Nigeria vs South Korea statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 30th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Nigeria and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	$4,196,174,502	$3,958,811,881
1961	$4,467,287,893	$2,417,628,737
1962	$4,909,399,176	$2,814,615,385
1963	$5,165,590,254	$3,988,461,538
1964	$5,552,931,319	$3,459,019,943
1965	$5,874,537,650	$3,120,861,499
1966	$6,366,917,453	$3,929,055,144
1967	$5,203,237,919	$4,855,892,446
1968	$5,200,997,920	$6,119,394,892
1969	$6,634,317,346	$7,678,698,838
1970	$12,546,094,982	$9,005,144,969
1971	$9,181,769,912	$9,903,571,249
1972	$12,274,416,018	$10,862,211,761
1973	$15,162,871,287	$13,876,472,208
1974	$24,846,641,318	$19,543,973,941
1975	$27,778,934,625	$21,784,297,521
1976	$36,308,883,249	$29,902,479,339
1977	$36,035,407,725	$38,446,487,603
1978	$36,527,862,209	$51,972,107,438
1979	$47,259,911,894	$66,946,900,826
1980	$64,201,788,123	$65,398,377,598
1981	$164,475,209,516	$72,933,533,012
1982	$142,769,363,314	$78,358,416,171
1983	$97,094,911,792	$87,760,553,262
1984	$73,484,359,521	$97,510,744,119
1985	$73,745,821,158	$101,296,177,099
1986	$54,805,852,581	$116,836,246,285
1987	$52,676,041,931	$147,948,709,376
1988	$49,648,470,440	$199,591,287,825
1989	$44,003,061,108	$246,928,837,311
1990	$54,035,795,388	$283,365,844,161
1991	$59,526,833,412	$330,647,042,837
1992	$52,058,181,854	$355,524,903,068
1993	$56,721,051,402	$392,665,710,525
1994	$80,399,613,064	$463,619,823,515
1995	$140,919,776,986	$566,581,003,128
1996	$185,730,236,700	$610,167,053,824
1997	$200,850,397,618	$569,755,022,973
1998	$218,416,200,673	$383,331,833,682
1999	$59,145,077,039	$497,514,040,642
2000	$69,171,451,627	$576,179,387,820
2001	$73,557,840,064	$547,656,279,895
2002	$95,054,059,303	$627,246,933,730
2003	$104,738,954,264	$702,714,855,194
2004	$135,764,731,646	$793,175,561,887
2005	$175,670,569,969	$934,901,071,333
2006	$238,454,997,161	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$278,260,846,800	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$339,476,276,258	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$295,008,835,381	$943,941,876,219
2010	$366,990,417,129	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$414,466,676,831	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$463,971,018,239	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$520,117,180,314	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$574,183,763,412	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$493,026,682,801	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$404,649,125,252	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$375,745,731,053	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$421,739,251,509	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$474,517,490,844	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$432,198,898,468	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$440,833,635,874	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$477,403,400,101	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$363,846,332,835	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$187,759,703,100	-

Nigeria and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	$93.1	$158.3
1961	$97.1	$93.8
1962	$104.5	$106.2
1963	$107.7	$146.3
1964	$113.3	$123.6
1965	$117.3	$108.7
1966	$124.4	$133.5
1967	$99.5	$161.2
1968	$97.3	$198.4
1969	$121.4	$243.4
1970	$224.5	$279.3
1971	$160.5	$301
1972	$209.5	$324
1973	$252.4	$407
1974	$403	$563
1975	$438	$617
1976	$556	$834
1977	$536	$1,056
1978	$527	$1,406
1979	$661	$1,784
1980	$870	$1,715
1981	$2,162	$1,883
1982	$1,822	$1,993
1983	$1,207	$2,199
1984	$890	$2,413
1985	$869	$2,482
1986	$628	$2,835
1987	$588	$3,555
1988	$540	$4,749
1989	$465	$5,817
1990	$556	$6,610
1991	$597	$7,637
1992	$509	$8,127
1993	$540	$8,885
1994	$745	$10,385
1995	$1,272	$12,565
1996	$1,633	$13,403
1997	$1,720	$12,398
1998	$1,822	$8,282
1999	$481	$10,672
2000	$547	$12,257
2001	$566	$11,561
2002	$712	$13,165
2003	$763	$14,673
2004	$962	$16,496
2005	$1,211	$19,403
2006	$1,600	$21,743
2007	$1,816	$24,086
2008	$2,154	$21,350
2009	$1,820	$19,144
2010	$2,202	$23,079
2011	$2,418	$25,098
2012	$2,633	$25,459
2013	$2,873	$27,180
2014	$3,089	$29,253
2015	$2,586	$28,737
2016	$2,070	$29,280
2017	$1,876	$31,601
2018	$2,058	$33,447
2019	$2,265	$31,902
2020	$2,020	$31,721
2021	$2,017	$35,126
2022	$2,139	$32,395
2023	$1,597	$33,121
2024	$807	-

