Population in Algeria compared to Nigeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Nigeria	Algeria	Nigeria
1960	11,424,922	45,053,782	-	-
1961	11,628,883	45,989,310	1.79%	2.08%
1962	11,800,771	46,965,292	1.48%	2.12%
1963	11,982,118	47,973,575	1.54%	2.15%
1964	12,179,813	49,012,016	1.65%	2.16%
1965	12,365,976	50,086,764	1.53%	2.19%
1966	12,590,069	51,188,234	1.81%	2.2%
1967	12,876,118	52,293,065	2.27%	2.16%
1968	13,172,614	53,432,783	2.3%	2.18%
1969	13,475,960	54,631,914	2.3%	2.24%
1970	13,783,719	55,893,838	2.28%	2.31%
1971	14,098,936	57,214,684	2.29%	2.36%
1972	14,427,072	58,601,748	2.33%	2.42%
1973	14,771,147	60,082,139	2.38%	2.53%
1974	15,133,502	61,679,144	2.45%	2.66%
1975	15,678,596	63,410,815	3.6%	2.81%
1976	16,409,170	65,258,009	4.66%	2.91%
1977	17,015,994	67,234,590	3.7%	3.03%
1978	17,506,974	69,326,532	2.89%	3.11%
1979	18,036,655	71,498,242	3.03%	3.13%
1980	18,607,174	73,764,641	3.16%	3.17%
1981	19,220,704	76,068,103	3.3%	3.12%
1982	19,872,348	78,378,701	3.39%	3.04%
1983	20,558,115	80,438,260	3.45%	2.63%
1984	21,271,969	82,526,443	3.47%	2.6%
1985	22,008,544	84,897,973	3.46%	2.87%
1986	22,745,499	87,235,953	3.35%	2.75%
1987	23,443,624	89,591,716	3.07%	2.7%
1988	24,109,536	92,020,090	2.84%	2.71%
1989	24,754,485	94,531,014	2.68%	2.73%
1990	25,375,810	97,120,925	2.51%	2.74%
1991	25,987,928	99,720,162	2.41%	2.68%
1992	26,628,568	102,372,770	2.47%	2.66%
1993	27,277,048	105,122,069	2.44%	2.69%
1994	27,887,279	107,935,714	2.24%	2.68%
1995	28,470,191	110,819,428	2.09%	2.67%
1996	29,033,044	113,754,779	1.98%	2.65%
1997	29,579,301	116,754,792	1.88%	2.64%
1998	30,054,133	119,846,254	1.61%	2.65%
1999	30,474,354	123,047,320	1.4%	2.67%
2000	30,903,893	126,382,494	1.41%	2.71%
2001	31,331,221	129,862,595	1.38%	2.75%
2002	31,750,835	133,471,989	1.34%	2.78%
2003	32,175,818	137,202,644	1.34%	2.8%
2004	32,628,286	141,057,045	1.41%	2.81%
2005	33,109,249	145,017,253	1.47%	2.81%
2006	33,623,506	149,077,334	1.55%	2.8%
2007	34,189,416	153,267,261	1.68%	2.81%
2008	34,816,961	157,595,014	1.84%	2.82%
2009	35,490,445	162,049,464	1.93%	2.83%
2010	36,188,236	166,642,886	1.97%	2.83%
2011	36,903,376	171,379,598	1.98%	2.84%
2012	37,646,166	176,200,625	2.01%	2.81%
2013	38,414,171	181,049,443	2.04%	2.75%
2014	39,205,031	185,896,915	2.06%	2.68%
2015	40,019,529	190,671,878	2.08%	2.57%
2016	40,850,721	195,443,700	2.08%	2.5%
2017	41,689,299	200,254,579	2.05%	2.46%
2018	42,505,035	204,938,755	1.96%	2.34%
2019	43,294,546	209,485,641	1.86%	2.22%
2020	44,042,091	213,996,181	1.73%	2.15%
2021	44,761,099	218,529,286	1.63%	2.12%
2022	45,477,389	223,150,896	1.6%	2.11%
2023	46,164,219	227,882,945	1.51%	2.12%
2024	46,814,308	232,679,478	1.41%	2.1%
2025	47,435,316	237,527,783	1.33%	2.08%
2026	48,028,344	242,431,830	1.25%	2.06%
2027	48,593,419	247,374,258	1.18%	2.04%
2028	49,135,532	252,346,128	1.12%	2.01%
2029	49,655,386	257,352,638	1.06%	1.98%
2030	50,154,168	262,380,975	1%	1.95%
2031	50,637,369	267,421,079	0.96%	1.92%
2032	51,113,505	272,483,635	0.94%	1.89%
2033	51,584,249	277,555,116	0.92%	1.86%
2034	52,048,009	282,622,388	0.9%	1.83%
2035	52,516,794	287,685,757	0.9%	1.79%
2036	52,986,277	292,739,390	0.89%	1.76%
2037	53,452,788	297,773,236	0.88%	1.72%
2038	53,921,847	302,782,350	0.88%	1.68%
2039	54,396,263	307,764,754	0.88%	1.65%
2040	54,873,482	312,710,403	0.88%	1.61%
2041	55,351,998	317,607,237	0.87%	1.57%
2042	55,834,554	322,450,302	0.87%	1.52%
2043	56,319,606	327,243,941	0.87%	1.49%
2044	56,806,185	331,983,354	0.86%	1.45%
2045	57,290,162	336,662,502	0.85%	1.41%
2046	57,767,681	341,281,757	0.83%	1.37%
2047	58,234,183	345,844,004	0.81%	1.34%
2048	58,690,893	350,347,757	0.78%	1.3%
2049	59,136,165	354,792,418	0.76%	1.27%
2050	59,565,558	359,185,550	0.73%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.