Nigeria vs Samoa statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 30th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Nigeria and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Samoa
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	$45,208,338
1971	$9,181,769,912	$53,719,569
1972	$12,274,416,018	$62,566,116
1973	$15,162,871,287	$82,452,985
1974	$24,846,641,318	$93,549,611
1975	$27,778,934,625	$93,489,283
1976	$36,308,883,249	$85,003,078
1977	$36,035,407,725	$98,295,671
1978	$36,527,862,209	$108,223,444
1979	$47,259,911,894	$122,257,393
1980	$64,201,788,123	$125,747,038
1981	$164,475,209,516	$118,190,655
1982	$142,769,363,314	$121,221,652
1983	$97,094,911,792	$111,862,824
1984	$73,484,359,521	$109,200,934
1985	$73,745,821,158	$95,572,173
1986	$54,805,852,581	$100,947,849
1987	$52,676,041,931	$111,713,922
1988	$49,648,470,440	$133,016,065
1989	$44,003,061,108	$122,888,610
1990	$54,035,795,388	$125,766,270
1991	$59,526,833,412	$125,597,205
1992	$52,058,181,854	$132,303,041
1993	$56,721,051,402	$133,122,897
1994	$80,399,613,064	$221,098,107
1995	$140,919,776,986	$224,865,731
1996	$185,730,236,700	$249,907,869
1997	$200,850,397,618	$285,475,592
1998	$218,416,200,673	$269,485,244
1999	$59,145,077,039	$255,408,060
2000	$69,171,451,627	$258,856,140
2001	$73,557,840,064	$266,299,591
2002	$95,054,059,303	$281,790,134
2003	$104,738,954,264	$333,426,188
2004	$135,764,731,646	$407,747,565
2005	$175,670,569,969	$476,801,793
2006	$238,454,997,161	$499,923,758
2007	$278,260,846,800	$573,548,460
2008	$339,476,276,258	$641,346,192
2009	$295,008,835,381	$628,006,115
2010	$366,990,417,129	$680,260,907
2011	$414,466,676,831	$744,097,050
2012	$463,971,018,239	$773,141,661
2013	$520,117,180,314	$797,736,334
2014	$574,183,763,412	$796,683,520
2015	$493,026,682,801	$824,150,499
2016	$404,649,125,252	$843,924,797
2017	$375,745,731,053	$884,844,384
2018	$421,739,251,509	$878,448,433
2019	$474,517,490,844	$912,950,466
2020	$432,198,898,468	$868,898,358
2021	$440,833,635,874	$843,923,639
2022	$477,403,400,101	$832,945,206
2023	$363,846,332,835	$938,189,444
2024	$187,759,703,100	$1,068,025,244

Nigeria and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Samoa
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	$322
1971	$160.5	$377
1972	$209.5	$433
1973	$252.4	$563
1974	$403	$626
1975	$438	$610
1976	$556	$541
1977	$536	$615
1978	$527	$671
1979	$661	$751
1980	$870	$765
1981	$2,162	$713
1982	$1,822	$728
1983	$1,207	$671
1984	$890	$655
1985	$869	$573
1986	$628	$604
1987	$588	$666
1988	$540	$790
1989	$465	$728
1990	$556	$744
1991	$597	$742
1992	$509	$777
1993	$540	$775
1994	$745	$1,277
1995	$1,272	$1,288
1996	$1,633	$1,419
1997	$1,720	$1,608
1998	$1,822	$1,506
1999	$481	$1,417
2000	$547	$1,425
2001	$566	$1,454
2002	$712	$1,528
2003	$763	$1,798
2004	$962	$2,189
2005	$1,211	$2,550
2006	$1,600	$2,663
2007	$1,816	$3,039
2008	$2,154	$3,374
2009	$1,820	$3,279
2010	$2,202	$3,524
2011	$2,418	$3,822
2012	$2,633	$3,935
2013	$2,873	$4,024
2014	$3,089	$3,983
2015	$2,586	$4,084
2016	$2,070	$4,147
2017	$1,876	$4,308
2018	$2,058	$4,232
2019	$2,265	$4,352
2020	$2,020	$4,100
2021	$2,017	$3,948
2022	$2,139	$3,869
2023	$1,597	$4,330
2024	$807	$4,899

