Nigeria vs Somalia statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 30th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Nigeria and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Somalia
1960	$4,196,174,502	$180,459,937
1961	$4,467,287,893	$191,659,914
1962	$4,909,399,176	$203,531,928
1963	$5,165,590,254	$216,145,936
1964	$5,552,931,319	$229,529,913
1965	$5,874,537,650	$243,725,898
1966	$6,366,917,453	$257,375,897
1967	$5,203,237,919	$271,781,887
1968	$5,200,997,920	$286,719,885
1969	$6,634,317,346	$306,357,285
1970	$12,546,094,982	$347,985,394
1971	$9,181,769,912	$347,039,446
1972	$12,274,416,018	$447,883,941
1973	$15,162,871,287	$483,699,611
1974	$24,846,641,318	$572,504,036
1975	$27,778,934,625	$757,015,879
1976	$36,308,883,249	$871,344,245
1977	$36,035,407,725	$498,550,725
1978	$36,527,862,209	$564,571,823
1979	$47,259,911,894	$589,566,929
1980	$64,201,788,123	$602,515,548
1981	$164,475,209,516	$699,302,473
1982	$142,769,363,314	$774,578,932
1983	$97,094,911,792	$735,408,642
1984	$73,484,359,521	$787,434,542
1985	$73,745,821,158	$875,702,247
1986	$54,805,852,581	$916,590,786
1987	$52,676,041,931	$1,018,972,664
1988	$49,648,470,440	$1,051,596,967
1989	$44,003,061,108	$1,181,360,844
1990	$54,035,795,388	$1,031,282,081
1991	$59,526,833,412	$717,974,930
1992	$52,058,181,854	$709,297,579
1993	$56,721,051,402	$1,260,132,956
1994	$80,399,613,064	$1,481,205,098
1995	$140,919,776,986	$1,534,756,135
1996	$185,730,236,700	$1,792,234,297
1997	$200,850,397,618	$2,191,749,014
1998	$218,416,200,673	$2,962,047,564
1999	$59,145,077,039	$3,045,751,528
2000	$69,171,451,627	$3,412,797,450
2001	$73,557,840,064	$2,252,847,465
2002	$95,054,059,303	$2,192,684,135
2003	$104,738,954,264	$2,836,724,352
2004	$135,764,731,646	$3,859,592,813
2005	$175,670,569,969	$4,683,246,454
2006	$238,454,997,161	$5,026,743,282
2007	$278,260,846,800	$5,430,713,729
2008	$339,476,276,258	$5,913,620,293
2009	$295,008,835,381	$2,948,594,552
2010	$366,990,417,129	$2,687,807,004
2011	$414,466,676,831	$2,906,000,097
2012	$463,971,018,239	$4,364,670,160
2013	$520,117,180,314	$5,062,881,600
2014	$574,183,763,412	$5,728,399,720
2015	$493,026,682,801	$6,152,149,100
2016	$404,649,125,252	$6,613,743,070
2017	$375,745,731,053	$7,621,501,710
2018	$421,739,251,509	$7,873,440,830
2019	$474,517,490,844	$8,655,023,960
2020	$432,198,898,468	$8,628,393,720
2021	$440,833,635,874	$9,483,997,390
2022	$477,403,400,101	$10,202,767,270
2023	$363,846,332,835	$10,968,517,090
2024	$187,759,703,100	$12,108,515,110

Nigeria and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Somalia
1960	$93.1	$62.7
1961	$97.1	$64.9
1962	$104.5	$67.2
1963	$107.7	$69.5
1964	$113.3	$71.9
1965	$117.3	$74.4
1966	$124.4	$76.5
1967	$99.5	$78.7
1968	$97.3	$80.8
1969	$121.4	$84.1
1970	$224.5	$93.1
1971	$160.5	$90.4
1972	$209.5	$113.7
1973	$252.4	$119.6
1974	$403	$137.9
1975	$438	$177.8
1976	$556	$199.6
1977	$536	$111.2
1978	$527	$117.3
1979	$661	$108.2
1980	$870	$101.5
1981	$2,162	$116.9
1982	$1,822	$129
1983	$1,207	$118.6
1984	$890	$122.5
1985	$869	$130.8
1986	$628	$131.4
1987	$588	$141
1988	$540	$145.3
1989	$465	$166
1990	$556	$145.6
1991	$597	$105.4
1992	$509	$109.2
1993	$540	$188.6
1994	$745	$210.8
1995	$1,272	$210.7
1996	$1,633	$237.2
1997	$1,720	$280.1
1998	$1,822	$363
1999	$481	$359
2000	$547	$386
2001	$566	$244.9
2002	$712	$229.6
2003	$763	$286.3
2004	$962	$375
2005	$1,211	$440
2006	$1,600	$458
2007	$1,816	$480
2008	$2,154	$507
2009	$1,820	$246.5
2010	$2,202	$219.2
2011	$2,418	$235.3
2012	$2,633	$350
2013	$2,873	$393
2014	$3,089	$429
2015	$2,586	$446
2016	$2,070	$461
2017	$1,876	$511
2018	$2,058	$510
2019	$2,265	$540
2020	$2,020	$518
2021	$2,017	$549
2022	$2,139	$573
2023	$1,597	$597
2024	$807	$637

