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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Nigeria	Belarus	Nigeria
1960	8,198,000	45,053,782	-	-
1961	8,271,216	45,989,310	0.89%	2.08%
1962	8,351,928	46,965,292	0.98%	2.12%
1963	8,437,232	47,973,575	1.02%	2.15%
1964	8,524,224	49,012,016	1.03%	2.16%
1965	8,610,000	50,086,764	1.01%	2.19%
1966	8,696,496	51,188,234	1%	2.2%
1967	8,785,648	52,293,065	1.03%	2.16%
1968	8,874,552	53,432,783	1.01%	2.18%
1969	8,960,304	54,631,914	0.97%	2.24%
1970	9,040,000	55,893,838	0.89%	2.31%
1971	9,115,576	57,214,684	0.84%	2.36%
1972	9,188,968	58,601,748	0.81%	2.42%
1973	9,257,272	60,082,139	0.74%	2.53%
1974	9,317,584	61,679,144	0.65%	2.66%
1975	9,367,000	63,410,815	0.53%	2.81%
1976	9,411,000	65,258,009	0.47%	2.91%
1977	9,463,000	67,234,590	0.55%	3.03%
1978	9,525,000	69,326,532	0.66%	3.11%
1979	9,584,000	71,498,242	0.62%	3.13%
1980	9,643,000	73,764,641	0.62%	3.17%
1981	9,710,000	76,068,103	0.69%	3.12%
1982	9,776,000	78,378,701	0.68%	3.04%
1983	9,843,000	80,438,260	0.69%	2.63%
1984	9,910,000	82,526,443	0.68%	2.6%
1985	9,975,000	84,897,973	0.66%	2.87%
1986	10,043,000	87,235,953	0.68%	2.75%
1987	10,111,000	89,591,716	0.68%	2.7%
1988	10,140,000	92,020,090	0.29%	2.71%
1989	10,170,000	94,531,014	0.3%	2.73%
1990	10,189,348	97,120,925	0.19%	2.74%
1991	10,194,050	99,720,162	0.05%	2.68%
1992	10,216,470	102,372,770	0.22%	2.66%
1993	10,239,050	105,122,069	0.22%	2.69%
1994	10,226,955	107,935,714	-0.12%	2.68%
1995	10,193,831	110,819,428	-0.32%	2.67%
1996	10,159,569	113,754,779	-0.34%	2.65%
1997	10,117,433	116,754,792	-0.41%	2.64%
1998	10,071,963	119,846,254	-0.45%	2.65%
1999	10,026,738	123,047,320	-0.45%	2.67%
2000	9,979,610	126,382,494	-0.47%	2.71%
2001	9,928,549	129,862,595	-0.51%	2.75%
2002	9,865,548	133,471,989	-0.63%	2.78%
2003	9,796,749	137,202,644	-0.7%	2.8%
2004	9,730,146	141,057,045	-0.68%	2.81%
2005	9,663,915	145,017,253	-0.68%	2.81%
2006	9,604,924	149,077,334	-0.61%	2.8%
2007	9,560,953	153,267,261	-0.46%	2.81%
2008	9,527,985	157,595,014	-0.34%	2.82%
2009	9,504,583	162,049,464	-0.25%	2.83%
2010	9,483,836	166,642,886	-0.22%	2.83%
2011	9,461,643	171,379,598	-0.23%	2.84%
2012	9,446,836	176,200,625	-0.16%	2.81%
2013	9,443,211	181,049,443	-0.04%	2.75%
2014	9,448,515	185,896,915	0.06%	2.68%
2015	9,461,076	190,671,878	0.13%	2.57%
2016	9,469,379	195,443,700	0.09%	2.5%
2017	9,458,989	200,254,579	-0.11%	2.46%
2018	9,438,785	204,938,755	-0.21%	2.34%
2019	9,419,758	209,485,641	-0.2%	2.22%
2020	9,379,952	213,996,181	-0.42%	2.15%
2021	9,302,585	218,529,286	-0.82%	2.12%
2022	9,228,071	223,150,896	-0.8%	2.11%
2023	9,178,298	227,882,945	-0.54%	2.12%
2024	9,132,629	232,679,478	-0.5%	2.1%
2025	9,073,036	237,527,783	-0.65%	2.08%
2026	9,011,944	242,431,830	-0.67%	2.06%
2027	8,950,041	247,374,258	-0.69%	2.04%
2028	8,887,762	252,346,128	-0.7%	2.01%
2029	8,824,424	257,352,638	-0.71%	1.98%
2030	8,760,466	262,380,975	-0.72%	1.95%
2031	8,696,768	267,421,079	-0.73%	1.92%
2032	8,633,068	272,483,635	-0.73%	1.89%
2033	8,569,172	277,555,116	-0.74%	1.86%
2034	8,505,555	282,622,388	-0.74%	1.83%
2035	8,442,461	287,685,757	-0.74%	1.79%
2036	8,379,897	292,739,390	-0.74%	1.76%
2037	8,317,831	297,773,236	-0.74%	1.72%
2038	8,255,917	302,782,350	-0.74%	1.68%
2039	8,193,893	307,764,754	-0.75%	1.65%
2040	8,132,083	312,710,403	-0.75%	1.61%
2041	8,070,545	317,607,237	-0.76%	1.57%
2042	8,009,602	322,450,302	-0.76%	1.52%
2043	7,949,312	327,243,941	-0.75%	1.49%
2044	7,889,014	331,983,354	-0.76%	1.45%
2045	7,828,555	336,662,502	-0.77%	1.41%
2046	7,767,902	341,281,757	-0.77%	1.37%
2047	7,706,676	345,844,004	-0.79%	1.34%
2048	7,644,179	350,347,757	-0.81%	1.3%
2049	7,580,508	354,792,418	-0.83%	1.27%
2050	7,516,034	359,185,550	-0.85%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.