Nigeria vs Sweden statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 30th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Nigeria and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Sweden
1960	$4,196,174,502	$15,930,258,332
1961	$4,467,287,893	$17,329,819,494
1962	$4,909,399,176	$18,794,282,717
1963	$5,165,590,254	$20,342,365,392
1964	$5,552,931,319	$22,685,750,575
1965	$5,874,537,650	$24,964,233,891
1966	$6,366,917,453	$27,155,028,520
1967	$5,203,237,919	$29,475,219,787
1968	$5,200,997,920	$31,278,230,634
1969	$6,634,317,346	$33,967,691,454
1970	$12,546,094,982	$38,037,663,342
1971	$9,181,769,912	$41,506,627,519
1972	$12,274,416,018	$48,883,734,672
1973	$15,162,871,287	$59,319,523,962
1974	$24,846,641,318	$65,918,391,224
1975	$27,778,934,625	$82,766,182,746
1976	$36,308,883,249	$89,233,541,404
1977	$36,035,407,725	$94,332,865,494
1978	$36,527,862,209	$104,292,130,796
1979	$47,259,911,894	$123,208,942,175
1980	$64,201,788,123	$141,887,695,763
1981	$164,475,209,516	$129,500,408,224
1982	$142,769,363,314	$114,216,043,040
1983	$97,094,911,792	$104,863,313,508
1984	$73,484,359,521	$109,044,297,251
1985	$73,745,821,158	$113,959,392,485
1986	$54,805,852,581	$150,281,594,980
1987	$52,676,041,931	$182,746,413,791
1988	$49,648,470,440	$206,688,963,474
1989	$44,003,061,108	$217,634,838,449
1990	$54,035,795,388	$261,469,578,631
1991	$59,526,833,412	$273,834,608,020
1992	$52,058,181,854	$283,912,173,667
1993	$56,721,051,402	$212,647,043,708
1994	$80,399,613,064	$228,701,658,891
1995	$140,919,776,986	$267,052,836,695
1996	$185,730,236,700	$291,952,430,659
1997	$200,850,397,618	$268,251,974,486
1998	$218,416,200,673	$270,889,570,938
1999	$59,145,077,039	$274,320,415,376
2000	$69,171,451,627	$262,905,197,442
2001	$73,557,840,064	$242,499,249,693
2002	$95,054,059,303	$267,373,345,247
2003	$104,738,954,264	$334,074,051,173
2004	$135,764,731,646	$384,547,211,147
2005	$175,670,569,969	$391,690,329,314
2006	$238,454,997,161	$422,530,427,476
2007	$278,260,846,800	$490,050,156,833
2008	$339,476,276,258	$514,616,528,349
2009	$295,008,835,381	$434,313,804,907
2010	$366,990,417,129	$492,753,255,886
2011	$414,466,676,831	$570,541,353,129
2012	$463,971,018,239	$549,742,183,874
2013	$520,117,180,314	$584,128,116,410
2014	$574,183,763,412	$577,730,245,154
2015	$493,026,682,801	$501,698,263,621
2016	$404,649,125,252	$514,218,206,628
2017	$375,745,731,053	$536,083,940,229
2018	$421,739,251,509	$551,312,498,430
2019	$474,517,490,844	$532,169,294,166
2020	$432,198,898,468	$545,147,614,972
2021	$440,833,635,874	$637,186,904,844
2022	$477,403,400,101	$579,895,717,344
2023	$363,846,332,835	$585,489,968,189
2024	$187,759,703,100	$610,117,791,237

Nigeria and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Sweden
1960	$93.1	$2,128
1961	$97.1	$2,304
1962	$104.5	$2,485
1963	$107.7	$2,675
1964	$113.3	$2,961
1965	$117.3	$3,228
1966	$124.4	$3,478
1967	$99.5	$3,746
1968	$97.3	$3,953
1969	$121.4	$4,263
1970	$224.5	$4,729
1971	$160.5	$5,125
1972	$209.5	$6,018
1973	$252.4	$7,291
1974	$403	$8,078
1975	$438	$10,103
1976	$556	$10,853
1977	$536	$11,432
1978	$527	$12,602
1979	$661	$14,856
1980	$870	$17,073
1981	$2,162	$15,564
1982	$1,822	$13,719
1983	$1,207	$12,590
1984	$890	$13,080
1985	$869	$13,647
1986	$628	$17,955
1987	$588	$21,761
1988	$540	$24,499
1989	$465	$25,625
1990	$556	$30,550
1991	$597	$31,777
1992	$509	$32,754
1993	$540	$24,390
1994	$745	$26,046
1995	$1,272	$30,254
1996	$1,633	$33,023
1997	$1,720	$30,324
1998	$1,822	$30,606
1999	$481	$30,969
2000	$547	$29,633
2001	$566	$27,259
2002	$712	$29,958
2003	$763	$37,292
2004	$962	$42,758
2005	$1,211	$43,379
2006	$1,600	$46,532
2007	$1,816	$53,569
2008	$2,154	$55,817
2009	$1,820	$46,708
2010	$2,202	$52,543
2011	$2,418	$60,380
2012	$2,633	$57,750
2013	$2,873	$60,844
2014	$3,089	$59,584
2015	$2,586	$51,198
2016	$2,070	$51,820
2017	$1,876	$53,301
2018	$2,058	$54,182
2019	$2,265	$51,773
2020	$2,020	$52,654
2021	$2,017	$61,175
2022	$2,139	$55,297
2023	$1,597	$55,567
2024	$807	$57,723

