Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 35.3M in Saudi Arabia (ranked 45/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 830,000 sq mi for Saudi Arabia (ranked 30th vs. 12th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057).

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	$4,196,174,502	$1,748,124,064
1961	$4,467,287,893	$1,920,811,284
1962	$4,909,399,176	$2,130,606,532
1963	$5,165,590,254	$2,207,393,172
1964	$5,552,931,319	$2,371,808,713
1965	$5,874,537,650	$2,647,955,558
1966	$6,366,917,453	$2,920,555,557
1967	$5,203,237,919	$3,257,022,223
1968	$5,200,997,920	$4,187,777,711
1969	$6,634,317,346	$4,485,777,644
1970	$12,546,094,982	$5,377,333,333
1971	$9,181,769,912	$7,184,806,909
1972	$12,274,416,018	$9,664,267,087
1973	$15,162,871,287	$14,947,435,499
1974	$24,846,641,318	$45,412,957,746
1975	$27,778,934,625	$46,773,208,643
1976	$36,308,883,249	$64,005,665,722
1977	$36,035,407,725	$74,188,986,586
1978	$36,527,862,209	$80,266,516,687
1979	$47,259,911,894	$111,858,444,786
1980	$64,201,788,123	$164,539,660,725
1981	$164,475,209,516	$184,291,360,139
1982	$142,769,363,314	$153,240,313,858
1983	$97,094,911,792	$129,171,635,311
1984	$73,484,359,521	$119,624,858,116
1985	$73,745,821,158	$103,897,846,494
1986	$54,805,852,581	$86,961,922,765
1987	$52,676,041,931	$85,695,861,148
1988	$49,648,470,440	$88,256,074,766
1989	$44,003,061,108	$95,344,459,279
1990	$54,035,795,388	$117,630,173,565
1991	$59,526,833,412	$132,223,230,975
1992	$52,058,181,854	$137,087,850,467
1993	$56,721,051,402	$132,967,957,276
1994	$80,399,613,064	$135,174,899,866
1995	$140,919,776,986	$143,343,124,166
1996	$185,730,236,700	$158,662,483,311
1997	$200,850,397,618	$165,963,684,913
1998	$218,416,200,673	$146,775,466,667
1999	$59,145,077,039	$161,717,066,667
2000	$69,171,451,627	$189,514,933,333
2001	$73,557,840,064	$184,137,600,000
2002	$95,054,059,303	$189,605,866,667
2003	$104,738,954,264	$215,807,733,333
2004	$135,764,731,646	$258,742,133,333
2005	$175,670,569,969	$328,459,608,764
2006	$238,454,997,161	$376,900,133,511
2007	$278,260,846,800	$415,964,509,673
2008	$339,476,276,258	$519,796,800,000
2009	$295,008,835,381	$429,097,866,667
2010	$366,990,417,129	$528,207,466,667
2011	$414,466,676,831	$680,660,800,000
2012	$463,971,018,239	$751,921,333,333
2013	$520,117,180,314	$769,755,733,333
2014	$574,183,763,412	$787,153,066,667
2015	$493,026,682,801	$693,414,400,000
2016	$404,649,125,252	$689,279,466,667
2017	$375,745,731,053	$741,266,133,333
2018	$421,739,251,509	$886,564,800,000
2019	$474,517,490,844	$888,890,133,333
2020	$432,198,898,468	$767,951,200,000
2021	$440,833,635,874	$982,661,066,667
2022	$477,403,400,101	$1,239,075,200,000
2023	$363,846,332,835	$1,218,584,533,333
2024	$187,759,703,100	$1,237,529,866,667

