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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chile	Nigeria	Chile	Nigeria
1960	8,153,350	45,053,782	-	-
1961	8,324,802	45,989,310	2.1%	2.08%
1962	8,497,059	46,965,292	2.07%	2.12%
1963	8,670,144	47,973,575	2.04%	2.15%
1964	8,842,525	49,012,016	1.99%	2.16%
1965	9,012,938	50,086,764	1.93%	2.19%
1966	9,181,722	51,188,234	1.87%	2.2%
1967	9,348,939	52,293,065	1.82%	2.16%
1968	9,514,716	53,432,783	1.77%	2.18%
1969	9,680,282	54,631,914	1.74%	2.24%
1970	9,845,344	55,893,838	1.71%	2.31%
1971	10,009,701	57,214,684	1.67%	2.36%
1972	10,174,678	58,601,748	1.65%	2.42%
1973	10,340,362	60,082,139	1.63%	2.53%
1974	10,505,817	61,679,144	1.6%	2.66%
1975	10,671,559	63,410,815	1.58%	2.81%
1976	10,838,251	65,258,009	1.56%	2.91%
1977	11,005,519	67,234,590	1.54%	3.03%
1978	11,172,695	69,326,532	1.52%	3.11%
1979	11,339,779	71,498,242	1.5%	3.13%
1980	11,508,550	73,764,641	1.49%	3.17%
1981	11,678,717	76,068,103	1.48%	3.12%
1982	11,850,214	78,378,701	1.47%	3.04%
1983	12,026,138	80,438,260	1.48%	2.63%
1984	12,207,733	82,526,443	1.51%	2.6%
1985	12,395,274	84,897,973	1.54%	2.87%
1986	12,588,914	87,235,953	1.56%	2.75%
1987	12,790,150	89,591,716	1.6%	2.7%
1988	12,999,424	92,020,090	1.64%	2.71%
1989	13,215,005	94,531,014	1.66%	2.73%
1990	13,437,176	97,120,925	1.68%	2.74%
1991	13,662,491	99,720,162	1.68%	2.68%
1992	13,884,577	102,372,770	1.63%	2.66%
1993	14,102,276	105,122,069	1.57%	2.69%
1994	14,316,256	107,935,714	1.52%	2.68%
1995	14,527,381	110,819,428	1.47%	2.67%
1996	14,734,046	113,754,779	1.42%	2.65%
1997	14,932,434	116,754,792	1.35%	2.64%
1998	15,127,799	119,846,254	1.31%	2.65%
1999	15,319,313	123,047,320	1.27%	2.67%
2000	15,503,635	126,382,494	1.2%	2.71%
2001	15,683,849	129,862,595	1.16%	2.75%
2002	15,857,925	133,471,989	1.11%	2.78%
2003	16,024,752	137,202,644	1.05%	2.8%
2004	16,187,322	141,057,045	1.01%	2.81%
2005	16,348,778	145,017,253	1%	2.81%
2006	16,509,195	149,077,334	0.98%	2.8%
2007	16,671,581	153,267,261	0.98%	2.81%
2008	16,838,988	157,595,014	1%	2.82%
2009	17,009,731	162,049,464	1.01%	2.83%
2010	17,181,464	166,642,886	1.01%	2.83%
2011	17,351,816	171,379,598	0.99%	2.84%
2012	17,519,119	176,200,625	0.96%	2.81%
2013	17,687,006	181,049,443	0.96%	2.75%
2014	17,864,195	185,896,915	1%	2.68%
2015	18,047,625	190,671,878	1.03%	2.57%
2016	18,267,221	195,443,700	1.22%	2.5%
2017	18,558,868	200,254,579	1.6%	2.46%
2018	18,893,191	204,938,755	1.8%	2.34%
2019	19,197,744	209,485,641	1.61%	2.22%
2020	19,370,624	213,996,181	0.9%	2.15%
2021	19,456,334	218,529,286	0.44%	2.12%
2022	19,553,036	223,150,896	0.5%	2.11%
2023	19,658,835	227,882,945	0.54%	2.12%
2024	19,764,771	232,679,478	0.54%	2.1%
2025	19,859,915	237,527,783	0.48%	2.08%
2026	19,945,846	242,431,830	0.43%	2.06%
2027	20,026,149	247,374,258	0.4%	2.04%
2028	20,100,930	252,346,128	0.37%	2.01%
2029	20,169,619	257,352,638	0.34%	1.98%
2030	20,233,182	262,380,975	0.32%	1.95%
2031	20,290,979	267,421,079	0.29%	1.92%
2032	20,341,797	272,483,635	0.25%	1.89%
2033	20,385,069	277,555,116	0.21%	1.86%
2034	20,422,546	282,622,388	0.18%	1.83%
2035	20,455,937	287,685,757	0.16%	1.79%
2036	20,485,080	292,739,390	0.14%	1.76%
2037	20,507,949	297,773,236	0.11%	1.72%
2038	20,524,482	302,782,350	0.08%	1.68%
2039	20,535,707	307,764,754	0.05%	1.65%
2040	20,542,096	312,710,403	0.03%	1.61%
2041	20,543,284	317,607,237	0.006%	1.57%
2042	20,539,909	322,450,302	-0.02%	1.52%
2043	20,532,920	327,243,941	-0.03%	1.49%
2044	20,519,677	331,983,354	-0.06%	1.45%
2045	20,499,138	336,662,502	-0.1%	1.41%
2046	20,473,283	341,281,757	-0.13%	1.37%
2047	20,443,720	345,844,004	-0.14%	1.34%
2048	20,408,327	350,347,757	-0.17%	1.3%
2049	20,366,435	354,792,418	-0.21%	1.27%
2050	20,320,302	359,185,550	-0.23%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th 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) Chile's population will grow by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people with a rank change from 67th to 75th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.