Nigeria vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 30th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Nigeria and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
1960	$4,196,174,502	$322,151,961
1961	$4,467,287,893	$327,978,758
1962	$4,909,399,176	$342,872,549
1963	$5,165,590,254	$348,700,980
1964	$5,552,931,319	$372,011,438
1965	$5,874,537,650	$359,523,810
1966	$6,366,917,453	$375,630,252
1967	$5,203,237,919	$348,895,028
1968	$5,200,997,920	$329,991,597
1969	$6,634,317,346	$408,853,541
1970	$12,546,094,982	$434,584,634
1971	$9,181,769,912	$419,495,788
1972	$12,274,416,018	$465,254,682
1973	$15,162,871,287	$575,471,814
1974	$24,846,641,318	$648,940,351
1975	$27,778,934,625	$679,352,876
1976	$36,308,883,249	$594,810,422
1977	$36,035,407,725	$692,079,407
1978	$36,527,862,209	$960,765,043
1979	$47,259,911,894	$1,109,343,425
1980	$64,201,788,123	$1,100,476,190
1981	$164,475,209,516	$1,114,926,661
1982	$142,769,363,314	$1,294,995,964
1983	$97,094,911,792	$995,278,515
1984	$73,484,359,521	$1,087,450,199
1985	$73,745,821,158	$856,890,459
1986	$54,805,852,581	$490,181,457
1987	$52,676,041,931	$660,106,336
1988	$49,648,470,440	$1,055,083,933
1989	$44,003,061,108	$932,974,420
1990	$54,035,795,388	$649,644,098
1991	$59,526,833,412	$779,981,987
1992	$52,058,181,854	$679,940,814
1993	$56,721,051,402	$768,867,883
1994	$80,399,613,064	$911,853,802
1995	$140,919,776,986	$870,740,292
1996	$185,730,236,700	$941,709,423
1997	$200,850,397,618	$850,232,760
1998	$218,416,200,673	$672,368,187
1999	$59,145,077,039	$669,386,624
2000	$69,171,451,627	$635,866,404
2001	$73,557,840,064	$1,681,473,894
2002	$95,054,059,303	$1,933,863,911
2003	$104,738,954,264	$2,142,618,046
2004	$135,764,731,646	$2,237,350,687
2005	$175,670,569,969	$2,545,275,313
2006	$238,454,997,161	$3,263,697,467
2007	$278,260,846,800	$3,632,957,611
2008	$339,476,276,258	$4,157,895,298
2009	$295,008,835,381	$3,953,403,098
2010	$366,990,417,129	$4,262,805,967
2011	$414,466,676,831	$4,861,632,885
2012	$463,971,018,239	$6,141,666,509
2013	$520,117,180,314	$7,502,762,863
2014	$574,183,763,412	$7,686,138,791
2015	$493,026,682,801	$6,788,352,975
2016	$404,649,125,252	$6,084,297,211
2017	$375,745,731,053	$5,749,846,528
2018	$421,739,251,509	$6,390,514,689
2019	$474,517,490,844	$6,526,183,564
2020	$432,198,898,468	$6,693,888,876
2021	$440,833,635,874	$7,173,379,137
2022	$477,403,400,101	$7,124,465,160
2023	$363,846,332,835	$6,411,787,856
2024	$187,759,703,100	$7,547,843,281

Nigeria and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
1960	$93.1	$142
1961	$97.1	$142.3
1962	$104.5	$146.4
1963	$107.7	$146.4
1964	$113.3	$153.4
1965	$117.3	$145.6
1966	$124.4	$149.4
1967	$99.5	$136.2
1968	$97.3	$126.4
1969	$121.4	$153.6
1970	$224.5	$160.2
1971	$160.5	$151.8
1972	$209.5	$165.3
1973	$252.4	$200.7
1974	$403	$222.2
1975	$438	$228.4
1976	$556	$196.4
1977	$536	$224.3
1978	$527	$305
1979	$661	$346
1980	$870	$336
1981	$2,162	$334
1982	$1,822	$380
1983	$1,207	$285.9
1984	$890	$306
1985	$869	$235.5
1986	$628	$131.5
1987	$588	$172.4
1988	$540	$268.2
1989	$465	$231.3
1990	$556	$154.8
1991	$597	$183.7
1992	$509	$163.2
1993	$540	$185
1994	$745	$218.5
1995	$1,272	$208.4
1996	$1,633	$224.3
1997	$1,720	$199.9
1998	$1,822	$156.5
1999	$481	$155
2000	$547	$143.7
2001	$566	$358
2002	$712	$389
2003	$763	$414
2004	$962	$418
2005	$1,211	$463
2006	$1,600	$580
2007	$1,816	$632
2008	$2,154	$705
2009	$1,820	$653
2010	$2,202	$685
2011	$2,418	$761
2012	$2,633	$938
2013	$2,873	$1,117
2014	$3,089	$1,118
2015	$2,586	$965
2016	$2,070	$844
2017	$1,876	$779
2018	$2,058	$846
2019	$2,265	$844
2020	$2,020	$846
2021	$2,017	$886
2022	$2,139	$861
2023	$1,597	$758
2024	$807	$873

