Nigeria vs Vietnam statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 30th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Nigeria and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Vietnam
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	-
1971	$9,181,769,912	-
1972	$12,274,416,018	-
1973	$15,162,871,287	-
1974	$24,846,641,318	-
1975	$27,778,934,625	-
1976	$36,308,883,249	-
1977	$36,035,407,725	-
1978	$36,527,862,209	-
1979	$47,259,911,894	-
1980	$64,201,788,123	-
1981	$164,475,209,516	-
1982	$142,769,363,314	-
1983	$97,094,911,792	-
1984	$73,484,359,521	-
1985	$73,745,821,158	$14,094,687,821
1986	$54,805,852,581	$26,336,616,250
1987	$52,676,041,931	$36,658,108,850
1988	$49,648,470,440	$25,423,812,649
1989	$44,003,061,108	$6,293,304,975
1990	$54,035,795,388	$6,471,740,806
1991	$59,526,833,412	$9,613,369,520
1992	$52,058,181,854	$9,866,990,236
1993	$56,721,051,402	$13,180,953,598
1994	$80,399,613,064	$16,286,433,533
1995	$140,919,776,986	$20,736,164,459
1996	$185,730,236,700	$24,657,470,575
1997	$200,850,397,618	$26,843,700,442
1998	$218,416,200,673	$27,209,602,050
1999	$59,145,077,039	$28,683,659,007
2000	$69,171,451,627	$31,172,518,403
2001	$73,557,840,064	$32,685,198,809
2002	$95,054,059,303	$35,064,105,501
2003	$104,738,954,264	$39,552,513,232
2004	$135,764,731,646	$45,427,854,693
2005	$175,670,569,969	$57,633,255,738
2006	$238,454,997,161	$66,371,664,817
2007	$278,260,846,800	$77,414,425,532
2008	$339,476,276,258	$99,130,304,099
2009	$295,008,835,381	$106,014,659,565
2010	$366,990,417,129	$147,201,173,197
2011	$414,466,676,831	$172,595,049,184
2012	$463,971,018,239	$195,590,661,129
2013	$520,117,180,314	$213,708,811,665
2014	$574,183,763,412	$233,451,469,643
2015	$493,026,682,801	$239,258,328,382
2016	$404,649,125,252	$257,096,001,178
2017	$375,745,731,053	$281,353,605,987
2018	$421,739,251,509	$310,106,478,395
2019	$474,517,490,844	$334,365,270,497
2020	$432,198,898,468	$346,615,738,538
2021	$440,833,635,874	$366,474,752,771
2022	$477,403,400,101	$413,445,230,669
2023	$363,846,332,835	$433,857,681,378
2024	$187,759,703,100	$476,388,230,307

Nigeria and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Vietnam
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	-
1971	$160.5	-
1972	$209.5	-
1973	$252.4	-
1974	$403	-
1975	$438	-
1976	$556	-
1977	$536	-
1978	$527	-
1979	$661	-
1980	$870	-
1981	$2,162	-
1982	$1,822	-
1983	$1,207	-
1984	$890	-
1985	$869	$238.6
1986	$628	$436
1987	$588	$595
1988	$540	$405
1989	$465	$98.1
1990	$556	$98.8
1991	$597	$143.7
1992	$509	$144.5
1993	$540	$189.4
1994	$745	$229.9
1995	$1,272	$287.8
1996	$1,633	$337
1997	$1,720	$362
1998	$1,822	$361
1999	$481	$376
2000	$547	$404
2001	$566	$419
2002	$712	$445
2003	$763	$497
2004	$962	$565
2005	$1,211	$711
2006	$1,600	$808
2007	$1,816	$926
2008	$2,154	$1,164
2009	$1,820	$1,226
2010	$2,202	$1,683
2011	$2,418	$1,951
2012	$2,633	$2,185
2013	$2,873	$2,360
2014	$3,089	$2,546
2015	$2,586	$2,578
2016	$2,070	$2,735
2017	$1,876	$2,956
2018	$2,058	$3,222
2019	$2,265	$3,441
2020	$2,020	$3,534
2021	$2,017	$3,704
2022	$2,139	$4,148
2023	$1,597	$4,323
2024	$807	$4,717

