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Egypt vs Nigeria
How Egypt and Nigeria compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Egypt was higher: 71.6 years against 54.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Egypt was higher: $4,253 against $2,369
- Population · In 2023, Nigeria was higher: 228 million people against 115 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Nigeria was higher: 0.91% of GDP against 0.61% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Egypt was higher: 2.5 tonnes against 0.57 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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