Nigeria vs Sudan statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 30th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Nigeria and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Sudan
1960	$4,196,174,502	$1,126,364,162
1961	$4,467,287,893	$1,222,860,429
1962	$4,909,399,176	$1,328,259,625
1963	$5,165,590,254	$1,351,234,926
1964	$5,552,931,319	$1,388,282,600
1965	$5,874,537,650	$1,446,869,619
1966	$6,366,917,453	$1,484,491,676
1967	$5,203,237,919	$1,607,409,539
1968	$5,200,997,920	$1,677,771,401
1969	$6,634,317,346	$1,847,501,441
1970	$12,546,094,982	$2,100,229,759
1971	$9,181,769,912	$2,288,340,041
1972	$12,274,416,018	$2,483,055,722
1973	$15,162,871,287	$3,077,254,460
1974	$24,846,641,318	$3,958,931,660
1975	$27,778,934,625	$4,823,090,192
1976	$36,308,883,249	$6,013,210,816
1977	$36,035,407,725	$7,499,005,639
1978	$36,527,862,209	$8,128,719,315
1979	$47,259,911,894	$8,418,407,787
1980	$64,201,788,123	$8,951,800,000
1981	$164,475,209,516	$10,753,888,154
1982	$142,769,363,314	$8,732,542,274
1983	$97,094,911,792	$8,230,153,846
1984	$73,484,359,521	$10,447,615,385
1985	$73,745,821,158	$8,075,259,600
1986	$54,805,852,581	$10,092,200,000
1987	$52,676,041,931	$12,093,333,333
1988	$49,648,470,440	$14,372,555,556
1989	$44,003,061,108	$21,408,111,111
1990	$54,035,795,388	$33,641,222,222
1991	$59,526,833,412	$44,171,194,366
1992	$52,058,181,854	$7,031,933,492
1993	$56,721,051,402	$8,881,005,436
1994	$80,399,613,064	$12,793,794,737
1995	$140,919,776,986	$13,830,363,900
1996	$185,730,236,700	$9,018,300,725
1997	$200,850,397,618	$11,681,175,864
1998	$218,416,200,673	$11,250,221,537
1999	$59,145,077,039	$10,682,028,340
2000	$69,171,451,627	$12,257,299,147
2001	$73,557,840,064	$15,716,361,792
2002	$95,054,059,303	$18,137,128,388
2003	$104,738,954,264	$21,355,298,460
2004	$135,764,731,646	$26,646,007,251
2005	$175,670,569,969	$35,182,711,988
2006	$238,454,997,161	$45,263,831,634
2007	$278,260,846,800	$59,440,139,775
2008	$339,476,276,258	$64,833,083,257
2009	$295,008,835,381	$51,621,044,077
2010	$366,990,417,129	$58,962,978,034
2011	$414,466,676,831	$55,018,567,211
2012	$463,971,018,239	$37,632,919,967
2013	$520,117,180,314	$43,024,018,082
2014	$574,183,763,412	$49,516,748,618
2015	$493,026,682,801	$51,726,758,677
2016	$404,649,125,252	$42,630,376,000
2017	$375,745,731,053	$41,283,617,976
2018	$421,739,251,509	$32,333,780,383
2019	$474,517,490,844	$32,338,079,165
2020	$432,198,898,468	$27,034,593,750
2021	$440,833,635,874	$34,229,513,775
2022	$477,403,400,101	$51,666,875,363
2023	$363,846,332,835	$39,898,289,821
2024	$187,759,703,100	$49,909,807,030

Nigeria and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Sudan
1960	$93.1	$134.7
1961	$97.1	$141.6
1962	$104.5	$148.9
1963	$107.7	$146.6
1964	$113.3	$145.7
1965	$117.3	$146.8
1966	$124.4	$145.6
1967	$99.5	$152.4
1968	$97.3	$153.7
1969	$121.4	$163.5
1970	$224.5	$179.6
1971	$160.5	$189
1972	$209.5	$198.2
1973	$252.4	$235.8
1974	$403	$291.5
1975	$438	$343
1976	$556	$413
1977	$536	$497
1978	$527	$518
1979	$661	$515
1980	$870	$525
1981	$2,162	$605
1982	$1,822	$472
1983	$1,207	$431
1984	$890	$534
1985	$869	$406
1986	$628	$497
1987	$588	$584
1988	$540	$680
1989	$465	$992
1990	$556	$1,528
1991	$597	$1,966
1992	$509	$307
1993	$540	$379
1994	$745	$532
1995	$1,272	$561
1996	$1,633	$357
1997	$1,720	$453
1998	$1,822	$425
1999	$481	$394
2000	$547	$441
2001	$566	$551
2002	$712	$621
2003	$763	$714
2004	$962	$872
2005	$1,211	$1,125
2006	$1,600	$1,415
2007	$1,816	$1,814
2008	$2,154	$1,928
2009	$1,820	$1,493
2010	$2,202	$1,665
2011	$2,418	$1,522
2012	$2,633	$1,019
2013	$2,873	$1,139
2014	$3,089	$1,275
2015	$2,586	$1,292
2016	$2,070	$1,033
2017	$1,876	$967
2018	$2,058	$731
2019	$2,265	$710
2020	$2,020	$578
2021	$2,017	$712
2022	$2,139	$1,046
2023	$1,597	$797
2024	$807	$989

