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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Azerbaijan was 10,202,850 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Azerbaijan's population is 10,308,499 people compared to 241,467,099 in Nigeria.

Population statistics:

  • Nigeria's population is 23.4 times bigger than Azerbaijan's.
  • Azerbaijan is ranked the 94th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
  • The countries together account for 3.05% of the world: 0.12% for Azerbaijan vs 2.92% for Nigeria.
  • For the last 10 years, Azerbaijan has had an average growth rate of +0.73% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
  • Since 2005, the population of Azerbaijan has increased from 8.39M people to 10.3M (22.8% growth), while Nigeria has grown from 145M to 241M (66.5% growth).
  • Azerbaijan is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 11.1M people compared to the peak of 477M people in 2100 for Nigeria.

Azerbaijan vs Nigeria: live population counter

Azerbaijan Nigeria
Current population
10308499
241467099
Population rank 94/197 6/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 2.92%
One net population change
10.8 minutes
6.58 seconds
One birth every
4.66 minutes
4.2 seconds
One death every
8.77 minutes
11.8 seconds
One migration net change every
48.4 minutes
14.9 minutes
Annual migration change +10,864 -35,202
Daily growth/decline +134 +13,141
Annual growth/decline +48,892 +4,796,533
Annual growth/decline rate +0.48% +2.1%
Population growth rate rank 137/197 50/197