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	$93.1	$718
1961	$97.1	$760
1962	$104.5	$813
1963	$107.7	$812
1964	$113.3	$840
1965	$117.3	$904
1966	$124.4	$961
1967	$99.5	$1,032
1968	$97.3	$1,276
1969	$121.4	$1,313
1970	$224.5	$1,509
1971	$160.5	$1,929
1972	$209.5	$2,474
1973	$252.4	$3,640
1974	$403	$10,503
1975	$438	$10,266
1976	$556	$13,313
1977	$536	$14,595
1978	$527	$14,914
1979	$661	$19,612
1980	$870	$27,206
1981	$2,162	$28,703
1982	$1,822	$22,454
1983	$1,207	$17,810
1984	$890	$15,541
1985	$869	$12,745
1986	$628	$10,078
1987	$588	$9,386
1988	$540	$9,165
1989	$465	$9,414
1990	$556	$11,055
1991	$597	$11,847
1992	$509	$11,730
1993	$540	$10,885
1994	$745	$10,602
1995	$1,272	$10,786
1996	$1,633	$11,472
1997	$1,720	$11,545
1998	$1,822	$9,836
1999	$481	$10,452
2000	$547	$11,715
2001	$566	$10,805
2002	$712	$10,586
2003	$763	$11,487
2004	$962	$13,154
2005	$1,211	$15,976
2006	$1,600	$17,564
2007	$1,816	$18,596
2008	$2,154	$22,320
2009	$1,820	$17,718
2010	$2,202	$22,028
2011	$2,418	$27,127
2012	$2,633	$28,733
2013	$2,873	$27,865
2014	$3,089	$27,805
2015	$2,586	$23,256
2016	$2,070	$22,268
2017	$1,876	$23,929
2018	$2,058	$29,360
2019	$2,265	$29,567
2020	$2,020	$24,339
2021	$2,017	$31,921
2022	$2,139	$38,510
2023	$1,597	$36,157
2024	$807	$35,057

Nigeria vs. Saudi Arabia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1950	35.5	40
1951	35.7	40.6
1952	35.9	41.1
1953	36	41.6
1954	36.2	42.1
1955	36.3	42.6
1956	36.5	43.1
1957	36.6	43.7
1958	36.8	44.2
1959	37	44.8
1960	37.2	45.3
1961	37.4	45.9
1962	37.6	46.5
1963	37.8	47.1
1964	38	47.7
1965	38.2	48.4
1966	38.4	49.2
1967	37.5	50
1968	38.6	50.9
1969	38.9	51.8
1970	40	52.7
1971	40.6	53.7
1972	41.3	54.7
1973	41.8	55.8
1974	42.5	56.8
1975	43.1	57.8
1976	44.2	58.8
1977	44.8	59.7
1978	45.3	60.7
1979	45.7	61.5
1980	46	62.4
1981	46.3	63.3
1982	46.4	64
1983	46.4	64.7
1984	46.3	65.4
1985	46.2	66
1986	46	66.6
1987	45.9	67.2
1988	45.8	67.8
1989	45.8	68.4
1990	45.7	68.9
1991	45.5	69.3
1992	45.6	69.8
1993	45.8	70.2
1994	45.7	70.6
1995	45.9	70.9
1996	45.8	71.3
1997	46	71.6
1998	46.1	72
1999	46.6	72.3
2000	47.1	72.6
2001	47.5	73
2002	48	73.3
2003	48.6	73.7
2004	49.1	74
2005	49.5	74.4
2006	49.9	74.8
2007	50.4	75.1
2008	50.7	75.3
2009	51.1	75.4
2010	51.3	75.6
2011	51.5	75.8
2012	51.7	76.1
2013	51.8	76.5
2014	51.9	77.1
2015	51.9	77.8
2016	52.2	78.4
2017	52.4	78.7
2018	52.7	78.7
2019	53	78.3
2020	53.1	77.6
2021	53.5	77.1
2022	54.1	77.3
2023	54.5	78.7
2024	54.6	79
2025	54.8	79.2

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	45,053,782	2,435,403
1961	45,989,310	2,526,347
1962	46,965,292	2,620,910
1963	47,973,575	2,719,341
1964	49,012,016	2,821,968
1965	50,086,764	2,928,771
1966	51,188,234	3,039,887
1967	52,293,065	3,157,242
1968	53,432,783	3,282,711
1969	54,631,914	3,417,114
1970	55,893,838	3,562,470
1971	57,214,684	3,724,031
1972	58,601,748	3,905,722
1973	60,082,139	4,106,344
1974	61,679,144	4,323,632
1975	63,410,815	4,556,287
1976	65,258,009	4,807,933
1977	67,234,590	5,083,048
1978	69,326,532	5,381,902
1979	71,498,242	5,703,698
1980	73,764,641	6,047,997
1981	76,068,103	6,420,551
1982	78,378,701	6,824,486
1983	80,438,260	7,252,941
1984	82,526,443	7,697,307
1985	84,897,973	8,151,779
1986	87,235,953	8,628,639
1987	89,591,716	9,130,194
1988	92,020,090	9,629,165
1989	94,531,014	10,128,394
1990	97,120,925	10,640,691
1991	99,720,162	11,160,744
1992	102,372,770	11,686,676
1993	105,122,069	12,215,862
1994	107,935,714	12,750,040
1995	110,819,428	13,289,245
1996	113,754,779	13,831,009
1997	116,754,792	14,374,943
1998	119,846,254	14,922,185
1999	123,047,320	15,472,075
2000	126,382,494	16,177,722
2001	129,862,595	17,041,397
2002	133,471,989	17,910,910
2003	137,202,644	18,786,767
2004	141,057,045	19,669,480
2005	145,017,253	20,559,890
2006	149,077,334	21,459,144
2007	153,267,261	22,368,313
2008	157,595,014	23,287,877
2009	162,049,464	24,217,654
2010	166,642,886	23,978,487
2011	171,379,598	25,091,867
2012	176,200,625	26,168,861
2013	181,049,443	27,624,004
2014	185,896,915	28,309,273
2015	190,671,878	29,816,382
2016	195,443,700	30,954,198
2017	200,254,579	30,977,355
2018	204,938,755	30,196,281
2019	209,485,641	30,063,799
2020	213,996,181	31,552,510
2021	218,529,286	30,784,383
2022	223,150,896	32,175,224
2023	227,882,945	33,702,731
2024	232,679,478	35,300,280

