The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 242,485,845 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 63.6 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 2.97% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 2.93% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% decline), while Nigeria has grown from 149M to 242M (62.7% growth).
- Nigeria is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 477M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Nigeria: live population counter
Croatia
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Nigeria
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3813345
|
242485845
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 2.93% |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
|
6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
14.9 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | 48/197 |
Croatia and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Nigeria
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Nigeria
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Croatia
|
Nigeria
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|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 45,989,310 | 0.65% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 46,965,292 | 0.71% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 47,973,575 | 0.69% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 49,012,016 | 0.64% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 50,086,764 | 0.66% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 51,188,234 | 0.7% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 52,293,065 | 0.65% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 53,432,783 | 0.62% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 54,631,914 | 0.59% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 55,893,838 | 0.47% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 57,214,684 | 0.43% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 58,601,748 | 0.44% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 60,082,139 | 0.44% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 61,679,144 | 0.46% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 63,410,815 | 0.48% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 65,258,009 | 0.53% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 67,234,590 | 0.52% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 69,326,532 | 0.47% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 71,498,242 | 0.3% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 73,764,641 | 0.11% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 76,068,103 | 0.25% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 78,378,701 | 0.49% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 80,438,260 | 0.52% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 82,526,443 | 0.47% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 84,897,973 | 0.45% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 87,235,953 | 0.43% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 89,591,716 | 0.39% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 92,020,090 | 0.33% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 94,531,014 | 0.25% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 97,120,925 | 0.21% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 99,720,162 | -1.85% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 102,372,770 | -2.41% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 105,122,069 | 0.54% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 107,935,714 | 1.12% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 110,819,428 | -0.69% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 113,754,779 | -1.36% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 116,754,792 | -0.49% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 119,846,254 | -0.06% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 123,047,320 | -0.43% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 126,382,494 | -0.98% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 129,862,595 | -3.77% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 133,471,989 | 0.06% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 137,202,644 | 0.03% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 141,057,045 | 0.03% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 145,017,253 | 0.13% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 149,077,334 | 0.02% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 153,267,261 | -0.02% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 157,595,014 | -0.01% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 162,049,464 | -0.1% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 166,642,886 | -0.23% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 171,379,598 | -0.34% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 176,200,625 | -0.47% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 181,049,443 | -0.62% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 185,896,915 | -0.76% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 190,671,878 | -1.19% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 195,443,700 | -1.08% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 200,254,579 | -1.59% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 204,938,755 | -1.3% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 209,485,641 | -0.99% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 213,996,181 | -0.89% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 218,529,286 | -0.9% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 223,150,896 | -0.6% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 227,882,945 | 0.1% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 232,679,478 | 0.17% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | 237,527,783 | -0.7% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | 242,431,830 | -0.67% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | 247,374,258 | -0.65% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | 252,346,128 | -0.63% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | 257,352,638 | -0.63% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | 262,380,975 | -0.64% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | 267,421,079 | -0.65% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | 272,483,635 | -0.65% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | 277,555,116 | -0.64% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | 282,622,388 | -0.64% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | 287,685,757 | -0.64% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | 292,739,390 | -0.63% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | 297,773,236 | -0.66% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | 302,782,350 | -0.68% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | 307,764,754 | -0.68% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | 312,710,403 | -0.69% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | 317,607,237 | -0.7% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | 322,450,302 | -0.72% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | 327,243,941 | -0.73% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | 331,983,354 | -0.74% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | 336,662,502 | -0.76% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | 341,281,757 | -0.76% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | 345,844,004 | -0.77% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | 350,347,757 | -0.78% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | 354,792,418 | -0.79% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | 359,185,550 | -0.8% | 1.24% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).
Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Nigeria
|
Croatia
|
Nigeria
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 55 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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