Nigeria vs Senegal statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 30th vs. 85th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Nigeria and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Senegal economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Senegal
1960	$4,196,174,502	$1,003,692,370
1961	$4,467,287,893	$1,058,975,257
1962	$4,909,399,176	$1,085,475,791
1963	$5,165,590,254	$1,122,139,862
1964	$5,552,931,319	$1,188,930,645
1965	$5,874,537,650	$1,210,058,228
1966	$6,366,917,453	$1,246,908,186
1967	$5,203,237,919	$1,246,480,766
1968	$5,200,997,920	$1,309,384,862
1969	$6,634,317,346	$1,245,234,931
1970	$12,546,094,982	$1,297,407,655
1971	$9,181,769,912	$1,339,549,033
1972	$12,274,416,018	$1,620,857,104
1973	$15,162,871,287	$1,863,398,590
1974	$24,846,641,318	$2,099,325,229
1975	$27,778,934,625	$2,830,388,405
1976	$36,308,883,249	$2,869,777,884
1977	$36,035,407,725	$2,938,046,463
1978	$36,527,862,209	$3,280,354,921
1979	$47,259,911,894	$4,084,877,823
1980	$64,201,788,123	$4,510,108,291
1981	$164,475,209,516	$4,095,892,781
1982	$142,769,363,314	$4,013,951,443
1983	$97,094,911,792	$3,569,356,125
1984	$73,484,359,521	$3,485,165,432
1985	$73,745,821,158	$3,818,944,918
1986	$54,805,852,581	$5,392,093,446
1987	$52,676,041,931	$6,487,353,103
1988	$49,648,470,440	$6,418,419,389
1989	$44,003,061,108	$6,366,039,373
1990	$54,035,795,388	$7,390,967,360
1991	$59,526,833,412	$7,255,210,470
1992	$52,058,181,854	$7,769,817,840
1993	$56,721,051,402	$7,367,986,241
1994	$80,399,613,064	$5,034,588,196
1995	$140,919,776,986	$6,326,342,633
1996	$185,730,236,700	$6,559,712,166
1997	$200,850,397,618	$6,041,478,726
1998	$218,416,200,673	$6,505,607,909
1999	$59,145,077,039	$6,592,834,933
2000	$69,171,451,627	$6,013,185,004
2001	$73,557,840,064	$6,507,824,829
2002	$95,054,059,303	$7,006,402,320
2003	$104,738,954,264	$8,768,721,563
2004	$135,764,731,646	$10,076,816,667
2005	$175,670,569,969	$11,009,033,438
2006	$238,454,997,161	$11,697,918,243
2007	$278,260,846,800	$13,994,218,413
2008	$339,476,276,258	$16,853,989,628
2009	$295,008,835,381	$16,145,867,495
2010	$366,990,417,129	$16,121,315,909
2011	$414,466,676,831	$17,814,283,639
2012	$463,971,018,239	$17,660,870,412
2013	$520,117,180,314	$18,918,667,725
2014	$574,183,763,412	$19,797,253,440
2015	$493,026,682,801	$17,774,766,696
2016	$404,649,125,252	$19,040,312,333
2017	$375,745,731,053	$20,996,562,944
2018	$421,739,251,509	$23,116,701,556
2019	$474,517,490,844	$23,403,995,992
2020	$432,198,898,468	$24,530,513,038
2021	$440,833,635,874	$27,520,784,130
2022	$477,403,400,101	$27,783,332,223
2023	$363,846,332,835	$30,696,331,296
2024	$187,759,703,100	$32,267,254,425

Nigeria and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Senegal
1960	$93.1	$300
1961	$97.1	$308
1962	$104.5	$307
1963	$107.7	$309
1964	$113.3	$318
1965	$117.3	$314
1966	$124.4	$315
1967	$99.5	$305
1968	$97.3	$311
1969	$121.4	$287.3
1970	$224.5	$290.5
1971	$160.5	$291.1
1972	$209.5	$342
1973	$252.4	$381
1974	$403	$417
1975	$438	$547
1976	$556	$541
1977	$536	$540
1978	$527	$589
1979	$661	$716
1980	$870	$772
1981	$2,162	$683
1982	$1,822	$652
1983	$1,207	$564
1984	$890	$536
1985	$869	$571
1986	$628	$784
1987	$588	$916
1988	$540	$880
1989	$465	$849
1990	$556	$957
1991	$597	$913
1992	$509	$951
1993	$540	$878
1994	$745	$584
1995	$1,272	$715
1996	$1,633	$723
1997	$1,720	$651
1998	$1,822	$685
1999	$481	$678
2000	$547	$603
2001	$566	$637
2002	$712	$669
2003	$763	$818
2004	$962	$918
2005	$1,211	$980
2006	$1,600	$1,017
2007	$1,816	$1,189
2008	$2,154	$1,399
2009	$1,820	$1,309
2010	$2,202	$1,276
2011	$2,418	$1,375
2012	$2,633	$1,327
2013	$2,873	$1,380
2014	$3,089	$1,399
2015	$2,586	$1,218
2016	$2,070	$1,266
2017	$1,876	$1,357
2018	$2,058	$1,453
2019	$2,265	$1,431
2020	$2,020	$1,461
2021	$2,017	$1,598
2022	$2,139	$1,574
2023	$1,597	$1,698
2024	$807	$1,744

