Nigeria vs Turkey statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 30th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Nigeria and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Turkey
1960	$4,196,174,502	$7,566,666,667
1961	$4,467,287,893	$7,988,888,889
1962	$4,909,399,176	$8,922,222,222
1963	$5,165,590,254	$10,355,555,556
1964	$5,552,931,319	$11,177,777,778
1965	$5,874,537,650	$11,966,666,667
1966	$6,366,917,453	$14,100,000,000
1967	$5,203,237,919	$15,644,444,444
1968	$5,200,997,920	$17,500,000,000
1969	$6,634,317,346	$19,466,666,667
1970	$12,546,094,982	$17,863,636,364
1971	$9,181,769,912	$16,166,666,667
1972	$12,274,416,018	$20,650,000,000
1973	$15,162,871,287	$26,000,000,000
1974	$24,846,641,318	$35,414,285,714
1975	$27,778,934,625	$46,042,857,143
1976	$36,308,883,249	$51,450,000,000
1977	$36,035,407,725	$58,683,333,333
1978	$36,527,862,209	$65,912,500,000
1979	$47,259,911,894	$89,616,129,032
1980	$64,201,788,123	$68,823,684,211
1981	$164,475,209,516	$71,180,180,180
1982	$142,769,363,314	$64,369,325,153
1983	$97,094,911,792	$61,803,555,556
1984	$73,484,359,521	$59,937,602,180
1985	$73,745,821,158	$67,232,758,621
1986	$54,805,852,581	$75,673,037,037
1987	$52,676,041,931	$87,190,081,680
1988	$49,648,470,440	$90,875,175,809
1989	$44,003,061,108	$107,127,191,329
1990	$54,035,795,388	$150,655,500,192
1991	$59,526,833,412	$151,034,731,544
1992	$52,058,181,854	$159,104,772,992
1993	$56,721,051,402	$180,415,757,852
1994	$80,399,613,064	$130,650,447,499
1995	$140,919,776,986	$169,319,579,016
1996	$185,730,236,700	$181,464,408,820
1997	$200,850,397,618	$189,878,399,895
1998	$218,416,200,673	$275,941,990,764
1999	$59,145,077,039	$256,395,932,738
2000	$69,171,451,627	$274,294,623,164
2001	$73,557,840,064	$201,753,123,807
2002	$95,054,059,303	$240,249,071,871
2003	$104,738,954,264	$314,595,572,146
2004	$135,764,731,646	$408,865,430,220
2005	$175,670,569,969	$506,314,717,662
2006	$238,454,997,161	$557,076,157,773
2007	$278,260,846,800	$681,321,124,296
2008	$339,476,276,258	$770,449,132,861
2009	$295,008,835,381	$649,289,324,628
2010	$366,990,417,129	$776,967,266,306
2011	$414,466,676,831	$838,785,289,694
2012	$463,971,018,239	$880,555,885,492
2013	$520,117,180,314	$957,799,120,008
2014	$574,183,763,412	$938,934,609,297
2015	$493,026,682,801	$864,313,810,469
2016	$404,649,125,252	$869,682,881,593
2017	$375,745,731,053	$858,988,492,854
2018	$421,739,251,509	$778,972,108,041
2019	$474,517,490,844	$761,005,915,751
2020	$432,198,898,468	$720,338,490,327
2021	$440,833,635,874	$819,865,223,976
2022	$477,403,400,101	$907,118,434,654
2023	$363,846,332,835	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	$187,759,703,100	$1,323,254,808,059

Nigeria and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Turkey
1960	$93.1	$267.1
1961	$97.1	$274.4
1962	$104.5	$298.2
1963	$107.7	$337
1964	$113.3	$354
1965	$117.3	$370
1966	$124.4	$425
1967	$99.5	$459
1968	$97.3	$501
1969	$121.4	$544
1970	$224.5	$488
1971	$160.5	$431
1972	$209.5	$537
1973	$252.4	$661
1974	$403	$881
1975	$438	$1,122
1976	$556	$1,228
1977	$536	$1,372
1978	$527	$1,510
1979	$661	$2,013
1980	$870	$1,516
1981	$2,162	$1,537
1982	$1,822	$1,360
1983	$1,207	$1,276
1984	$890	$1,209
1985	$869	$1,326
1986	$628	$1,461
1987	$588	$1,650
1988	$540	$1,686
1989	$465	$1,949
1990	$556	$2,690
1991	$597	$2,649
1992	$509	$2,744
1993	$540	$3,058
1994	$745	$2,176
1995	$1,272	$2,775
1996	$1,633	$2,929
1997	$1,720	$3,021
1998	$1,822	$4,330
1999	$481	$3,969
2000	$547	$4,192
2001	$566	$3,046
2002	$712	$3,583
2003	$763	$4,638
2004	$962	$5,961
2005	$1,211	$7,303
2006	$1,600	$7,953
2007	$1,816	$9,711
2008	$2,154	$10,844
2009	$1,820	$9,013
2010	$2,202	$10,623
2011	$2,418	$11,301
2012	$2,633	$11,713
2013	$2,873	$12,578
2014	$3,089	$12,165
2015	$2,586	$11,050
2016	$2,070	$10,970
2017	$1,876	$10,696
2018	$2,058	$9,569
2019	$2,265	$9,215
2020	$2,020	$8,639
2021	$2,017	$9,743
2022	$2,139	$10,675
2023	$1,597	$13,106
2024	$807	$15,473

