Nigeria vs USSR: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population

Nigeria

4.7%

in 2100

USSR

5.4%

in 1991

Nigeria rank

4th

USSR rank

1st

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population over time

USSR currently reports 5.4% against 4.7% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.7%.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 209 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 4th and USSR ranks 1st 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.