Nigeria vs South Africa statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 30th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Nigeria and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	South Africa
1960	$4,196,174,502	$8,748,596,501
1961	$4,467,287,893	$9,225,996,310
1962	$4,909,399,176	$9,813,996,074
1963	$5,165,590,254	$10,854,195,658
1964	$5,552,931,319	$11,955,995,218
1965	$5,874,537,650	$13,068,994,772
1966	$6,366,917,453	$14,211,394,315
1967	$5,203,237,919	$15,821,393,671
1968	$5,200,997,920	$17,124,793,150
1969	$6,634,317,346	$19,256,992,297
1970	$12,546,094,982	$21,218,391,513
1971	$9,181,769,912	$23,411,076,638
1972	$12,274,416,018	$24,515,919,217
1973	$15,162,871,287	$33,262,772,008
1974	$24,846,641,318	$41,389,186,095
1975	$27,778,934,625	$42,906,905,672
1976	$36,308,883,249	$41,150,460,288
1977	$36,035,407,725	$45,328,411,332
1978	$36,527,862,209	$51,607,412,902
1979	$47,259,911,894	$63,038,658,089
1980	$64,201,788,123	$89,411,864,402
1981	$164,475,209,516	$93,141,472,164
1982	$142,769,363,314	$85,904,057,409
1983	$97,094,911,792	$96,204,110,942
1984	$73,484,359,521	$84,870,163,366
1985	$73,745,821,158	$64,459,376,087
1986	$54,805,852,581	$73,354,771,399
1987	$52,676,041,931	$96,535,763,418
1988	$49,648,470,440	$103,976,831,871
1989	$44,003,061,108	$108,055,624,082
1990	$54,035,795,388	$126,048,140,142
1991	$59,526,833,412	$135,203,698,238
1992	$52,058,181,854	$146,956,150,987
1993	$56,721,051,402	$147,194,747,566
1994	$80,399,613,064	$153,512,712,382
1995	$140,919,776,986	$171,735,933,897
1996	$185,730,236,700	$163,234,925,381
1997	$200,850,397,618	$168,978,057,328
1998	$218,416,200,673	$152,982,984,557
1999	$59,145,077,039	$151,516,957,079
2000	$69,171,451,627	$151,752,757,215
2001	$73,557,840,064	$135,429,905,923
2002	$95,054,059,303	$129,087,556,612
2003	$104,738,954,264	$197,018,965,309
2004	$135,764,731,646	$255,806,908,595
2005	$175,670,569,969	$288,867,217,197
2006	$238,454,997,161	$303,858,675,364
2007	$278,260,846,800	$333,077,117,254
2008	$339,476,276,258	$316,131,258,616
2009	$295,008,835,381	$329,754,060,647
2010	$366,990,417,129	$417,363,822,802
2011	$414,466,676,831	$458,199,494,831
2012	$463,971,018,239	$434,400,545,086
2013	$520,117,180,314	$400,886,013,596
2014	$574,183,763,412	$381,198,869,776
2015	$493,026,682,801	$346,709,790,459
2016	$404,649,125,252	$323,585,509,674
2017	$375,745,731,053	$381,448,814,653
2018	$421,739,251,509	$405,260,723,893
2019	$474,517,490,844	$389,330,032,224
2020	$432,198,898,468	$337,974,655,408
2021	$440,833,635,874	$420,886,877,629
2022	$477,403,400,101	$406,920,004,594
2023	$363,846,332,835	$380,699,271,816
2024	$187,759,703,100	$400,260,724,226

Nigeria and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	South Africa
1960	$93.1	$532
1961	$97.1	$546
1962	$104.5	$563
1963	$107.7	$605
1964	$113.3	$646
1965	$117.3	$685
1966	$124.4	$722
1967	$99.5	$779
1968	$97.3	$817
1969	$121.4	$891
1970	$224.5	$952
1971	$160.5	$1,020
1972	$209.5	$1,038
1973	$252.4	$1,369
1974	$403	$1,656
1975	$438	$1,670
1976	$556	$1,559
1977	$536	$1,671
1978	$527	$1,852
1979	$661	$2,202
1980	$870	$3,029
1981	$2,162	$3,050
1982	$1,822	$2,717
1983	$1,207	$2,938
1984	$890	$2,504
1985	$869	$1,839
1986	$628	$2,027
1987	$588	$2,586
1988	$540	$2,702
1989	$465	$2,727
1990	$556	$3,093
1991	$597	$3,243
1992	$509	$3,462
1993	$540	$3,400
1994	$745	$3,489
1995	$1,272	$3,856
1996	$1,633	$3,618
1997	$1,720	$3,700
1998	$1,822	$3,310
1999	$481	$3,242
2000	$547	$3,218
2001	$566	$2,847
2002	$712	$2,688
2003	$763	$4,062
2004	$962	$5,221
2005	$1,211	$5,837
2006	$1,600	$6,077
2007	$1,816	$6,592
2008	$2,154	$6,185
2009	$1,820	$6,375
2010	$2,202	$7,973
2011	$2,418	$8,646
2012	$2,633	$8,077
2013	$2,873	$7,332
2014	$3,089	$6,857
2015	$2,586	$6,112
2016	$2,070	$5,651
2017	$1,876	$6,618
2018	$2,058	$6,914
2019	$2,265	$6,534
2020	$2,020	$5,581
2021	$2,017	$6,843
2022	$2,139	$6,523
2023	$1,597	$6,023
2024	$807	$6,253