Nigeria vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Senegal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Senegal
1950	35.5	36.5
1951	35.7	36.9
1952	35.9	37.4
1953	36	37.8
1954	36.2	38.2
1955	36.3	38.5
1956	36.5	38.9
1957	36.6	39.1
1958	36.8	39.4
1959	37	39.5
1960	37.2	39.7
1961	37.4	39.7
1962	37.6	39.7
1963	37.8	39.7
1964	38	39.8
1965	38.2	39.8
1966	38.4	39.8
1967	37.5	40
1968	38.6	40.1
1969	38.9	40.4
1970	40	40.8
1971	40.6	41.2
1972	41.3	41.8
1973	41.8	42.4
1974	42.5	43.1
1975	43.1	43.9
1976	44.2	44.8
1977	44.8	45.7
1978	45.3	46.6
1979	45.7	47.5
1980	46	48.3
1981	46.3	49.1
1982	46.4	49.9
1983	46.4	50.8
1984	46.3	51.7
1985	46.2	52.6
1986	46	53.7
1987	45.9	54.6
1988	45.8	55.5
1989	45.8	56.2
1990	45.7	56.7
1991	45.5	57
1992	45.6	57.3
1993	45.8	57.3
1994	45.7	57.5
1995	45.9	57.3
1996	45.8	57.1
1997	46	57.1
1998	46.1	57.1
1999	46.6	57.3
2000	47.1	57.6
2001	47.5	58.2
2002	48	58.9
2003	48.6	59.5
2004	49.1	60.3
2005	49.5	61
2006	49.9	61.8
2007	50.4	62.7
2008	50.7	63.2
2009	51.1	63.8
2010	51.3	64.2
2011	51.5	64.8
2012	51.7	65.2
2013	51.8	65.6
2014	51.9	66
2015	51.9	66.5
2016	52.2	66.7
2017	52.4	67.1
2018	52.7	67.4
2019	53	67.7
2020	53.1	67.5
2021	53.5	66.9
2022	54.1	67.8
2023	54.5	68.7
2024	54.6	68.9
2025	54.8	69.2

Nigeria and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Senegal

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Senegal
1960	45,053,782	3,340,907
1961	45,989,310	3,436,375
1962	46,965,292	3,534,686
1963	47,973,575	3,635,876
1964	49,012,016	3,740,535
1965	50,086,764	3,849,788
1966	51,188,234	3,964,299
1967	52,293,065	4,083,870
1968	53,432,783	4,207,587
1969	54,631,914	4,334,974
1970	55,893,838	4,466,328
1971	57,214,684	4,601,864
1972	58,601,748	4,741,631
1973	60,082,139	4,885,181
1974	61,679,144	5,029,437
1975	63,410,815	5,170,810
1976	65,258,009	5,308,564
1977	67,234,590	5,439,549
1978	69,326,532	5,568,096
1979	71,498,242	5,702,895
1980	73,764,641	5,845,638
1981	76,068,103	5,997,160
1982	78,378,701	6,156,961
1983	80,438,260	6,324,504
1984	82,526,443	6,499,364
1985	84,897,973	6,683,287
1986	87,235,953	6,878,192
1987	89,591,716	7,081,530
1988	92,020,090	7,289,618
1989	94,531,014	7,502,207
1990	97,120,925	7,720,523
1991	99,720,162	7,943,085
1992	102,372,770	8,168,395
1993	105,122,069	8,396,288
1994	107,935,714	8,624,078
1995	110,819,428	8,848,101
1996	113,754,779	9,067,014
1997	116,754,792	9,283,495
1998	119,846,254	9,502,952
1999	123,047,320	9,730,887
2000	126,382,494	9,968,260
2001	129,862,595	10,212,942
2002	133,471,989	10,466,214
2003	137,202,644	10,721,176
2004	141,057,045	10,975,704
2005	145,017,253	11,235,472
2006	149,077,334	11,500,094
2007	153,267,261	11,770,344
2008	157,595,014	12,048,959
2009	162,049,464	12,337,389
2010	166,642,886	12,635,413
2011	171,379,598	12,958,897
2012	176,200,625	13,310,495
2013	181,049,443	13,710,849
2014	185,896,915	14,152,102
2015	190,671,878	14,593,331
2016	195,443,700	15,034,521
2017	200,254,579	15,475,002
2018	204,938,755	15,914,498
2019	209,485,641	16,352,922
2020	213,996,181	16,789,219
2021	218,529,286	17,220,867
2022	223,150,896	17,651,103
2023	227,882,945	18,077,573
2024	232,679,478	18,501,984

