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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Nigeria	Colombia	Nigeria
1960	15,606,209	45,053,782	-	-
1961	16,095,203	45,989,310	3.13%	2.08%
1962	16,599,029	46,965,292	3.13%	2.12%
1963	17,113,823	47,973,575	3.1%	2.15%
1964	17,637,411	49,012,016	3.06%	2.16%
1965	18,169,050	50,086,764	3.01%	2.19%
1966	18,702,688	51,188,234	2.94%	2.2%
1967	19,235,618	52,293,065	2.85%	2.16%
1968	19,766,796	53,432,783	2.76%	2.18%
1969	20,291,942	54,631,914	2.66%	2.24%
1970	20,811,782	55,893,838	2.56%	2.31%
1971	21,319,096	57,214,684	2.44%	2.36%
1972	21,819,563	58,601,748	2.35%	2.42%
1973	22,325,374	60,082,139	2.32%	2.53%
1974	22,833,469	61,679,144	2.28%	2.66%
1975	23,344,644	63,410,815	2.24%	2.81%
1976	23,858,810	65,258,009	2.2%	2.91%
1977	24,393,494	67,234,590	2.24%	3.03%
1978	24,950,337	69,326,532	2.28%	3.11%
1979	25,515,626	71,498,242	2.27%	3.13%
1980	26,104,498	73,764,641	2.31%	3.17%
1981	26,713,267	76,068,103	2.33%	3.12%
1982	27,338,331	78,378,701	2.34%	3.04%
1983	27,988,173	80,438,260	2.38%	2.63%
1984	28,642,690	82,526,443	2.34%	2.6%
1985	29,268,470	84,897,973	2.18%	2.87%
1986	29,879,112	87,235,953	2.09%	2.75%
1987	30,499,467	89,591,716	2.08%	2.7%
1988	31,130,524	92,020,090	2.07%	2.71%
1989	31,776,279	94,531,014	2.07%	2.73%
1990	32,440,069	97,120,925	2.09%	2.74%
1991	33,098,372	99,720,162	2.03%	2.68%
1992	33,760,571	102,372,770	2%	2.66%
1993	34,441,473	105,122,069	2.02%	2.69%
1994	35,127,410	107,935,714	1.99%	2.68%
1995	35,804,662	110,819,428	1.93%	2.67%
1996	36,462,745	113,754,779	1.84%	2.65%
1997	37,121,149	116,754,792	1.81%	2.64%
1998	37,792,165	119,846,254	1.81%	2.65%
1999	38,454,863	123,047,320	1.75%	2.67%
2000	39,089,934	126,382,494	1.65%	2.71%
2001	39,709,262	129,862,595	1.58%	2.75%
2002	40,324,680	133,471,989	1.55%	2.78%
2003	40,937,429	137,202,644	1.52%	2.8%
2004	41,543,171	141,057,045	1.48%	2.81%
2005	42,128,977	145,017,253	1.41%	2.81%
2006	42,691,084	149,077,334	1.33%	2.8%
2007	43,235,374	153,267,261	1.27%	2.81%
2008	43,758,808	157,595,014	1.21%	2.82%
2009	44,271,541	162,049,464	1.17%	2.83%
2010	44,777,319	166,642,886	1.14%	2.83%
2011	45,259,614	171,379,598	1.08%	2.84%
2012	45,715,810	176,200,625	1.01%	2.81%
2013	46,151,584	181,049,443	0.95%	2.75%
2014	46,565,429	185,896,915	0.9%	2.68%
2015	46,969,940	190,671,878	0.87%	2.57%
2016	47,437,512	195,443,700	1%	2.5%
2017	48,131,078	200,254,579	1.46%	2.46%
2018	49,024,465	204,938,755	1.86%	2.34%
2019	49,907,985	209,485,641	1.8%	2.22%
2020	50,629,997	213,996,181	1.45%	2.15%
2021	51,188,173	218,529,286	1.1%	2.12%
2022	51,737,944	223,150,896	1.07%	2.11%
2023	52,321,152	227,882,945	1.13%	2.12%
2024	52,886,363	232,679,478	1.08%	2.1%
2025	53,425,632	237,527,783	1.02%	2.08%
2026	53,936,234	242,431,830	0.96%	2.06%
2027	54,422,275	247,374,258	0.9%	2.04%
2028	54,885,123	252,346,128	0.85%	2.01%
2029	55,322,627	257,352,638	0.8%	1.98%
2030	55,736,477	262,380,975	0.75%	1.95%
2031	56,125,966	267,421,079	0.7%	1.92%
2032	56,490,496	272,483,635	0.65%	1.89%
2033	56,832,264	277,555,116	0.61%	1.86%
2034	57,151,619	282,622,388	0.56%	1.83%
2035	57,445,755	287,685,757	0.51%	1.79%
2036	57,716,869	292,739,390	0.47%	1.76%
2037	57,965,300	297,773,236	0.43%	1.72%
2038	58,190,082	302,782,350	0.39%	1.68%
2039	58,394,310	307,764,754	0.35%	1.65%
2040	58,576,452	312,710,403	0.31%	1.61%
2041	58,736,886	317,607,237	0.27%	1.57%
2042	58,878,126	322,450,302	0.24%	1.52%
2043	59,000,362	327,243,941	0.21%	1.49%
2044	59,104,592	331,983,354	0.18%	1.45%
2045	59,190,826	336,662,502	0.15%	1.41%
2046	59,259,758	341,281,757	0.12%	1.37%
2047	59,313,132	345,844,004	0.09%	1.34%
2048	59,351,262	350,347,757	0.06%	1.3%
2049	59,375,012	354,792,418	0.04%	1.27%
2050	59,385,355	359,185,550	0.02%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.