Nigeria vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Somalia
1950	35.5	41.5
1951	35.7	41.7
1952	35.9	41.9
1953	36	42.1
1954	36.2	42.3
1955	36.3	42.5
1956	36.5	42.7
1957	36.6	42.9
1958	36.8	43.1
1959	37	43.3
1960	37.2	43.5
1961	37.4	43.7
1962	37.6	44
1963	37.8	44.2
1964	38	44.4
1965	38.2	44.6
1966	38.4	44.8
1967	37.5	45.1
1968	38.6	45.3
1969	38.9	45.5
1970	40	45.6
1971	40.6	45.8
1972	41.3	46
1973	41.8	46.2
1974	42.5	44.3
1975	43.1	44.5
1976	44.2	44.7
1977	44.8	47
1978	45.3	47
1979	45.7	47.4
1980	46	47.6
1981	46.3	47.8
1982	46.4	48
1983	46.4	48.2
1984	46.3	48.4
1985	46.2	48.3
1986	46	48.4
1987	45.9	49
1988	45.8	43.9
1989	45.8	46.6
1990	45.7	46.9
1991	45.5	25.4
1992	45.6	25
1993	45.8	50.6
1994	45.7	50.3
1995	45.9	50.6
1996	45.8	50.5
1997	46	50.3
1998	46.1	50.8
1999	46.6	50.6
2000	47.1	50.7
2001	47.5	50.8
2002	48	50.8
2003	48.6	50.7
2004	49.1	50.7
2005	49.5	50.9
2006	49.9	50.9
2007	50.4	50.9
2008	50.7	51.5
2009	51.1	52.1
2010	51.3	48.9
2011	51.5	32.5
2012	51.7	49.1
2013	51.8	54
2014	51.9	54.4
2015	51.9	55.1
2016	52.2	55.3
2017	52.4	52.2
2018	52.7	54.8
2019	53	57.2
2020	53.1	57.1
2021	53.5	55.7
2022	54.1	53.9
2023	54.5	58.8
2024	54.6	59
2025	54.8	59.1

Nigeria and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Somalia
1960	45,053,782	2,876,331
1961	45,989,310	2,952,054
1962	46,965,292	3,030,091
1963	47,973,575	3,110,361
1964	49,012,016	3,192,796
1965	50,086,764	3,277,874
1966	51,188,234	3,365,106
1967	52,293,065	3,454,537
1968	53,432,783	3,546,590
1969	54,631,914	3,641,015
1970	55,893,838	3,738,448
1971	57,214,684	3,837,691
1972	58,601,748	3,939,436
1973	60,082,139	4,045,592
1974	61,679,144	4,151,842
1975	63,410,815	4,257,535
1976	65,258,009	4,365,812
1977	67,234,590	4,484,050
1978	69,326,532	4,814,892
1979	71,498,242	5,449,117
1980	73,764,641	5,936,154
1981	76,068,103	5,982,849
1982	78,378,701	6,003,840
1983	80,438,260	6,198,430
1984	82,526,443	6,428,389
1985	84,897,973	6,693,289
1986	87,235,953	6,974,788
1987	89,591,716	7,228,302
1988	92,020,090	7,235,360
1989	94,531,014	7,114,817
1990	97,120,925	7,082,811
1991	99,720,162	6,813,760
1992	102,372,770	6,495,107
1993	105,122,069	6,681,399
1994	107,935,714	7,026,797
1995	110,819,428	7,285,007
1996	113,754,779	7,554,474
1997	116,754,792	7,824,525
1998	119,846,254	8,155,417
1999	123,047,320	8,492,059
2000	126,382,494	8,838,713
2001	129,862,595	9,198,493
2002	133,471,989	9,550,063
2003	137,202,644	9,909,157
2004	141,057,045	10,280,998
2005	145,017,253	10,644,228
2006	149,077,334	10,975,502
2007	153,267,261	11,322,582
2008	157,595,014	11,663,084
2009	162,049,464	11,961,201
2010	166,642,886	12,261,756
2011	171,379,598	12,348,830
2012	176,200,625	12,461,160
2013	181,049,443	12,869,594
2014	185,896,915	13,339,491
2015	190,671,878	13,806,963
2016	195,443,700	14,348,740
2017	200,254,579	14,916,629
2018	204,938,755	15,452,487
2019	209,485,641	16,030,971
2020	213,996,181	16,651,191
2021	218,529,286	17,271,431
2022	223,150,896	17,801,897
2023	227,882,945	18,358,615
2024	232,679,478	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Somalia

