Nigeria vs Syria statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 30th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Nigeria and Syria: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Syria economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Syria
1960	$4,196,174,502	$857,704,413
1961	$4,467,287,893	$945,244,972
1962	$4,909,399,176	$1,110,565,881
1963	$5,165,590,254	$1,200,447,408
1964	$5,552,931,319	$1,339,494,267
1965	$5,874,537,650	$1,472,036,540
1966	$6,366,917,453	$1,342,287,553
1967	$5,203,237,919	$1,580,229,799
1968	$5,200,997,920	$1,753,746,430
1969	$6,634,317,346	$2,245,011,515
1970	$12,546,094,982	$2,140,384,010
1971	$9,181,769,912	$2,589,851,325
1972	$12,274,416,018	$3,059,681,698
1973	$15,162,871,287	$3,239,487,516
1974	$24,846,641,318	$5,159,557,148
1975	$27,778,934,625	$6,826,980,444
1976	$36,308,883,249	$7,633,528,867
1977	$36,035,407,725	$7,696,011,396
1978	$36,527,862,209	$9,275,200,458
1979	$47,259,911,894	$9,929,681,529
1980	$64,201,788,123	$13,062,420,382
1981	$164,475,209,516	$15,518,201,335
1982	$142,769,363,314	$16,298,929,011
1983	$97,094,911,792	$17,589,277,143
1984	$73,484,359,521	$17,503,078,174
1985	$73,745,821,158	$16,403,539,893
1986	$54,805,852,581	$13,293,205,278
1987	$52,676,041,931	$11,356,215,543
1988	$49,648,470,440	$10,577,041,645
1989	$44,003,061,108	$9,853,395,762
1990	$54,035,795,388	$12,308,624,418
1991	$59,526,833,412	$12,981,833,333
1992	$52,058,181,854	$13,253,565,861
1993	$56,721,051,402	$13,695,962,055
1994	$80,399,613,064	$10,122,020,000
1995	$140,919,776,986	$11,396,706,587
1996	$185,730,236,700	$13,789,560,878
1997	$200,850,397,618	$14,505,233,463
1998	$218,416,200,673	$15,200,846,154
1999	$59,145,077,039	$15,873,875,969
2000	$69,171,451,627	$18,937,052,543
2001	$73,557,840,064	$20,237,024,725
2002	$95,054,059,303	$20,669,357,462
2003	$104,738,954,264	$21,828,144,686
2004	$135,764,731,646	$25,086,950,495
2005	$175,670,569,969	$28,858,965,517
2006	$238,454,997,161	$33,751,788,856
2007	$278,260,846,800	$40,465,318,382
2008	$339,476,276,258	$52,557,913,569
2009	$295,008,835,381	$54,111,735,629
2010	$366,990,417,129	$61,390,830,875
2011	$414,466,676,831	$67,539,428,159
2012	$463,971,018,239	$43,190,318,033
2013	$520,117,180,314	$21,361,254,635
2014	$574,183,763,412	$21,502,061,466
2015	$493,026,682,801	$16,466,863,117
2016	$404,649,125,252	$12,597,854,877
2017	$375,745,731,053	$16,369,843,352
2018	$421,739,251,509	$21,497,782,868
2019	$474,517,490,844	$22,583,045,060
2020	$432,198,898,468	$12,047,752,036
2021	$440,833,635,874	$14,353,205,678
2022	$477,403,400,101	$23,622,827,080
2023	$363,846,332,835	$19,993,439,950
2024	$187,759,703,100	-

Nigeria and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Syria
1960	$93.1	$183.5
1961	$97.1	$196.3
1962	$104.5	$223.9
1963	$107.7	$234.9
1964	$113.3	$254.2
1965	$117.3	$270.8
1966	$124.4	$239.3
1967	$99.5	$272.9
1968	$97.3	$293.3
1969	$121.4	$364
1970	$224.5	$335
1971	$160.5	$393
1972	$209.5	$448
1973	$252.4	$459
1974	$403	$707
1975	$438	$904
1976	$556	$976
1977	$536	$951
1978	$527	$1,108
1979	$661	$1,146
1980	$870	$1,458
1981	$2,162	$1,676
1982	$1,822	$1,703
1983	$1,207	$1,776
1984	$890	$1,706
1985	$869	$1,544
1986	$628	$1,208
1987	$588	$997
1988	$540	$898
1989	$465	$809
1990	$556	$978
1991	$597	$1,000
1992	$509	$990
1993	$540	$993
1994	$745	$712
1995	$1,272	$780
1996	$1,633	$918
1997	$1,720	$941
1998	$1,822	$961
1999	$481	$978
2000	$547	$1,138
2001	$566	$1,187
2002	$712	$1,183
2003	$763	$1,220
2004	$962	$1,368
2005	$1,211	$1,534
2006	$1,600	$1,719
2007	$1,816	$1,938
2008	$2,154	$2,429
2009	$1,820	$2,462
2010	$2,202	$2,731
2011	$2,418	$2,952
2012	$2,633	$1,898
2013	$2,873	$986
2014	$3,089	$1,061
2015	$2,586	$848
2016	$2,070	$656
2017	$1,876	$852
2018	$2,058	$1,098
2019	$2,265	$1,110
2020	$2,020	$572
2021	$2,017	$664
2022	$2,139	$1,052
2023	$1,597	$847
2024	$807	-

