Nigeria vs Thailand statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 30th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Nigeria and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Thailand
1960	$4,196,174,502	$2,760,750,861
1961	$4,467,287,893	$3,034,037,811
1962	$4,909,399,176	$3,308,912,797
1963	$5,165,590,254	$3,540,403,457
1964	$5,552,931,319	$3,889,129,942
1965	$5,874,537,650	$4,388,937,649
1966	$6,366,917,453	$5,279,230,817
1967	$5,203,237,919	$5,638,461,442
1968	$5,200,997,920	$6,081,009,428
1969	$6,634,317,346	$6,695,336,567
1970	$12,546,094,982	$7,086,538,438
1971	$9,181,769,912	$7,375,000,024
1972	$12,274,416,018	$8,177,873,151
1973	$15,162,871,287	$10,838,587,358
1974	$24,846,641,318	$13,702,998,512
1975	$27,778,934,625	$14,882,770,594
1976	$36,308,883,249	$16,985,208,648
1977	$36,035,407,725	$19,779,312,261
1978	$36,527,862,209	$24,006,566,637
1979	$47,259,911,894	$27,371,650,825
1980	$64,201,788,123	$32,353,514,989
1981	$164,475,209,516	$34,846,039,194
1982	$142,769,363,314	$36,589,772,404
1983	$97,094,911,792	$40,042,798,388
1984	$73,484,359,521	$41,797,647,776
1985	$73,745,821,158	$38,900,711,333
1986	$54,805,852,581	$43,096,773,981
1987	$52,676,041,931	$50,535,446,555
1988	$49,648,470,440	$61,667,253,471
1989	$44,003,061,108	$72,250,748,100
1990	$54,035,795,388	$85,343,190,719
1991	$59,526,833,412	$98,234,714,971
1992	$52,058,181,854	$111,452,746,518
1993	$56,721,051,402	$128,889,262,951
1994	$80,399,613,064	$146,683,778,959
1995	$140,919,776,986	$169,278,916,593
1996	$185,730,236,700	$183,035,237,429
1997	$200,850,397,618	$150,180,456,566
1998	$218,416,200,673	$113,675,596,788
1999	$59,145,077,039	$126,669,211,779
2000	$69,171,451,627	$126,392,224,254
2001	$73,557,840,064	$120,296,476,180
2002	$95,054,059,303	$134,300,904,400
2003	$104,738,954,264	$152,280,615,246
2004	$135,764,731,646	$172,895,685,155
2005	$175,670,569,969	$189,318,408,469
2006	$238,454,997,161	$221,758,296,022
2007	$278,260,846,800	$262,942,621,455
2008	$339,476,276,258	$291,382,982,431
2009	$295,008,835,381	$281,710,630,187
2010	$366,990,417,129	$341,104,766,329
2011	$414,466,676,831	$370,818,739,624
2012	$463,971,018,239	$397,558,325,279
2013	$520,117,180,314	$420,333,654,593
2014	$574,183,763,412	$407,339,040,198
2015	$493,026,682,801	$401,296,238,228
2016	$404,649,125,252	$413,366,349,748
2017	$375,745,731,053	$456,356,813,537
2018	$421,739,251,509	$506,754,208,404
2019	$474,517,490,844	$543,976,691,794
2020	$432,198,898,468	$500,461,898,480
2021	$440,833,635,874	$506,194,668,790
2022	$477,403,400,101	$495,644,697,588
2023	$363,846,332,835	$515,906,283,941
2024	$187,759,703,100	$526,411,265,428

Nigeria and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Thailand
1960	$93.1	$102.8
1961	$97.1	$109.7
1962	$104.5	$116.2
1963	$107.7	$120.7
1964	$113.3	$128.6
1965	$117.3	$140.9
1966	$124.4	$164.5
1967	$99.5	$170.7
1968	$97.3	$178.8
1969	$121.4	$191.4
1970	$224.5	$197.1
1971	$160.5	$199.7
1972	$209.5	$215.6
1973	$252.4	$278.3
1974	$403	$343
1975	$438	$364
1976	$556	$405
1977	$536	$462
1978	$527	$548
1979	$661	$612
1980	$870	$709
1981	$2,162	$748
1982	$1,822	$770
1983	$1,207	$827
1984	$890	$847
1985	$869	$774
1986	$628	$842
1987	$588	$970
1988	$540	$1,164
1989	$465	$1,342
1990	$556	$1,559
1991	$597	$1,766
1992	$509	$1,972
1993	$540	$2,245
1994	$745	$2,518
1995	$1,272	$2,864
1996	$1,633	$3,055
1997	$1,720	$2,473
1998	$1,822	$1,848
1999	$481	$2,033
2000	$547	$2,006
2001	$566	$1,890
2002	$712	$2,090
2003	$763	$2,348
2004	$962	$2,642
2005	$1,211	$2,868
2006	$1,600	$3,331
2007	$1,816	$3,919
2008	$2,154	$4,309
2009	$1,820	$4,135
2010	$2,202	$4,974
2011	$2,418	$5,374
2012	$2,633	$5,726
2013	$2,873	$6,018
2014	$3,089	$5,801
2015	$2,586	$5,689
2016	$2,070	$5,834
2017	$1,876	$6,413
2018	$2,058	$7,100
2019	$2,265	$7,606
2020	$2,020	$6,986
2021	$2,017	$7,057
2022	$2,139	$6,909
2023	$1,597	$7,195
2024	$807	$7,345

