Egypt vs Nigeria: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Egypt

5.69 million people

in 2023

Nigeria

6.90 million people

in 2023

Egypt rank

26th

Nigeria rank

24th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Nigeria currently reports 6.90 million people against 5.69 million people in Egypt, a difference of 1.21 million people.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Egypt's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 26th and Nigeria ranks 24th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.