Nigeria vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Syria
1950	35.5	42.5
1951	35.7	43.4
1952	35.9	44.3
1953	36	45.3
1954	36.2	46.4
1955	36.3	47.4
1956	36.5	48.5
1957	36.6	49.6
1958	36.8	50.7
1959	37	51.7
1960	37.2	52.7
1961	37.4	53.7
1962	37.6	54.6
1963	37.8	55.4
1964	38	56.2
1965	38.2	56.9
1966	38.4	57.6
1967	37.5	58
1968	38.6	59.1
1969	38.9	59.8
1970	40	60.6
1971	40.6	61.3
1972	41.3	62
1973	41.8	60.8
1974	42.5	63.4
1975	43.1	64.2
1976	44.2	64.8
1977	44.8	65.4
1978	45.3	65.9
1979	45.7	66.2
1980	46	66.5
1981	46.3	64.6
1982	46.4	60.8
1983	46.4	67.4
1984	46.3	67.7
1985	46.2	68
1986	46	68.4
1987	45.9	68.8
1988	45.8	69.2
1989	45.8	69.5
1990	45.7	69.8
1991	45.5	70.1
1992	45.6	70.2
1993	45.8	70.3
1994	45.7	70.3
1995	45.9	70.2
1996	45.8	70.2
1997	46	70.2
1998	46.1	70.2
1999	46.6	70.5
2000	47.1	70.9
2001	47.5	71.3
2002	48	71.7
2003	48.6	72.2
2004	49.1	72.5
2005	49.5	72.8
2006	49.9	73
2007	50.4	73.3
2008	50.7	73.4
2009	51.1	73.5
2010	51.3	73.5
2011	51.5	72.3
2012	51.7	66.2
2013	51.8	65.1
2014	51.9	65.5
2015	51.9	63.3
2016	52.2	65.2
2017	52.4	65.7
2018	52.7	67.4
2019	53	71
2020	53.1	71.9
2021	53.5	72.4
2022	54.1	72.8
2023	54.5	72.1
2024	54.6	72.6
2025	54.8	73

Nigeria and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Syria
1960	45,053,782	4,673,500
1961	45,989,310	4,815,466
1962	46,965,292	4,959,340
1963	47,973,575	5,110,467
1964	49,012,016	5,269,087
1965	50,086,764	5,435,267
1966	51,188,234	5,609,047
1967	52,293,065	5,790,198
1968	53,432,783	5,978,742
1969	54,631,914	6,175,166
1970	55,893,838	6,380,609
1971	57,214,684	6,598,094
1972	58,601,748	6,826,024
1973	60,082,139	7,060,321
1974	61,679,144	7,302,160
1975	63,410,815	7,554,364
1976	65,258,009	7,817,320
1977	67,234,590	8,090,501
1978	69,326,532	8,372,759
1979	71,498,242	8,661,909
1980	73,764,641	8,957,663
1981	76,068,103	9,260,189
1982	78,378,701	9,572,511
1983	80,438,260	9,904,809
1984	82,526,443	10,258,398
1985	84,897,973	10,625,672
1986	87,235,953	11,002,844
1987	89,591,716	11,388,923
1988	92,020,090	11,782,264
1989	94,531,014	12,179,060
1990	97,120,925	12,579,208
1991	99,720,162	12,980,821
1992	102,372,770	13,385,571
1993	105,122,069	13,795,686
1994	107,935,714	14,208,583
1995	110,819,428	14,616,801
1996	113,754,779	15,018,104
1997	116,754,792	15,417,542
1998	119,846,254	15,820,413
1999	123,047,320	16,228,061
2000	126,382,494	16,637,888
2001	129,862,595	17,051,338
2002	133,471,989	17,468,332
2003	137,202,644	17,889,296
2004	141,057,045	18,336,875
2005	145,017,253	18,814,091
2006	149,077,334	19,637,022
2007	153,267,261	20,884,125
2008	157,595,014	21,636,564
2009	162,049,464	21,976,969
2010	166,642,886	22,482,421
2011	171,379,598	22,878,098
2012	176,200,625	22,759,763
2013	181,049,443	21,666,917
2014	185,896,915	20,273,659
2015	190,671,878	19,424,618
2016	195,443,700	19,193,834
2017	200,254,579	19,224,668
2018	204,938,755	19,577,845
2019	209,485,641	20,353,534
2020	213,996,181	21,049,429
2021	218,529,286	21,628,839
2022	223,150,896	22,462,173
2023	227,882,945	23,594,623
2024	232,679,478	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Syria

