Population in Australia compared to Niger: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Niger: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Niger	Australia	Niger
1960	10,276,477	3,505,050	-	-
1961	10,483,000	3,608,162	2.01%	2.94%
1962	10,742,000	3,714,520	2.47%	2.95%
1963	10,950,000	3,823,873	1.94%	2.94%
1964	11,167,000	3,935,814	1.98%	2.93%
1965	11,388,000	4,049,695	1.98%	2.89%
1966	11,651,000	4,165,544	2.31%	2.86%
1967	11,799,000	4,283,590	1.27%	2.83%
1968	12,009,000	4,403,637	1.78%	2.8%
1969	12,263,000	4,525,725	2.12%	2.77%
1970	12,507,000	4,650,275	1.99%	2.75%
1971	12,937,000	4,776,225	3.44%	2.71%
1972	13,177,000	4,904,845	1.86%	2.69%
1973	13,380,000	5,037,865	1.54%	2.71%
1974	13,723,000	5,174,953	2.56%	2.72%
1975	13,893,000	5,317,019	1.24%	2.75%
1976	14,033,000	5,464,962	1.01%	2.78%
1977	14,192,000	5,619,716	1.13%	2.83%
1978	14,358,000	5,782,932	1.17%	2.9%
1979	14,514,000	5,955,556	1.09%	2.99%
1980	14,692,000	6,135,971	1.23%	3.03%
1981	14,923,260	6,322,006	1.57%	3.03%
1982	15,184,247	6,512,732	1.75%	3.02%
1983	15,393,472	6,708,644	1.38%	3.01%
1984	15,579,391	6,909,971	1.21%	3%
1985	15,788,312	7,118,457	1.34%	3.02%
1986	16,018,350	7,335,811	1.46%	3.05%
1987	16,263,874	7,561,150	1.53%	3.07%
1988	16,532,164	7,793,748	1.65%	3.08%
1989	16,814,416	8,034,780	1.71%	3.09%
1990	17,065,128	8,286,059	1.49%	3.13%
1991	17,284,036	8,546,900	1.28%	3.15%
1992	17,478,635	8,817,633	1.13%	3.17%
1993	17,634,808	9,100,789	0.89%	3.21%
1994	17,805,468	9,398,258	0.97%	3.27%
1995	18,004,882	9,714,529	1.12%	3.37%
1996	18,224,767	10,044,852	1.22%	3.4%
1997	18,423,037	10,383,969	1.09%	3.38%
1998	18,607,584	10,741,413	1%	3.44%
1999	18,812,264	11,117,411	1.1%	3.5%
2000	19,028,802	11,509,630	1.15%	3.53%
2001	19,274,701	11,920,647	1.29%	3.57%
2002	19,495,210	12,349,144	1.14%	3.59%
2003	19,720,737	12,796,984	1.16%	3.63%
2004	19,932,722	13,265,836	1.07%	3.66%
2005	20,176,844	13,756,192	1.22%	3.7%
2006	20,450,966	14,268,581	1.36%	3.72%
2007	20,827,622	14,803,610	1.84%	3.75%
2008	21,249,199	15,361,915	2.02%	3.77%
2009	21,691,653	15,943,675	2.08%	3.79%
2010	22,031,750	16,548,835	1.57%	3.8%
2011	22,340,024	17,176,283	1.4%	3.79%
2012	22,733,465	17,836,769	1.76%	3.85%
2013	23,128,129	18,519,898	1.74%	3.83%
2014	23,475,686	19,215,909	1.5%	3.76%
2015	23,815,995	19,939,498	1.45%	3.77%
2016	24,190,907	20,685,753	1.57%	3.74%
2017	24,592,588	21,435,446	1.66%	3.62%
2018	24,963,258	22,188,069	1.51%	3.51%
2019	25,334,826	22,947,757	1.49%	3.42%
2020	25,649,248	23,717,613	1.24%	3.35%
2021	25,685,412	24,502,140	0.14%	3.31%
2022	26,018,721	25,311,973	1.3%	3.31%
2023	26,659,922	26,159,867	2.46%	3.35%
2024	27,196,812	27,032,412	2.01%	3.34%
2025	27,462,351	27,917,825	0.98%	3.28%
2026	27,720,006	28,814,872	0.94%	3.21%
2027	27,971,653	29,723,688	0.91%	3.15%
2028	28,220,660	30,643,561	0.89%	3.09%
2029	28,462,685	31,575,091	0.86%	3.04%
2030	28,698,853	32,518,069	0.83%	2.99%
2031	28,932,262	33,469,616	0.81%	2.93%
2032	29,160,438	34,428,638	0.79%	2.87%
2033	29,384,107	35,397,029	0.77%	2.81%
2034	29,605,432	36,372,374	0.75%	2.76%
2035	29,826,537	37,353,462	0.75%	2.7%
2036	30,047,917	38,340,142	0.74%	2.64%
2037	30,264,792	39,330,372	0.72%	2.58%
2038	30,480,032	40,323,460	0.71%	2.52%
2039	30,694,219	41,318,407	0.7%	2.47%
2040	30,907,034	42,316,733	0.69%	2.42%
2041	31,123,706	43,319,236	0.7%	2.37%
2042	31,343,677	44,326,115	0.71%	2.32%
2043	31,563,469	45,337,248	0.7%	2.28%
2044	31,781,220	46,353,160	0.69%	2.24%
2045	32,000,146	47,374,113	0.69%	2.2%
2046	32,223,471	48,397,993	0.7%	2.16%
2047	32,443,112	49,423,853	0.68%	2.12%
2048	32,662,412	50,452,202	0.68%	2.08%
2049	32,881,878	51,482,559	0.67%	2.04%
2050	33,095,459	52,513,870	0.65%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Niger was ranked 64th in 2006 and ranked 53rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.