Nigeria vs United States statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 30th vs. 3rd).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

Nigeria and United States: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and United States economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	United States
1960	$4,196,174,502	$542,390,475,099
1961	$4,467,287,893	$562,640,778,342
1962	$4,909,399,176	$604,729,643,906
1963	$5,165,590,254	$638,380,883,119
1964	$5,552,931,319	$685,631,590,687
1965	$5,874,537,650	$743,503,780,837
1966	$6,366,917,453	$814,082,043,611
1967	$5,203,237,919	$860,737,154,024
1968	$5,200,997,920	$941,639,100,804
1969	$6,634,317,346	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$12,546,094,982	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$9,181,769,912	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$12,274,416,018	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$15,162,871,287	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$24,846,641,318	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$27,778,934,625	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$36,308,883,249	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$36,035,407,725	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$36,527,862,209	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$47,259,911,894	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$64,201,788,123	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$164,475,209,516	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$142,769,363,314	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$97,094,911,792	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$73,484,359,521	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$73,745,821,158	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$54,805,852,581	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$52,676,041,931	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$49,648,470,440	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$44,003,061,108	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$54,035,795,388	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$59,526,833,412	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$52,058,181,854	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$56,721,051,402	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$80,399,613,064	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$140,919,776,986	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$185,730,236,700	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$200,850,397,618	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$218,416,200,673	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$59,145,077,039	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$69,171,451,627	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$73,557,840,064	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$95,054,059,303	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$104,738,954,264	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$135,764,731,646	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$175,670,569,969	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$238,454,997,161	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$278,260,846,800	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$339,476,276,258	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$295,008,835,381	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$366,990,417,129	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$414,466,676,831	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$463,971,018,239	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$520,117,180,314	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$574,183,763,412	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$493,026,682,801	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$404,649,125,252	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$375,745,731,053	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$421,739,251,509	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$474,517,490,844	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$432,198,898,468	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$440,833,635,874	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$477,403,400,101	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$363,846,332,835	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$187,759,703,100	$29,184,890,000,000

Nigeria and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	United States
1960	$93.1	$3,002
1961	$97.1	$3,063
1962	$104.5	$3,242
1963	$107.7	$3,373
1964	$113.3	$3,573
1965	$117.3	$3,827
1966	$124.4	$4,142
1967	$99.5	$4,332
1968	$97.3	$4,692
1969	$121.4	$5,025
1970	$224.5	$5,234
1971	$160.5	$5,609
1972	$209.5	$6,094
1973	$252.4	$6,726
1974	$403	$7,226
1975	$438	$7,801
1976	$556	$8,592
1977	$536	$9,453
1978	$527	$10,565
1979	$661	$11,674
1980	$870	$12,613
1981	$2,162	$13,976
1982	$1,822	$14,434
1983	$1,207	$15,544
1984	$890	$17,121
1985	$869	$18,237
1986	$628	$19,071
1987	$588	$20,039
1988	$540	$21,417
1989	$465	$22,857
1990	$556	$23,840
1991	$597	$24,293
1992	$509	$25,381
1993	$540	$26,353
1994	$745	$27,662
1995	$1,272	$28,661
1996	$1,633	$29,937
1997	$1,720	$31,430
1998	$1,822	$32,823
1999	$481	$34,484
2000	$547	$36,330
2001	$566	$37,134
2002	$712	$37,998
2003	$763	$39,490
2004	$962	$41,725
2005	$1,211	$44,123
2006	$1,600	$46,302
2007	$1,816	$48,050
2008	$2,154	$48,570
2009	$1,820	$47,195
2010	$2,202	$48,651
2011	$2,418	$50,066
2012	$2,633	$51,784
2013	$2,873	$53,410
2014	$3,089	$55,304
2015	$2,586	$57,040
2016	$2,070	$58,207
2017	$1,876	$60,322
2018	$2,058	$63,201
2019	$2,265	$65,605
2020	$2,020	$64,411
2021	$2,017	$71,352
2022	$2,139	$78,035
2023	$1,597	$82,769
2024	$807	$85,810