Nigeria vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Thailand
1950	35.5	45.2
1951	35.7	45.9
1952	35.9	46.5
1953	36	47.1
1954	36.2	47.6
1955	36.3	48.1
1956	36.5	48.6
1957	36.6	49.1
1958	36.8	49.5
1959	37	50.1
1960	37.2	50.6
1961	37.4	51.1
1962	37.6	51.4
1963	37.8	52
1964	38	52.5
1965	38.2	53.1
1966	38.4	53.7
1967	37.5	54.3
1968	38.6	55
1969	38.9	55.7
1970	40	56.5
1971	40.6	57.1
1972	41.3	57.7
1973	41.8	58.3
1974	42.5	59
1975	43.1	59.7
1976	44.2	60.4
1977	44.8	60.9
1978	45.3	61.3
1979	45.7	61.7
1980	46	62.2
1981	46.3	62.9
1982	46.4	63.6
1983	46.4	64.5
1984	46.3	65.5
1985	46.2	66.5
1986	46	67.3
1987	45.9	67.8
1988	45.8	68.2
1989	45.8	68.6
1990	45.7	68.9
1991	45.5	69.1
1992	45.6	69.4
1993	45.8	69.6
1994	45.7	69.7
1995	45.9	69.8
1996	45.8	69.9
1997	46	70.4
1998	46.1	70.7
1999	46.6	71
2000	47.1	71.2
2001	47.5	71.5
2002	48	71.8
2003	48.6	72.1
2004	49.1	72.1
2005	49.5	72.9
2006	49.9	73.3
2007	50.4	73.8
2008	50.7	74.2
2009	51.1	74.7
2010	51.3	75
2011	51.5	75.3
2012	51.7	75.6
2013	51.8	76
2014	51.9	76.3
2015	51.9	76.6
2016	52.2	76.8
2017	52.4	77
2018	52.7	77.2
2019	53	77.2
2020	53.1	77.3
2021	53.5	77.6
2022	54.1	75.3
2023	54.5	76.4
2024	54.6	76.6
2025	54.8	76.8

Nigeria and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Thailand
1960	45,053,782	26,851,747
1961	45,989,310	27,650,334
1962	46,965,292	28,481,040
1963	47,973,575	29,342,322
1964	49,012,016	30,232,141
1965	50,086,764	31,149,337
1966	51,188,234	32,086,071
1967	52,293,065	33,037,801
1968	53,432,783	34,002,560
1969	54,631,914	34,973,782
1970	55,893,838	35,954,408
1971	57,214,684	36,937,387
1972	58,601,748	37,933,929
1973	60,082,139	38,947,787
1974	61,679,144	39,952,891
1975	63,410,815	40,940,005
1976	65,258,009	41,896,504
1977	67,234,590	42,843,974
1978	69,326,532	43,788,976
1979	71,498,242	44,718,434
1980	73,764,641	45,650,022
1981	76,068,103	46,575,855
1982	78,378,701	47,494,577
1983	80,438,260	48,423,309
1984	82,526,443	49,351,708
1985	84,897,973	50,270,753
1986	87,235,953	51,177,834
1987	89,591,716	52,074,105
1988	92,020,090	52,969,595
1989	94,531,014	53,848,956
1990	97,120,925	54,738,329
1991	99,720,162	55,637,434
1992	102,372,770	56,528,834
1993	105,122,069	57,408,198
1994	107,935,714	58,260,854
1995	110,819,428	59,098,232
1996	113,754,779	59,920,064
1997	116,754,792	60,724,584
1998	119,846,254	61,522,630
1999	123,047,320	62,299,043
2000	126,382,494	63,007,815
2001	129,862,595	63,651,141
2002	133,471,989	64,266,437
2003	137,202,644	64,868,166
2004	141,057,045	65,452,047
2005	145,017,253	66,017,420
2006	149,077,334	66,567,687
2007	153,267,261	67,102,394
2008	157,595,014	67,619,830
2009	162,049,464	68,121,080
2010	166,642,886	68,579,447
2011	171,379,598	69,007,208
2012	176,200,625	69,436,098
2013	181,049,443	69,845,114
2014	185,896,915	70,216,367
2015	190,671,878	70,540,795
2016	195,443,700	70,859,841
2017	200,254,579	71,160,187
2018	204,938,755	71,376,079
2019	209,485,641	71,522,271
2020	213,996,181	71,641,484
2021	218,529,286	71,727,332
2022	223,150,896	71,735,329
2023	227,882,945	71,702,435
2024	232,679,478	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Thailand