Nigeria vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Sudan
1950	35.5	45.8
1951	35.7	46.2
1952	35.9	46.5
1953	36	46.9
1954	36.2	47.3
1955	36.3	47.7
1956	36.5	48.1
1957	36.6	48.5
1958	36.8	48.9
1959	37	49.2
1960	37.2	49.6
1961	37.4	50
1962	37.6	50.4
1963	37.8	50.8
1964	38	50.9
1965	38.2	51
1966	38.4	51.3
1967	37.5	51.5
1968	38.6	51.8
1969	38.9	52
1970	40	52.3
1971	40.6	52.5
1972	41.3	52.8
1973	41.8	53
1974	42.5	53.2
1975	43.1	53.3
1976	44.2	53.3
1977	44.8	53.5
1978	45.3	53.3
1979	45.7	53.4
1980	46	54.1
1981	46.3	54.4
1982	46.4	54.4
1983	46.4	49.6
1984	46.3	49.8
1985	46.2	50
1986	46	54.6
1987	45.9	54.7
1988	45.8	55
1989	45.8	54.9
1990	45.7	55.5
1991	45.5	55.6
1992	45.6	56
1993	45.8	56.1
1994	45.7	57
1995	45.9	57.4
1996	45.8	57.6
1997	46	58.1
1998	46.1	58.3
1999	46.6	58.6
2000	47.1	58.9
2001	47.5	59.3
2002	48	59.3
2003	48.6	58.3
2004	49.1	56.8
2005	49.5	57.2
2006	49.9	60.4
2007	50.4	61.4
2008	50.7	61.3
2009	51.1	62.7
2010	51.3	63
2011	51.5	63.2
2012	51.7	63.4
2013	51.8	63.4
2014	51.9	64
2015	51.9	64.4
2016	52.2	64.7
2017	52.4	65.1
2018	52.7	65.5
2019	53	65.8
2020	53.1	65.1
2021	53.5	64.5
2022	54.1	65.7
2023	54.5	66.3
2024	54.6	66.5
2025	54.8	66.7

Nigeria and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Sudan
1960	45,053,782	8,364,489
1961	45,989,310	8,634,941
1962	46,965,292	8,919,028
1963	47,973,575	9,218,077
1964	49,012,016	9,531,109
1965	50,086,764	9,858,030
1966	51,188,234	10,197,578
1967	52,293,065	10,550,597
1968	53,432,783	10,917,999
1969	54,631,914	11,298,936
1970	55,893,838	11,695,771
1971	57,214,684	12,105,539
1972	58,601,748	12,527,856
1973	60,082,139	13,049,315
1974	61,679,144	13,580,723
1975	63,410,815	14,064,798
1976	65,258,009	14,569,716
1977	67,234,590	15,086,614
1978	69,326,532	15,695,003
1979	71,498,242	16,355,352
1980	73,764,641	17,058,905
1981	76,068,103	17,780,572
1982	78,378,701	18,486,645
1983	80,438,260	19,109,770
1984	82,526,443	19,546,528
1985	84,897,973	19,905,872
1986	87,235,953	20,288,238
1987	89,591,716	20,704,904
1988	92,020,090	21,138,431
1989	94,531,014	21,578,022
1990	97,120,925	22,021,481
1991	99,720,162	22,470,676
1992	102,372,770	22,927,355
1993	105,122,069	23,445,592
1994	107,935,714	24,043,948
1995	110,819,428	24,672,143
1996	113,754,779	25,231,528
1997	116,754,792	25,799,821
1998	119,846,254	26,458,999
1999	123,047,320	27,130,613
2000	126,382,494	27,816,745
2001	129,862,595	28,516,770
2002	133,471,989	29,228,727
2003	137,202,644	29,896,035
2004	141,057,045	30,556,637
2005	145,017,253	31,262,444
2006	149,077,334	31,992,435
2007	153,267,261	32,764,135
2008	157,595,014	33,623,980
2009	162,049,464	34,569,113
2010	166,642,886	35,414,399
2011	171,379,598	36,140,806
2012	176,200,625	36,923,178
2013	181,049,443	37,785,849
2014	185,896,915	38,823,318
2015	190,671,878	40,024,431
2016	195,443,700	41,259,892
2017	200,254,579	42,714,306
2018	204,938,755	44,230,596
2019	209,485,641	45,548,175
2020	213,996,181	46,789,231
2021	218,529,286	48,066,924
2022	223,150,896	49,383,346
2023	227,882,945	50,042,791
2024	232,679,478	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Sudan

