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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Angola	Nigeria	Angola	Nigeria
1960	5,231,654	45,053,782	-	-
1961	5,301,583	45,989,310	1.34%	2.08%
1962	5,354,310	46,965,292	0.99%	2.12%
1963	5,408,320	47,973,575	1.01%	2.15%
1964	5,464,187	49,012,016	1.03%	2.16%
1965	5,521,981	50,086,764	1.06%	2.19%
1966	5,581,386	51,188,234	1.08%	2.2%
1967	5,641,807	52,293,065	1.08%	2.16%
1968	5,702,699	53,432,783	1.08%	2.18%
1969	5,763,685	54,631,914	1.07%	2.24%
1970	5,852,788	55,893,838	1.55%	2.31%
1971	5,991,102	57,214,684	2.36%	2.36%
1972	6,174,262	58,601,748	3.06%	2.42%
1973	6,388,528	60,082,139	3.47%	2.53%
1974	6,613,367	61,679,144	3.52%	2.66%
1975	6,842,947	63,410,815	3.47%	2.81%
1976	7,074,664	65,258,009	3.39%	2.91%
1977	7,317,829	67,234,590	3.44%	3.03%
1978	7,576,734	69,326,532	3.54%	3.11%
1979	7,847,207	71,498,242	3.57%	3.13%
1980	8,133,872	73,764,641	3.65%	3.17%
1981	8,435,607	76,068,103	3.71%	3.12%
1982	8,751,648	78,378,701	3.75%	3.04%
1983	9,082,983	80,438,260	3.79%	2.63%
1984	9,425,917	82,526,443	3.78%	2.6%
1985	9,779,120	84,897,973	3.75%	2.87%
1986	10,139,450	87,235,953	3.68%	2.75%
1987	10,497,858	89,591,716	3.53%	2.7%
1988	10,861,291	92,020,090	3.46%	2.71%
1989	11,238,562	94,531,014	3.47%	2.73%
1990	11,626,360	97,120,925	3.45%	2.74%
1991	12,023,529	99,720,162	3.42%	2.68%
1992	12,423,712	102,372,770	3.33%	2.66%
1993	12,827,135	105,122,069	3.25%	2.69%
1994	13,249,764	107,935,714	3.29%	2.68%
1995	13,699,778	110,819,428	3.4%	2.67%
1996	14,170,973	113,754,779	3.44%	2.65%
1997	14,660,413	116,754,792	3.45%	2.64%
1998	15,159,370	119,846,254	3.4%	2.65%
1999	15,667,235	123,047,320	3.35%	2.67%
2000	16,194,869	126,382,494	3.37%	2.71%
2001	16,747,208	129,862,595	3.41%	2.75%
2002	17,327,699	133,471,989	3.47%	2.78%
2003	17,943,712	137,202,644	3.56%	2.8%
2004	18,600,423	141,057,045	3.66%	2.81%
2005	19,291,161	145,017,253	3.71%	2.81%
2006	20,015,279	149,077,334	3.75%	2.8%
2007	20,778,561	153,267,261	3.81%	2.81%
2008	21,578,655	157,595,014	3.85%	2.82%
2009	22,414,773	162,049,464	3.87%	2.83%
2010	23,294,825	166,642,886	3.93%	2.83%
2011	24,218,352	171,379,598	3.96%	2.84%
2012	25,177,394	176,200,625	3.96%	2.81%
2013	26,165,620	181,049,443	3.93%	2.75%
2014	27,160,769	185,896,915	3.8%	2.68%
2015	28,157,798	190,671,878	3.67%	2.57%
2016	29,183,070	195,443,700	3.64%	2.5%
2017	30,234,839	200,254,579	3.6%	2.46%
2018	31,297,155	204,938,755	3.51%	2.34%
2019	32,375,632	209,485,641	3.45%	2.22%
2020	33,451,132	213,996,181	3.32%	2.15%
2021	34,532,429	218,529,286	3.23%	2.12%
2022	35,635,029	223,150,896	3.19%	2.11%
2023	36,749,906	227,882,945	3.13%	2.12%
2024	37,885,849	232,679,478	3.09%	2.1%
2025	39,040,029	237,527,783	3.05%	2.08%
2026	40,215,174	242,431,830	3.01%	2.06%
2027	41,415,119	247,374,258	2.98%	2.04%
2028	42,641,677	252,346,128	2.96%	2.01%
2029	43,891,847	257,352,638	2.93%	1.98%
2030	45,160,453	262,380,975	2.89%	1.95%
2031	46,449,962	267,421,079	2.86%	1.92%
2032	47,759,505	272,483,635	2.82%	1.89%
2033	49,091,470	277,555,116	2.79%	1.86%
2034	50,447,449	282,622,388	2.76%	1.83%
2035	51,821,711	287,685,757	2.72%	1.79%
2036	53,215,935	292,739,390	2.69%	1.76%
2037	54,625,858	297,773,236	2.65%	1.72%
2038	56,053,776	302,782,350	2.61%	1.68%
2039	57,501,906	307,764,754	2.58%	1.65%
2040	58,965,319	312,710,403	2.54%	1.61%
2041	60,441,178	317,607,237	2.5%	1.57%
2042	61,927,899	322,450,302	2.46%	1.52%
2043	63,430,872	327,243,941	2.43%	1.49%
2044	64,945,294	331,983,354	2.39%	1.45%
2045	66,464,320	336,662,502	2.34%	1.41%
2046	68,000,587	341,281,757	2.31%	1.37%
2047	69,554,157	345,844,004	2.28%	1.34%
2048	71,118,776	350,347,757	2.25%	1.3%
2049	72,701,379	354,792,418	2.23%	1.27%
2050	74,295,387	359,185,550	2.19%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.