Nigeria vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 30th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Nigeria and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1960	$4,196,174,502	$73,233,967,692
1961	$4,467,287,893	$77,741,965,703
1962	$4,909,399,176	$81,247,564,157
1963	$5,165,590,254	$86,561,961,812
1964	$5,552,931,319	$94,407,558,351
1965	$5,874,537,650	$101,824,755,079
1966	$6,366,917,453	$108,572,752,102
1967	$5,203,237,919	$113,116,888,211
1968	$5,200,997,920	$107,759,910,068
1969	$6,634,317,346	$116,464,702,803
1970	$12,546,094,982	$130,671,946,244
1971	$9,181,769,912	$148,113,896,325
1972	$12,274,416,018	$169,965,034,965
1973	$15,162,871,287	$192,537,971,583
1974	$24,846,641,318	$206,131,369,799
1975	$27,778,934,625	$241,756,637,168
1976	$36,308,883,249	$232,614,555,256
1977	$36,035,407,725	$263,066,457,352
1978	$36,527,862,209	$335,883,029,722
1979	$47,259,911,894	$438,994,070,309
1980	$64,201,788,123	$564,947,710,899
1981	$164,475,209,516	$540,765,675,241
1982	$142,769,363,314	$515,048,916,841
1983	$97,094,911,792	$489,618,008,186
1984	$73,484,359,521	$461,487,097,632
1985	$73,745,821,158	$489,285,164,271
1986	$54,805,852,581	$601,452,653,181
1987	$52,676,041,931	$745,162,608,269
1988	$49,648,470,440	$910,122,732,124
1989	$44,003,061,108	$926,884,816,754
1990	$54,035,795,388	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$59,526,833,412	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$52,058,181,854	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$56,721,051,402	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$80,399,613,064	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$140,919,776,986	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$185,730,236,700	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$200,850,397,618	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$218,416,200,673	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$59,145,077,039	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$69,171,451,627	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$73,557,840,064	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$95,054,059,303	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$104,738,954,264	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$135,764,731,646	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$175,670,569,969	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$238,454,997,161	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$278,260,846,800	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$339,476,276,258	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$295,008,835,381	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$366,990,417,129	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$414,466,676,831	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$463,971,018,239	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$520,117,180,314	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$574,183,763,412	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$493,026,682,801	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$404,649,125,252	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$375,745,731,053	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$421,739,251,509	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$474,517,490,844	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$432,198,898,468	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$440,833,635,874	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$477,403,400,101	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$363,846,332,835	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$187,759,703,100	$3,643,834,188,783

Nigeria and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1960	$93.1	$1,398
1961	$97.1	$1,472
1962	$104.5	$1,526
1963	$107.7	$1,613
1964	$113.3	$1,748
1965	$117.3	$1,874
1966	$124.4	$1,987
1967	$99.5	$2,059
1968	$97.3	$1,952
1969	$121.4	$2,101
1970	$224.5	$2,348
1971	$160.5	$2,650
1972	$209.5	$3,030
1973	$252.4	$3,426
1974	$403	$3,666
1975	$438	$4,300
1976	$556	$4,138
1977	$536	$4,681
1978	$527	$5,977
1979	$661	$7,805
1980	$870	$10,032
1981	$2,162	$9,599
1982	$1,822	$9,146
1983	$1,207	$8,692
1984	$890	$8,179
1985	$869	$8,652
1986	$628	$10,611
1987	$588	$13,119
1988	$540	$15,987
1989	$465	$16,239
1990	$556	$19,095
1991	$597	$19,901
1992	$509	$20,487
1993	$540	$18,389
1994	$745	$19,709
1995	$1,272	$23,169
1996	$1,633	$24,406
1997	$1,720	$26,766
1998	$1,822	$28,275
1999	$481	$28,762
2000	$547	$28,281
2001	$566	$27,907
2002	$712	$30,078
2003	$763	$34,443
2004	$962	$40,367
2005	$1,211	$42,105
2006	$1,600	$44,512
2007	$1,816	$50,398
2008	$2,154	$47,396
2009	$1,820	$38,744
2010	$2,202	$39,599
2011	$2,418	$42,110
2012	$2,633	$42,490
2013	$2,873	$43,419
2014	$3,089	$47,427
2015	$2,586	$44,984
2016	$2,070	$40,988
2017	$1,876	$40,629
2018	$2,058	$43,315
2019	$2,265	$42,794
2020	$2,020	$40,405
2021	$2,017	$46,926
2022	$2,139	$46,063
2023	$1,597	$49,201
2024	$807	$52,637

