Nigeria vs Tanzania statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 30th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Nigeria and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Tanzania
1960	$4,196,174,502	$2,651,729,807
1961	$4,467,287,893	$2,826,179,031
1962	$4,909,399,176	$3,101,589,993
1963	$5,165,590,254	$3,456,579,293
1964	$5,552,931,319	$3,748,840,925
1965	$5,874,537,650	$3,817,226,546
1966	$6,366,917,453	$4,377,998,825
1967	$5,203,237,919	$4,565,132,048
1968	$5,200,997,920	$4,895,251,824
1969	$6,634,317,346	$5,142,066,811
1970	$12,546,094,982	$2,851,419,386
1971	$9,181,769,912	$3,050,673,517
1972	$12,274,416,018	$3,472,787,266
1973	$15,162,871,287	$4,144,104,535
1974	$24,846,641,318	$4,977,337,978
1975	$27,778,934,625	$5,729,917,840
1976	$36,308,883,249	$6,472,511,988
1977	$36,035,407,725	$7,732,598,995
1978	$36,527,862,209	$9,261,675,710
1979	$47,259,911,894	$9,804,637,491
1980	$64,201,788,123	$11,409,228,087
1981	$164,475,209,516	$13,161,540,378
1982	$142,769,363,314	$13,927,383,240
1983	$97,094,911,792	$14,049,883,809
1984	$73,484,359,521	$12,906,635,133
1985	$73,745,821,158	$15,328,295,175
1986	$54,805,852,581	$10,840,864,521
1987	$52,676,041,931	$7,824,193,222
1988	$49,648,470,440	$7,406,614,407
1989	$44,003,061,108	$6,418,799,007
1990	$54,035,795,388	$6,184,384,225
1991	$59,526,833,412	$7,197,768,159
1992	$52,058,181,854	$6,681,997,469
1993	$56,721,051,402	$6,182,872,708
1994	$80,399,613,064	$6,550,480,484
1995	$140,919,776,986	$7,631,431,840
1996	$185,730,236,700	$9,433,528,150
1997	$200,850,397,618	$11,158,197,942
1998	$218,416,200,673	$12,172,790,056
1999	$59,145,077,039	$12,704,334,196
2000	$69,171,451,627	$13,371,767,082
2001	$73,557,840,064	$13,563,990,022
2002	$95,054,059,303	$14,129,651,896
2003	$104,738,954,264	$15,211,487,709
2004	$135,764,731,646	$16,673,062,473
2005	$175,670,569,969	$18,395,383,647
2006	$238,454,997,161	$18,619,859,795
2007	$278,260,846,800	$21,860,434,823
2008	$339,476,276,258	$27,947,821,398
2009	$295,008,835,381	$29,400,573,554
2010	$366,990,417,129	$32,012,892,919
2011	$414,466,676,831	$34,657,140,096
2012	$463,971,018,239	$39,650,394,363
2013	$520,117,180,314	$45,648,857,242
2014	$574,183,763,412	$49,986,726,461
2015	$493,026,682,801	$47,413,919,817
2016	$404,649,125,252	$49,774,409,374
2017	$375,745,731,053	$53,274,884,533
2018	$421,739,251,509	$57,003,712,892
2019	$474,517,490,844	$61,026,731,926
2020	$432,198,898,468	$66,068,737,786
2021	$440,833,635,874	$70,655,628,148
2022	$477,403,400,101	$75,769,974,505
2023	$363,846,332,835	$79,062,403,837
2024	$187,759,703,100	$78,779,864,877