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Somalia
1960	6.36	7.25
1961	6.35	7.25
1962	6.36	7.26
1963	6.35	7.26
1964	6.36	7.26
1965	6.37	7.26
1966	6.39	7.26
1967	6.4	7.25
1968	6.42	7.23
1969	6.44	7.21
1970	6.47	7.18
1971	6.53	7.15
1972	6.58	7.12
1973	6.63	7.09
1974	6.7	7.06
1975	6.77	7.03
1976	6.81	7.02
1977	6.86	7
1978	6.92	7.13
1979	6.89	7.16
1980	6.85	7.18
1981	6.82	7.23
1982	6.8	7.25
1983	6.78	7.28
1984	6.7	7.3
1985	6.62	7.33
1986	6.56	7.35
1987	6.5	7.37
1988	6.5	7.4
1989	6.49	7.42
1990	6.46	7.44
1991	6.43	7.47
1992	6.39	7.5
1993	6.35	7.53
1994	6.32	7.54
1995	6.27	7.58
1996	6.22	7.62
1997	6.14	7.66
1998	6.07	7.66
1999	6.08	7.66
2000	6.12	7.65
2001	6.13	7.64
2002	6.12	7.63
2003	6.1	7.6
2004	6.09	7.57
2005	6.06	7.53
2006	6.05	7.49
2007	6.03	7.46
2008	6.02	7.42
2009	5.99	7.38
2010	5.95	7.32
2011	5.89	7.27
2012	5.8	7.21
2013	5.69	7.14
2014	5.62	7.06
2015	5.5	6.98
2016	5.34	6.88
2017	5.18	6.77
2018	5.02	6.66
2019	4.86	6.56
2020	4.7	6.45
2021	4.64	6.35
2022	4.55	6.26
2023	4.48	6.13

Nigeria and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Somalia
1960	19.3	18.1
1961	19.3	17.9
1962	19.3	17.8
1963	19.3	17.7
1964	19.3	17.6
1965	19.3	17.5
1966	19.3	17.5
1967	19.2	17.5
1968	19.2	17.5
1969	19.1	17.5
1970	18.9	17.5
1971	18.8	17.6
1972	18.7	17.6
1973	18.6	17.6
1974	18.5	17.7
1975	18.4	17.7
1976	18.3	17.7
1977	18.2	17.7
1978	18	17.7
1979	17.9	17.6
1980	17.8	17.6
1981	17.7	17.5
1982	17.6	17.4
1983	17.5	17.4
1984	17.4	17.3
1985	17.3	17.2
1986	17.3	17.1
1987	17.3	17
1988	17.3	16.8
1989	17.3	16.7
1990	17.3	16.5
1991	17.3	16.5
1992	17.4	16.7
1993	17.4	16.8
1994	17.5	16.7
1995	17.6	16.6
1996	17.6	16.5
1997	17.7	16.4
1998	17.8	16.4
1999	17.9	16.3
2000	17.9	16.3
2001	17.9	16.2
2002	17.9	16.2
2003	17.9	16.1
2004	17.9	16
2005	17.9	15.9
2006	17.9	15.7
2007	17.9	15.6
2008	17.8	15.6
2009	17.8	15.6
2010	17.8	15.7
2011	17.7	15.8
2012	17.7	16
2013	17.7	16
2014	17.7	16
2015	17.8	16.1
2016	17.8	16.1
2017	17.9	16.2
2018	18	16.2
2019	18.2	16.3
2020	18.3	16.3
2021	18.5	16.4
2022	18.7	16.5
2023	18.8	16.5
2024	19	16.6

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