Nigeria vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 30th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Nigeria and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1960	$4,196,174,502	$1,409,873,950
1961	$4,467,287,893	$1,444,327,731
1962	$4,909,399,176	$1,434,156,379
1963	$5,165,590,254	$1,240,672,269
1964	$5,552,931,319	$1,309,747,899
1965	$5,874,537,650	$1,698,319,328
1966	$6,366,917,453	$1,751,470,588
1967	$5,203,237,919	$1,859,465,021
1968	$5,200,997,920	$1,801,344,538
1969	$6,634,317,346	$1,965,546,218
1970	$12,546,094,982	$2,296,470,588
1971	$9,181,769,912	$2,369,308,600
1972	$12,274,416,018	$2,553,936,348
1973	$15,162,871,287	$2,875,625,000
1974	$24,846,641,318	$3,574,586,466
1975	$27,778,934,625	$3,791,298,146
1976	$36,308,883,249	$3,591,319,857
1977	$36,035,407,725	$4,104,509,583
1978	$36,527,862,209	$2,733,183,857
1979	$47,259,911,894	$3,364,611,432
1980	$64,201,788,123	$4,024,621,900
1981	$164,475,209,516	$4,415,844,156
1982	$142,769,363,314	$4,768,765,017
1983	$97,094,911,792	$5,167,913,302
1984	$73,484,359,521	$6,043,474,843
1985	$73,745,821,158	$5,978,460,972
1986	$54,805,852,581	$6,405,210,564
1987	$52,676,041,931	$6,682,167,120
1988	$49,648,470,440	$6,978,371,581
1989	$44,003,061,108	$6,987,267,684
1990	$54,035,795,388	$8,032,551,173
1991	$59,526,833,412	$9,000,362,582
1992	$52,058,181,854	$9,703,011,636
1993	$56,721,051,402	$10,338,679,636
1994	$80,399,613,064	$11,717,604,209
1995	$140,919,776,986	$13,029,697,561
1996	$185,730,236,700	$13,897,738,375
1997	$200,850,397,618	$15,091,913,884
1998	$218,416,200,673	$15,794,972,847
1999	$59,145,077,039	$15,656,327,860
2000	$69,171,451,627	$16,330,814,180
2001	$73,557,840,064	$15,749,753,805
2002	$95,054,059,303	$16,536,535,647
2003	$104,738,954,264	$18,881,765,437
2004	$135,764,731,646	$20,662,525,941
2005	$175,670,569,969	$24,405,791,045
2006	$238,454,997,161	$28,279,802,406
2007	$278,260,846,800	$32,350,238,760
2008	$339,476,276,258	$40,713,826,215
2009	$295,008,835,381	$42,066,224,093
2010	$366,990,417,129	$58,636,161,082
2011	$414,466,676,831	$67,753,284,044
2012	$463,971,018,239	$70,447,216,891
2013	$520,117,180,314	$77,000,578,167
2014	$574,183,763,412	$82,528,535,714
2015	$493,026,682,801	$85,090,301,052
2016	$404,649,125,252	$88,000,211,172
2017	$375,745,731,053	$94,369,350,286
2018	$421,739,251,509	$94,450,015,983
2019	$474,517,490,844	$88,998,706,297
2020	$432,198,898,468	$84,335,574,582
2021	$440,833,635,874	$88,556,698,938
2022	$477,403,400,101	$74,143,020,263
2023	$363,846,332,835	$83,716,142,582
2024	$187,759,703,100	$98,963,185,510

Nigeria and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1960	$93.1	$145.9
1961	$97.1	$145.9
1962	$104.5	$141.4
1963	$107.7	$119.4
1964	$113.3	$122.9
1965	$117.3	$155.6
1966	$124.4	$156.6
1967	$99.5	$162.3
1968	$97.3	$153.5
1969	$121.4	$163.6
1970	$224.5	$186.9
1971	$160.5	$188.8
1972	$209.5	$199.4
1973	$252.4	$220.2
1974	$403	$268.7
1975	$438	$279.8
1976	$556	$260.3
1977	$536	$292.1
1978	$527	$191
1979	$661	$230.8
1980	$870	$271.1
1981	$2,162	$292.5
1982	$1,822	$312
1983	$1,207	$336
1984	$890	$391
1985	$869	$385
1986	$628	$407
1987	$588	$420
1988	$540	$434
1989	$465	$430
1990	$556	$491
1991	$597	$546
1992	$509	$580
1993	$540	$607
1994	$745	$678
1995	$1,272	$742
1996	$1,633	$776
1997	$1,720	$827
1998	$1,822	$849
1999	$481	$826
2000	$547	$846
2001	$566	$804
2002	$712	$835
2003	$763	$946
2004	$962	$1,029
2005	$1,211	$1,207
2006	$1,600	$1,390
2007	$1,816	$1,579
2008	$2,154	$1,974
2009	$1,820	$2,027
2010	$2,202	$2,808
2011	$2,418	$3,225
2012	$2,633	$3,328
2013	$2,873	$3,741
2014	$3,089	$3,972
2015	$2,586	$4,058
2016	$2,070	$4,149
2017	$1,876	$4,399
2018	$2,058	$4,359
2019	$2,265	$4,082
2020	$2,020	$3,848
2021	$2,017	$3,997
2022	$2,139	$3,343
2023	$1,597	$3,799
2024	$807	$4,516

