 $185,730,236,700 $391,724,890,744
1997 $200,850,397,618 $404,928,954,192
1998 $218,416,200,673 $270,955,486,862
1999 $59,145,077,039 $195,907,128,351
2000 $69,171,451,627 $259,710,142,197
2001 $73,557,840,064 $306,602,070,621
2002 $95,054,059,303 $345,470,494,418
2003 $104,738,954,264 $430,347,420,185
2004 $135,764,731,646 $591,016,690,732
2005 $175,670,569,969 $764,015,973,481
2006 $238,454,997,161 $989,932,071,353
2007 $278,260,846,800 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $339,476,276,258 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $295,008,835,381 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $366,990,417,129 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $414,466,676,831 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $463,971,018,239 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $520,117,180,314 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $574,183,763,412 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $493,026,682,801 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $404,649,125,252 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $375,745,731,053 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $421,739,251,509 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $474,517,490,844 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $432,198,898,468 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $440,833,635,874 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $477,403,400,101 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $363,846,332,835 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $187,759,703,100 $2,173,835,806,672

Nigeria and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
Nigeria

Russia
Year GDP per capita
Nigeria Russia
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 -
1971 $160.5 -
1972 $209.5 -
1973 $252.4 -
1974 $403 -
1975 $438 -
1976 $556 -
1977 $536 -
1978 $527 -
1979 $661 -
1980 $870 -
1981 $2,162 -
1982 $1,822 -
1983 $1,207 -
1984 $890 -
1985 $869 -
1986 $628 -
1987 $588 -
1988 $540 $3,778
1989 $465 $3,430
1990 $556 $3,494
1991 $597 $3,490
1992 $509 $3,099
1993 $540 $2,931
1994 $745 $2,662
1995 $1,272 $2,666
1996 $1,633 $2,644
1997 $1,720 $2,738
1998 $1,822 $1,835
1999 $481 $1,331
2000 $547 $1,772
2001 $566 $2,100
2002 $712 $2,378
2003 $763 $2,975
2004 $962 $4,102
2005 $1,211 $5,323
2006 $1,600 $6,920
2007 $1,816 $9,101
2008 $2,154 $11,635
2009 $1,820 $8,563
2010 $2,202 $10,675
2011 $2,418 $14,305
2012 $2,633 $15,402
2013 $2,873 $15,941
2014 $3,089 $14,277
2015 $2,586 $9,427
2016 $2,070 $8,804
2017 $1,876 $10,835
2018 $2,058 $11,399
2019 $2,265 $11,640
2020 $2,020 $10,280
2021 $2,017 $12,637
2022 $2,139 $15,888
2023 $1,597 $14,403
2024 $807 $15,145

Nigeria vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Nigeria

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
Nigeria Russia
1950 35.5 55.5
1951 35.7 55.3
1952 35.9 57.6
1953 36 58.8
1954 36.2 59.9
1955 36.3 62.1
1956 36.5 66.5
1957 36.6 66
1958 36.8 67.7
1959 37 67.4
1960 37.2 68.3
1961 37.4 68.6
1962 37.6 68.5
1963 37.8 69.1
1964 38 69.5
1965 38.2 69.3
1966 38.4 69.4
1967 37.5 69.2
1968 38.6 69.1
1969 38.9 68.6
1970 40 68.7
1971 40.6 68.9
1972 41.3 68.8
1973 41.8 68.9
1974 42.5 68.7
1975 43.1 68.3
1976 44.2 68.1
1977 44.8 67.9
1978 45.3 67.8
1979 45.7 67.6
1980 46 67.5
1981 46.3 67.6
1982 46.4 68.1
1983 46.4 68
1984 46.3 67.6
1985 46.2 68.3
1986 46 70
1987 45.9 70.1
1988 45.8 69.9
1989 45.8 69.7
1990 45.7 69.3
1991 45.5 69
1992 45.6 67.8
1993 45.8 65
1994 45.7 63.8
1995 45.9 64
1996 45.8 65.4
1997 46 66.6
1998 46.1 66.9
1999 46.6 65.6
2000 47.1 65
2001 47.5 65
2002 48 64.7
2003 48.6 64.7
2004 49.1 65.1
2005 49.5 65.2
2006 49.9 66.5
2007 50.4 67.5
2008 50.7 67.9
2009 51.1 68.7
2010 51.3 68.2
2011 51.5 69.7
2012 51.7 70.1
2013 51.8 70.6
2014 51.9 70.8
2015 51.9 71.3
2016 52.2 71.9
2017 52.4 72.8
2018 52.7 72.9
2019 53 73.1
2020 53.1 71.2
2021 53.5 69.8
2022 54.1 72.5
2023 54.5 73.2
2024 54.6 73.3
2025 54.8 73.5