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

Azerbaijan
Population

Growth rate
Nigeria
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Azerbaijan Nigeria Azerbaijan Nigeria
1960 3,894,500 45,053,782 - -
1961 4,045,750 45,989,310 3.88% 2.08%
1962 4,168,150 46,965,292 3.03% 2.12%
1963 4,293,550 47,973,575 3.01% 2.15%
1964 4,439,250 49,012,016 3.39% 2.16%
1965 4,574,650 50,086,764 3.05% 2.19%
1966 4,708,150 51,188,234 2.92% 2.2%
1967 4,832,000 52,293,065 2.63% 2.16%
1968 4,948,500 53,432,783 2.41% 2.18%
1969 5,063,300 54,631,914 2.32% 2.24%
1970 5,172,050 55,893,838 2.15% 2.31%
1971 5,282,950 57,214,684 2.14% 2.36%
1972 5,391,450 58,601,748 2.05% 2.42%
1973 5,493,900 60,082,139 1.9% 2.53%
1974 5,594,100 61,679,144 1.82% 2.66%
1975 5,689,050 63,410,815 1.7% 2.81%
1976 5,781,000 65,258,009 1.62% 2.91%
1977 5,876,150 67,234,590 1.65% 3.03%
1978 5,976,150 69,326,532 1.7% 3.11%
1979 6,071,300 71,498,242 1.59% 3.13%
1980 6,160,500 73,764,641 1.47% 3.17%
1981 6,257,750 76,068,103 1.58% 3.12%
1982 6,357,550 78,378,701 1.59% 3.04%
1983 6,459,800 80,438,260 1.61% 2.63%
1984 6,567,850 82,526,443 1.67% 2.6%
1985 6,670,150 84,897,973 1.56% 2.87%
1986 6,770,300 87,235,953 1.5% 2.75%
1987 6,875,350 89,591,716 1.55% 2.7%
1988 6,974,600 92,020,090 1.44% 2.71%
1989 7,076,550 94,531,014 1.46% 2.73%
1990 7,175,200 97,120,925 1.39% 2.74%
1991 7,271,300 99,720,162 1.34% 2.68%
1992 7,382,050 102,372,770 1.52% 2.66%
1993 7,494,800 105,122,069 1.53% 2.69%
1994 7,596,550 107,935,714 1.36% 2.68%
1995 7,684,850 110,819,428 1.16% 2.67%
1996 7,763,000 113,754,779 1.02% 2.65%
1997 7,838,250 116,754,792 0.97% 2.64%
1998 7,913,000 119,846,254 0.95% 2.65%
1999 7,982,750 123,047,320 0.88% 2.67%
2000 8,048,600 126,382,494 0.82% 2.71%
2001 8,111,200 129,862,595 0.78% 2.75%
2002 8,171,950 133,471,989 0.75% 2.78%
2003 8,234,100 137,202,644 0.76% 2.8%
2004 8,306,500 141,057,045 0.88% 2.81%
2005 8,391,850 145,017,253 1.03% 2.81%
2006 8,484,550 149,077,334 1.1% 2.8%
2007 8,581,300 153,267,261 1.14% 2.81%
2008 8,763,400 157,595,014 2.12% 2.82%
2009 8,947,243 162,049,464 2.1% 2.83%
2010 9,054,332 166,642,886 1.2% 2.83%
2011 9,173,082 171,379,598 1.31% 2.84%
2012 9,295,784 176,200,625 1.34% 2.81%
2013 9,416,801 181,049,443 1.3% 2.75%
2014 9,535,079 185,896,915 1.26% 2.68%
2015 9,649,341 190,671,878 1.2% 2.57%
2016 9,757,812 195,443,700 1.12% 2.5%
2017 9,854,033 200,254,579 0.99% 2.46%
2018 9,939,771 204,938,755 0.87% 2.34%
2019 10,024,283 209,485,641 0.85% 2.22%
2020 10,093,121 213,996,181 0.69% 2.15%
2021 10,137,750 218,529,286 0.44% 2.12%
2022 10,141,756 223,150,896 0.04% 2.11%
2023 10,153,958 227,882,945 0.12% 2.12%
2024 10,202,850 232,679,478 0.48% 2.1%
2025 10,263,192 237,527,783 0.59% 2.08%
2026 10,319,595 242,431,830 0.55% 2.06%
2027 10,373,460 247,374,258 0.52% 2.04%
2028 10,425,946 252,346,128 0.51% 2.01%
2029 10,477,429 257,352,638 0.49% 1.98%
2030 10,527,400 262,380,975 0.48% 1.95%
2031 10,576,015 267,421,079 0.46% 1.92%
2032 10,623,687 272,483,635 0.45% 1.89%
2033 10,669,963 277,555,116 0.44% 1.86%
2034 10,714,572 282,622,388 0.42% 1.83%
2035 10,757,666 287,685,757 0.4% 1.79%
2036 10,798,811 292,739,390 0.38% 1.76%
2037 10,837,689 297,773,236 0.36% 1.72%
2038 10,873,833 302,782,350 0.33% 1.68%
2039 10,907,324 307,764,754 0.31% 1.65%
2040 10,937,977 312,710,403 0.28% 1.61%
2041 10,965,202 317,607,237 0.25% 1.57%
2042 10,989,309 322,450,302 0.22% 1.52%
2043 11,010,513 327,243,941 0.19% 1.49%
2044 11,028,582 331,983,354 0.16% 1.45%
2045 11,044,051 336,662,502 0.14% 1.41%
2046 11,056,769 341,281,757 0.12% 1.37%
2047 11,066,704 345,844,004 0.09% 1.34%
2048 11,074,312 350,347,757 0.07% 1.3%
2049 11,078,340 354,792,418 0.04% 1.27%
2050 11,079,701 359,185,550 0.01% 1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Azerbaijan increased by 1,257,491 people (a 15% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Azerbaijan gained 659,158 (a 6.83% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Azerbaijan was ranked 90th most populous country in 2005 and is 94th 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) Azerbaijan's population will grow by 7.48% to 11,079,701 people and will still be ranked 94th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.

Biggest cities by population

Nigeria
City Population
Lagos 15.1M
Kano 4.35M
Port Harcourt 3.32M
Ibadan 2.55M
Benin 1.78M
Abuja 1.69M
Onitsha 1.48M
Maiduguri 1.2M
Aba 1.16M
Enugu 1.03M

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