Nigeria vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	South Korea
1950	35.5	22.2
1951	35.7	26.6
1952	35.9	36.6
1953	36	40.5
1954	36.2	46.1
1955	36.3	48.4
1956	36.5	50.2
1957	36.6	51.6
1958	36.8	51.8
1959	37	52.9
1960	37.2	53.8
1961	37.4	54.4
1962	37.6	55
1963	37.8	55
1964	38	55.3
1965	38.2	55.8
1966	38.4	55.4
1967	37.5	60.9
1968	38.6	60.9
1969	38.9	61.4
1970	40	62.2
1971	40.6	62.7
1972	41.3	63.2
1973	41.8	63.8
1974	42.5	64.2
1975	43.1	64.7
1976	44.2	65
1977	44.8	64.6
1978	45.3	65
1979	45.7	66.1
1980	46	64.8
1981	46.3	67.1
1982	46.4	67.1
1983	46.4	66.7
1984	46.3	68.1
1985	46.2	68.4
1986	46	69
1987	45.9	69.3
1988	45.8	70.2
1989	45.8	70.7
1990	45.7	71
1991	45.5	71.4
1992	45.6	72.2
1993	45.8	72.7
1994	45.7	72.9
1995	45.9	73.4
1996	45.8	74
1997	46	74.5
1998	46.1	75
1999	46.6	75.6
2000	47.1	76.2
2001	47.5	76.9
2002	48	77.2
2003	48.6	77.5
2004	49.1	78
2005	49.5	78.4
2006	49.9	79
2007	50.4	79.4
2008	50.7	80
2009	51.1	80.6
2010	51.3	80.7
2011	51.5	81.2
2012	51.7	81.3
2013	51.8	81.8
2014	51.9	82.4
2015	51.9	82.5
2016	52.2	82.9
2017	52.4	83.3
2018	52.7	83.3
2019	53	83.7
2020	53.1	83.7
2021	53.5	83.9
2022	54.1	82.7
2023	54.5	84.3
2024	54.6	84.4
2025	54.8	84.5

Nigeria and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	45,053,782	25,012,374
1961	45,989,310	25,765,673
1962	46,965,292	26,513,030
1963	47,973,575	27,261,747
1964	49,012,016	27,984,155
1965	50,086,764	28,704,674
1966	51,188,234	29,435,571
1967	52,293,065	30,130,983
1968	53,432,783	30,838,302
1969	54,631,914	31,544,266
1970	55,893,838	32,240,827
1971	57,214,684	32,882,704
1972	58,601,748	33,505,406
1973	60,082,139	34,103,149
1974	61,679,144	34,692,266
1975	63,410,815	35,280,725
1976	65,258,009	35,848,523
1977	67,234,590	36,411,795
1978	69,326,532	36,969,185
1979	71,498,242	37,534,236
1980	73,764,641	38,123,775
1981	76,068,103	38,723,248
1982	78,378,701	39,326,352
1983	80,438,260	39,910,403
1984	82,526,443	40,405,956
1985	84,897,973	40,805,744
1986	87,235,953	41,213,674
1987	89,591,716	41,621,690
1988	92,020,090	42,031,247
1989	94,531,014	42,449,038
1990	97,120,925	42,869,283
1991	99,720,162	43,295,704
1992	102,372,770	43,747,962
1993	105,122,069	44,194,628
1994	107,935,714	44,641,540
1995	110,819,428	45,092,991
1996	113,754,779	45,524,681
1997	116,754,792	45,953,580
1998	119,846,254	46,286,503
1999	123,047,320	46,616,677
2000	126,382,494	47,008,111
2001	129,862,595	47,370,164
2002	133,471,989	47,644,736
2003	137,202,644	47,892,330
2004	141,057,045	48,082,519
2005	145,017,253	48,184,561
2006	149,077,334	48,438,292
2007	153,267,261	48,683,638
2008	157,595,014	49,054,708
2009	162,049,464	49,307,835
2010	166,642,886	49,554,112
2011	171,379,598	49,936,638
2012	176,200,625	50,199,853
2013	181,049,443	50,428,893
2014	185,896,915	50,746,659
2015	190,671,878	51,014,947
2016	195,443,700	51,217,803
2017	200,254,579	51,361,911
2018	204,938,755	51,585,058
2019	209,485,641	51,764,822
2020	213,996,181	51,836,239
2021	218,529,286	51,769,539
2022	223,150,896	51,672,569
2023	227,882,945	51,712,619
2024	232,679,478	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Nigeria and South Korea