Nigeria vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Turkey
1950	35.5	47.3
1951	35.7	47.6
1952	35.9	48.1
1953	36	48.2
1954	36.2	48.8
1955	36.3	49.1
1956	36.5	49.5
1957	36.6	49.2
1958	36.8	49.2
1959	37	50.1
1960	37.2	50.8
1961	37.4	51.6
1962	37.6	52.3
1963	37.8	53.1
1964	38	53.6
1965	38.2	54.1
1966	38.4	54.6
1967	37.5	55.2
1968	38.6	55.6
1969	38.9	56.2
1970	40	56.7
1971	40.6	57.2
1972	41.3	58
1973	41.8	58.5
1974	42.5	59
1975	43.1	59.5
1976	44.2	60
1977	44.8	60.8
1978	45.3	61.6
1979	45.7	62.2
1980	46	62.7
1981	46.3	63.2
1982	46.4	63.7
1983	46.4	64.3
1984	46.3	64.8
1985	46.2	65.3
1986	46	65.9
1987	45.9	66.4
1988	45.8	66.9
1989	45.8	67.4
1990	45.7	67.8
1991	45.5	68.3
1992	45.6	68.6
1993	45.8	69
1994	45.7	69.4
1995	45.9	69.7
1996	45.8	70.2
1997	46	70.7
1998	46.1	71.1
1999	46.6	70.8
2000	47.1	71.9
2001	47.5	72.3
2002	48	72.6
2003	48.6	72.9
2004	49.1	73.2
2005	49.5	73.5
2006	49.9	73.8
2007	50.4	74.1
2008	50.7	74.4
2009	51.1	74.7
2010	51.3	75
2011	51.5	74.8
2012	51.7	75.6
2013	51.8	76.2
2014	51.9	76.5
2015	51.9	76.5
2016	52.2	76.6
2017	52.4	77
2018	52.7	77.5
2019	53	77.7
2020	53.1	76.5
2021	53.5	75.7
2022	54.1	77.6
2023	54.5	77.2
2024	54.6	77.4
2025	54.8	77.8

Nigeria and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Turkey
1960	45,053,782	28,329,898
1961	45,989,310	29,119,238
1962	46,965,292	29,916,147
1963	47,973,575	30,726,841
1964	49,012,016	31,543,072
1965	50,086,764	32,345,220
1966	51,188,234	33,177,672
1967	52,293,065	34,050,421
1968	53,432,783	34,921,684
1969	54,631,914	35,787,774
1970	55,893,838	36,638,465
1971	57,214,684	37,518,611
1972	58,601,748	38,430,221
1973	60,082,139	39,329,533
1974	61,679,144	40,210,234
1975	63,410,815	41,053,126
1976	65,258,009	41,899,984
1977	67,234,590	42,773,298
1978	69,326,532	43,645,306
1979	71,498,242	44,510,429
1980	73,764,641	45,408,815
1981	76,068,103	46,321,190
1982	78,378,701	47,322,096
1983	80,438,260	48,447,410
1984	82,526,443	49,574,069
1985	84,897,973	50,687,115
1986	87,235,953	51,777,772
1987	89,591,716	52,843,670
1988	92,020,090	53,909,626
1989	94,531,014	54,976,723
1990	97,120,925	56,015,628
1991	99,720,162	57,009,887
1992	102,372,770	57,990,118
1993	105,122,069	58,999,167
1994	107,935,714	60,033,836
1995	110,819,428	61,024,503
1996	113,754,779	61,951,134
1997	116,754,792	62,852,966
1998	119,846,254	63,734,383
1999	123,047,320	64,591,923
2000	126,382,494	65,425,961
2001	129,862,595	66,245,128
2002	133,471,989	67,048,795
2003	137,202,644	67,831,730
2004	141,057,045	68,592,617
2005	145,017,253	69,329,557
2006	149,077,334	70,045,349
2007	153,267,261	70,158,112
2008	157,595,014	71,051,678
2009	162,049,464	72,039,206
2010	166,642,886	73,142,150
2011	171,379,598	74,223,629
2012	176,200,625	75,175,827
2013	181,049,443	76,147,624
2014	185,896,915	77,181,884
2015	190,671,878	78,218,479
2016	195,443,700	79,277,962
2017	200,254,579	80,312,698
2018	204,938,755	81,407,204
2019	209,485,641	82,579,440
2020	213,996,181	83,384,680
2021	218,529,286	84,147,318
2022	223,150,896	84,979,913
2023	227,882,945	85,325,965
2024	232,679,478	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Turkey