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.36	7.63
1961	6.35	7.63
1962	6.36	7.64
1963	6.35	7.65
1964	6.36	7.67
1965	6.37	7.66
1966	6.39	7.66
1967	6.4	7.66
1968	6.42	7.63
1969	6.44	7.6
1970	6.47	7.58
1971	6.53	7.56
1972	6.58	7.54
1973	6.63	7.48
1974	6.7	7.43
1975	6.77	7.37
1976	6.81	7.33
1977	6.86	7.3
1978	6.92	7.26
1979	6.89	7.23
1980	6.85	7.15
1981	6.82	7.07
1982	6.8	6.98
1983	6.78	6.88
1984	6.7	6.78
1985	6.62	6.65
1986	6.56	6.52
1987	6.5	6.34
1988	6.5	6.15
1989	6.49	5.98
1990	6.46	5.8
1991	6.43	5.64
1992	6.39	5.49
1993	6.35	5.33
1994	6.32	5.16
1995	6.27	4.99
1996	6.22	4.81
1997	6.14	4.66
1998	6.07	4.52
1999	6.08	4.35
2000	6.12	4.21
2001	6.13	3.96
2002	6.12	3.71
2003	6.1	3.47
2004	6.09	3.26
2005	6.06	3.16
2006	6.05	3.18
2007	6.03	3.19
2008	6.02	3.07
2009	5.99	2.95
2010	5.95	2.81
2011	5.89	2.8
2012	5.8	2.78
2013	5.69	2.67
2014	5.62	2.68
2015	5.5	2.63
2016	5.34	2.65
2017	5.18	2.67
2018	5.02	2.67
2019	4.86	2.49
2020	4.7	2.27
2021	4.64	2.17
2022	4.55	2.14
2023	4.48	2.28

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	19.3	18.6
1961	19.3	18.5
1962	19.3	18.4
1963	19.3	18.2
1964	19.3	18
1965	19.3	17.9
1966	19.3	17.7
1967	19.2	17.6
1968	19.2	17.5
1969	19.1	17.4
1970	18.9	17.4
1971	18.8	17.4
1972	18.7	17.4
1973	18.6	17.5
1974	18.5	17.6
1975	18.4	17.7
1976	18.3	17.8
1977	18.2	17.9
1978	18	18
1979	17.9	18.1
1980	17.8	18.2
1981	17.7	18.3
1982	17.6	18.4
1983	17.5	18.5
1984	17.4	18.6
1985	17.3	18.7
1986	17.3	18.7
1987	17.3	18.8
1988	17.3	18.9
1989	17.3	19
1990	17.3	19
1991	17.3	19.2
1992	17.4	19.3
1993	17.4	19.4
1994	17.5	19.6
1995	17.6	19.7
1996	17.6	19.9
1997	17.7	20.2
1998	17.8	20.4
1999	17.9	20.7
2000	17.9	20.8
2001	17.9	20.7
2002	17.9	20.8
2003	17.9	21.1
2004	17.9	21.4
2005	17.9	21.9
2006	17.9	22.3
2007	17.9	22.8
2008	17.8	23.4
2009	17.8	23.9
2010	17.8	24.5
2011	17.7	25.2
2012	17.7	25.9
2013	17.7	26.6
2014	17.7	27.2
2015	17.8	27.9
2016	17.8	28.6
2017	17.9	29
2018	18	29.3
2019	18.2	29.3
2020	18.3	29.4
2021	18.5	29.5
2022	18.7	29.7
2023	18.8	30.2
2024	19	30.5

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