Fertility rate

Nigeria

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	6.36	5.99
1961	6.35	5.8
1962	6.36	5.56
1963	6.35	5.33
1964	6.36	5.07
1965	6.37	4.89
1966	6.39	4.78
1967	6.4	4.62
1968	6.42	4.51
1969	6.44	4.45
1970	6.47	4.53
1971	6.53	4.54
1972	6.58	4.12
1973	6.63	4.07
1974	6.7	3.77
1975	6.77	3.43
1976	6.81	3
1977	6.86	2.99
1978	6.92	2.64
1979	6.89	2.9
1980	6.85	2.82
1981	6.82	2.57
1982	6.8	2.39
1983	6.78	2.06
1984	6.7	1.74
1985	6.62	1.66
1986	6.56	1.58
1987	6.5	1.53
1988	6.5	1.55
1989	6.49	1.56
1990	6.46	1.57
1991	6.43	1.71
1992	6.39	1.76
1993	6.35	1.65
1994	6.32	1.66
1995	6.27	1.63
1996	6.22	1.57
1997	6.14	1.54
1998	6.07	1.46
1999	6.08	1.43
2000	6.12	1.48
2001	6.13	1.31
2002	6.12	1.18
2003	6.1	1.19
2004	6.09	1.16
2005	6.06	1.09
2006	6.05	1.13
2007	6.03	1.26
2008	6.02	1.19
2009	5.99	1.15
2010	5.95	1.23
2011	5.89	1.24
2012	5.8	1.3
2013	5.69	1.19
2014	5.62	1.21
2015	5.5	1.24
2016	5.34	1.17
2017	5.18	1.05
2018	5.02	0.98
2019	4.86	0.92
2020	4.7	0.84
2021	4.64	0.81
2022	4.55	0.78
2023	4.48	0.72

Nigeria and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	19.3	19.3
1961	19.3	19.2
1962	19.3	19.1
1963	19.3	19
1964	19.3	18.8
1965	19.3	18.6
1966	19.3	18.5
1967	19.2	18.6
1968	19.2	18.7
1969	19.1	18.8
1970	18.9	18.9
1971	18.8	19
1972	18.7	19.1
1973	18.6	19.3
1974	18.5	19.6
1975	18.4	19.9
1976	18.3	20.2
1977	18.2	20.7
1978	18	21.1
1979	17.9	21.6
1980	17.8	22.1
1981	17.7	22.5
1982	17.6	22.8
1983	17.5	23.3
1984	17.4	23.7
1985	17.3	24.2
1986	17.3	24.8
1987	17.3	25.3
1988	17.3	25.8
1989	17.3	26.3
1990	17.3	26.7
1991	17.3	27.2
1992	17.4	27.8
1993	17.4	28.3
1994	17.5	28.9
1995	17.6	29.4
1996	17.6	29.8
1997	17.7	30.2
1998	17.8	30.7
1999	17.9	31.2
2000	17.9	31.7
2001	17.9	32.3
2002	17.9	32.8
2003	17.9	33.4
2004	17.9	33.9
2005	17.9	34.5
2006	17.9	35.2
2007	17.9	35.8
2008	17.8	36.4
2009	17.8	37
2010	17.8	37.6
2011	17.7	38.2
2012	17.7	38.8
2013	17.7	39.5
2014	17.7	40.2
2015	17.8	40.8
2016	17.8	41.4
2017	17.9	41.9
2018	18	42.5
2019	18.2	43.1
2020	18.3	43.8
2021	18.5	44.4
2022	18.7	44.9
2023	18.8	45.5
2024	19	46.1

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