Nigeria vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1950	35.5	68.6
1951	35.7	68.2
1952	35.9	69.5
1953	36	69.8
1954	36.2	70.2
1955	36.3	70.1
1956	36.5	70.4
1957	36.6	70.5
1958	36.8	70.7
1959	37	70.8
1960	37.2	71
1961	37.4	70.8
1962	37.6	70.9
1963	37.8	70.8
1964	38	71.5
1965	38.2	71.5
1966	38.4	71.4
1967	37.5	72.1
1968	38.6	71.7
1969	38.9	71.7
1970	40	71.9
1971	40.6	72.2
1972	41.3	72
1973	41.8	72.2
1974	42.5	72.4
1975	43.1	72.7
1976	44.2	72.6
1977	44.8	73.1
1978	45.3	73
1979	45.7	73.2
1980	46	73.6
1981	46.3	73.9
1982	46.4	74
1983	46.4	74.3
1984	46.3	74.7
1985	46.2	74.5
1986	46	74.8
1987	45.9	75.1
1988	45.8	75.3
1989	45.8	75.4
1990	45.7	75.7
1991	45.5	75.9
1992	45.6	76.3
1993	45.8	76.2
1994	45.7	76.7
1995	45.9	76.6
1996	45.8	76.9
1997	46	77.1
1998	46.1	77.3
1999	46.6	77.4
2000	47.1	77.8
2001	47.5	78.1
2002	48	78.2
2003	48.6	78.3
2004	49.1	78.9
2005	49.5	79.1
2006	49.9	79.3
2007	50.4	79.5
2008	50.7	79.7
2009	51.1	80.2
2010	51.3	80.4
2011	51.5	80.8
2012	51.7	80.9
2013	51.8	80.9
2014	51.9	81.2
2015	51.9	80.9
2016	52.2	81.1
2017	52.4	81.2
2018	52.7	81.1
2019	53	81.4
2020	53.1	80.4
2021	53.5	80.7
2022	54.1	81.1
2023	54.5	81.3
2024	54.6	81.4
2025	54.8	81.6

