Nigeria vs Pakistan
Nigeria vs Pakistan: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 41.2% in Nigeria and 57.3% in Pakistan, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 16 percentage points, or 1.39 times that in Nigeria.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Nigeria.
- In 2024, Nigeria ranked 153 and Pakistan ranked 140 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Nigeria | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 41.2 | 57.3 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 40.1 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 39.2 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 35.5 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 31.9 | 18.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 29.7 | 17.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 27.7 | 15.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 25.9 | 13.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 24.1 | 12.4 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 22.5 | 11 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 21 | 10 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 19.1 | 9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 16.1 | 8.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 13.8 | 8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 11.5 | 8 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 8 | 7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.3 | 6.2 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 5 | – |
| 2002 | 0.3 | 2.6 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 1.3 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Nigeria vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025