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Nigeria vs Poland
How Nigeria and Poland compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Poland was higher: 78.6 years against 54.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Poland was higher: $18,710 against $2,369
- Population · In 2023, Nigeria was higher: 228 million people against 38.8 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Poland was higher: 4.5% of GDP against 0.91% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Poland was higher: 7.55 tonnes against 0.57 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, 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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