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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brazil	Nigeria	Brazil	Nigeria
1960	72,388,126	45,053,782	-	-
1961	74,605,447	45,989,310	3.06%	2.08%
1962	76,865,323	46,965,292	3.03%	2.12%
1963	79,164,235	47,973,575	2.99%	2.15%
1964	81,488,595	49,012,016	2.94%	2.16%
1965	83,817,583	50,086,764	2.86%	2.19%
1966	86,139,359	51,188,234	2.77%	2.2%
1967	88,446,124	52,293,065	2.68%	2.16%
1968	90,741,240	53,432,783	2.59%	2.18%
1969	93,045,777	54,631,914	2.54%	2.24%
1970	95,375,651	55,893,838	2.5%	2.31%
1971	97,739,273	57,214,684	2.48%	2.36%
1972	100,146,797	58,601,748	2.46%	2.42%
1973	102,600,976	60,082,139	2.45%	2.53%
1974	105,089,675	61,679,144	2.43%	2.66%
1975	107,619,565	63,410,815	2.41%	2.81%
1976	110,213,349	65,258,009	2.41%	2.91%
1977	112,875,292	67,234,590	2.42%	3.03%
1978	115,600,942	69,326,532	2.41%	3.11%
1979	118,380,821	71,498,242	2.4%	3.13%
1980	121,207,461	73,764,641	2.39%	3.17%
1981	124,063,109	76,068,103	2.36%	3.12%
1982	126,923,155	78,378,701	2.31%	3.04%
1983	129,790,077	80,438,260	2.26%	2.63%
1984	132,658,864	82,526,443	2.21%	2.6%
1985	135,515,595	84,897,973	2.15%	2.87%
1986	138,336,370	87,235,953	2.08%	2.75%
1987	141,104,944	89,591,716	2%	2.7%
1988	143,826,357	92,020,090	1.93%	2.71%
1989	146,502,972	94,531,014	1.86%	2.73%
1990	149,143,223	97,120,925	1.8%	2.74%
1991	151,724,256	99,720,162	1.73%	2.68%
1992	154,275,079	102,372,770	1.68%	2.66%
1993	156,794,577	105,122,069	1.63%	2.69%
1994	159,265,006	107,935,714	1.58%	2.68%
1995	161,735,073	110,819,428	1.55%	2.67%
1996	164,202,549	113,754,779	1.53%	2.65%
1997	166,661,659	116,754,792	1.5%	2.64%
1998	169,159,655	119,846,254	1.5%	2.65%
1999	171,641,543	123,047,320	1.47%	2.67%
2000	174,018,282	126,382,494	1.38%	2.71%
2001	176,301,203	129,862,595	1.31%	2.75%
2002	178,503,484	133,471,989	1.25%	2.78%
2003	180,622,688	137,202,644	1.19%	2.8%
2004	182,675,143	141,057,045	1.14%	2.81%
2005	184,688,101	145,017,253	1.1%	2.81%
2006	186,653,106	149,077,334	1.06%	2.8%
2007	188,552,320	153,267,261	1.02%	2.81%
2008	190,367,302	157,595,014	0.96%	2.82%
2009	192,079,951	162,049,464	0.9%	2.83%
2010	193,701,929	166,642,886	0.84%	2.83%
2011	195,284,734	171,379,598	0.82%	2.84%
2012	196,876,111	176,200,625	0.81%	2.81%
2013	198,478,299	181,049,443	0.81%	2.75%
2014	200,085,127	185,896,915	0.81%	2.68%
2015	201,675,532	190,671,878	0.79%	2.57%
2016	203,218,114	195,443,700	0.76%	2.5%
2017	204,703,445	200,254,579	0.73%	2.46%
2018	206,107,261	204,938,755	0.69%	2.34%
2019	207,455,459	209,485,641	0.65%	2.22%
2020	208,660,842	213,996,181	0.58%	2.15%
2021	209,550,294	218,529,286	0.43%	2.12%
2022	210,306,415	223,150,896	0.36%	2.11%
2023	211,140,729	227,882,945	0.4%	2.12%
2024	211,998,573	232,679,478	0.41%	2.1%
2025	212,812,405	237,527,783	0.38%	2.08%
2026	213,562,674	242,431,830	0.35%	2.06%
2027	214,261,037	247,374,258	0.33%	2.04%
2028	214,911,388	252,346,128	0.3%	2.01%
2029	215,515,178	257,352,638	0.28%	1.98%
2030	216,074,424	262,380,975	0.26%	1.95%
2031	216,587,355	267,421,079	0.24%	1.92%
2032	217,055,392	272,483,635	0.22%	1.89%
2033	217,479,394	277,555,116	0.2%	1.86%
2034	217,860,892	282,622,388	0.18%	1.83%
2035	218,199,715	287,685,757	0.16%	1.79%
2036	218,495,215	292,739,390	0.14%	1.76%
2037	218,747,246	297,773,236	0.12%	1.72%
2038	218,955,573	302,782,350	0.1%	1.68%
2039	219,118,385	307,764,754	0.07%	1.65%
2040	219,237,085	312,710,403	0.05%	1.61%
2041	219,307,158	317,607,237	0.03%	1.57%
2042	219,319,771	322,450,302	0.006%	1.52%
2043	219,276,528	327,243,941	-0.02%	1.49%
2044	219,179,002	331,983,354	-0.04%	1.45%
2045	219,026,208	336,662,502	-0.07%	1.41%
2046	218,821,045	341,281,757	-0.09%	1.37%
2047	218,565,379	345,844,004	-0.12%	1.34%
2048	218,258,225	350,347,757	-0.14%	1.3%
2049	217,897,833	354,792,418	-0.17%	1.27%
2050	217,489,309	359,185,550	-0.19%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brazil increased by 16,565,008 people (a 8.87% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brazil gained 10,352,192 (a 5.09% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2006 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.83% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.