Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 30th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Nigeria and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	UAE
1960	$4,196,174,502	-
1961	$4,467,287,893	-
1962	$4,909,399,176	-
1963	$5,165,590,254	-
1964	$5,552,931,319	-
1965	$5,874,537,650	-
1966	$6,366,917,453	-
1967	$5,203,237,919	-
1968	$5,200,997,920	-
1969	$6,634,317,346	-
1970	$12,546,094,982	$685,986,701
1971	$9,181,769,912	$939,893,600
1972	$12,274,416,018	$1,415,086,929
1973	$15,162,871,287	$4,231,243,616
1974	$24,846,641,318	$11,651,505,689
1975	$27,778,934,625	$14,720,728,249
1976	$36,308,883,249	$19,213,158,779
1977	$36,035,407,725	$24,871,775,165
1978	$36,527,862,209	$23,775,764,225
1979	$47,259,911,894	$31,225,659,621
1980	$64,201,788,123	$43,599,160,050
1981	$164,475,209,516	$49,333,424,135
1982	$142,769,363,314	$46,622,718,605
1983	$97,094,911,792	$42,803,323,345
1984	$73,484,359,521	$41,807,954,236
1985	$73,745,821,158	$40,603,650,232
1986	$54,805,852,581	$33,943,612,095
1987	$52,676,041,931	$36,384,908,744
1988	$49,648,470,440	$36,275,674,203
1989	$44,003,061,108	$41,464,995,914
1990	$54,035,795,388	$50,701,443,748
1991	$59,526,833,412	$51,552,165,622
1992	$52,058,181,854	$54,239,171,888
1993	$56,721,051,402	$55,625,170,253
1994	$80,399,613,064	$59,305,093,980
1995	$140,919,776,986	$65,743,666,576
1996	$185,730,236,700	$73,571,233,996
1997	$200,850,397,618	$78,839,008,445
1998	$218,416,200,673	$75,674,336,283
1999	$59,145,077,039	$84,445,473,111
2000	$69,171,451,627	$104,337,372,362
2001	$73,557,840,064	$103,311,640,572
2002	$95,054,059,303	$109,816,201,498
2003	$104,738,954,264	$124,346,358,067
2004	$135,764,731,646	$147,824,370,320
2005	$175,670,569,969	$180,617,467,965
2006	$238,454,997,161	$222,116,541,865
2007	$278,260,846,800	$257,916,133,424
2008	$339,476,276,258	$315,474,615,739
2009	$295,008,835,381	$253,547,358,747
2010	$366,990,417,129	$300,189,052,689
2011	$414,466,676,831	$360,832,739,551
2012	$463,971,018,239	$384,610,125,391
2013	$520,117,180,314	$400,218,529,748
2014	$574,183,763,412	$414,105,366,753
2015	$493,026,682,801	$370,275,469,571
2016	$404,649,125,252	$369,255,326,236
2017	$375,745,731,053	$390,516,804,030
2018	$421,739,251,509	$427,049,432,158
2019	$474,517,490,844	$417,989,721,743
2020	$432,198,898,468	$349,473,015,330
2021	$440,833,635,874	$415,178,792,757
2022	$477,403,400,101	$502,731,935,194
2023	$363,846,332,835	$514,130,432,648
2024	$187,759,703,100	$537,078,829,135

Nigeria and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	UAE
1960	$93.1	-
1961	$97.1	-
1962	$104.5	-
1963	$107.7	-
1964	$113.3	-
1965	$117.3	-
1966	$124.4	-
1967	$99.5	-
1968	$97.3	-
1969	$121.4	-
1970	$224.5	$2,394
1971	$160.5	$2,805
1972	$209.5	$3,675
1973	$252.4	$9,696
1974	$403	$23,823
1975	$438	$27,117
1976	$556	$31,197
1977	$536	$35,020
1978	$527	$29,379
1979	$661	$34,238
1980	$870	$42,925
1981	$2,162	$44,854
1982	$1,822	$39,972
1983	$1,207	$34,650
1984	$890	$32,012
1985	$869	$29,468
1986	$628	$23,132
1987	$588	$23,113
1988	$540	$21,570
1989	$465	$23,167
1990	$556	$26,710
1991	$597	$25,691
1992	$509	$25,648
1993	$540	$25,033
1994	$745	$25,473
1995	$1,272	$27,003
1996	$1,633	$28,323
1997	$1,720	$27,983
1998	$1,822	$24,889
1999	$481	$25,856
2000	$547	$29,866
2001	$566	$27,745
2002	$712	$27,754
2003	$763	$29,660
2004	$962	$33,377
2005	$1,211	$38,719
2006	$1,600	$44,343
2007	$1,816	$45,855
2008	$2,154	$50,054
2009	$1,820	$37,803
2010	$2,202	$43,697
2011	$2,418	$50,789
2012	$2,633	$52,034
2013	$2,873	$52,024
2014	$3,089	$51,381
2015	$2,586	$43,535
2016	$2,070	$41,326
2017	$1,876	$42,341
2018	$2,058	$45,690
2019	$2,265	$44,251
2020	$2,020	$37,174
2021	$2,017	$43,360
2022	$2,139	$49,899
2023	$1,597	$49,041
2024	$807	$49,378