Nigeria and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Tanzania
1960	$93.1	$267.8
1961	$97.1	$277.4
1962	$104.5	$295.7
1963	$107.7	$320
1964	$113.3	$337
1965	$117.3	$333
1966	$124.4	$370
1967	$99.5	$374
1968	$97.3	$388
1969	$121.4	$394
1970	$224.5	$211.3
1971	$160.5	$218.4
1972	$209.5	$239.8
1973	$252.4	$276.1
1974	$403	$320
1975	$438	$355
1976	$556	$387
1977	$536	$446
1978	$527	$515
1979	$661	$527
1980	$870	$595
1981	$2,162	$665
1982	$1,822	$683
1983	$1,207	$667
1984	$890	$593
1985	$869	$681
1986	$628	$466
1987	$588	$326
1988	$540	$299
1989	$465	$252.3
1990	$556	$236.9
1991	$597	$268.8
1992	$509	$243.4
1993	$540	$218.2
1994	$745	$222.5
1995	$1,272	$251.2
1996	$1,633	$305
1997	$1,720	$353
1998	$1,822	$375
1999	$481	$382
2000	$547	$390
2001	$566	$385
2002	$712	$391
2003	$763	$410
2004	$962	$438
2005	$1,211	$469
2006	$1,600	$462
2007	$1,816	$528
2008	$2,154	$657
2009	$1,820	$674
2010	$2,202	$715
2011	$2,418	$753
2012	$2,633	$837
2013	$2,873	$935
2014	$3,089	$993
2015	$2,586	$911
2016	$2,070	$925
2017	$1,876	$957
2018	$2,058	$992
2019	$2,265	$1,031
2020	$2,020	$1,084
2021	$2,017	$1,125
2022	$2,139	$1,171
2023	$1,597	$1,187
2024	$807	$1,149

Nigeria vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Tanzania
1950	35.5	41
1951	35.7	41.2
1952	35.9	41.4
1953	36	41.5
1954	36.2	41.7
1955	36.3	41.8
1956	36.5	42
1957	36.6	42.1
1958	36.8	42.3
1959	37	42.5
1960	37.2	42.6
1961	37.4	42.8
1962	37.6	43.2
1963	37.8	43.6
1964	38	44.1
1965	38.2	44.5
1966	38.4	44.9
1967	37.5	45.2
1968	38.6	45.6
1969	38.9	46
1970	40	46.5
1971	40.6	47
1972	41.3	47.4
1973	41.8	47.9
1974	42.5	48.4
1975	43.1	48.9
1976	44.2	49.5
1977	44.8	50
1978	45.3	50.4
1979	45.7	50.8
1980	46	51.3
1981	46.3	51.7
1982	46.4	52
1983	46.4	52.2
1984	46.3	52.2
1985	46.2	52.2
1986	46	52.2
1987	45.9	52.2
1988	45.8	52.2
1989	45.8	52.1
1990	45.7	52
1991	45.5	51.8
1992	45.6	51.4
1993	45.8	51.2
1994	45.7	51.1
1995	45.9	51
1996	45.8	51.1
1997	46	51.2
1998	46.1	51.8
1999	46.6	52.4
2000	47.1	53.2
2001	47.5	54.1
2002	48	54.9
2003	48.6	55.9
2004	49.1	56.8
2005	49.5	57.7
2006	49.9	58.5
2007	50.4	59.3
2008	50.7	59.9
2009	51.1	60.5
2010	51.3	61.1
2011	51.5	61.6
2012	51.7	62.3
2013	51.8	62.8
2014	51.9	63.4
2015	51.9	63.9
2016	52.2	64.4
2017	52.4	65
2018	52.7	65.5
2019	53	66
2020	53.1	66.8
2021	53.5	66.1
2022	54.1	66.9
2023	54.5	67
2024	54.6	67.2
2025	54.8	67.4

