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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Nigeria	Brunei	Nigeria
1960	88,347	45,053,782	-	-
1961	92,517	45,989,310	4.72%	2.08%
1962	96,719	46,965,292	4.54%	2.12%
1963	101,159	47,973,575	4.59%	2.15%
1964	105,922	49,012,016	4.71%	2.16%
1965	110,838	50,086,764	4.64%	2.19%
1966	115,874	51,188,234	4.54%	2.2%
1967	121,017	52,293,065	4.44%	2.16%
1968	126,222	53,432,783	4.3%	2.18%
1969	131,446	54,631,914	4.14%	2.24%
1970	135,138	55,893,838	2.81%	2.31%
1971	137,921	57,214,684	2.06%	2.36%
1972	142,189	58,601,748	3.09%	2.42%
1973	147,369	60,082,139	3.64%	2.53%
1974	152,656	61,679,144	3.59%	2.66%
1975	158,070	63,410,815	3.55%	2.81%
1976	163,607	65,258,009	3.5%	2.91%
1977	169,277	67,234,590	3.47%	3.03%
1978	174,884	69,326,532	3.31%	3.11%
1979	180,422	71,498,242	3.17%	3.13%
1980	186,111	73,764,641	3.15%	3.17%
1981	191,977	76,068,103	3.15%	3.12%
1982	198,165	78,378,701	3.22%	3.04%
1983	204,741	80,438,260	3.32%	2.63%
1984	211,661	82,526,443	3.38%	2.6%
1985	218,919	84,897,973	3.43%	2.87%
1986	226,495	87,235,953	3.46%	2.75%
1987	233,860	89,591,716	3.25%	2.7%
1988	240,913	92,020,090	3.02%	2.71%
1989	248,064	94,531,014	2.97%	2.73%
1990	255,292	97,120,925	2.91%	2.74%
1991	262,596	99,720,162	2.86%	2.68%
1992	269,839	102,372,770	2.76%	2.66%
1993	276,971	105,122,069	2.64%	2.69%
1994	284,091	107,935,714	2.57%	2.68%
1995	291,195	110,819,428	2.5%	2.67%
1996	298,276	113,754,779	2.43%	2.65%
1997	305,341	116,754,792	2.37%	2.64%
1998	312,385	119,846,254	2.31%	2.65%
1999	319,411	123,047,320	2.25%	2.67%
2000	326,424	126,382,494	2.2%	2.71%
2001	333,345	129,862,595	2.12%	2.75%
2002	340,099	133,471,989	2.03%	2.78%
2003	346,637	137,202,644	1.92%	2.8%
2004	352,911	141,057,045	1.81%	2.81%
2005	358,916	145,017,253	1.7%	2.81%
2006	364,663	149,077,334	1.6%	2.8%
2007	370,873	153,267,261	1.7%	2.81%
2008	377,793	157,595,014	1.87%	2.82%
2009	384,952	162,049,464	1.89%	2.83%
2010	392,332	166,642,886	1.92%	2.83%
2011	399,389	171,379,598	1.8%	2.84%
2012	405,557	176,200,625	1.54%	2.81%
2013	411,202	181,049,443	1.39%	2.75%
2014	416,750	185,896,915	1.35%	2.68%
2015	422,212	190,671,878	1.31%	2.57%
2016	427,564	195,443,700	1.27%	2.5%
2017	432,772	200,254,579	1.22%	2.46%
2018	437,810	204,938,755	1.16%	2.34%
2019	442,680	209,485,641	1.11%	2.22%
2020	447,404	213,996,181	1.07%	2.15%
2021	451,721	218,529,286	0.96%	2.12%
2022	455,370	223,150,896	0.81%	2.11%
2023	458,949	227,882,945	0.79%	2.12%
2024	462,721	232,679,478	0.82%	2.1%
2025	466,324	237,527,783	0.78%	2.08%
2026	469,766	242,431,830	0.74%	2.06%
2027	473,148	247,374,258	0.72%	2.04%
2028	476,428	252,346,128	0.69%	2.01%
2029	479,491	257,352,638	0.64%	1.98%
2030	482,438	262,380,975	0.61%	1.95%
2031	485,308	267,421,079	0.59%	1.92%
2032	487,943	272,483,635	0.54%	1.89%
2033	490,424	277,555,116	0.51%	1.86%
2034	492,887	282,622,388	0.5%	1.83%
2035	495,286	287,685,757	0.49%	1.79%
2036	497,544	292,739,390	0.46%	1.76%
2037	499,693	297,773,236	0.43%	1.72%
2038	501,910	302,782,350	0.44%	1.68%
2039	504,061	307,764,754	0.43%	1.65%
2040	505,968	312,710,403	0.38%	1.61%
2041	507,800	317,607,237	0.36%	1.57%
2042	509,531	322,450,302	0.34%	1.52%
2043	511,124	327,243,941	0.31%	1.49%
2044	512,586	331,983,354	0.29%	1.45%
2045	514,047	336,662,502	0.29%	1.41%
2046	515,409	341,281,757	0.26%	1.37%
2047	516,596	345,844,004	0.23%	1.34%
2048	517,693	350,347,757	0.21%	1.3%
2049	518,684	354,792,418	0.19%	1.27%
2050	519,542	359,185,550	0.17%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.8% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.