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Sudan
1960	6.36	6.66
1961	6.35	6.66
1962	6.36	6.7
1963	6.35	6.76
1964	6.36	6.8
1965	6.37	6.84
1966	6.39	6.88
1967	6.4	6.91
1968	6.42	6.95
1969	6.44	6.97
1970	6.47	6.99
1971	6.53	7.02
1972	6.58	6.98
1973	6.63	6.94
1974	6.7	6.91
1975	6.77	6.87
1976	6.81	6.82
1977	6.86	6.78
1978	6.92	6.72
1979	6.89	6.65
1980	6.85	6.59
1981	6.82	6.53
1982	6.8	6.47
1983	6.78	6.41
1984	6.7	6.34
1985	6.62	6.28
1986	6.56	6.23
1987	6.5	6.18
1988	6.5	6.13
1989	6.49	6.11
1990	6.46	6.07
1991	6.43	6.05
1992	6.39	6.02
1993	6.35	5.97
1994	6.32	5.91
1995	6.27	5.86
1996	6.22	5.79
1997	6.14	5.72
1998	6.07	5.65
1999	6.08	5.62
2000	6.12	5.6
2001	6.13	5.56
2002	6.12	5.53
2003	6.1	5.49
2004	6.09	5.46
2005	6.06	5.4
2006	6.05	5.33
2007	6.03	5.27
2008	6.02	5.21
2009	5.99	5.17
2010	5.95	5.14
2011	5.89	5.09
2012	5.8	5.03
2013	5.69	4.97
2014	5.62	4.91
2015	5.5	4.9
2016	5.34	4.83
2017	5.18	4.76
2018	5.02	4.68
2019	4.86	4.62
2020	4.7	4.54
2021	4.64	4.46
2022	4.55	4.38
2023	4.48	4.32

Nigeria and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Sudan
1960	19.3	16.7
1961	19.3	16.7
1962	19.3	16.7
1963	19.3	16.6
1964	19.3	16.5
1965	19.3	16.5
1966	19.3	16.4
1967	19.2	16.4
1968	19.2	16.3
1969	19.1	16.3
1970	18.9	16.2
1971	18.8	16.2
1972	18.7	16.1
1973	18.6	16
1974	18.5	15.9
1975	18.4	16
1976	18.3	16
1977	18.2	16.1
1978	18	16.2
1979	17.9	16.4
1980	17.8	16.5
1981	17.7	16.6
1982	17.6	16.7
1983	17.5	16.7
1984	17.4	16.8
1985	17.3	16.8
1986	17.3	16.8
1987	17.3	16.9
1988	17.3	16.9
1989	17.3	16.8
1990	17.3	16.8
1991	17.3	16.8
1992	17.4	16.8
1993	17.4	16.8
1994	17.5	16.8
1995	17.6	16.8
1996	17.6	16.8
1997	17.7	16.8
1998	17.8	16.8
1999	17.9	16.9
2000	17.9	16.9
2001	17.9	17
2002	17.9	17
2003	17.9	17.1
2004	17.9	17.1
2005	17.9	17.1
2006	17.9	17.2
2007	17.9	17.3
2008	17.8	17.3
2009	17.8	17.4
2010	17.8	17.5
2011	17.7	17.4
2012	17.7	17.5
2013	17.7	17.5
2014	17.7	17.7
2015	17.8	17.9
2016	17.8	18.1
2017	17.9	18.3
2018	18	18.6
2019	18.2	18.7
2020	18.3	18.9
2021	18.5	19
2022	18.7	19.2
2023	18.8	19.3
2024	19	19.4

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