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Thailand
1960	6.36	6.33
1961	6.35	6.32
1962	6.36	6.33
1963	6.35	6.34
1964	6.36	6.31
1965	6.37	6.26
1966	6.39	6.18
1967	6.4	6.08
1968	6.42	5.93
1969	6.44	5.7
1970	6.47	5.45
1971	6.53	5.25
1972	6.58	5.08
1973	6.63	4.85
1974	6.7	4.6
1975	6.77	4.36
1976	6.81	4.12
1977	6.86	3.87
1978	6.92	3.62
1979	6.89	3.45
1980	6.85	3.29
1981	6.82	3.13
1982	6.8	2.94
1983	6.78	2.76
1984	6.7	2.58
1985	6.62	2.45
1986	6.56	2.36
1987	6.5	2.26
1988	6.5	2.17
1989	6.49	2.14
1990	6.46	2.07
1991	6.43	2.04
1992	6.39	2.01
1993	6.35	1.97
1994	6.32	1.93
1995	6.27	1.89
1996	6.22	1.87
1997	6.14	1.85
1998	6.07	1.82
1999	6.08	1.77
2000	6.12	1.73
2001	6.13	1.71
2002	6.12	1.69
2003	6.1	1.67
2004	6.09	1.67
2005	6.06	1.64
2006	6.05	1.63
2007	6.03	1.62
2008	6.02	1.59
2009	5.99	1.57
2010	5.95	1.56
2011	5.89	1.57
2012	5.8	1.56
2013	5.69	1.53
2014	5.62	1.48
2015	5.5	1.45
2016	5.34	1.4
2017	5.18	1.36
2018	5.02	1.32
2019	4.86	1.29
2020	4.7	1.26
2021	4.64	1.23
2022	4.55	1.22
2023	4.48	1.21

Nigeria and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Thailand
1960	19.3	18
1961	19.3	17.9
1962	19.3	17.7
1963	19.3	17.6
1964	19.3	17.5
1965	19.3	17.4
1966	19.3	17.3
1967	19.2	17.3
1968	19.2	17.3
1969	19.1	17.4
1970	18.9	17.5
1971	18.8	17.6
1972	18.7	17.8
1973	18.6	18
1974	18.5	18.2
1975	18.4	18.4
1976	18.3	18.7
1977	18.2	18.9
1978	18	19.2
1979	17.9	19.5
1980	17.8	19.9
1981	17.7	20.2
1982	17.6	20.6
1983	17.5	21
1984	17.4	21.5
1985	17.3	21.9
1986	17.3	22.4
1987	17.3	22.8
1988	17.3	23.3
1989	17.3	23.7
1990	17.3	24.3
1991	17.3	24.8
1992	17.4	25.4
1993	17.4	26
1994	17.5	26.6
1995	17.6	27.2
1996	17.6	27.7
1997	17.7	28.3
1998	17.8	28.9
1999	17.9	29.5
2000	17.9	30
2001	17.9	30.5
2002	17.9	30.9
2003	17.9	31.3
2004	17.9	31.7
2005	17.9	32.2
2006	17.9	32.6
2007	17.9	33.1
2008	17.8	33.6
2009	17.8	34
2010	17.8	34.5
2011	17.7	35
2012	17.7	35.4
2013	17.7	35.9
2014	17.7	36.3
2015	17.8	36.8
2016	17.8	37.3
2017	17.9	37.7
2018	18	38.2
2019	18.2	38.7
2020	18.3	39.2
2021	18.5	39.7
2022	18.7	40.2
2023	18.8	40.7
2024	19	41.1

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