Nigeria vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Sweden
1950	35.5	71.1
1951	35.7	71.4
1952	35.9	71.8
1953	36	71.9
1954	36.2	72.4
1955	36.3	72.6
1956	36.5	72.7
1957	36.6	72.5
1958	36.8	73.2
1959	37	73.4
1960	37.2	73
1961	37.4	73.5
1962	37.6	73.4
1963	37.8	73.5
1964	38	73.7
1965	38.2	73.9
1966	38.4	74.1
1967	37.5	74.1
1968	38.6	74
1969	38.9	74.1
1970	40	74.7
1971	40.6	74.6
1972	41.3	74.7
1973	41.8	74.9
1974	42.5	75
1975	43.1	75
1976	44.2	75
1977	44.8	75.4
1978	45.3	75.5
1979	45.7	75.5
1980	46	75.7
1981	46.3	76
1982	46.4	76.3
1983	46.4	76.6
1984	46.3	76.8
1985	46.2	76.7
1986	46	77
1987	45.9	77.1
1988	45.8	77
1989	45.8	77.7
1990	45.7	77.6
1991	45.5	77.7
1992	45.6	78.1
1993	45.8	78.1
1994	45.7	78.7
1995	45.9	78.8
1996	45.8	79
1997	46	79.3
1998	46.1	79.4
1999	46.6	79.5
2000	47.1	79.7
2001	47.5	79.8
2002	48	79.9
2003	48.6	80.2
2004	49.1	80.5
2005	49.5	80.6
2006	49.9	80.8
2007	50.4	81
2008	50.7	81.1
2009	51.1	81.4
2010	51.3	81.5
2011	51.5	81.8
2012	51.7	81.7
2013	51.8	81.9
2014	51.9	82.2
2015	51.9	82.2
2016	52.2	82.3
2017	52.4	82.4
2018	52.7	82.5
2019	53	83.1
2020	53.1	82.4
2021	53.5	83
2022	54.1	83
2023	54.5	83.3
2024	54.6	83.4
2025	54.8	83.6

Nigeria and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Sweden
1960	45,053,782	7,484,656
1961	45,989,310	7,519,998
1962	46,965,292	7,561,588
1963	47,973,575	7,604,328
1964	49,012,016	7,661,354
1965	50,086,764	7,733,853
1966	51,188,234	7,807,797
1967	52,293,065	7,867,931
1968	53,432,783	7,912,273
1969	54,631,914	7,968,072
1970	55,893,838	8,042,801
1971	57,214,684	8,098,334
1972	58,601,748	8,122,300
1973	60,082,139	8,136,312
1974	61,679,144	8,159,955
1975	63,410,815	8,192,437
1976	65,258,009	8,222,286
1977	67,234,590	8,251,540
1978	69,326,532	8,275,599
1979	71,498,242	8,293,678
1980	73,764,641	8,310,531
1981	76,068,103	8,320,503
1982	78,378,701	8,325,263
1983	80,438,260	8,329,033
1984	82,526,443	8,336,605
1985	84,897,973	8,350,386
1986	87,235,953	8,369,829
1987	89,591,716	8,397,804
1988	92,020,090	8,436,489
1989	94,531,014	8,492,964
1990	97,120,925	8,558,835
1991	99,720,162	8,617,375
1992	102,372,770	8,668,067
1993	105,122,069	8,718,561
1994	107,935,714	8,780,745
1995	110,819,428	8,826,939
1996	113,754,779	8,840,998
1997	116,754,792	8,846,062
1998	119,846,254	8,850,974
1999	123,047,320	8,857,874
2000	126,382,494	8,872,109
2001	129,862,595	8,895,960
2002	133,471,989	8,924,958
2003	137,202,644	8,958,229
2004	141,057,045	8,993,531
2005	145,017,253	9,029,572
2006	149,077,334	9,080,505
2007	153,267,261	9,148,092
2008	157,595,014	9,219,637
2009	162,049,464	9,298,515
2010	166,642,886	9,378,126
2011	171,379,598	9,449,213
2012	176,200,625	9,519,374
2013	181,049,443	9,600,379
2014	185,896,915	9,696,110
2015	190,671,878	9,799,186
2016	195,443,700	9,923,085
2017	200,254,579	10,057,698
2018	204,938,755	10,175,214
2019	209,485,641	10,278,887
2020	213,996,181	10,353,442
2021	218,529,286	10,415,811
2022	223,150,896	10,486,941
2023	227,882,945	10,536,632
2024	232,679,478	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Sweden