Nigeria vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Vietnam
1950	35.5	48
1951	35.7	48.7
1952	35.9	49.4
1953	36	50
1954	36.2	52
1955	36.3	54.8
1956	36.5	55.5
1957	36.6	56.2
1958	36.8	56.8
1959	37	57.4
1960	37.2	58
1961	37.4	58.5
1962	37.6	58.2
1963	37.8	56.9
1964	38	57.5
1965	38.2	57
1966	38.4	56.9
1967	37.5	56.7
1968	38.6	52.7
1969	38.9	54.8
1970	40	54.9
1971	40.6	55.6
1972	41.3	51.9
1973	41.8	55.7
1974	42.5	54.8
1975	43.1	61.9
1976	44.2	63.7
1977	44.8	64.1
1978	45.3	64.5
1979	45.7	65
1980	46	65.3
1981	46.3	65.8
1982	46.4	66.2
1983	46.4	66.5
1984	46.3	66.9
1985	46.2	67.2
1986	46	67.6
1987	45.9	68
1988	45.8	68.6
1989	45.8	68.8
1990	45.7	69
1991	45.5	69.3
1992	45.6	69.6
1993	45.8	70
1994	45.7	70.4
1995	45.9	70.9
1996	45.8	71.3
1997	46	71.7
1998	46.1	72.3
1999	46.6	72.6
2000	47.1	72.7
2001	47.5	73
2002	48	73.1
2003	48.6	73.2
2004	49.1	73.1
2005	49.5	73.2
2006	49.9	73.3
2007	50.4	73.4
2008	50.7	73.5
2009	51.1	73.5
2010	51.3	73.6
2011	51.5	73.7
2012	51.7	73.8
2013	51.8	73.8
2014	51.9	73.9
2015	51.9	74
2016	52.2	74
2017	52.4	74
2018	52.7	74.1
2019	53	74.2
2020	53.1	75.4
2021	53.5	74.1
2022	54.1	74.5
2023	54.5	74.6
2024	54.6	74.7
2025	54.8	74.9

