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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Nigeria	Australia	Nigeria
1960	10,276,477	45,053,782	-	-
1961	10,483,000	45,989,310	2.01%	2.08%
1962	10,742,000	46,965,292	2.47%	2.12%
1963	10,950,000	47,973,575	1.94%	2.15%
1964	11,167,000	49,012,016	1.98%	2.16%
1965	11,388,000	50,086,764	1.98%	2.19%
1966	11,651,000	51,188,234	2.31%	2.2%
1967	11,799,000	52,293,065	1.27%	2.16%
1968	12,009,000	53,432,783	1.78%	2.18%
1969	12,263,000	54,631,914	2.12%	2.24%
1970	12,507,000	55,893,838	1.99%	2.31%
1971	12,937,000	57,214,684	3.44%	2.36%
1972	13,177,000	58,601,748	1.86%	2.42%
1973	13,380,000	60,082,139	1.54%	2.53%
1974	13,723,000	61,679,144	2.56%	2.66%
1975	13,893,000	63,410,815	1.24%	2.81%
1976	14,033,000	65,258,009	1.01%	2.91%
1977	14,192,000	67,234,590	1.13%	3.03%
1978	14,358,000	69,326,532	1.17%	3.11%
1979	14,514,000	71,498,242	1.09%	3.13%
1980	14,692,000	73,764,641	1.23%	3.17%
1981	14,923,260	76,068,103	1.57%	3.12%
1982	15,184,247	78,378,701	1.75%	3.04%
1983	15,393,472	80,438,260	1.38%	2.63%
1984	15,579,391	82,526,443	1.21%	2.6%
1985	15,788,312	84,897,973	1.34%	2.87%
1986	16,018,350	87,235,953	1.46%	2.75%
1987	16,263,874	89,591,716	1.53%	2.7%
1988	16,532,164	92,020,090	1.65%	2.71%
1989	16,814,416	94,531,014	1.71%	2.73%
1990	17,065,128	97,120,925	1.49%	2.74%
1991	17,284,036	99,720,162	1.28%	2.68%
1992	17,478,635	102,372,770	1.13%	2.66%
1993	17,634,808	105,122,069	0.89%	2.69%
1994	17,805,468	107,935,714	0.97%	2.68%
1995	18,004,882	110,819,428	1.12%	2.67%
1996	18,224,767	113,754,779	1.22%	2.65%
1997	18,423,037	116,754,792	1.09%	2.64%
1998	18,607,584	119,846,254	1%	2.65%
1999	18,812,264	123,047,320	1.1%	2.67%
2000	19,028,802	126,382,494	1.15%	2.71%
2001	19,274,701	129,862,595	1.29%	2.75%
2002	19,495,210	133,471,989	1.14%	2.78%
2003	19,720,737	137,202,644	1.16%	2.8%
2004	19,932,722	141,057,045	1.07%	2.81%
2005	20,176,844	145,017,253	1.22%	2.81%
2006	20,450,966	149,077,334	1.36%	2.8%
2007	20,827,622	153,267,261	1.84%	2.81%
2008	21,249,199	157,595,014	2.02%	2.82%
2009	21,691,653	162,049,464	2.08%	2.83%
2010	22,031,750	166,642,886	1.57%	2.83%
2011	22,340,024	171,379,598	1.4%	2.84%
2012	22,733,465	176,200,625	1.76%	2.81%
2013	23,128,129	181,049,443	1.74%	2.75%
2014	23,475,686	185,896,915	1.5%	2.68%
2015	23,815,995	190,671,878	1.45%	2.57%
2016	24,190,907	195,443,700	1.57%	2.5%
2017	24,592,588	200,254,579	1.66%	2.46%
2018	24,963,258	204,938,755	1.51%	2.34%
2019	25,334,826	209,485,641	1.49%	2.22%
2020	25,649,248	213,996,181	1.24%	2.15%
2021	25,685,412	218,529,286	0.14%	2.12%
2022	26,014,399	223,150,896	1.28%	2.11%
2023	26,652,777	227,882,945	2.45%	2.12%
2024	27,204,809	232,679,478	2.07%	2.1%
2025	27,470,426	237,527,783	0.98%	2.08%
2026	27,728,157	242,431,830	0.94%	2.06%
2027	27,979,877	247,374,258	0.91%	2.04%
2028	28,228,958	252,346,128	0.89%	2.01%
2029	28,471,054	257,352,638	0.86%	1.98%
2030	28,707,292	262,380,975	0.83%	1.95%
2031	28,940,769	267,421,079	0.81%	1.92%
2032	29,169,013	272,483,635	0.79%	1.89%
2033	29,392,748	277,555,116	0.77%	1.86%
2034	29,614,137	282,622,388	0.75%	1.83%
2035	29,835,307	287,685,757	0.75%	1.79%
2036	30,056,752	292,739,390	0.74%	1.76%
2037	30,273,692	297,773,236	0.72%	1.72%
2038	30,488,994	302,782,350	0.71%	1.68%
2039	30,703,245	307,764,754	0.7%	1.65%
2040	30,916,122	312,710,403	0.69%	1.61%
2041	31,132,858	317,607,237	0.7%	1.57%
2042	31,352,893	322,450,302	0.71%	1.52%
2043	31,572,750	327,243,941	0.7%	1.49%
2044	31,790,565	331,983,354	0.69%	1.45%
2045	32,009,555	336,662,502	0.69%	1.41%
2046	32,232,946	341,281,757	0.7%	1.37%
2047	32,452,651	345,844,004	0.68%	1.34%
2048	32,672,016	350,347,757	0.68%	1.3%
2049	32,891,546	354,792,418	0.67%	1.27%
2050	33,105,190	359,185,550	0.65%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.