Population in the Bahamas compared to Nigeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	Nigeria	Bahamas	Nigeria
1960	116,317	45,053,782	-	-
1961	122,197	45,989,310	5.06%	2.08%
1962	128,493	46,965,292	5.15%	2.12%
1963	135,087	47,973,575	5.13%	2.15%
1964	141,528	49,012,016	4.77%	2.16%
1965	147,952	50,086,764	4.54%	2.19%
1966	154,874	51,188,234	4.68%	2.2%
1967	162,267	52,293,065	4.77%	2.16%
1968	170,089	53,432,783	4.82%	2.18%
1969	177,981	54,631,914	4.64%	2.24%
1970	184,982	55,893,838	3.93%	2.31%
1971	190,857	57,214,684	3.18%	2.36%
1972	196,055	58,601,748	2.72%	2.42%
1973	200,791	60,082,139	2.42%	2.53%
1974	205,342	61,679,144	2.27%	2.66%
1975	209,886	63,410,815	2.21%	2.81%
1976	214,501	65,258,009	2.2%	2.91%
1977	219,157	67,234,590	2.17%	3.03%
1978	223,761	69,326,532	2.1%	3.11%
1979	228,230	71,498,242	2%	3.13%
1980	232,526	73,764,641	1.88%	3.17%
1981	236,614	76,068,103	1.76%	3.12%
1982	240,614	78,378,701	1.69%	3.04%
1983	244,698	80,438,260	1.7%	2.63%
1984	248,863	82,526,443	1.7%	2.6%
1985	253,154	84,897,973	1.72%	2.87%
1986	257,536	87,235,953	1.73%	2.75%
1987	261,935	89,591,716	1.71%	2.7%
1988	266,448	92,020,090	1.72%	2.71%
1989	271,178	94,531,014	1.78%	2.73%
1990	275,945	97,120,925	1.76%	2.74%
1991	280,731	99,720,162	1.73%	2.68%
1992	285,927	102,372,770	1.85%	2.66%
1993	291,339	105,122,069	1.89%	2.69%
1994	296,509	107,935,714	1.77%	2.68%
1995	301,461	110,819,428	1.67%	2.67%
1996	306,268	113,754,779	1.59%	2.65%
1997	310,904	116,754,792	1.51%	2.64%
1998	315,368	119,846,254	1.44%	2.65%
1999	319,614	123,047,320	1.35%	2.67%
2000	323,835	126,382,494	1.32%	2.71%
2001	327,836	129,862,595	1.24%	2.75%
2002	331,614	133,471,989	1.15%	2.78%
2003	335,618	137,202,644	1.21%	2.8%
2004	339,782	141,057,045	1.24%	2.81%
2005	343,894	145,017,253	1.21%	2.81%
2006	348,375	149,077,334	1.3%	2.8%
2007	353,334	153,267,261	1.42%	2.81%
2008	358,120	157,595,014	1.35%	2.82%
2009	362,810	162,049,464	1.31%	2.83%
2010	367,478	166,642,886	1.29%	2.83%
2011	371,729	171,379,598	1.16%	2.84%
2012	375,469	176,200,625	1.01%	2.81%
2013	378,953	181,049,443	0.93%	2.75%
2014	382,298	185,896,915	0.88%	2.68%
2015	385,346	190,671,878	0.8%	2.57%
2016	388,055	195,443,700	0.7%	2.5%
2017	390,485	200,254,579	0.63%	2.46%
2018	392,717	204,938,755	0.57%	2.34%
2019	394,675	209,485,641	0.5%	2.22%
2020	395,863	213,996,181	0.3%	2.15%
2021	396,373	218,529,286	0.13%	2.12%
2022	397,538	223,150,896	0.29%	2.11%
2023	399,440	227,882,945	0.48%	2.12%
2024	401,283	232,679,478	0.46%	2.1%
2025	403,042	237,527,783	0.44%	2.08%
2026	404,635	242,431,830	0.4%	2.06%
2027	406,126	247,374,258	0.37%	2.04%
2028	407,560	252,346,128	0.35%	2.01%
2029	408,950	257,352,638	0.34%	1.98%
2030	410,269	262,380,975	0.32%	1.95%
2031	411,543	267,421,079	0.31%	1.92%
2032	412,724	272,483,635	0.29%	1.89%
2033	413,846	277,555,116	0.27%	1.86%
2034	414,942	282,622,388	0.26%	1.83%
2035	415,982	287,685,757	0.25%	1.79%
2036	416,939	292,739,390	0.23%	1.76%
2037	417,847	297,773,236	0.22%	1.72%
2038	418,753	302,782,350	0.22%	1.68%
2039	419,595	307,764,754	0.2%	1.65%
2040	420,348	312,710,403	0.18%	1.61%
2041	421,079	317,607,237	0.17%	1.57%
2042	421,746	322,450,302	0.16%	1.52%
2043	422,343	327,243,941	0.14%	1.49%
2044	422,831	331,983,354	0.12%	1.45%
2045	423,269	336,662,502	0.1%	1.41%
2046	423,679	341,281,757	0.1%	1.37%
2047	423,952	345,844,004	0.06%	1.34%
2048	424,123	350,347,757	0.04%	1.3%
2049	424,251	354,792,418	0.03%	1.27%
2050	424,273	359,185,550	0.005%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd 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) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.