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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Nigeria	Belize	Nigeria
1960	91,318	45,053,782	-	-
1961	93,632	45,989,310	2.53%	2.08%
1962	96,042	46,965,292	2.57%	2.12%
1963	98,704	47,973,575	2.77%	2.15%
1964	101,603	49,012,016	2.94%	2.16%
1965	104,675	50,086,764	3.02%	2.19%
1966	107,906	51,188,234	3.09%	2.2%
1967	111,272	52,293,065	3.12%	2.16%
1968	114,713	53,432,783	3.09%	2.18%
1969	118,040	54,631,914	2.9%	2.24%
1970	120,736	55,893,838	2.28%	2.31%
1971	122,805	57,214,684	1.71%	2.36%
1972	124,676	58,601,748	1.52%	2.42%
1973	126,445	60,082,139	1.42%	2.53%
1974	128,185	61,679,144	1.38%	2.66%
1975	130,387	63,410,815	1.72%	2.81%
1976	133,099	65,258,009	2.08%	2.91%
1977	135,887	67,234,590	2.09%	3.03%
1978	138,713	69,326,532	2.08%	3.11%
1979	141,678	71,498,242	2.14%	3.13%
1980	145,062	73,764,641	2.39%	3.17%
1981	148,786	76,068,103	2.57%	3.12%
1982	152,548	78,378,701	2.53%	3.04%
1983	156,297	80,438,260	2.46%	2.63%
1984	160,044	82,526,443	2.4%	2.6%
1985	163,796	84,897,973	2.34%	2.87%
1986	167,554	87,235,953	2.29%	2.75%
1987	171,338	89,591,716	2.26%	2.7%
1988	175,180	92,020,090	2.24%	2.71%
1989	179,107	94,531,014	2.24%	2.73%
1990	183,076	97,120,925	2.22%	2.74%
1991	187,040	99,720,162	2.17%	2.68%
1992	190,983	102,372,770	2.11%	2.66%
1993	194,902	105,122,069	2.05%	2.69%
1994	199,097	107,935,714	2.15%	2.68%
1995	204,146	110,819,428	2.54%	2.67%
1996	210,310	113,754,779	3.02%	2.65%
1997	217,446	116,754,792	3.39%	2.64%
1998	225,173	119,846,254	3.55%	2.65%
1999	233,059	123,047,320	3.5%	2.67%
2000	240,799	126,382,494	3.32%	2.71%
2001	248,379	129,862,595	3.15%	2.75%
2002	256,009	133,471,989	3.07%	2.78%
2003	263,780	137,202,644	3.04%	2.8%
2004	271,688	141,057,045	3%	2.81%
2005	279,731	145,017,253	2.96%	2.81%
2006	287,878	149,077,334	2.91%	2.8%
2007	296,100	153,267,261	2.86%	2.81%
2008	304,361	157,595,014	2.79%	2.82%
2009	312,614	162,049,464	2.71%	2.83%
2010	320,245	166,642,886	2.44%	2.83%
2011	327,298	171,379,598	2.2%	2.84%
2012	334,414	176,200,625	2.17%	2.81%
2013	341,627	181,049,443	2.16%	2.75%
2014	348,923	185,896,915	2.14%	2.68%
2015	356,333	190,671,878	2.12%	2.57%
2016	364,705	195,443,700	2.35%	2.5%
2017	373,202	200,254,579	2.33%	2.46%
2018	380,226	204,938,755	1.88%	2.34%
2019	385,829	209,485,641	1.47%	2.22%
2020	390,812	213,996,181	1.29%	2.15%
2021	395,346	218,529,286	1.16%	2.12%
2022	402,733	223,150,896	1.87%	2.11%
2023	411,106	227,882,945	2.08%	2.12%
2024	417,072	232,679,478	1.45%	2.1%
2025	422,922	237,527,783	1.4%	2.08%
2026	428,651	242,431,830	1.35%	2.06%
2027	434,214	247,374,258	1.3%	2.04%
2028	439,588	252,346,128	1.24%	2.01%
2029	444,794	257,352,638	1.18%	1.98%
2030	449,845	262,380,975	1.14%	1.95%
2031	454,733	267,421,079	1.09%	1.92%
2032	459,517	272,483,635	1.05%	1.89%
2033	464,203	277,555,116	1.02%	1.86%
2034	468,777	282,622,388	0.99%	1.83%
2035	473,126	287,685,757	0.93%	1.79%
2036	477,230	292,739,390	0.87%	1.76%
2037	481,157	297,773,236	0.82%	1.72%
2038	484,877	302,782,350	0.77%	1.68%
2039	488,334	307,764,754	0.71%	1.65%
2040	491,592	312,710,403	0.67%	1.61%
2041	494,725	317,607,237	0.64%	1.57%
2042	497,695	322,450,302	0.6%	1.52%
2043	500,514	327,243,941	0.57%	1.49%
2044	503,171	331,983,354	0.53%	1.45%
2045	505,692	336,662,502	0.5%	1.41%
2046	508,116	341,281,757	0.48%	1.37%
2047	510,423	345,844,004	0.45%	1.34%
2048	512,657	350,347,757	0.44%	1.3%
2049	514,721	354,792,418	0.4%	1.27%
2050	516,621	359,185,550	0.37%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.8% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.