Nigeria and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
Nigeria

Russia
Year Population
Nigeria Russia
1960 45,053,782 119,897,000
1961 45,989,310 121,236,000
1962 46,965,292 122,591,000
1963 47,973,575 123,960,000
1964 49,012,016 125,345,000
1965 50,086,764 126,745,000
1966 51,188,234 127,468,000
1967 52,293,065 128,196,000
1968 53,432,783 128,928,000
1969 54,631,914 129,664,000
1970 55,893,838 130,404,000
1971 57,214,684 131,155,000
1972 58,601,748 131,909,000
1973 60,082,139 132,669,000
1974 61,679,144 133,432,000
1975 63,410,815 134,200,000
1976 65,258,009 135,147,000
1977 67,234,590 136,100,000
1978 69,326,532 137,060,000
1979 71,498,242 138,027,000
1980 73,764,641 139,010,000
1981 76,068,103 139,941,000
1982 78,378,701 140,823,000
1983 80,438,260 141,668,000
1984 82,526,443 142,745,000
1985 84,897,973 143,858,000
1986 87,235,953 144,894,000
1987 89,591,716 145,908,000
1988 92,020,090 146,857,000
1989 94,531,014 147,721,000
1990 97,120,925 147,969,406
1991 99,720,162 148,394,216
1992 102,372,770 148,538,197
1993 105,122,069 148,458,777
1994 107,935,714 148,407,912
1995 110,819,428 148,375,787
1996 113,754,779 148,160,129
1997 116,754,792 147,915,361
1998 119,846,254 147,670,784
1999 123,047,320 147,214,776
2000 126,382,494 146,596,869
2001 129,862,595 145,976,482
2002 133,471,989 145,306,497
2003 137,202,644 144,648,618
2004 141,057,045 144,067,316
2005 145,017,253 143,518,814
2006 149,077,334 143,049,637
2007 153,267,261 142,805,114
2008 157,595,014 142,742,366
2009 162,049,464 142,785,348
2010 166,642,886 142,849,468
2011 171,379,598 143,018,195
2012 176,200,625 143,378,447
2013 181,049,443 143,805,638
2014 185,896,915 144,237,223
2015 190,671,878 144,640,716
2016 195,443,700 145,015,460
2017 200,254,579 145,293,260
2018 204,938,755 145,398,106
2019 209,485,641 145,453,291
2020 213,996,181 145,245,148
2021 218,529,286 144,746,762
2022 223,150,896 144,236,933
2023 227,882,945 143,826,130
2024 232,679,478 143,533,851

