Nigeria vs Rwanda statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 30th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Nigeria and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Rwanda
1960	$4,196,174,502	$119,000,024
1961	$4,467,287,893	$122,000,016
1962	$4,909,399,176	$125,000,008
1963	$5,165,590,254	$128,000,000
1964	$5,552,931,319	$129,999,994
1965	$5,874,537,650	$148,799,980
1966	$6,366,917,453	$124,525,703
1967	$5,203,237,919	$159,560,018
1968	$5,200,997,920	$172,200,018
1969	$6,634,317,346	$188,700,037
1970	$12,546,094,982	$219,900,006
1971	$9,181,769,912	$222,952,504
1972	$12,274,416,018	$246,457,838
1973	$15,162,871,287	$290,746,157
1974	$24,846,641,318	$308,458,423
1975	$27,778,934,625	$571,863,500
1976	$36,308,883,249	$637,753,853
1977	$36,035,407,725	$746,650,613
1978	$36,527,862,209	$905,709,076
1979	$47,259,911,894	$1,109,346,131
1980	$64,201,788,123	$1,254,765,642
1981	$164,475,209,516	$1,407,062,527
1982	$142,769,363,314	$1,407,243,139
1983	$97,094,911,792	$1,479,687,587
1984	$73,484,359,521	$1,587,413,084
1985	$73,745,821,158	$1,715,626,331
1986	$54,805,852,581	$1,944,710,684
1987	$52,676,041,931	$2,157,432,668
1988	$49,648,470,440	$2,395,492,687
1989	$44,003,061,108	$2,405,022,593
1990	$54,035,795,388	$2,550,185,679
1991	$59,526,833,412	$1,911,600,237
1992	$52,058,181,854	$2,029,026,962
1993	$56,721,051,402	$1,971,525,712
1994	$80,399,613,064	$753,636,370
1995	$140,919,776,986	$1,293,535,193
1996	$185,730,236,700	$1,382,334,879
1997	$200,850,397,618	$1,851,558,197
1998	$218,416,200,673	$1,989,343,546
1999	$59,145,077,039	$2,157,108,263
2000	$69,171,451,627	$2,068,836,754
2001	$73,557,840,064	$1,966,600,715
2002	$95,054,059,303	$1,966,003,468
2003	$104,738,954,264	$2,138,237,279
2004	$135,764,731,646	$2,376,496,067
2005	$175,670,569,969	$2,933,819,766
2006	$238,454,997,161	$3,319,784,539
2007	$278,260,846,800	$4,070,507,895
2008	$339,476,276,258	$5,179,854,065
2009	$295,008,835,381	$5,674,476,969
2010	$366,990,417,129	$6,124,756,654
2011	$414,466,676,831	$6,884,913,658
2012	$463,971,018,239	$7,654,761,045
2013	$520,117,180,314	$7,819,964,024
2014	$574,183,763,412	$8,238,966,120
2015	$493,026,682,801	$8,543,760,206
2016	$404,649,125,252	$8,695,272,061
2017	$375,745,731,053	$9,252,833,894
2018	$421,739,251,509	$9,637,904,519
2019	$474,517,490,844	$10,349,300,277
2020	$432,198,898,468	$10,174,386,855
2021	$440,833,635,874	$11,078,787,095
2022	$477,403,400,101	$13,316,161,006
2023	$363,846,332,835	$14,331,722,700
2024	$187,759,703,100	$14,251,642,231

Nigeria and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Rwanda
1960	$93.1	$39.4
1961	$97.1	$39.3
1962	$104.5	$39.2
1963	$107.7	$39.3
1964	$113.3	$39
1965	$117.3	$43.5
1966	$124.4	$35.4
1967	$99.5	$44
1968	$97.3	$46
1969	$121.4	$48.9
1970	$224.5	$55.2
1971	$160.5	$54.4
1972	$209.5	$58.4
1973	$252.4	$66.9
1974	$403	$68.9
1975	$438	$124.1
1976	$556	$134.4
1977	$536	$152.7
1978	$527	$179.9
1979	$661	$213.8
1980	$870	$234.4
1981	$2,162	$254.6
1982	$1,822	$246.4
1983	$1,207	$250.6
1984	$890	$259.9
1985	$869	$271.6
1986	$628	$297.7
1987	$588	$320
1988	$540	$344
1989	$465	$335
1990	$556	$346
1991	$597	$254
1992	$509	$264.1
1993	$540	$247
1994	$745	$111
1995	$1,272	$228
1996	$1,633	$206
1997	$1,720	$238.7
1998	$1,822	$246.2
1999	$481	$264.7
2000	$547	$251.9
2001	$566	$237.3
2002	$712	$234
2003	$763	$249
2004	$962	$269.5
2005	$1,211	$324
2006	$1,600	$357
2007	$1,816	$426
2008	$2,154	$528
2009	$1,820	$564
2010	$2,202	$594
2011	$2,418	$651
2012	$2,633	$707
2013	$2,873	$705
2014	$3,089	$725
2015	$2,586	$734
2016	$2,070	$730
2017	$1,876	$758
2018	$2,058	$772
2019	$2,265	$810
2020	$2,020	$779
2021	$2,017	$830
2022	$2,139	$975
2023	$1,597	$1,027
2024	$807	$1,000