Nigeria vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
1950	35.5	28.9
1951	35.7	29.3
1952	35.9	29.7
1953	36	30.1
1954	36.2	30.5
1955	36.3	30.9
1956	36.5	31.3
1957	36.6	31.8
1958	36.8	32.1
1959	37	32.6
1960	37.2	33.1
1961	37.4	33.6
1962	37.6	34.2
1963	37.8	34.7
1964	38	35.3
1965	38.2	35.9
1966	38.4	36.6
1967	37.5	37.3
1968	38.6	37.8
1969	38.9	38.2
1970	40	38.6
1971	40.6	39.1
1972	41.3	39.5
1973	41.8	40
1974	42.5	40.4
1975	43.1	41
1976	44.2	41.4
1977	44.8	41.8
1978	45.3	42.2
1979	45.7	42.5
1980	46	42.8
1981	46.3	43.1
1982	46.4	43.3
1983	46.4	43.5
1984	46.3	43.6
1985	46.2	43.6
1986	46	43.5
1987	45.9	43.7
1988	45.8	43.8
1989	45.8	43.7
1990	45.7	43.7
1991	45.5	43.3
1992	45.6	43.5
1993	45.8	43.4
1994	45.7	42.8
1995	45.9	42.6
1996	45.8	43.5
1997	46	43.6
1998	46.1	42.7
1999	46.6	42
2000	47.1	44.8
2001	47.5	45.4
2002	48	46.2
2003	48.6	46.8
2004	49.1	47.5
2005	49.5	48.3
2006	49.9	49.5
2007	50.4	50
2008	50.7	50.7
2009	51.1	51.3
2010	51.3	51.9
2011	51.5	52.6
2012	51.7	53.2
2013	51.8	54.1
2014	51.9	54.3
2015	51.9	55.5
2016	52.2	56.9
2017	52.4	57.8
2018	52.7	59.1
2019	53	59.6
2020	53.1	59.7
2021	53.5	60.3
2022	54.1	61.3
2023	54.5	61.8
2024	54.6	62
2025	54.8	62.2