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Russia

Fertility rate
Nigeria

Russia
Year Fertility rate
Nigeria Russia
1960 6.36 2.52
1961 6.35 2.45
1962 6.36 2.36
1963 6.35 2.27
1964 6.36 2.18
1965 6.37 2.13
1966 6.39 2.1
1967 6.4 2.04
1968 6.42 1.99
1969 6.44 1.97
1970 6.47 1.99
1971 6.53 2.03
1972 6.58 2.04
1973 6.63 2.01
1974 6.7 2
1975 6.77 1.98
1976 6.81 1.97
1977 6.86 1.95
1978 6.92 1.92
1979 6.89 1.9
1980 6.85 1.89
1981 6.82 1.91
1982 6.8 2.04
1983 6.78 2.11
1984 6.7 2.06
1985 6.62 2.05
1986 6.56 2.15
1987 6.5 2.22
1988 6.5 2.12
1989 6.49 2.01
1990 6.46 1.89
1991 6.43 1.73
1992 6.39 1.55
1993 6.35 1.39
1994 6.32 1.4
1995 6.27 1.34
1996 6.22 1.27
1997 6.14 1.22
1998 6.07 1.23
1999 6.08 1.16
2000 6.12 1.2
2001 6.13 1.22
2002 6.12 1.29
2003 6.1 1.32
2004 6.09 1.34
2005 6.06 1.29
2006 6.05 1.31
2007 6.03 1.42
2008 6.02 1.5
2009 5.99 1.54
2010 5.95 1.57
2011 5.89 1.58
2012 5.8 1.69
2013 5.69 1.71
2014 5.62 1.75
2015 5.5 1.78
2016 5.34 1.76
2017 5.18 1.62
2018 5.02 1.58
2019 4.86 1.5
2020 4.7 1.51
2021 4.64 1.51
2022 4.55 1.42
2023 4.48 1.41

Nigeria and Russia demographics compared

Median age
Nigeria

Russia
Year Median age, years
Nigeria Russia
1960 19.3 27.1
1961 19.3 27.4
1962 19.3 27.7
1963 19.3 28.1
1964 19.3 28.3
1965 19.3 28.6
1966 19.3 28.9
1967 19.2 29.2
1968 19.2 29.8
1969 19.1 30.3
1970 18.9 30.7
1971 18.8 31
1972 18.7 31.1
1973 18.6 31.1
1974 18.5 30.9
1975 18.4 30.7
1976 18.3 30.6
1977 18.2 30.9
1978 18 31
1979 17.9 31.1
1980 17.8 31.3
1981 17.7 31.4
1982 17.6 31.6
1983 17.5 31.7
1984 17.4 31.8
1985 17.3 32
1986 17.3 32.2
1987 17.3 32.4
1988 17.3 32.6
1989 17.3 32.9
1990 17.3 33.2
1991 17.3 33.6
1992 17.4 33.9
1993 17.4 34.4
1994 17.5 34.7
1995 17.6 35
1996 17.6 35.3
1997 17.7 35.7
1998 17.8 36
1999 17.9 36.3
2000 17.9 36.6
2001 17.9 36.8
2002 17.9 36.9
2003 17.9 37
2004 17.9 37.2
2005 17.9 37.4
2006 17.9 37.6
2007 17.9 37.7
2008 17.8 37.8
2009 17.8 37.9
2010 17.8 38
2011 17.7 38.1
2012 17.7 38.3
2013 17.7 38.4
2014 17.7 38.6
2015 17.8 38.7
2016 17.8 38.8
2017 17.9 39
2018 18 39.2
2019 18.2 39.4
2020 18.3 39.7
2021 18.5 39.9
2022 18.7 40.1
2023 18.8 40.5
2024 19 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Nigeria Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$291B
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.5%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.32%
2023
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.81%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
223,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.48%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.45%
2024
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
47%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.6%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
53.4
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.3%
2022
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2022
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
4
2025
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.000004%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
169
2024
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$54.4B
2024
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$38.6B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$21.3B
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
5,265,000
2016
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.8%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
63.3%
2024
79.3%
2024

Energy

Nigeria Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
333 kg
2022
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$17.9
2022
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
127.9 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.56 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.7%
2022
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
80.3%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.08%
2022
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-66.3%
2022
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
135.6 kWh
2022
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
23.8%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
24.3%
2022
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
61.2%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Nigeria Russia
% of world population
2.86%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
-35,202
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
55%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.63 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.19 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
12.9
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
58
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
21.7
2019
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
20.7
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
54
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
70.4%
2024
99.9%
2021
English speaking
60.6%
2023
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
39.2%
2023
94.4%
2024

Health

Nigeria Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$90.9
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$69.2
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
54.8 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
6.76%
2022
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.39
2022
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.4 years
2025
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
993
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
104.9
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
12.8%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
3%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
8
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
3.3%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.78 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

Nigeria Russia
% of world land
0.61%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
1,511 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
267,948 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
81,611 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
121,167 mi
2017
981,326 mi
2023

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