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Sweden
1960	6.36	2.17
1961	6.35	2.21
1962	6.36	2.25
1963	6.35	2.33
1964	6.36	2.47
1965	6.37	2.39
1966	6.39	2.37
1967	6.4	2.28
1968	6.42	2.07
1969	6.44	1.93
1970	6.47	1.92
1971	6.53	1.96
1972	6.58	1.91
1973	6.63	1.87
1974	6.7	1.87
1975	6.77	1.77
1976	6.81	1.68
1977	6.86	1.64
1978	6.92	1.6
1979	6.89	1.66
1980	6.85	1.68
1981	6.82	1.63
1982	6.8	1.62
1983	6.78	1.61
1984	6.7	1.66
1985	6.62	1.74
1986	6.56	1.8
1987	6.5	1.84
1988	6.5	1.96
1989	6.49	2.01
1990	6.46	2.13
1991	6.43	2.11
1992	6.39	2.09
1993	6.35	1.99
1994	6.32	1.88
1995	6.27	1.73
1996	6.22	1.6
1997	6.14	1.52
1998	6.07	1.5
1999	6.08	1.5
2000	6.12	1.54
2001	6.13	1.57
2002	6.12	1.65
2003	6.1	1.71
2004	6.09	1.75
2005	6.06	1.77
2006	6.05	1.85
2007	6.03	1.88
2008	6.02	1.91
2009	5.99	1.94
2010	5.95	1.98
2011	5.89	1.9
2012	5.8	1.91
2013	5.69	1.89
2014	5.62	1.88
2015	5.5	1.85
2016	5.34	1.85
2017	5.18	1.78
2018	5.02	1.76
2019	4.86	1.71
2020	4.7	1.67
2021	4.64	1.67
2022	4.55	1.53
2023	4.48	1.45

Nigeria and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Sweden
1960	19.3	36
1961	19.3	36.2
1962	19.3	36.3
1963	19.3	36.3
1964	19.3	36.3
1965	19.3	36.2
1966	19.3	36
1967	19.2	35.9
1968	19.2	35.8
1969	19.1	35.6
1970	18.9	35.4
1971	18.8	35.3
1972	18.7	35.3
1973	18.6	35.3
1974	18.5	35.3
1975	18.4	35.3
1976	18.3	35.4
1977	18.2	35.5
1978	18	35.7
1979	17.9	36
1980	17.8	36.2
1981	17.7	36.5
1982	17.6	36.8
1983	17.5	37.1
1984	17.4	37.4
1985	17.3	37.6
1986	17.3	37.9
1987	17.3	38.1
1988	17.3	38.2
1989	17.3	38.3
1990	17.3	38.3
1991	17.3	38.3
1992	17.4	38.4
1993	17.4	38.4
1994	17.5	38.4
1995	17.6	38.5
1996	17.6	38.6
1997	17.7	38.8
1998	17.8	39
1999	17.9	39.2
2000	17.9	39.4
2001	17.9	39.5
2002	17.9	39.7
2003	17.9	39.8
2004	17.9	40
2005	17.9	40.2
2006	17.9	40.4
2007	17.9	40.5
2008	17.8	40.6
2009	17.8	40.7
2010	17.8	40.7
2011	17.7	40.8
2012	17.7	40.9
2013	17.7	40.9
2014	17.7	40.9
2015	17.8	40.9
2016	17.8	40.8
2017	17.9	40.7
2018	18	40.6
2019	18.2	40.5
2020	18.3	40.6
2021	18.5	40.7
2022	18.7	40.7
2023	18.8	40.9
2024	19	41.1

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