Nigeria vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	United States
1950	35.5	68.1
1951	35.7	68.2
1952	35.9	68.4
1953	36	68.7
1954	36.2	69.5
1955	36.3	69.6
1956	36.5	69.6
1957	36.6	69.4
1958	36.8	69.7
1959	37	69.9
1960	37.2	69.8
1961	37.4	70.3
1962	37.6	70.1
1963	37.8	69.9
1964	38	70.2
1965	38.2	70.2
1966	38.4	70.2
1967	37.5	70.5
1968	38.6	70.2
1969	38.9	70.5
1970	40	70.7
1971	40.6	71.1
1972	41.3	71.2
1973	41.8	71.4
1974	42.5	72
1975	43.1	72.5
1976	44.2	72.8
1977	44.8	73.2
1978	45.3	73.4
1979	45.7	73.8
1980	46	73.7
1981	46.3	74.1
1982	46.4	74.5
1983	46.4	74.6
1984	46.3	74.7
1985	46.2	74.7
1986	46	74.7
1987	45.9	74.9
1988	45.8	74.8
1989	45.8	75.1
1990	45.7	75.4
1991	45.5	75.5
1992	45.6	75.8
1993	45.8	75.6
1994	45.7	75.7
1995	45.9	75.9
1996	45.8	76.2
1997	46	76.5
1998	46.1	76.7
1999	46.6	76.7
2000	47.1	76.8
2001	47.5	76.9
2002	48	77
2003	48.6	77.1
2004	49.1	77.5
2005	49.5	77.5
2006	49.9	77.8
2007	50.4	78
2008	50.7	78.1
2009	51.1	78.5
2010	51.3	78.7
2011	51.5	78.7
2012	51.7	78.8
2013	51.8	78.8
2014	51.9	78.9
2015	51.9	78.7
2016	52.2	78.7
2017	52.4	78.6
2018	52.7	78.8
2019	53	78.9
2020	53.1	77
2021	53.5	76.4
2022	54.1	78
2023	54.5	79.3
2024	54.6	79.5
2025	54.8	79.6

Nigeria and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

United States

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	45,053,782	180,671,158
1961	45,989,310	183,691,481
1962	46,965,292	186,537,737
1963	47,973,575	189,241,798
1964	49,012,016	191,888,791
1965	50,086,764	194,302,963
1966	51,188,234	196,560,338
1967	52,293,065	198,712,056
1968	53,432,783	200,706,052
1969	54,631,914	202,676,946
1970	55,893,838	205,052,174
1971	57,214,684	207,660,677
1972	58,601,748	209,896,021
1973	60,082,139	211,908,788
1974	61,679,144	213,853,928
1975	63,410,815	215,973,199
1976	65,258,009	218,035,164
1977	67,234,590	220,239,425
1978	69,326,532	222,584,545
1979	71,498,242	225,055,487
1980	73,764,641	226,542,250
1981	76,068,103	229,465,744
1982	78,378,701	231,664,432
1983	80,438,260	233,792,014
1984	82,526,443	235,824,908
1985	84,897,973	237,923,734
1986	87,235,953	240,132,831
1987	89,591,716	242,288,936
1988	92,020,090	244,499,004
1989	94,531,014	246,819,222
1990	97,120,925	250,131,894
1991	99,720,162	253,492,503
1992	102,372,770	256,894,189
1993	105,122,069	260,255,352
1994	107,935,714	263,435,673
1995	110,819,428	266,557,091
1996	113,754,779	269,667,391
1997	116,754,792	272,911,760
1998	119,846,254	276,115,288
1999	123,047,320	279,294,713
2000	126,382,494	282,162,411
2001	129,862,595	284,968,955
2002	133,471,989	287,625,193
2003	137,202,644	290,107,933
2004	141,057,045	292,805,298
2005	145,017,253	295,516,599
2006	149,077,334	298,379,912
2007	153,267,261	301,231,207
2008	157,595,014	304,093,966
2009	162,049,464	306,771,529
2010	166,642,886	309,327,143
2011	171,379,598	311,583,481
2012	176,200,625	313,877,662
2013	181,049,443	316,059,947
2014	185,896,915	318,386,329
2015	190,671,878	320,738,994
2016	195,443,700	323,071,755
2017	200,254,579	325,122,128
2018	204,938,755	326,838,199
2019	209,485,641	328,329,953
2020	213,996,181	331,526,933
2021	218,529,286	331,893,745
2022	223,150,896	333,271,411
2023	227,882,945	334,914,895
2024	232,679,478	340,110,988

