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	9,133,712	232,679,478	-0.49%	2.1%
2025	9,074,112	237,527,783	-0.65%	2.08%
2026	9,013,013	242,431,830	-0.67%	2.06%
2027	8,951,103	247,374,258	-0.69%	2.04%
2028	8,888,816	252,346,128	-0.7%	2.01%
2029	8,825,470	257,352,638	-0.71%	1.98%
2030	8,761,505	262,380,975	-0.72%	1.95%
2031	8,697,799	267,421,079	-0.73%	1.92%
2032	8,634,092	272,483,635	-0.73%	1.89%
2033	8,570,188	277,555,116	-0.74%	1.86%
2034	8,506,564	282,622,388	-0.74%	1.83%
2035	8,443,463	287,685,757	-0.74%	1.79%
2036	8,380,891	292,739,390	-0.74%	1.76%
2037	8,318,818	297,773,236	-0.74%	1.72%
2038	8,256,896	302,782,350	-0.74%	1.68%
2039	8,194,864	307,764,754	-0.75%	1.65%
2040	8,133,047	312,710,403	-0.75%	1.61%
2041	8,071,502	317,607,237	-0.76%	1.57%
2042	8,010,552	322,450,302	-0.76%	1.52%
2043	7,950,255	327,243,941	-0.75%	1.49%
2044	7,889,949	331,983,354	-0.76%	1.45%
2045	7,829,484	336,662,502	-0.77%	1.41%
2046	7,768,823	341,281,757	-0.77%	1.37%
2047	7,707,590	345,844,004	-0.79%	1.34%
2048	7,645,086	350,347,757	-0.81%	1.3%
2049	7,581,407	354,792,418	-0.83%	1.27%
2050	7,516,925	359,185,550	-0.85%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.