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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Nigeria	Chad	Nigeria
1960	3,049,838	45,053,782	-	-
1961	3,111,947	45,989,310	2.04%	2.08%
1962	3,175,598	46,965,292	2.05%	2.12%
1963	3,240,905	47,973,575	2.06%	2.15%
1964	3,307,479	49,012,016	2.05%	2.16%
1965	3,374,220	50,086,764	2.02%	2.19%
1966	3,440,903	51,188,234	1.98%	2.2%
1967	3,508,512	52,293,065	1.96%	2.16%
1968	3,578,231	53,432,783	1.99%	2.18%
1969	3,651,113	54,631,914	2.04%	2.24%
1970	3,727,828	55,893,838	2.1%	2.31%
1971	3,807,316	57,214,684	2.13%	2.36%
1972	3,893,252	58,601,748	2.26%	2.42%
1973	3,985,909	60,082,139	2.38%	2.53%
1974	4,078,356	61,679,144	2.32%	2.66%
1975	4,167,234	63,410,815	2.18%	2.81%
1976	4,251,297	65,258,009	2.02%	2.91%
1977	4,331,667	67,234,590	1.89%	3.03%
1978	4,411,366	69,326,532	1.84%	3.11%
1979	4,505,384	71,498,242	2.13%	3.13%
1980	4,515,453	73,764,641	0.22%	3.17%
1981	4,520,959	76,068,103	0.12%	3.12%
1982	4,738,483	78,378,701	4.81%	3.04%
1983	4,979,130	80,438,260	5.08%	2.63%
1984	5,045,145	82,526,443	1.33%	2.6%
1985	5,096,269	84,897,973	1.01%	2.87%
1986	5,251,069	87,235,953	3.04%	2.75%
1987	5,438,309	89,591,716	3.57%	2.7%
1988	5,625,602	92,020,090	3.44%	2.71%
1989	5,819,586	94,531,014	3.45%	2.73%
1990	5,982,833	97,120,925	2.81%	2.74%
1991	6,205,676	99,720,162	3.72%	2.68%
1992	6,474,656	102,372,770	4.33%	2.66%
1993	6,629,146	105,122,069	2.39%	2.69%
1994	6,783,450	107,935,714	2.33%	2.68%
1995	7,089,064	110,819,428	4.51%	2.67%
1996	7,410,108	113,754,779	4.53%	2.65%
1997	7,670,366	116,754,792	3.51%	2.64%
1998	7,938,840	119,846,254	3.5%	2.65%
1999	8,222,705	123,047,320	3.58%	2.67%
2000	8,512,093	126,382,494	3.52%	2.71%
2001	8,804,124	129,862,595	3.43%	2.75%
2002	9,116,192	133,471,989	3.54%	2.78%
2003	9,487,833	137,202,644	4.08%	2.8%
2004	9,920,036	141,057,045	4.56%	2.81%
2005	10,328,092	145,017,253	4.11%	2.81%
2006	10,706,424	149,077,334	3.66%	2.8%
2007	11,081,660	153,267,261	3.5%	2.81%
2008	11,476,296	157,595,014	3.56%	2.82%
2009	11,893,754	162,049,464	3.64%	2.83%
2010	12,312,575	166,642,886	3.52%	2.83%
2011	12,754,997	171,379,598	3.59%	2.84%
2012	13,210,998	176,200,625	3.58%	2.81%
2013	13,691,079	181,049,443	3.63%	2.75%
2014	14,188,678	185,896,915	3.63%	2.68%
2015	14,647,621	190,671,878	3.23%	2.57%
2016	15,114,655	195,443,700	3.19%	2.5%
2017	15,622,759	200,254,579	3.36%	2.46%
2018	16,156,531	204,938,755	3.42%	2.34%
2019	16,685,223	209,485,641	3.27%	2.22%
2020	17,224,679	213,996,181	3.23%	2.15%
2021	17,828,273	218,529,286	3.5%	2.12%
2022	18,455,316	223,150,896	3.52%	2.11%
2023	19,319,064	227,882,945	4.68%	2.12%
2024	20,299,123	232,679,478	5.07%	2.1%
2025	21,003,694	237,527,783	3.47%	2.08%
2026	21,560,377	242,431,830	2.65%	2.06%
2027	22,175,373	247,374,258	2.85%	2.04%
2028	22,847,740	252,346,128	3.03%	2.01%
2029	23,526,035	257,352,638	2.97%	1.98%
2030	24,207,481	262,380,975	2.9%	1.95%
2031	24,897,231	267,421,079	2.85%	1.92%
2032	25,596,224	272,483,635	2.81%	1.89%
2033	26,297,830	277,555,116	2.74%	1.86%
2034	26,997,395	282,622,388	2.66%	1.83%
2035	27,697,268	287,685,757	2.59%	1.79%
2036	28,410,489	292,739,390	2.58%	1.76%
2037	29,132,961	297,773,236	2.54%	1.72%
2038	29,856,451	302,782,350	2.48%	1.68%
2039	30,584,696	307,764,754	2.44%	1.65%
2040	31,307,329	312,710,403	2.36%	1.61%
2041	32,035,111	317,607,237	2.32%	1.57%
2042	32,777,662	322,450,302	2.32%	1.52%
2043	33,525,238	327,243,941	2.28%	1.49%
2044	34,272,313	331,983,354	2.23%	1.45%
2045	35,026,384	336,662,502	2.2%	1.41%
2046	35,788,056	341,281,757	2.17%	1.37%
2047	36,546,910	345,844,004	2.12%	1.34%
2048	37,317,460	350,347,757	2.11%	1.3%
2049	38,088,916	354,792,418	2.07%	1.27%
2050	38,857,671	359,185,550	2.02%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th 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) Chad's population will grow by 81.1% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.