Nigeria vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Rwanda
1950	35.5	43.2
1951	35.7	43.5
1952	35.9	43.8
1953	36	44.1
1954	36.2	44.4
1955	36.3	44.8
1956	36.5	45.2
1957	36.6	45.6
1958	36.8	46.1
1959	37	46.5
1960	37.2	47
1961	37.4	47.5
1962	37.6	47.8
1963	37.8	44
1964	38	48.1
1965	38.2	48.2
1966	38.4	48.1
1967	37.5	48
1968	38.6	47.7
1969	38.9	47.4
1970	40	47.1
1971	40.6	46.8
1972	41.3	46.3
1973	41.8	45.9
1974	42.5	45.6
1975	43.1	45.3
1976	44.2	45.3
1977	44.8	45.6
1978	45.3	46.2
1979	45.7	47.1
1980	46	48.1
1981	46.3	49.2
1982	46.4	50.2
1983	46.4	50.9
1984	46.3	51.4
1985	46.2	51.7
1986	46	51.7
1987	45.9	51.5
1988	45.8	50.9
1989	45.8	49.5
1990	45.7	47.8
1991	45.5	46.2
1992	45.6	44.4
1993	45.8	42.9
1994	45.7	12.2
1995	45.9	41.5
1996	45.8	42.5
1997	46	42
1998	46.1	43.1
1999	46.6	45.7
2000	47.1	47.8
2001	47.5	49.5
2002	48	51.3
2003	48.6	53.5
2004	49.1	55.5
2005	49.5	57
2006	49.9	58.3
2007	50.4	59.5
2008	50.7	60.6
2009	51.1	61.8
2010	51.3	62.8
2011	51.5	63.5
2012	51.7	64.2
2013	51.8	64.7
2014	51.9	65.1
2015	51.9	65.4
2016	52.2	65.7
2017	52.4	66.1
2018	52.7	66.4
2019	53	66.7
2020	53.1	67
2021	53.5	66.8
2022	54.1	67.5
2023	54.5	67.8
2024	54.6	68
2025	54.8	68.2

