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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Nigeria	Canada	Nigeria
1960	17,909,356	45,053,782	-	-
1961	18,271,000	45,989,310	2.02%	2.08%
1962	18,614,000	46,965,292	1.88%	2.12%
1963	18,964,000	47,973,575	1.88%	2.15%
1964	19,325,000	49,012,016	1.9%	2.16%
1965	19,678,000	50,086,764	1.83%	2.19%
1966	20,048,000	51,188,234	1.88%	2.2%
1967	20,412,000	52,293,065	1.82%	2.16%
1968	20,744,000	53,432,783	1.63%	2.18%
1969	21,028,000	54,631,914	1.37%	2.24%
1970	21,324,000	55,893,838	1.41%	2.31%
1971	21,962,032	57,214,684	2.99%	2.36%
1972	22,218,463	58,601,748	1.17%	2.42%
1973	22,491,777	60,082,139	1.23%	2.53%
1974	22,807,969	61,679,144	1.41%	2.66%
1975	23,143,275	63,410,815	1.47%	2.81%
1976	23,449,808	65,258,009	1.32%	2.91%
1977	23,725,843	67,234,590	1.18%	3.03%
1978	23,963,203	69,326,532	1%	3.11%
1979	24,201,544	71,498,242	0.99%	3.13%
1980	24,515,667	73,764,641	1.3%	3.17%
1981	24,819,915	76,068,103	1.24%	3.12%
1982	25,116,942	78,378,701	1.2%	3.04%
1983	25,366,451	80,438,260	0.99%	2.63%
1984	25,607,053	82,526,443	0.95%	2.6%
1985	25,842,116	84,897,973	0.92%	2.87%
1986	26,100,278	87,235,953	1%	2.75%
1987	26,446,601	89,591,716	1.33%	2.7%
1988	26,791,747	92,020,090	1.31%	2.71%
1989	27,276,781	94,531,014	1.81%	2.73%
1990	27,691,138	97,120,925	1.52%	2.74%
1991	28,037,420	99,720,162	1.25%	2.68%
1992	28,371,264	102,372,770	1.19%	2.66%
1993	28,684,764	105,122,069	1.1%	2.69%
1994	29,000,663	107,935,714	1.1%	2.68%
1995	29,302,311	110,819,428	1.04%	2.67%
1996	29,610,218	113,754,779	1.05%	2.65%
1997	29,905,948	116,754,792	1%	2.64%
1998	30,155,173	119,846,254	0.83%	2.65%
1999	30,401,286	123,047,320	0.82%	2.67%
2000	30,685,730	126,382,494	0.94%	2.71%
2001	31,020,855	129,862,595	1.09%	2.75%
2002	31,359,199	133,471,989	1.09%	2.78%
2003	31,642,461	137,202,644	0.9%	2.8%
2004	31,938,807	141,057,045	0.94%	2.81%
2005	32,242,732	145,017,253	0.95%	2.81%
2006	32,571,193	149,077,334	1.02%	2.8%
2007	32,888,886	153,267,261	0.98%	2.81%
2008	33,247,298	157,595,014	1.09%	2.82%
2009	33,630,069	162,049,464	1.15%	2.83%
2010	34,005,902	166,642,886	1.12%	2.83%
2011	34,339,221	171,379,598	0.98%	2.84%
2012	34,713,395	176,200,625	1.09%	2.81%
2013	35,080,992	181,049,443	1.06%	2.75%
2014	35,434,066	185,896,915	1.01%	2.68%
2015	35,704,498	190,671,878	0.76%	2.57%
2016	36,110,803	195,443,700	1.14%	2.5%
2017	36,545,075	200,254,579	1.2%	2.46%
2018	37,072,620	204,938,755	1.44%	2.34%
2019	37,618,495	209,485,641	1.47%	2.22%
2020	38,028,638	213,996,181	1.09%	2.15%
2021	38,239,864	218,529,286	0.56%	2.12%
2022	38,935,934	223,150,896	1.82%	2.11%
2023	40,083,484	227,882,945	2.95%	2.12%
2024	41,288,599	232,679,478	3.01%	2.1%
2025	41,687,850	237,527,783	0.97%	2.08%
2026	42,042,113	242,431,830	0.85%	2.06%
2027	42,368,857	247,374,258	0.78%	2.04%
2028	42,683,927	252,346,128	0.74%	2.01%
2029	42,986,030	257,352,638	0.71%	1.98%
2030	43,276,190	262,380,975	0.68%	1.95%
2031	43,559,839	267,421,079	0.66%	1.92%
2032	43,833,228	272,483,635	0.63%	1.89%
2033	44,089,067	277,555,116	0.58%	1.86%
2034	44,336,794	282,622,388	0.56%	1.83%
2035	44,574,481	287,685,757	0.54%	1.79%
2036	44,802,196	292,739,390	0.51%	1.76%
2037	45,029,252	297,773,236	0.51%	1.72%
2038	45,250,482	302,782,350	0.49%	1.68%
2039	45,461,809	307,764,754	0.47%	1.65%
2040	45,661,339	312,710,403	0.44%	1.61%
2041	45,855,081	317,607,237	0.42%	1.57%
2042	46,046,286	322,450,302	0.42%	1.52%
2043	46,232,447	327,243,941	0.4%	1.49%
2044	46,413,908	331,983,354	0.39%	1.45%
2045	46,594,973	336,662,502	0.39%	1.41%
2046	46,768,120	341,281,757	0.37%	1.37%
2047	46,930,946	345,844,004	0.35%	1.34%
2048	47,092,745	350,347,757	0.34%	1.3%
2049	47,246,217	354,792,418	0.33%	1.27%
2050	47,396,788	359,185,550	0.32%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.