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Senegal

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Senegal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Senegal
1960	6.36	7
1961	6.35	7.04
1962	6.36	7.08
1963	6.35	7.12
1964	6.36	7.16
1965	6.37	7.19
1966	6.39	7.22
1967	6.4	7.24
1968	6.42	7.25
1969	6.44	7.26
1970	6.47	7.26
1971	6.53	7.26
1972	6.58	7.26
1973	6.63	7.26
1974	6.7	7.25
1975	6.77	7.25
1976	6.81	7.26
1977	6.86	7.27
1978	6.92	7.28
1979	6.89	7.29
1980	6.85	7.29
1981	6.82	7.28
1982	6.8	7.25
1983	6.78	7.19
1984	6.7	7.11
1985	6.62	7.01
1986	6.56	6.9
1987	6.5	6.79
1988	6.5	6.58
1989	6.49	6.48
1990	6.46	6.4
1991	6.43	6.27
1992	6.39	6.15
1993	6.35	6.05
1994	6.32	5.92
1995	6.27	5.82
1996	6.22	5.72
1997	6.14	5.64
1998	6.07	5.58
1999	6.08	5.57
2000	6.12	5.5
2001	6.13	5.4
2002	6.12	5.3
2003	6.1	5.25
2004	6.09	5.19
2005	6.06	5.13
2006	6.05	5.06
2007	6.03	5.02
2008	6.02	5.02
2009	5.99	5.03
2010	5.95	5.06
2011	5.89	5.1
2012	5.8	5.13
2013	5.69	5.05
2014	5.62	4.88
2015	5.5	4.75
2016	5.34	4.65
2017	5.18	4.49
2018	5.02	4.29
2019	4.86	4.1
2020	4.7	4
2021	4.64	3.94
2022	4.55	3.86
2023	4.48	3.82

Nigeria and Senegal demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Senegal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Senegal
1960	19.3	18.1
1961	19.3	18
1962	19.3	18
1963	19.3	17.9
1964	19.3	17.9
1965	19.3	17.9
1966	19.3	17.8
1967	19.2	17.9
1968	19.2	17.9
1969	19.1	17.9
1970	18.9	17.9
1971	18.8	17.9
1972	18.7	17.9
1973	18.6	17.9
1974	18.5	17.8
1975	18.4	17.7
1976	18.3	17.6
1977	18.2	17.4
1978	18	17.2
1979	17.9	17
1980	17.8	16.8
1981	17.7	16.7
1982	17.6	16.5
1983	17.5	16.4
1984	17.4	16.3
1985	17.3	16.3
1986	17.3	16.3
1987	17.3	16.3
1988	17.3	16.4
1989	17.3	16.5
1990	17.3	16.6
1991	17.3	16.7
1992	17.4	16.8
1993	17.4	16.9
1994	17.5	17
1995	17.6	17.1
1996	17.6	17.2
1997	17.7	17.3
1998	17.8	17.4
1999	17.9	17.5
2000	17.9	17.6
2001	17.9	17.7
2002	17.9	17.8
2003	17.9	18
2004	17.9	18.1
2005	17.9	18.2
2006	17.9	18.2
2007	17.9	18.3
2008	17.8	18.4
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.8	18.5
2011	17.7	18.5
2012	17.7	18.5
2013	17.7	18.5
2014	17.7	18.6
2015	17.8	18.6
2016	17.8	18.7
2017	17.9	18.9
2018	18	19
2019	18.2	19.2
2020	18.3	19.4
2021	18.5	19.7
2022	18.7	19.9
2023	18.8	20.1
2024	19	20.4

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