Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population

Ethiopia

3.6%

in 2100

Nigeria

4.7%

in 2100

Ethiopia rank

7th

Nigeria rank

4th

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population over time

Nigeria currently reports 4.7% against 3.6% in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.1%.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 234 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,170 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the world's population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.