Nigeria and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Vietnam
1960	45,053,782	32,531,933
1961	45,989,310	33,409,059
1962	46,965,292	34,288,560
1963	47,973,575	35,249,101
1964	49,012,016	36,201,563
1965	50,086,764	37,129,656
1966	51,188,234	38,024,836
1967	52,293,065	38,895,080
1968	53,432,783	39,734,609
1969	54,631,914	40,582,096
1970	55,893,838	41,475,230
1971	57,214,684	42,449,276
1972	58,601,748	43,429,168
1973	60,082,139	44,409,861
1974	61,679,144	45,413,537
1975	63,410,815	46,482,903
1976	65,258,009	47,684,931
1977	67,234,590	48,954,872
1978	69,326,532	50,249,552
1979	71,498,242	51,378,211
1980	73,764,641	52,490,101
1981	76,068,103	53,738,141
1982	78,378,701	55,011,289
1983	80,438,260	56,337,921
1984	82,526,443	57,706,067
1985	84,897,973	59,060,622
1986	87,235,953	60,347,048
1987	89,591,716	61,584,651
1988	92,020,090	62,843,228
1989	94,531,014	64,147,348
1990	97,120,925	65,504,552
1991	99,720,162	66,891,775
1992	102,372,770	68,260,337
1993	105,122,069	69,586,384
1994	107,935,714	70,854,391
1995	110,819,428	72,049,940
1996	113,754,779	73,156,447
1997	116,754,792	74,226,889
1998	119,846,254	75,299,660
1999	123,047,320	76,287,452
2000	126,382,494	77,154,011
2001	129,862,595	77,969,361
2002	133,471,989	78,772,224
2003	137,202,644	79,563,777
2004	141,057,045	80,338,971
2005	145,017,253	81,088,313
2006	149,077,334	82,167,897
2007	153,267,261	83,633,375
2008	157,595,014	85,175,788
2009	162,049,464	86,460,018
2010	166,642,886	87,455,152
2011	171,379,598	88,468,314
2012	176,200,625	89,510,356
2013	181,049,443	90,573,104
2014	185,896,915	91,679,578
2015	190,671,878	92,823,254
2016	195,443,700	94,000,117
2017	200,254,579	95,176,977
2018	204,938,755	96,237,319
2019	209,485,641	97,173,776
2020	213,996,181	98,079,191
2021	218,529,286	98,935,098
2022	223,150,896	99,680,655
2023	227,882,945	100,352,192
2024	232,679,478	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Vietnam
1960	6.36	6.27
1961	6.35	5.48
1962	6.36	6.26
1963	6.35	6.39
1964	6.36	6.29
1965	6.37	6.16
1966	6.39	5.97
1967	6.4	5.88
1968	6.42	6.03
1969	6.44	6.01
1970	6.47	6.02
1971	6.53	6.07
1972	6.58	6.1
1973	6.63	6.11
1974	6.7	5.78
1975	6.77	5.62
1976	6.81	5.46
1977	6.86	5.29
1978	6.92	5.1
1979	6.89	4.94
1980	6.85	4.8
1981	6.82	4.67
1982	6.8	4.59
1983	6.78	4.52
1984	6.7	4.41
1985	6.62	4.21
1986	6.56	3.96
1987	6.5	3.72
1988	6.5	3.62
1989	6.49	3.64
1990	6.46	3.6
1991	6.43	3.52
1992	6.39	3.35
1993	6.35	3.17
1994	6.32	2.94
1995	6.27	2.7
1996	6.22	2.47
1997	6.14	2.27
1998	6.07	2.1
1999	6.08	2
2000	6.12	2.03
2001	6.13	2.02
2002	6.12	2.01
2003	6.1	2
2004	6.09	1.97
2005	6.06	1.89
2006	6.05	1.87
2007	6.03	1.91
2008	6.02	1.93
2009	5.99	1.92
2010	5.95	1.91
2011	5.89	1.93
2012	5.8	1.97
2013	5.69	1.98
2014	5.62	2.09
2015	5.5	2.1
2016	5.34	2
2017	5.18	1.99
2018	5.02	1.88
2019	4.86	1.94
2020	4.7	1.96
2021	4.64	1.94
2022	4.55	1.93
2023	4.48	1.91

Nigeria and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Vietnam
1960	19.3	21.2
1961	19.3	20.7
1962	19.3	20.2
1963	19.3	19.7
1964	19.3	19.2
1965	19.3	18.9
1966	19.3	18.7
1967	19.2	18.5
1968	19.2	18.4
1969	19.1	18.4
1970	18.9	18.4
1971	18.8	18.4
1972	18.7	18.5
1973	18.6	18.5
1974	18.5	18.6
1975	18.4	18.7
1976	18.3	18.8
1977	18.2	19
1978	18	19.1
1979	17.9	19.3
1980	17.8	19.4
1981	17.7	19.5
1982	17.6	19.6
1983	17.5	19.7
1984	17.4	19.8
1985	17.3	19.9
1986	17.3	20
1987	17.3	20.1
1988	17.3	20.2
1989	17.3	20.4
1990	17.3	20.5
1991	17.3	20.7
1992	17.4	20.9
1993	17.4	21.1
1994	17.5	21.4
1995	17.6	21.7
1996	17.6	22
1997	17.7	22.4
1998	17.8	22.9
1999	17.9	23.3
2000	17.9	23.7
2001	17.9	24.2
2002	17.9	24.6
2003	17.9	25
2004	17.9	25.4
2005	17.9	25.8
2006	17.9	26.3
2007	17.9	26.9
2008	17.8	27.4
2009	17.8	27.9
2010	17.8	28.3
2011	17.7	28.7
2012	17.7	29
2013	17.7	29.4
2014	17.7	29.8
2015	17.8	30.2
2016	17.8	30.5
2017	17.9	30.8
2018	18	31.2
2019	18.2	31.6
2020	18.3	32.1
2021	18.5	32.5
2022	18.7	33
2023	18.8	33.4
2024	19	33.9

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