Nigeria and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1960	45,053,782	52,400,000
1961	45,989,310	52,800,000
1962	46,965,292	53,250,000
1963	47,973,575	53,650,000
1964	49,012,016	54,000,000
1965	50,086,764	54,348,050
1966	51,188,234	54,648,500
1967	52,293,065	54,943,600
1968	53,432,783	55,211,700
1969	54,631,914	55,441,750
1970	55,893,838	55,663,250
1971	57,214,684	55,896,223
1972	58,601,748	56,086,065
1973	60,082,139	56,194,527
1974	61,679,144	56,229,974
1975	63,410,815	56,225,800
1976	65,258,009	56,211,968
1977	67,234,590	56,193,492
1978	69,326,532	56,196,504
1979	71,498,242	56,246,951
1980	73,764,641	56,314,216
1981	76,068,103	56,333,829
1982	78,378,701	56,313,641
1983	80,438,260	56,332,848
1984	82,526,443	56,422,072
1985	84,897,973	56,550,268
1986	87,235,953	56,681,396
1987	89,591,716	56,802,050
1988	92,020,090	56,928,327
1989	94,531,014	57,076,711
1990	97,120,925	57,247,586
1991	99,720,162	57,424,897
1992	102,372,770	57,580,402
1993	105,122,069	57,718,614
1994	107,935,714	57,865,745
1995	110,819,428	58,019,030
1996	113,754,779	58,166,950
1997	116,754,792	58,316,954
1998	119,846,254	58,487,141
1999	123,047,320	58,682,466
2000	126,382,494	58,892,514
2001	129,862,595	59,119,673
2002	133,471,989	59,370,479
2003	137,202,644	59,647,577
2004	141,057,045	59,987,905
2005	145,017,253	60,401,206
2006	149,077,334	60,846,820
2007	153,267,261	61,322,463
2008	157,595,014	61,806,995
2009	162,049,464	62,276,270
2010	166,642,886	62,766,365
2011	171,379,598	63,258,810
2012	176,200,625	63,711,000
2013	181,049,443	64,139,000
2014	185,896,915	64,620,000
2015	190,671,878	65,088,000
2016	195,443,700	65,607,000
2017	200,254,579	65,966,000
2018	204,938,755	66,289,000
2019	209,485,641	66,631,000
2020	213,996,181	66,744,000
2021	218,529,286	66,984,000
2022	223,150,896	67,604,000
2023	227,882,945	68,492,000
2024	232,679,478	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Nigeria and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1960	6.36	2.69
1961	6.35	2.78
1962	6.36	2.86
1963	6.35	2.88
1964	6.36	2.93
1965	6.37	2.86
1966	6.39	2.78
1967	6.4	2.68
1968	6.42	2.6
1969	6.44	2.51
1970	6.47	2.44
1971	6.53	2.41
1972	6.58	2.2
1973	6.63	2.04
1974	6.7	1.92
1975	6.77	1.81
1976	6.81	1.74
1977	6.86	1.69
1978	6.92	1.75
1979	6.89	1.86
1980	6.85	1.9
1981	6.82	1.82
1982	6.8	1.78
1983	6.78	1.77
1984	6.7	1.77
1985	6.62	1.79
1986	6.56	1.78
1987	6.5	1.81
1988	6.5	1.82
1989	6.49	1.79
1990	6.46	1.83
1991	6.43	1.82
1992	6.39	1.79
1993	6.35	1.76
1994	6.32	1.74
1995	6.27	1.71
1996	6.22	1.73
1997	6.14	1.72
1998	6.07	1.71
1999	6.08	1.68
2000	6.12	1.64
2001	6.13	1.63
2002	6.12	1.63
2003	6.1	1.7
2004	6.09	1.75
2005	6.06	1.76
2006	6.05	1.82
2007	6.03	1.86
2008	6.02	1.91
2009	5.99	1.89
2010	5.95	1.92
2011	5.89	1.91
2012	5.8	1.92
2013	5.69	1.83
2014	5.62	1.81
2015	5.5	1.8
2016	5.34	1.79
2017	5.18	1.74
2018	5.02	1.68
2019	4.86	1.63
2020	4.7	1.57
2021	4.64	1.58
2022	4.55	1.56
2023	4.48	1.56

Nigeria and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1960	19.3	35.5
1961	19.3	35.4
1962	19.3	35.3
1963	19.3	35.3
1964	19.3	35.2
1965	19.3	35.1
1966	19.3	34.9
1967	19.2	34.8
1968	19.2	34.6
1969	19.1	34.4
1970	18.9	34.2
1971	18.8	34.1
1972	18.7	34
1973	18.6	34
1974	18.5	34
1975	18.4	34
1976	18.3	34
1977	18.2	34.1
1978	18	34.2
1979	17.9	34.3
1980	17.8	34.4
1981	17.7	34.5
1982	17.6	34.8
1983	17.5	35
1984	17.4	35.2
1985	17.3	35.3
1986	17.3	35.4
1987	17.3	35.4
1988	17.3	35.7
1989	17.3	35.9
1990	17.3	36
1991	17.3	36.1
1992	17.4	36.2
1993	17.4	36.3
1994	17.5	36.5
1995	17.6	36.6
1996	17.6	36.8
1997	17.7	37
1998	17.8	37.2
1999	17.9	37.4
2000	17.9	37.7
2001	17.9	37.9
2002	17.9	38.1
2003	17.9	38.2
2004	17.9	38.4
2005	17.9	38.5
2006	17.9	38.6
2007	17.9	38.8
2008	17.8	38.9
2009	17.8	39
2010	17.8	39.2
2011	17.7	39.3
2012	17.7	39.5
2013	17.7	39.6
2014	17.7	39.7
2015	17.8	39.8
2016	17.8	39.8
2017	17.9	39.9
2018	18	40
2019	18.2	40.1
2020	18.3	40.2
2021	18.5	40.3
2022	18.7	40.5
2023	18.8	40.8
2024	19	41

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