Nigeria vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	South Africa
1950	35.5	43.1
1951	35.7	44.1
1952	35.9	45
1953	36	46.1
1954	36.2	47.1
1955	36.3	48.2
1956	36.5	49.2
1957	36.6	50.2
1958	36.8	51.1
1959	37	51.9
1960	37.2	52.6
1961	37.4	53.1
1962	37.6	53.6
1963	37.8	53.9
1964	38	54.2
1965	38.2	54.4
1966	38.4	54.7
1967	37.5	55
1968	38.6	55.2
1969	38.9	55.4
1970	40	55.7
1971	40.6	56
1972	41.3	56.4
1973	41.8	56.7
1974	42.5	57.1
1975	43.1	57.6
1976	44.2	58
1977	44.8	58.5
1978	45.3	59
1979	45.7	59.5
1980	46	60
1981	46.3	60.4
1982	46.4	60.9
1983	46.4	61.4
1984	46.3	61.8
1985	46.2	62.2
1986	46	62.4
1987	45.9	62.7
1988	45.8	62.9
1989	45.8	63
1990	45.7	62.9
1991	45.5	63
1992	45.6	62.8
1993	45.8	62.6
1994	45.7	62.1
1995	45.9	61.6
1996	45.8	61.1
1997	46	60.5
1998	46.1	59.9
1999	46.6	59.2
2000	47.1	58.4
2001	47.5	57.2
2002	48	55.6
2003	48.6	54.2
2004	49.1	54
2005	49.5	53.9
2006	49.9	54.2
2007	50.4	54.9
2008	50.7	56
2009	51.1	57.4
2010	51.3	58.9
2011	51.5	60.6
2012	51.7	61.7
2013	51.8	62.4
2014	51.9	63.2
2015	51.9	64.1
2016	52.2	64.7
2017	52.4	65.4
2018	52.7	65.7
2019	53	66.1
2020	53.1	65.2
2021	53.5	62
2022	54.1	65.5
2023	54.5	66.1
2024	54.6	66.3
2025	54.8	66.5

Nigeria and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	South Africa
1960	45,053,782	16,440,172
1961	45,989,310	16,908,035
1962	46,965,292	17,418,522
1963	47,973,575	17,954,564
1964	49,012,016	18,511,361
1965	50,086,764	19,089,380
1966	51,188,234	19,690,087
1967	52,293,065	20,314,066
1968	53,432,783	20,957,287
1969	54,631,914	21,614,676
1970	55,893,838	22,279,984
1971	57,214,684	22,942,143
1972	58,601,748	23,609,456
1973	60,082,139	24,294,263
1974	61,679,144	24,989,108
1975	63,410,815	25,690,940
1976	65,258,009	26,395,450
1977	67,234,590	27,118,952
1978	69,326,532	27,869,507
1979	71,498,242	28,634,162
1980	73,764,641	29,518,857
1981	76,068,103	30,541,044
1982	78,378,701	31,615,339
1983	80,438,260	32,739,304
1984	82,526,443	33,892,788
1985	84,897,973	35,042,093
1986	87,235,953	36,180,515
1987	89,591,716	37,326,190
1988	92,020,090	38,480,649
1989	94,531,014	39,628,575
1990	97,120,925	40,746,268
1991	99,720,162	41,687,898
1992	102,372,770	42,443,509
1993	105,122,069	43,297,156
1994	107,935,714	44,004,139
1995	110,819,428	44,541,554
1996	113,754,779	45,123,018
1997	116,754,792	45,666,838
1998	119,846,254	46,223,880
1999	123,047,320	46,730,335
2000	126,382,494	47,159,719
2001	129,862,595	47,566,800
2002	133,471,989	48,019,415
2003	137,202,644	48,500,348
2004	141,057,045	48,991,421
2005	145,017,253	49,490,033
2006	149,077,334	49,998,277
2007	153,267,261	50,528,584
2008	157,595,014	51,114,599
2009	162,049,464	51,728,516
2010	166,642,886	52,344,051
2011	171,379,598	52,995,205
2012	176,200,625	53,782,567
2013	181,049,443	54,678,791
2014	185,896,915	55,594,838
2015	190,671,878	56,723,537
2016	195,443,700	57,259,551
2017	200,254,579	57,635,162
2018	204,938,755	58,613,001
2019	209,485,641	59,587,885
2020	213,996,181	60,562,381
2021	218,529,286	61,502,603
2022	223,150,896	62,378,410
2023	227,882,945	63,212,384
2024	232,679,478	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Nigeria and South Africa