Nigeria vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	UAE
1950	35.5	42.1
1951	35.7	42.9
1952	35.9	43.6
1953	36	44.4
1954	36.2	45.2
1955	36.3	46
1956	36.5	46.9
1957	36.6	47.8
1958	36.8	48.8
1959	37	49.7
1960	37.2	50.7
1961	37.4	51.6
1962	37.6	52.5
1963	37.8	53.5
1964	38	54.5
1965	38.2	55.5
1966	38.4	56.6
1967	37.5	57.6
1968	38.6	58.7
1969	38.9	59.8
1970	40	60.8
1971	40.6	61.8
1972	41.3	62.7
1973	41.8	63.5
1974	42.5	64.4
1975	43.1	65.1
1976	44.2	65.8
1977	44.8	66.5
1978	45.3	67.1
1979	45.7	67.6
1980	46	68.2
1981	46.3	68.6
1982	46.4	69.1
1983	46.4	69.4
1984	46.3	69.8
1985	46.2	70.1
1986	46	70.4
1987	45.9	70.6
1988	45.8	70.8
1989	45.8	71
1990	45.7	71.1
1991	45.5	71.1
1992	45.6	71.2
1993	45.8	71.2
1994	45.7	71.2
1995	45.9	71.4
1996	45.8	71.8
1997	46	72.6
1998	46.1	73.7
1999	46.6	75
2000	47.1	76.3
2001	47.5	77.6
2002	48	78.7
2003	48.6	79.6
2004	49.1	80.3
2005	49.5	80.8
2006	49.9	81.2
2007	50.4	81.4
2008	50.7	81.6
2009	51.1	81.7
2010	51.3	81.9
2011	51.5	81.9
2012	51.7	81.9
2013	51.8	82
2014	51.9	82
2015	51.9	82.1
2016	52.2	82.2
2017	52.4	82.4
2018	52.7	82.4
2019	53	82.6
2020	53.1	81.9
2021	53.5	79.1
2022	54.1	80.5
2023	54.5	82.9
2024	54.6	83.1
2025	54.8	83.2

Nigeria and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	UAE
1960	45,053,782	131,334
1961	45,989,310	137,989
1962	46,965,292	144,946
1963	47,973,575	152,211
1964	49,012,016	159,692
1965	50,086,764	167,103
1966	51,188,234	173,976
1967	52,293,065	179,700
1968	53,432,783	199,416
1969	54,631,914	239,660
1970	55,893,838	286,536
1971	57,214,684	335,027
1972	58,601,748	385,014
1973	60,082,139	436,399
1974	61,679,144	489,087
1975	63,410,815	542,856
1976	65,258,009	615,866
1977	67,234,590	710,209
1978	69,326,532	809,274
1979	71,498,242	912,010
1980	73,764,641	1,015,700
1981	76,068,103	1,099,855
1982	78,378,701	1,166,370
1983	80,438,260	1,235,305
1984	82,526,443	1,305,996
1985	84,897,973	1,377,911
1986	87,235,953	1,467,383
1987	89,591,716	1,574,244
1988	92,020,090	1,681,788
1989	94,531,014	1,789,851
1990	97,120,925	1,898,220
1991	99,720,162	2,006,626
1992	102,372,770	2,114,730
1993	105,122,069	2,222,093
1994	107,935,714	2,328,188
1995	110,819,428	2,434,662
1996	113,754,779	2,597,564
1997	116,754,792	2,817,410
1998	119,846,254	3,040,421
1999	123,047,320	3,266,009
2000	126,382,494	3,493,575
2001	129,862,595	3,723,590
2002	133,471,989	3,956,826
2003	137,202,644	4,192,457
2004	141,057,045	4,428,967
2005	145,017,253	4,664,790
2006	149,077,334	5,009,100
2007	153,267,261	5,624,635
2008	157,595,014	6,302,664
2009	162,049,464	6,707,058
2010	166,642,886	6,869,838
2011	171,379,598	7,104,538
2012	176,200,625	7,391,448
2013	181,049,443	7,693,031
2014	185,896,915	8,059,440
2015	190,671,878	8,505,237
2016	195,443,700	8,935,095
2017	200,254,579	9,223,225
2018	204,938,755	9,346,701
2019	209,485,641	9,445,785
2020	213,996,181	9,401,038
2021	218,529,286	9,575,152
2022	223,150,896	10,074,977
2023	227,882,945	10,483,751
2024	232,679,478	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Nigeria and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Nigeria