Nigeria vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Samoa
1950	35.5	49.2
1951	35.7	49.8
1952	35.9	50.4
1953	36	51
1954	36.2	51.6
1955	36.3	52.2
1956	36.5	52.8
1957	36.6	53.4
1958	36.8	54
1959	37	54.6
1960	37.2	55.2
1961	37.4	55.7
1962	37.6	56.3
1963	37.8	56.9
1964	38	54
1965	38.2	57.9
1966	38.4	58.2
1967	37.5	58.9
1968	38.6	59.4
1969	38.9	59.9
1970	40	60.4
1971	40.6	60.9
1972	41.3	61.4
1973	41.8	61.9
1974	42.5	62.3
1975	43.1	62.8
1976	44.2	63.3
1977	44.8	63.7
1978	45.3	64.1
1979	45.7	64.5
1980	46	65
1981	46.3	65.3
1982	46.4	65.6
1983	46.4	66
1984	46.3	66.3
1985	46.2	66.6
1986	46	66.8
1987	45.9	67
1988	45.8	67.3
1989	45.8	67.6
1990	45.7	67.8
1991	45.5	68
1992	45.6	68.5
1993	45.8	68.8
1994	45.7	69.2
1995	45.9	69.5
1996	45.8	69.8
1997	46	70
1998	46.1	70.3
1999	46.6	70.6
2000	47.1	70.8
2001	47.5	71
2002	48	71.2
2003	48.6	71.4
2004	49.1	71.5
2005	49.5	71.5
2006	49.9	71.6
2007	50.4	71.6
2008	50.7	71.5
2009	51.1	69.5
2010	51.3	71.5
2011	51.5	71.4
2012	51.7	71.2
2013	51.8	71.2
2014	51.9	71.1
2015	51.9	71.1
2016	52.2	71
2017	52.4	71
2018	52.7	71.1
2019	53	70.3
2020	53.1	70.7
2021	53.5	71.1
2022	54.1	71.6
2023	54.5	71.7
2024	54.6	71.8
2025	54.8	71.9

Nigeria and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Samoa
1960	45,053,782	112,490
1961	45,989,310	115,496
1962	46,965,292	118,597
1963	47,973,575	121,764
1964	49,012,016	124,894
1965	50,086,764	127,978
1966	51,188,234	131,073
1967	52,293,065	133,764
1968	53,432,783	136,020
1969	54,631,914	138,233
1970	55,893,838	140,400
1971	57,214,684	142,503
1972	58,601,748	144,538
1973	60,082,139	146,516
1974	61,679,144	149,431
1975	63,410,815	153,344
1976	65,258,009	157,113
1977	67,234,590	159,753
1978	69,326,532	161,375
1979	71,498,242	162,882
1980	73,764,641	164,322
1981	76,068,103	165,678
1982	78,378,701	166,484
1983	80,438,260	166,714
1984	82,526,443	166,796
1985	84,897,973	166,849
1986	87,235,953	167,061
1987	89,591,716	167,661
1988	92,020,090	168,346
1989	94,531,014	168,768
1990	97,120,925	169,042
1991	99,720,162	169,368
1992	102,372,770	170,331
1993	105,122,069	171,774
1994	107,935,714	173,159
1995	110,819,428	174,571
1996	113,754,779	176,071
1997	116,754,792	177,547
1998	119,846,254	178,905
1999	123,047,320	180,275
2000	126,382,494	181,685
2001	129,862,595	183,166
2002	133,471,989	184,471
2003	137,202,644	185,430
2004	141,057,045	186,249
2005	145,017,253	186,978
2006	149,077,334	187,709
2007	153,267,261	188,753
2008	157,595,014	190,107
2009	162,049,464	191,513
2010	166,642,886	193,023
2011	171,379,598	194,713
2012	176,200,625	196,498
2013	181,049,443	198,268
2014	185,896,915	200,037
2015	190,671,878	201,782
2016	195,443,700	203,499
2017	200,254,579	205,415
2018	204,938,755	207,582
2019	209,485,641	209,780
2020	213,996,181	211,944
2021	218,529,286	213,779
2022	223,150,896	215,261
2023	227,882,945	216,663
2024	232,679,478	218,019