Nigeria and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Tanzania
1960	45,053,782	9,901,419
1961	45,989,310	10,187,886
1962	46,965,292	10,487,756
1963	47,973,575	10,799,528
1964	49,012,016	11,127,826
1965	50,086,764	11,470,728
1966	51,188,234	11,827,459
1967	52,293,065	12,200,109
1968	53,432,783	12,602,076
1969	54,631,914	13,036,700
1970	55,893,838	13,492,677
1971	57,214,684	13,971,451
1972	58,601,748	14,479,308
1973	60,082,139	15,010,101
1974	61,679,144	15,561,630
1975	63,410,815	16,138,361
1976	65,258,009	16,736,211
1977	67,234,590	17,352,929
1978	69,326,532	17,976,566
1979	71,498,242	18,592,038
1980	73,764,641	19,189,769
1981	76,068,103	19,784,703
1982	78,378,701	20,398,571
1983	80,438,260	21,079,874
1984	82,526,443	21,779,066
1985	84,897,973	22,501,693
1986	87,235,953	23,258,959
1987	89,591,716	24,030,378
1988	92,020,090	24,769,686
1989	94,531,014	25,438,759
1990	97,120,925	26,110,207
1991	99,720,162	26,780,436
1992	102,372,770	27,457,588
1993	105,122,069	28,332,692
1994	107,935,714	29,442,356
1995	110,819,428	30,383,497
1996	113,754,779	30,945,762
1997	116,754,792	31,578,089
1998	119,846,254	32,420,458
1999	123,047,320	33,300,330
2000	126,382,494	34,260,139
2001	129,862,595	35,198,299
2002	133,471,989	36,121,304
2003	137,202,644	37,089,555
2004	141,057,045	38,109,668
2005	145,017,253	39,182,076
2006	149,077,334	40,294,902
2007	153,267,261	41,435,512
2008	157,595,014	42,570,728
2009	162,049,464	43,633,982
2010	166,642,886	44,758,488
2011	171,379,598	46,029,367
2012	176,200,625	47,374,260
2013	181,049,443	48,824,128
2014	185,896,915	50,351,512
2015	190,671,878	52,020,962
2016	195,443,700	53,824,013
2017	200,254,579	55,652,890
2018	204,938,755	57,437,145
2019	209,485,641	59,174,891
2020	213,996,181	60,972,798
2021	218,529,286	62,830,412
2022	223,150,896	64,711,821
2023	227,882,945	66,617,606
2024	232,679,478	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Tanzania
1960	6.36	6.54
1961	6.35	6.56
1962	6.36	6.61
1963	6.35	6.65
1964	6.36	6.68
1965	6.37	6.73
1966	6.39	6.8
1967	6.4	6.86
1968	6.42	6.9
1969	6.44	6.95
1970	6.47	7
1971	6.53	7.04
1972	6.58	7.05
1973	6.63	7.06
1974	6.7	7.12
1975	6.77	7.1
1976	6.81	7.09
1977	6.86	7.07
1978	6.92	7.06
1979	6.89	7.04
1980	6.85	6.99
1981	6.82	6.93
1982	6.8	6.87
1983	6.78	6.81
1984	6.7	6.72
1985	6.62	6.6
1986	6.56	6.49
1987	6.5	6.41
1988	6.5	6.38
1989	6.49	6.3
1990	6.46	6.2
1991	6.43	6.14
1992	6.39	6.08
1993	6.35	6
1994	6.32	5.89
1995	6.27	5.82
1996	6.22	5.83
1997	6.14	5.84
1998	6.07	5.81
1999	6.08	5.75
2000	6.12	5.67
2001	6.13	5.62
2002	6.12	5.57
2003	6.1	5.58
2004	6.09	5.6
2005	6.06	5.58
2006	6.05	5.51
2007	6.03	5.4
2008	6.02	5.32
2009	5.99	5.26
2010	5.95	5.23
2011	5.89	5.14
2012	5.8	5.14
2013	5.69	5.16
2014	5.62	5.12
2015	5.5	5.03
2016	5.34	5.01
2017	5.18	4.99
2018	5.02	4.93
2019	4.86	4.87
2020	4.7	4.8
2021	4.64	4.73
2022	4.55	4.67
2023	4.48	4.61

Nigeria and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Tanzania

Table

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

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