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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Nigeria	Belgium	Nigeria
1960	9,153,489	45,053,782	-	-
1961	9,183,948	45,989,310	0.33%	2.08%
1962	9,220,578	46,965,292	0.4%	2.12%
1963	9,289,770	47,973,575	0.75%	2.15%
1964	9,378,113	49,012,016	0.95%	2.16%
1965	9,463,667	50,086,764	0.91%	2.19%
1966	9,527,807	51,188,234	0.68%	2.2%
1967	9,580,991	52,293,065	0.56%	2.16%
1968	9,618,756	53,432,783	0.39%	2.18%
1969	9,646,032	54,631,914	0.28%	2.24%
1970	9,655,549	55,893,838	0.1%	2.31%
1971	9,673,162	57,214,684	0.18%	2.36%
1972	9,711,115	58,601,748	0.39%	2.42%
1973	9,741,720	60,082,139	0.32%	2.53%
1974	9,772,419	61,679,144	0.32%	2.66%
1975	9,800,700	63,410,815	0.29%	2.81%
1976	9,818,227	65,258,009	0.18%	2.91%
1977	9,830,358	67,234,590	0.12%	3.03%
1978	9,839,534	69,326,532	0.09%	3.11%
1979	9,848,382	71,498,242	0.09%	3.13%
1980	9,859,242	73,764,641	0.11%	3.17%
1981	9,858,982	76,068,103	-0.003%	3.12%
1982	9,856,303	78,378,701	-0.03%	3.04%
1983	9,855,520	80,438,260	-0.008%	2.63%
1984	9,855,372	82,526,443	-0.002%	2.6%
1985	9,858,308	84,897,973	0.03%	2.87%
1986	9,861,823	87,235,953	0.04%	2.75%
1987	9,870,234	89,591,716	0.09%	2.7%
1988	9,901,664	92,020,090	0.32%	2.71%
1989	9,937,697	94,531,014	0.36%	2.73%
1990	9,967,379	97,120,925	0.3%	2.74%
1991	10,004,486	99,720,162	0.37%	2.68%
1992	10,045,158	102,372,770	0.41%	2.66%
1993	10,084,475	105,122,069	0.39%	2.69%
1994	10,115,603	107,935,714	0.31%	2.68%
1995	10,136,811	110,819,428	0.21%	2.67%
1996	10,156,637	113,754,779	0.2%	2.65%
1997	10,181,245	116,754,792	0.24%	2.64%
1998	10,203,008	119,846,254	0.21%	2.65%
1999	10,226,419	123,047,320	0.23%	2.67%
2000	10,251,250	126,382,494	0.24%	2.71%
2001	10,286,570	129,862,595	0.34%	2.75%
2002	10,332,785	133,471,989	0.45%	2.78%
2003	10,376,133	137,202,644	0.42%	2.8%
2004	10,421,137	141,057,045	0.43%	2.81%
2005	10,478,617	145,017,253	0.55%	2.81%
2006	10,547,958	149,077,334	0.66%	2.8%
2007	10,625,700	153,267,261	0.74%	2.81%
2008	10,709,973	157,595,014	0.79%	2.82%
2009	10,796,493	162,049,464	0.81%	2.83%
2010	10,895,586	166,642,886	0.92%	2.83%
2011	11,038,264	171,379,598	1.31%	2.84%
2012	11,106,932	176,200,625	0.62%	2.81%
2013	11,159,407	181,049,443	0.47%	2.75%
2014	11,209,057	185,896,915	0.44%	2.68%
2015	11,274,196	190,671,878	0.58%	2.57%
2016	11,331,422	195,443,700	0.51%	2.5%
2017	11,375,158	200,254,579	0.39%	2.46%
2018	11,427,054	204,938,755	0.46%	2.34%
2019	11,488,980	209,485,641	0.54%	2.22%
2020	11,538,604	213,996,181	0.43%	2.15%
2021	11,586,195	218,529,286	0.41%	2.12%
2022	11,680,210	223,150,896	0.81%	2.11%
2023	11,787,423	227,882,945	0.92%	2.12%
2024	11,876,844	232,679,478	0.76%	2.1%
2025	11,896,918	237,527,783	0.17%	2.08%
2026	11,913,154	242,431,830	0.14%	2.06%
2027	11,927,312	247,374,258	0.12%	2.04%
2028	11,940,447	252,346,128	0.11%	2.01%
2029	11,952,623	257,352,638	0.1%	1.98%
2030	11,963,228	262,380,975	0.09%	1.95%
2031	11,972,203	267,421,079	0.08%	1.92%
2032	11,980,413	272,483,635	0.07%	1.89%
2033	11,988,622	277,555,116	0.07%	1.86%
2034	11,996,340	282,622,388	0.06%	1.83%
2035	12,003,132	287,685,757	0.06%	1.79%
2036	12,009,585	292,739,390	0.05%	1.76%
2037	12,016,237	297,773,236	0.06%	1.72%
2038	12,022,688	302,782,350	0.05%	1.68%
2039	12,027,954	307,764,754	0.04%	1.65%
2040	12,032,091	312,710,403	0.03%	1.61%
2041	12,035,890	317,607,237	0.03%	1.57%
2042	12,038,939	322,450,302	0.03%	1.52%
2043	12,040,642	327,243,941	0.01%	1.49%
2044	12,041,547	331,983,354	0.008%	1.45%
2045	12,040,973	336,662,502	-0.005%	1.41%
2046	12,038,516	341,281,757	-0.02%	1.37%
2047	12,034,474	345,844,004	-0.03%	1.34%
2048	12,028,475	350,347,757	-0.05%	1.3%
2049	12,020,405	354,792,418	-0.07%	1.27%
2050	12,010,542	359,185,550	-0.08%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd 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) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.