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Samoa

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Samoa
1960	6.36	7.78
1961	6.35	7.77
1962	6.36	7.76
1963	6.35	7.73
1964	6.36	7.7
1965	6.37	7.65
1966	6.39	7.6
1967	6.4	7.55
1968	6.42	7.5
1969	6.44	7.43
1970	6.47	7.34
1971	6.53	7.22
1972	6.58	7.07
1973	6.63	6.91
1974	6.7	6.75
1975	6.77	6.61
1976	6.81	6.47
1977	6.86	6.31
1978	6.92	6.15
1979	6.89	5.99
1980	6.85	5.86
1981	6.82	5.75
1982	6.8	5.68
1983	6.78	5.62
1984	6.7	5.55
1985	6.62	5.49
1986	6.56	5.42
1987	6.5	5.32
1988	6.5	5.21
1989	6.49	5.11
1990	6.46	5.01
1991	6.43	4.91
1992	6.39	4.87
1993	6.35	4.83
1994	6.32	4.79
1995	6.27	4.77
1996	6.22	4.74
1997	6.14	4.7
1998	6.07	4.64
1999	6.08	4.57
2000	6.12	4.52
2001	6.13	4.48
2002	6.12	4.44
2003	6.1	4.39
2004	6.09	4.34
2005	6.06	4.32
2006	6.05	4.32
2007	6.03	4.36
2008	6.02	4.42
2009	5.99	4.47
2010	5.95	4.52
2011	5.89	4.56
2012	5.8	4.55
2013	5.69	4.49
2014	5.62	4.42
2015	5.5	4.34
2016	5.34	4.26
2017	5.18	4.2
2018	5.02	4.14
2019	4.86	4.06
2020	4.7	4
2021	4.64	3.94
2022	4.55	3.88
2023	4.48	3.83

Nigeria and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Samoa
1960	19.3	15
1961	19.3	14.9
1962	19.3	14.8
1963	19.3	14.6
1964	19.3	14.6
1965	19.3	14.5
1966	19.3	14.5
1967	19.2	14.5
1968	19.2	14.5
1969	19.1	14.5
1970	18.9	14.6
1971	18.8	14.7
1972	18.7	14.8
1973	18.6	14.9
1974	18.5	15
1975	18.4	15.3
1976	18.3	15.5
1977	18.2	15.8
1978	18	16
1979	17.9	16.2
1980	17.8	16.4
1981	17.7	16.6
1982	17.6	16.8
1983	17.5	17.1
1984	17.4	17.4
1985	17.3	17.6
1986	17.3	17.8
1987	17.3	18
1988	17.3	18.2
1989	17.3	18.3
1990	17.3	18.4
1991	17.3	18.5
1992	17.4	18.7
1993	17.4	19
1994	17.5	19.3
1995	17.6	19.6
1996	17.6	19.7
1997	17.7	19.8
1998	17.8	19.9
1999	17.9	19.9
2000	17.9	19.8
2001	17.9	19.7
2002	17.9	19.7
2003	17.9	19.9
2004	17.9	20.1
2005	17.9	20.3
2006	17.9	20.4
2007	17.9	20.6
2008	17.8	20.7
2009	17.8	20.8
2010	17.8	20.8
2011	17.7	20.8
2012	17.7	20.8
2013	17.7	21
2014	17.7	21.1
2015	17.8	21.2
2016	17.8	21.3
2017	17.9	21.4
2018	18	21.4
2019	18.2	21.5
2020	18.3	21.4
2021	18.5	21.4
2022	18.7	21.1
2023	18.8	21
2024	19	20.9

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