Fertility rates in Nigeria and United States

Fertility rate

Nigeria

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	United States
1960	6.36	3.65
1961	6.35	3.62
1962	6.36	3.46
1963	6.35	3.32
1964	6.36	3.19
1965	6.37	2.91
1966	6.39	2.72
1967	6.4	2.56
1968	6.42	2.46
1969	6.44	2.46
1970	6.47	2.48
1971	6.53	2.27
1972	6.58	2.01
1973	6.63	1.88
1974	6.7	1.84
1975	6.77	1.77
1976	6.81	1.74
1977	6.86	1.79
1978	6.92	1.76
1979	6.89	1.81
1980	6.85	1.84
1981	6.82	1.81
1982	6.8	1.83
1983	6.78	1.8
1984	6.7	1.81
1985	6.62	1.84
1986	6.56	1.84
1987	6.5	1.87
1988	6.5	1.93
1989	6.49	2.01
1990	6.46	2.08
1991	6.43	2.06
1992	6.39	2.05
1993	6.35	2.02
1994	6.32	2
1995	6.27	1.98
1996	6.22	1.98
1997	6.14	1.97
1998	6.07	2
1999	6.08	2.01
2000	6.12	2.06
2001	6.13	2.03
2002	6.12	2.02
2003	6.1	2.05
2004	6.09	2.05
2005	6.06	2.06
2006	6.05	2.11
2007	6.03	2.12
2008	6.02	2.07
2009	5.99	2
2010	5.95	1.93
2011	5.89	1.89
2012	5.8	1.88
2013	5.69	1.86
2014	5.62	1.86
2015	5.5	1.84
2016	5.34	1.82
2017	5.18	1.77
2018	5.02	1.73
2019	4.86	1.71
2020	4.7	1.64
2021	4.64	1.66
2022	4.55	1.66
2023	4.48	1.62

Nigeria and United States demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	United States
1960	19.3	29.2
1961	19.3	29
1962	19.3	28.7
1963	19.3	28.5
1964	19.3	28.2
1965	19.3	28.1
1966	19.3	27.9
1967	19.2	27.9
1968	19.2	27.9
1969	19.1	27.9
1970	18.9	27.8
1971	18.8	27.9
1972	18.7	28
1973	18.6	28.3
1974	18.5	28.5
1975	18.4	28.7
1976	18.3	28.9
1977	18.2	29.2
1978	18	29.6
1979	17.9	29.9
1980	17.8	30.1
1981	17.7	30.4
1982	17.6	30.7
1983	17.5	30.9
1984	17.4	31.2
1985	17.3	31.5
1986	17.3	31.8
1987	17.3	32.1
1988	17.3	32.4
1989	17.3	32.7
1990	17.3	32.9
1991	17.3	33.2
1992	17.4	33.4
1993	17.4	33.6
1994	17.5	33.8
1995	17.6	34.1
1996	17.6	34.4
1997	17.7	34.6
1998	17.8	34.9
1999	17.9	35.1
2000	17.9	35.3
2001	17.9	35.5
2002	17.9	35.6
2003	17.9	35.8
2004	17.9	36
2005	17.9	36.2
2006	17.9	36.4
2007	17.9	36.5
2008	17.8	36.6
2009	17.8	36.7
2010	17.8	36.9
2011	17.7	37
2012	17.7	37.1
2013	17.7	37.2
2014	17.7	37.3
2015	17.8	37.5
2016	17.8	37.6
2017	17.9	37.7
2018	18	37.9
2019	18.2	38
2020	18.3	38.2
2021	18.5	38.5
2022	18.7	38.7
2023	18.8	39
2024	19	39.3

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