Nigeria and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
1960	45,053,782	2,268,356
1961	45,989,310	2,304,227
1962	46,965,292	2,342,242
1963	47,973,575	2,382,258
1964	49,012,016	2,424,390
1965	50,086,764	2,468,666
1966	51,188,234	2,514,638
1967	52,293,065	2,562,384
1968	53,432,783	2,611,532
1969	54,631,914	2,661,365
1970	55,893,838	2,712,286
1971	57,214,684	2,763,222
1972	58,601,748	2,814,388
1973	60,082,139	2,866,955
1974	61,679,144	2,920,459
1975	63,410,815	2,974,657
1976	65,258,009	3,028,820
1977	67,234,590	3,085,354
1978	69,326,532	3,145,517
1979	71,498,242	3,207,499
1980	73,764,641	3,272,089
1981	76,068,103	3,338,940
1982	78,378,701	3,408,183
1983	80,438,260	3,481,646
1984	82,526,443	3,558,758
1985	84,897,973	3,638,438
1986	87,235,953	3,728,380
1987	89,591,716	3,829,718
1988	92,020,090	3,934,517
1989	94,531,014	4,034,037
1990	97,120,925	4,196,828
1991	99,720,162	4,246,267
1992	102,372,770	4,166,366
1993	105,122,069	4,157,130
1994	107,935,714	4,173,105
1995	110,819,428	4,179,179
1996	113,754,779	4,199,210
1997	116,754,792	4,253,716
1998	119,846,254	4,295,785
1999	123,047,320	4,318,043
2000	126,382,494	4,423,611
2001	129,862,595	4,692,716
2002	133,471,989	4,971,435
2003	137,202,644	5,177,687
2004	141,057,045	5,355,717
2005	145,017,253	5,501,712
2006	149,077,334	5,624,466
2007	153,267,261	5,749,352
2008	157,595,014	5,894,722
2009	162,049,464	6,055,646
2010	166,642,886	6,222,714
2011	171,379,598	6,387,251
2012	176,200,625	6,551,080
2013	181,049,443	6,714,051
2014	185,896,915	6,876,385
2015	190,671,878	7,037,655
2016	195,443,700	7,205,328
2017	200,254,579	7,379,299
2018	204,938,755	7,554,563
2019	209,485,641	7,731,991
2020	213,996,181	7,912,558
2021	218,529,286	8,094,602
2022	223,150,896	8,276,807
2023	227,882,945	8,460,512
2024	232,679,478	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
1960	6.36	6.18
1961	6.35	6.21
1962	6.36	6.22
1963	6.35	6.26
1964	6.36	6.29
1965	6.37	6.31
1966	6.39	6.35
1967	6.4	6.38
1968	6.42	6.39
1969	6.44	6.39
1970	6.47	6.41
1971	6.53	6.43
1972	6.58	6.45
1973	6.63	6.47
1974	6.7	6.53
1975	6.77	6.55
1976	6.81	6.55
1977	6.86	6.57
1978	6.92	6.59
1979	6.89	6.58
1980	6.85	6.56
1981	6.82	6.55
1982	6.8	6.56
1983	6.78	6.57
1984	6.7	6.59
1985	6.62	6.59
1986	6.56	6.6
1987	6.5	6.61
1988	6.5	6.59
1989	6.49	6.57
1990	6.46	6.57
1991	6.43	6.55
1992	6.39	6.56
1993	6.35	6.57
1994	6.32	6.56
1995	6.27	6.56
1996	6.22	6.55
1997	6.14	6.53
1998	6.07	6.5
1999	6.08	6.42
2000	6.12	6.36
2001	6.13	6.31
2002	6.12	6.23
2003	6.1	6.09
2004	6.09	5.92
2005	6.06	5.81
2006	6.05	5.74
2007	6.03	5.64
2008	6.02	5.56
2009	5.99	5.45
2010	5.95	5.33
2011	5.89	5.21
2012	5.8	5.06
2013	5.69	4.87
2014	5.62	4.7
2015	5.5	4.55
2016	5.34	4.47
2017	5.18	4.39
2018	5.02	4.29
2019	4.86	4.19
2020	4.7	4.08
2021	4.64	3.98
2022	4.55	3.88
2023	4.48	3.79

Nigeria and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
1960	19.3	21.1
1961	19.3	21.1
1962	19.3	21.1
1963	19.3	21
1964	19.3	21
1965	19.3	20.9
1966	19.3	20.9
1967	19.2	20.8
1968	19.2	20.7
1969	19.1	20.6
1970	18.9	20.4
1971	18.8	20.2
1972	18.7	20.1
1973	18.6	19.9
1974	18.5	19.8
1975	18.4	19.6
1976	18.3	19.5
1977	18.2	19.4
1978	18	19.3
1979	17.9	19.2
1980	17.8	19.1
1981	17.7	19.1
1982	17.6	19
1983	17.5	18.9
1984	17.4	18.9
1985	17.3	18.8
1986	17.3	18.7
1987	17.3	18.7
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.3	18.6
1990	17.3	18.5
1991	17.3	18.5
1992	17.4	18.4
1993	17.4	18.4
1994	17.5	18.3
1995	17.6	18.2
1996	17.6	18.2
1997	17.7	18.1
1998	17.8	18.1
1999	17.9	18
2000	17.9	18
2001	17.9	18
2002	17.9	17.9
2003	17.9	17.9
2004	17.9	17.9
2005	17.9	18
2006	17.9	18
2007	17.9	18
2008	17.8	18.1
2009	17.8	18.1
2010	17.8	18.2
2011	17.7	18.3
2012	17.7	18.4
2013	17.7	18.5
2014	17.7	18.6
2015	17.8	18.7
2016	17.8	18.9
2017	17.9	19.1
2018	18	19.2
2019	18.2	19.4
2020	18.3	19.6
2021	18.5	19.8
2022	18.7	20
2023	18.8	20.3
2024	19	20.5

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