Fertility rate

Nigeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	South Africa
1960	6.36	6.11
1961	6.35	6.08
1962	6.36	6.05
1963	6.35	6.01
1964	6.36	5.96
1965	6.37	5.89
1966	6.39	5.91
1967	6.4	5.85
1968	6.42	5.78
1969	6.44	5.72
1970	6.47	5.63
1971	6.53	5.57
1972	6.58	5.49
1973	6.63	5.41
1974	6.7	5.3
1975	6.77	5.19
1976	6.81	5.07
1977	6.86	4.94
1978	6.92	4.85
1979	6.89	4.82
1980	6.85	4.78
1981	6.82	4.71
1982	6.8	4.7
1983	6.78	4.63
1984	6.7	4.57
1985	6.62	4.5
1986	6.56	4.41
1987	6.5	4.35
1988	6.5	4.18
1989	6.49	3.98
1990	6.46	3.72
1991	6.43	3.62
1992	6.39	3.48
1993	6.35	3.37
1994	6.32	3.26
1995	6.27	3.17
1996	6.22	2.99
1997	6.14	2.73
1998	6.07	2.63
1999	6.08	2.56
2000	6.12	2.41
2001	6.13	2.37
2002	6.12	2.32
2003	6.1	2.36
2004	6.09	2.44
2005	6.06	2.51
2006	6.05	2.55
2007	6.03	2.55
2008	6.02	2.68
2009	5.99	2.5
2010	5.95	2.44
2011	5.89	2.44
2012	5.8	2.45
2013	5.69	2.43
2014	5.62	2.42
2015	5.5	2.36
2016	5.34	2.26
2017	5.18	2.28
2018	5.02	2.27
2019	4.86	2.26
2020	4.7	2.26
2021	4.64	2.25
2022	4.55	2.23
2023	4.48	2.22

Nigeria and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	South Africa
1960	19.3	19
1961	19.3	19
1962	19.3	18.9
1963	19.3	18.9
1964	19.3	18.9
1965	19.3	18.8
1966	19.3	18.8
1967	19.2	18.8
1968	19.2	18.8
1969	19.1	18.8
1970	18.9	18.8
1971	18.8	18.8
1972	18.7	18.8
1973	18.6	18.8
1974	18.5	18.9
1975	18.4	18.9
1976	18.3	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	18	19.2
1979	17.9	19.3
1980	17.8	19.4
1981	17.7	19.6
1982	17.6	19.8
1983	17.5	20
1984	17.4	20.2
1985	17.3	20.4
1986	17.3	20.5
1987	17.3	20.7
1988	17.3	20.9
1989	17.3	21.1
1990	17.3	21.3
1991	17.3	21.5
1992	17.4	21.5
1993	17.4	21.9
1994	17.5	22
1995	17.6	21.5
1996	17.6	21.2
1997	17.7	21.2
1998	17.8	21.4
1999	17.9	21.6
2000	17.9	21.9
2001	17.9	22.2
2002	17.9	22.4
2003	17.9	22.8
2004	17.9	23.1
2005	17.9	23.3
2006	17.9	23.5
2007	17.9	23.8
2008	17.8	24
2009	17.8	24.3
2010	17.8	24.6
2011	17.7	25
2012	17.7	25.3
2013	17.7	25.7
2014	17.7	26
2015	17.8	26.4
2016	17.8	26.7
2017	17.9	27
2018	18	27.5
2019	18.2	27.9
2020	18.3	28.3
2021	18.5	28.6
2022	18.7	28.9
2023	18.8	29.2
2024	19	29.5

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