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	UAE
1960	6.36	6.5
1961	6.35	6.49
1962	6.36	6.49
1963	6.35	6.5
1964	6.36	6.49
1965	6.37	6.5
1966	6.39	6.5
1967	6.4	6.51
1968	6.42	6.53
1969	6.44	6.52
1970	6.47	6.52
1971	6.53	6.52
1972	6.58	6.5
1973	6.63	6.46
1974	6.7	6.41
1975	6.77	6.35
1976	6.81	6.29
1977	6.86	6.22
1978	6.92	6.15
1979	6.89	6.06
1980	6.85	5.95
1981	6.82	5.81
1982	6.8	5.66
1983	6.78	5.48
1984	6.7	5.3
1985	6.62	5.13
1986	6.56	5
1987	6.5	4.88
1988	6.5	4.77
1989	6.49	4.65
1990	6.46	4.51
1991	6.43	4.25
1992	6.39	4.09
1993	6.35	3.82
1994	6.32	3.76
1995	6.27	3.28
1996	6.22	3.06
1997	6.14	2.83
1998	6.07	2.77
1999	6.08	2.79
2000	6.12	2.73
2001	6.13	2.62
2002	6.12	2.54
2003	6.1	2.49
2004	6.09	2.38
2005	6.06	2.23
2006	6.05	1.96
2007	6.03	1.79
2008	6.02	1.52
2009	5.99	1.58
2010	5.95	1.57
2011	5.89	1.54
2012	5.8	1.53
2013	5.69	1.53
2014	5.62	1.48
2015	5.5	1.42
2016	5.34	1.37
2017	5.18	1.35
2018	5.02	1.29
2019	4.86	1.25
2020	4.7	1.29
2021	4.64	1.16
2022	4.55	1.15
2023	4.48	1.2

Nigeria and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	UAE
1960	19.3	19.6
1961	19.3	20.1
1962	19.3	20.6
1963	19.3	21
1964	19.3	21.5
1965	19.3	22
1966	19.3	22.6
1967	19.2	23.3
1968	19.2	23.5
1969	19.1	23.1
1970	18.9	23
1971	18.8	23.2
1972	18.7	23.6
1973	18.6	24.1
1974	18.5	24.7
1975	18.4	25.4
1976	18.3	25.6
1977	18.2	25.4
1978	18	25.5
1979	17.9	25.8
1980	17.8	26.2
1981	17.7	26.4
1982	17.6	26.4
1983	17.5	26.4
1984	17.4	26.4
1985	17.3	26.6
1986	17.3	26.5
1987	17.3	26.1
1988	17.3	25.9
1989	17.3	25.8
1990	17.3	25.8
1991	17.3	26
1992	17.4	26.4
1993	17.4	26.8
1994	17.5	27.4
1995	17.6	28
1996	17.6	28.1
1997	17.7	27.9
1998	17.8	27.9
1999	17.9	28
2000	17.9	28.2
2001	17.9	28.6
2002	17.9	29.1
2003	17.9	29.6
2004	17.9	30.3
2005	17.9	30.9
2006	17.9	31.4
2007	17.9	31.6
2008	17.8	31.6
2009	17.8	31.6
2010	17.8	31.7
2011	17.7	31.7
2012	17.7	31.7
2013	17.7	31.7
2014	17.7	31.8
2015	17.8	31.8
2016	17.8	31.8
2017	17.9	31.8
2018	18	31.8
2019	18.2	31.8
2020	18.3	31.8
2021	18.5	31.9
2022	18.7	31.9
2023	18.8	32.2
2024	19	32.6

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