Nigeria and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Rwanda
1960	45,053,782	3,022,294
1961	45,989,310	3,106,779
1962	46,965,292	3,186,025
1963	47,973,575	3,258,890
1964	49,012,016	3,334,834
1965	50,086,764	3,423,210
1966	51,188,234	3,521,626
1967	52,293,065	3,629,577
1968	53,432,783	3,744,010
1969	54,631,914	3,861,271
1970	55,893,838	3,980,669
1971	57,214,684	4,100,044
1972	58,601,748	4,220,335
1973	60,082,139	4,345,047
1974	61,679,144	4,474,228
1975	63,410,815	4,607,728
1976	65,258,009	4,745,954
1977	67,234,590	4,888,240
1978	69,326,532	5,035,171
1979	71,498,242	5,189,541
1980	73,764,641	5,353,259
1981	76,068,103	5,527,230
1982	78,378,701	5,711,549
1983	80,438,260	5,905,311
1984	82,526,443	6,107,627
1985	84,897,973	6,317,228
1986	87,235,953	6,531,881
1987	89,591,716	6,749,493
1988	92,020,090	6,968,071
1989	94,531,014	7,184,706
1990	97,120,925	7,375,307
1991	99,720,162	7,526,966
1992	102,372,770	7,683,266
1993	105,122,069	7,981,132
1994	107,935,714	6,792,352
1995	110,819,428	5,674,118
1996	113,754,779	6,708,764
1997	116,754,792	7,755,238
1998	119,846,254	8,081,681
1999	123,047,320	8,147,912
2000	126,382,494	8,213,931
2001	129,862,595	8,287,094
2002	133,471,989	8,400,180
2003	137,202,644	8,586,875
2004	141,057,045	8,816,844
2005	145,017,253	9,054,528
2006	149,077,334	9,299,246
2007	153,267,261	9,549,933
2008	157,595,014	9,804,269
2009	162,049,464	10,060,432
2010	166,642,886	10,317,553
2011	171,379,598	10,573,733
2012	176,200,625	10,829,901
2013	181,049,443	11,093,340
2014	185,896,915	11,364,757
2015	190,671,878	11,640,022
2016	195,443,700	11,919,183
2017	200,254,579	12,202,060
2018	204,938,755	12,487,996
2019	209,485,641	12,776,103
2020	213,996,181	13,065,837
2021	218,529,286	13,355,260
2022	223,150,896	13,651,030
2023	227,882,945	13,954,471
2024	232,679,478	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Rwanda
1960	6.36	8.28
1961	6.35	8.28
1962	6.36	8.27
1963	6.35	8.27
1964	6.36	8.27
1965	6.37	8.25
1966	6.39	8.23
1967	6.4	8.21
1968	6.42	8.19
1969	6.44	8.18
1970	6.47	8.15
1971	6.53	8.09
1972	6.58	8.09
1973	6.63	8.09
1974	6.7	8.1
1975	6.77	8.1
1976	6.81	8.12
1977	6.86	8.14
1978	6.92	8.16
1979	6.89	8.13
1980	6.85	8.12
1981	6.82	8.1
1982	6.8	8.06
1983	6.78	8
1984	6.7	7.91
1985	6.62	7.79
1986	6.56	7.61
1987	6.5	7.43
1988	6.5	7.23
1989	6.49	7.03
1990	6.46	6.8
1991	6.43	6.62
1992	6.39	6.54
1993	6.35	6.48
1994	6.32	6.42
1995	6.27	6.35
1996	6.22	6.29
1997	6.14	6.24
1998	6.07	6.17
1999	6.08	6.06
2000	6.12	5.97
2001	6.13	5.89
2002	6.12	5.82
2003	6.1	5.74
2004	6.09	5.64
2005	6.06	5.5
2006	6.05	5.34
2007	6.03	5.14
2008	6.02	4.92
2009	5.99	4.71
2010	5.95	4.52
2011	5.89	4.33
2012	5.8	4.2
2013	5.69	4.14
2014	5.62	4.12
2015	5.5	4.11
2016	5.34	4.11
2017	5.18	4.08
2018	5.02	4.05
2019	4.86	3.99
2020	4.7	3.91
2021	4.64	3.84
2022	4.55	3.78
2023	4.48	3.7

Nigeria and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Rwanda
1960	19.3	15.5
1961	19.3	15.1
1962	19.3	14.9
1963	19.3	14.8
1964	19.3	14.7
1965	19.3	14.8
1966	19.3	14.9
1967	19.2	15.1
1968	19.2	15.3
1969	19.1	15.5
1970	18.9	15.7
1971	18.8	15.9
1972	18.7	16
1973	18.6	16.2
1974	18.5	16.3
1975	18.4	16.4
1976	18.3	16.5
1977	18.2	16.6
1978	18	16.6
1979	17.9	16.5
1980	17.8	16.5
1981	17.7	16.4
1982	17.6	16.2
1983	17.5	16.1
1984	17.4	16
1985	17.3	15.8
1986	17.3	15.7
1987	17.3	15.6
1988	17.3	15.6
1989	17.3	15.5
1990	17.3	15.5
1991	17.3	15.5
1992	17.4	15.6
1993	17.4	15.7
1994	17.5	15
1995	17.6	14.3
1996	17.6	14.6
1997	17.7	14.8
1998	17.8	15.3
1999	17.9	15.8
2000	17.9	16.3
2001	17.9	16.8
2002	17.9	17.1
2003	17.9	17.4
2004	17.9	17.6
2005	17.9	17.8
2006	17.9	18
2007	17.9	18.1
2008	17.8	18.3
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.8	18.5
2011	17.7	18.7
2012	17.7	18.8
2013	17.7	19
2014	17.7	19.1
2015	17.8	19.3
2016	17.8	19.4
2017	17.9	19.6
2018	18	19.7
2019	18.2	19.8
2020	18.3	19.9
2021	18.5	20
2022	18.7	20.3
2023	18.8	20.5
2024	19	20.8

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