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Syria
1960	6.36	7.51
1961	6.35	7.5
1962	6.36	7.51
1963	6.35	7.51
1964	6.36	7.53
1965	6.37	7.53
1966	6.39	7.55
1967	6.4	7.56
1968	6.42	7.57
1969	6.44	7.59
1970	6.47	7.62
1971	6.53	7.6
1972	6.58	7.57
1973	6.63	7.55
1974	6.7	7.52
1975	6.77	7.49
1976	6.81	7.45
1977	6.86	7.42
1978	6.92	7.35
1979	6.89	7.25
1980	6.85	7.12
1981	6.82	6.97
1982	6.8	6.81
1983	6.78	6.69
1984	6.7	6.59
1985	6.62	6.48
1986	6.56	6.37
1987	6.5	6.2
1988	6.5	6
1989	6.49	5.78
1990	6.46	5.56
1991	6.43	5.34
1992	6.39	5.14
1993	6.35	4.99
1994	6.32	4.86
1995	6.27	4.7
1996	6.22	4.54
1997	6.14	4.37
1998	6.07	4.25
1999	6.08	4.14
2000	6.12	4.07
2001	6.13	3.98
2002	6.12	3.87
2003	6.1	3.76
2004	6.09	3.68
2005	6.06	3.61
2006	6.05	3.56
2007	6.03	3.54
2008	6.02	3.48
2009	5.99	3.42
2010	5.95	3.36
2011	5.89	3.29
2012	5.8	3.22
2013	5.69	3.17
2014	5.62	3.12
2015	5.5	3.07
2016	5.34	3.01
2017	5.18	2.97
2018	5.02	2.93
2019	4.86	2.88
2020	4.7	2.84
2021	4.64	2.8
2022	4.55	2.75
2023	4.48	2.71

Nigeria and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Syria
1960	19.3	17.6
1961	19.3	17.3
1962	19.3	17.1
1963	19.3	16.9
1964	19.3	16.7
1965	19.3	16.5
1966	19.3	16.4
1967	19.2	16.2
1968	19.2	16.1
1969	19.1	16
1970	18.9	15.9
1971	18.8	15.8
1972	18.7	15.8
1973	18.6	15.7
1974	18.5	15.7
1975	18.4	15.7
1976	18.3	15.6
1977	18.2	15.6
1978	18	15.6
1979	17.9	15.6
1980	17.8	15.6
1981	17.7	15.6
1982	17.6	15.7
1983	17.5	15.8
1984	17.4	15.8
1985	17.3	15.9
1986	17.3	16
1987	17.3	16.1
1988	17.3	16.2
1989	17.3	16.4
1990	17.3	16.5
1991	17.3	16.7
1992	17.4	16.9
1993	17.4	17.1
1994	17.5	17.3
1995	17.6	17.5
1996	17.6	17.7
1997	17.7	17.9
1998	17.8	18.1
1999	17.9	18.3
2000	17.9	18.5
2001	17.9	18.8
2002	17.9	19
2003	17.9	19.2
2004	17.9	19.5
2005	17.9	19.7
2006	17.9	20.3
2007	17.9	21
2008	17.8	21.3
2009	17.8	21.5
2010	17.8	21.7
2011	17.7	21.9
2012	17.7	21.8
2013	17.7	21.2
2014	17.7	20.1
2015	17.8	19.5
2016	17.8	19.5
2017	17.9	19.6
2018	18	20.1
2019	18.2	20.9
2020	18.3	21.6
2021	18.5	22.2
2022	18.7	22.7
2023	18.8	23.3
2024	19	23.9

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