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Turkey
1960	6.36	6.38
1961	6.35	6.42
1962	6.36	6.38
1963	6.35	6.34
1964	6.36	6.29
1965	6.37	6.22
1966	6.39	6.15
1967	6.4	6.06
1968	6.42	5.96
1969	6.44	5.87
1970	6.47	5.78
1971	6.53	5.67
1972	6.58	5.55
1973	6.63	5.41
1974	6.7	5.24
1975	6.77	5.09
1976	6.81	4.93
1977	6.86	4.78
1978	6.92	4.69
1979	6.89	4.58
1980	6.85	4.45
1981	6.82	4.35
1982	6.8	4.21
1983	6.78	4.06
1984	6.7	3.91
1985	6.62	3.78
1986	6.56	3.66
1987	6.5	3.54
1988	6.5	3.45
1989	6.49	3.34
1990	6.46	3.11
1991	6.43	3
1992	6.39	2.94
1993	6.35	2.92
1994	6.32	2.87
1995	6.27	2.84
1996	6.22	2.78
1997	6.14	2.74
1998	6.07	2.71
1999	6.08	2.63
2000	6.12	2.49
2001	6.13	2.39
2002	6.12	2.27
2003	6.1	2.2
2004	6.09	2.2
2005	6.06	2.2
2006	6.05	2.19
2007	6.03	2.16
2008	6.02	2.15
2009	5.99	2.1
2010	5.95	2.08
2011	5.89	2.05
2012	5.8	2.11
2013	5.69	2.11
2014	5.62	2.19
2015	5.5	2.16
2016	5.34	2.11
2017	5.18	2.08
2018	5.02	2
2019	4.86	1.89
2020	4.7	1.77
2021	4.64	1.71
2022	4.55	1.63
2023	4.48	1.51

Nigeria and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Turkey
1960	19.3	19.4
1961	19.3	19.3
1962	19.3	19.1
1963	19.3	19
1964	19.3	18.9
1965	19.3	18.9
1966	19.3	18.8
1967	19.2	18.7
1968	19.2	18.6
1969	19.1	18.6
1970	18.9	18.6
1971	18.8	18.7
1972	18.7	18.8
1973	18.6	18.9
1974	18.5	19
1975	18.4	19.1
1976	18.3	19.3
1977	18.2	19.4
1978	18	19.5
1979	17.9	19.7
1980	17.8	19.8
1981	17.7	19.9
1982	17.6	20
1983	17.5	20.2
1984	17.4	20.4
1985	17.3	20.6
1986	17.3	20.9
1987	17.3	21.1
1988	17.3	21.3
1989	17.3	21.6
1990	17.3	21.8
1991	17.3	22.1
1992	17.4	22.4
1993	17.4	22.7
1994	17.5	23
1995	17.6	23.3
1996	17.6	23.6
1997	17.7	24
1998	17.8	24.3
1999	17.9	24.7
2000	17.9	25
2001	17.9	25.4
2002	17.9	25.8
2003	17.9	26.2
2004	17.9	26.6
2005	17.9	27
2006	17.9	27.5
2007	17.9	27.9
2008	17.8	28.3
2009	17.8	28.6
2010	17.8	29.1
2011	17.7	29.5
2012	17.7	29.8
2013	17.7	30.1
2014	17.7	30.4
2015	17.8	30.6
2016	17.8	30.9
2017	17.9	31.2
2018	18	31.5
2019	18.2	31.8
2020	18.3	32.3
2021	18.5	32.7
2022	18.7	33.1
2023	18.8	33.5
2024	19	34

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