Nigeria vs Poland
Nigeria vs Poland: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 41.2% in Nigeria and 88.6% in Poland, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by 47.4 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Nigeria.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 1996.
- In 2024, Nigeria ranked 153 and Poland ranked 66 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Nigeria | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 41.2 | 88.6 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 40.1 | 86.4 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 39.2 | 86.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | 35.5 | 85.4 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 31.9 | 83.2 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 29.7 | 80.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 27.7 | 77.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 25.9 | 76 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 24.1 | 73.3 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 22.5 | 68 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 21 | 66.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 19.1 | 62.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 16.1 | 62.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 13.8 | 62 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 11.5 | 62.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 9.3 | 59 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 8 | 53.1 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 6.8 | 48.6 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 5.5 | 44.6 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.5 | 38.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.3 | 32.5 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 24.9 | – |
| 2002 | 0.3 | 21.2 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 9.9 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 7.3 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 5.5 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 4.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 2.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 1.3 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0.6 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0.4 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1991 | – | 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 Poland
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