Nigeria vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1950	35.5	53.2
1951	35.7	54
1952	35.9	54.9
1953	36	55.6
1954	36.2	56.4
1955	36.3	57.2
1956	36.5	57.9
1957	36.6	58.5
1958	36.8	59.3
1959	37	60
1960	37.2	60.6
1961	37.4	61.2
1962	37.6	61.6
1963	37.8	62
1964	38	62.4
1965	38.2	62.8
1966	38.4	63.2
1967	37.5	63.6
1968	38.6	63.9
1969	38.9	64.1
1970	40	64.4
1971	40.6	64.2
1972	41.3	64.6
1973	41.8	64.8
1974	42.5	65
1975	43.1	65.4
1976	44.2	65.8
1977	44.8	66.4
1978	45.3	66.8
1979	45.7	67.5
1980	46	68
1981	46.3	68.4
1982	46.4	68.7
1983	46.4	68.7
1984	46.3	68.8
1985	46.2	68.9
1986	46	69
1987	45.9	69
1988	45.8	69
1989	45.8	67.3
1990	45.7	69.2
1991	45.5	69.1
1992	45.6	69.6
1993	45.8	70
1994	45.7	70.2
1995	45.9	69.7
1996	45.8	69.8
1997	46	69.9
1998	46.1	70.1
1999	46.6	70.4
2000	47.1	71.2
2001	47.5	71.8
2002	48	72.3
2003	48.6	72.4
2004	49.1	68
2005	49.5	73.1
2006	49.9	72.8
2007	50.4	73
2008	50.7	72.6
2009	51.1	70.3
2010	51.3	74.5
2011	51.5	74.7
2012	51.7	75.2
2013	51.8	75.5
2014	51.9	75.8
2015	51.9	76
2016	52.2	76.1
2017	52.4	76.2
2018	52.7	76.5
2019	53	76.7
2020	53.1	76.9
2021	53.5	76.3
2022	54.1	77.3
2023	54.5	77.5
2024	54.6	77.7
2025	54.8	77.9

