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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cyprus	Nigeria	Cyprus	Nigeria
1960	586,490	45,053,782	-	-
1961	595,514	45,989,310	1.54%	2.08%
1962	601,466	46,965,292	1%	2.12%
1963	607,252	47,973,575	0.96%	2.15%
1964	612,521	49,012,016	0.87%	2.16%
1965	617,736	50,086,764	0.85%	2.19%
1966	623,390	51,188,234	0.92%	2.2%
1967	629,251	52,293,065	0.94%	2.16%
1968	635,157	53,432,783	0.94%	2.18%
1969	641,189	54,631,914	0.95%	2.24%
1970	647,446	55,893,838	0.98%	2.31%
1971	654,050	57,214,684	1.02%	2.36%
1972	661,063	58,601,748	1.07%	2.42%
1973	665,937	60,082,139	0.74%	2.53%
1974	663,254	61,679,144	-0.4%	2.66%
1975	659,405	63,410,815	-0.58%	2.81%
1976	662,032	65,258,009	0.4%	2.91%
1977	667,101	67,234,590	0.77%	3.03%
1978	672,249	69,326,532	0.77%	3.11%
1979	677,549	71,498,242	0.79%	3.13%
1980	683,076	73,764,641	0.82%	3.17%
1981	688,893	76,068,103	0.85%	3.12%
1982	696,497	78,378,701	1.1%	3.04%
1983	707,225	80,438,260	1.54%	2.63%
1984	719,334	82,526,443	1.71%	2.6%
1985	731,277	84,897,973	1.66%	2.87%
1986	743,105	87,235,953	1.62%	2.75%
1987	754,785	89,591,716	1.57%	2.7%
1988	766,235	92,020,090	1.52%	2.71%
1989	777,420	94,531,014	1.46%	2.73%
1990	788,351	97,120,925	1.41%	2.74%
1991	798,944	99,720,162	1.34%	2.68%
1992	810,341	102,372,770	1.43%	2.66%
1993	826,034	105,122,069	1.94%	2.69%
1994	844,667	107,935,714	2.26%	2.68%
1995	862,695	110,819,428	2.13%	2.67%
1996	880,290	113,754,779	2.04%	2.65%
1997	897,568	116,754,792	1.96%	2.64%
1998	914,548	119,846,254	1.89%	2.65%
1999	931,234	123,047,320	1.82%	2.67%
2000	947,667	126,382,494	1.76%	2.71%
2001	964,127	129,862,595	1.74%	2.75%
2002	981,440	133,471,989	1.8%	2.78%
2003	999,590	137,202,644	1.85%	2.8%
2004	1,017,875	141,057,045	1.83%	2.81%
2005	1,036,151	145,017,253	1.8%	2.81%
2006	1,054,418	149,077,334	1.76%	2.8%
2007	1,072,714	153,267,261	1.74%	2.81%
2008	1,091,026	157,595,014	1.71%	2.82%
2009	1,109,371	162,049,464	1.68%	2.83%
2010	1,127,816	166,642,886	1.66%	2.83%
2011	1,146,493	171,379,598	1.66%	2.84%
2012	1,165,397	176,200,625	1.65%	2.81%
2013	1,183,895	181,049,443	1.59%	2.75%
2014	1,201,801	185,896,915	1.51%	2.68%
2015	1,219,502	190,671,878	1.47%	2.57%
2016	1,237,112	195,443,700	1.44%	2.5%
2017	1,254,275	200,254,579	1.39%	2.46%
2018	1,270,737	204,938,755	1.31%	2.34%
2019	1,286,671	209,485,641	1.25%	2.22%
2020	1,302,247	213,996,181	1.21%	2.15%
2021	1,317,309	218,529,286	1.16%	2.12%
2022	1,331,370	223,150,896	1.07%	2.11%
2023	1,344,976	227,882,945	1.02%	2.12%
2024	1,358,282	232,679,478	0.99%	2.1%
2025	1,370,750	237,527,783	0.92%	2.08%
2026	1,382,331	242,431,830	0.84%	2.06%
2027	1,393,332	247,374,258	0.8%	2.04%
2028	1,403,777	252,346,128	0.75%	2.01%
2029	1,413,339	257,352,638	0.68%	1.98%
2030	1,422,317	262,380,975	0.64%	1.95%
2031	1,430,677	267,421,079	0.59%	1.92%
2032	1,438,502	272,483,635	0.55%	1.89%
2033	1,445,956	277,555,116	0.52%	1.86%
2034	1,452,842	282,622,388	0.48%	1.83%
2035	1,459,190	287,685,757	0.44%	1.79%
2036	1,465,171	292,739,390	0.41%	1.76%
2037	1,470,712	297,773,236	0.38%	1.72%
2038	1,475,792	302,782,350	0.35%	1.68%
2039	1,480,540	307,764,754	0.32%	1.65%
2040	1,484,845	312,710,403	0.29%	1.61%
2041	1,488,688	317,607,237	0.26%	1.57%
2042	1,492,043	322,450,302	0.23%	1.52%
2043	1,494,983	327,243,941	0.2%	1.49%
2044	1,497,653	331,983,354	0.18%	1.45%
2045	1,500,062	336,662,502	0.16%	1.41%
2046	1,502,255	341,281,757	0.15%	1.37%
2047	1,504,222	345,844,004	0.13%	1.34%
2048	1,505,909	350,347,757	0.11%	1.3%
2049	1,507,311	354,792,418	0.09%	1.27%
2050	1,508,478	359,185,550	0.08%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cyprus increased by 183,351 people (a 17.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cyprus gained 160,550 (a 13.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Cyprus was ranked 153rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 153rd 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) Cyprus' population will grow by 9.31% to 1,508,478 people with a rank change from 153rd to 152nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.