Nigeria and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1960	45,053,782	9,661,389
1961	45,989,310	9,899,372
1962	46,965,292	10,143,754
1963	47,973,575	10,395,040
1964	49,012,016	10,653,397
1965	50,086,764	10,916,965
1966	51,188,234	11,183,928
1967	52,293,065	11,457,328
1968	53,432,783	11,736,088
1969	54,631,914	12,013,858
1970	55,893,838	12,287,110
1971	57,214,684	12,551,910
1972	58,601,748	12,809,205
1973	60,082,139	13,060,916
1974	61,679,144	13,305,693
1975	63,410,815	13,548,984
1976	65,258,009	13,796,770
1977	67,234,590	14,049,371
1978	69,326,532	14,310,128
1979	71,498,242	14,579,614
1980	73,764,641	14,847,974
1981	76,068,103	15,099,414
1982	78,378,701	15,286,567
1983	80,438,260	15,388,794
1984	82,526,443	15,441,860
1985	84,897,973	15,544,154
1986	87,235,953	15,731,256
1987	89,591,716	15,916,576
1988	92,020,090	16,078,621
1989	94,531,014	16,248,557
1990	97,120,925	16,352,458
1991	99,720,162	16,475,354
1992	102,372,770	16,739,284
1993	105,122,069	17,025,918
1994	107,935,714	17,275,773
1995	110,819,428	17,564,068
1996	113,754,779	17,905,018
1997	116,754,792	18,248,200
1998	119,846,254	18,596,003
1999	123,047,320	18,944,731
2000	126,382,494	19,293,054
2001	129,862,595	19,600,362
2002	133,471,989	19,805,752
2003	137,202,644	19,951,521
2004	141,057,045	20,087,605
2005	145,017,253	20,216,524
2006	149,077,334	20,352,411
2007	153,267,261	20,492,545
2008	157,595,014	20,629,378
2009	162,049,464	20,756,435
2010	166,642,886	20,879,089
2011	171,379,598	21,009,048
2012	176,200,625	21,169,458
2013	181,049,443	20,585,000
2014	185,896,915	20,778,000
2015	190,671,878	20,970,000
2016	195,443,700	21,209,000
2017	200,254,579	21,453,000
2018	204,938,755	21,670,000
2019	209,485,641	21,803,000
2020	213,996,181	21,919,000
2021	218,529,286	22,156,000
2022	223,150,896	22,181,000
2023	227,882,945	22,037,000
2024	232,679,478	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1960	6.36	5.35
1961	6.35	5.24
1962	6.36	5.18
1963	6.35	5.12
1964	6.36	5.06
1965	6.37	4.93
1966	6.39	4.83
1967	6.4	4.79
1968	6.42	4.66
1969	6.44	4.5
1970	6.47	4.39
1971	6.53	4.27
1972	6.58	4.16
1973	6.63	4
1974	6.7	3.86
1975	6.77	3.82
1976	6.81	3.78
1977	6.86	3.74
1978	6.92	3.81
1979	6.89	3.82
1980	6.85	3.73
1981	6.82	3.65
1982	6.8	3.32
1983	6.78	3.11
1984	6.7	3.01
1985	6.62	2.9
1986	6.56	2.74
1987	6.5	2.64
1988	6.5	2.57
1989	6.49	2.58
1990	6.46	2.54
1991	6.43	2.51
1992	6.39	2.49
1993	6.35	2.44
1994	6.32	2.4
1995	6.27	2.35
1996	6.22	2.29
1997	6.14	2.22
1998	6.07	2.14
1999	6.08	2.14
2000	6.12	2.21
2001	6.13	2.28
2002	6.12	2.31
2003	6.1	2.3
2004	6.09	2.27
2005	6.06	2.26
2006	6.05	2.29
2007	6.03	2.3
2008	6.02	2.23
2009	5.99	2.18
2010	5.95	2.13
2011	5.89	2.14
2012	5.8	2.17
2013	5.69	2.18
2014	5.62	2.13
2015	5.5	2.09
2016	5.34	2.06
2017	5.18	2.04
2018	5.02	2.03
2019	4.86	2.02
2020	4.7	2.01
2021	4.64	2
2022	4.55	1.98
2023	4.48	1.97

Nigeria and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1960	19.3	19.5
1961	19.3	19.5
1962	19.3	19.5
1963	19.3	19.5
1964	19.3	19.5
1965	19.3	19.5
1966	19.3	19.6
1967	19.2	19.7
1968	19.2	19.8
1969	19.1	19.9
1970	18.9	20
1971	18.8	20.1
1972	18.7	20.2
1973	18.6	20.4
1974	18.5	20.6
1975	18.4	20.7
1976	18.3	20.9
1977	18.2	21
1978	18	21.2
1979	17.9	21.3
1980	17.8	21.5
1981	17.7	21.6
1982	17.6	21.7
1983	17.5	21.9
1984	17.4	22
1985	17.3	22.2
1986	17.3	22.5
1987	17.3	22.8
1988	17.3	23.1
1989	17.3	23.4
1990	17.3	23.6
1991	17.3	23.9
1992	17.4	24.3
1993	17.4	24.6
1994	17.5	24.9
1995	17.6	25.3
1996	17.6	25.8
1997	17.7	26.2
1998	17.8	26.5
1999	17.9	26.9
2000	17.9	27.2
2001	17.9	27.6
2002	17.9	27.9
2003	17.9	28.2
2004	17.9	28.5
2005	17.9	28.8
2006	17.9	29
2007	17.9	29.3
2008	17.8	29.6
2009	17.8	29.9
2010	17.8	30.2
2011	17.7	30.5
2012	17.7	30.8
2013	17.7	31.1
2014	17.7	31.4
2015	17.8	31.7
2016	17.8	32
2017	17.9	32.3
2018	18	32.5
2019	18.2	32.8
2020	18.3	33.1
2021	18.5	33.3
2022	18.7	33.6
2023	18.8	33.8
2024	19	34.1

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