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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Nigeria	Denmark	Nigeria
1960	4,579,603	45,053,782	-	-
1961	4,611,687	45,989,310	0.7%	2.08%
1962	4,647,727	46,965,292	0.78%	2.12%
1963	4,684,483	47,973,575	0.79%	2.15%
1964	4,722,072	49,012,016	0.8%	2.16%
1965	4,759,012	50,086,764	0.78%	2.19%
1966	4,797,381	51,188,234	0.81%	2.2%
1967	4,835,354	52,293,065	0.79%	2.16%
1968	4,864,883	53,432,783	0.61%	2.18%
1969	4,891,860	54,631,914	0.55%	2.24%
1970	4,928,757	55,893,838	0.75%	2.31%
1971	4,963,126	57,214,684	0.7%	2.36%
1972	4,991,596	58,601,748	0.57%	2.42%
1973	5,021,861	60,082,139	0.61%	2.53%
1974	5,045,297	61,679,144	0.47%	2.66%
1975	5,059,862	63,410,815	0.29%	2.81%
1976	5,072,596	65,258,009	0.25%	2.91%
1977	5,088,419	67,234,590	0.31%	3.03%
1978	5,104,248	69,326,532	0.31%	3.11%
1979	5,116,801	71,498,242	0.25%	3.13%
1980	5,123,027	73,764,641	0.12%	3.17%
1981	5,121,572	76,068,103	-0.03%	3.12%
1982	5,117,810	78,378,701	-0.07%	3.04%
1983	5,114,297	80,438,260	-0.07%	2.63%
1984	5,111,619	82,526,443	-0.05%	2.6%
1985	5,113,691	84,897,973	0.04%	2.87%
1986	5,120,534	87,235,953	0.13%	2.75%
1987	5,127,024	89,591,716	0.13%	2.7%
1988	5,129,516	92,020,090	0.05%	2.71%
1989	5,132,594	94,531,014	0.06%	2.73%
1990	5,140,939	97,120,925	0.16%	2.74%
1991	5,154,298	99,720,162	0.26%	2.68%
1992	5,171,370	102,372,770	0.33%	2.66%
1993	5,188,628	105,122,069	0.33%	2.69%
1994	5,206,180	107,935,714	0.34%	2.68%
1995	5,233,373	110,819,428	0.52%	2.67%
1996	5,263,074	113,754,779	0.57%	2.65%
1997	5,284,991	116,754,792	0.42%	2.64%
1998	5,304,219	119,846,254	0.36%	2.65%
1999	5,321,799	123,047,320	0.33%	2.67%
2000	5,339,616	126,382,494	0.33%	2.71%
2001	5,358,783	129,862,595	0.36%	2.75%
2002	5,375,931	133,471,989	0.32%	2.78%
2003	5,390,574	137,202,644	0.27%	2.8%
2004	5,404,523	141,057,045	0.26%	2.81%
2005	5,419,432	145,017,253	0.28%	2.81%
2006	5,437,272	149,077,334	0.33%	2.8%
2007	5,461,438	153,267,261	0.44%	2.81%
2008	5,493,621	157,595,014	0.59%	2.82%
2009	5,523,095	162,049,464	0.54%	2.83%
2010	5,547,683	166,642,886	0.45%	2.83%
2011	5,570,572	171,379,598	0.41%	2.84%
2012	5,591,572	176,200,625	0.38%	2.81%
2013	5,614,932	181,049,443	0.42%	2.75%
2014	5,643,475	185,896,915	0.51%	2.68%
2015	5,683,483	190,671,878	0.71%	2.57%
2016	5,728,010	195,443,700	0.78%	2.5%
2017	5,764,980	200,254,579	0.65%	2.46%
2018	5,793,636	204,938,755	0.5%	2.34%
2019	5,814,422	209,485,641	0.36%	2.22%
2020	5,831,404	213,996,181	0.29%	2.15%
2021	5,856,733	218,529,286	0.43%	2.12%
2022	5,903,037	223,150,896	0.79%	2.11%
2023	5,946,952	227,882,945	0.74%	2.12%
2024	5,976,992	232,679,478	0.51%	2.1%
2025	6,002,090	237,527,783	0.42%	2.08%
2026	6,023,091	242,431,830	0.35%	2.06%
2027	6,041,010	247,374,258	0.3%	2.04%
2028	6,056,755	252,346,128	0.26%	2.01%
2029	6,070,186	257,352,638	0.22%	1.98%
2030	6,081,559	262,380,975	0.19%	1.95%
2031	6,091,513	267,421,079	0.16%	1.92%
2032	6,099,943	272,483,635	0.14%	1.89%
2033	6,107,156	277,555,116	0.12%	1.86%
2034	6,113,785	282,622,388	0.11%	1.83%
2035	6,119,365	287,685,757	0.09%	1.79%
2036	6,123,874	292,739,390	0.07%	1.76%
2037	6,127,386	297,773,236	0.06%	1.72%
2038	6,130,437	302,782,350	0.05%	1.68%
2039	6,132,752	307,764,754	0.04%	1.65%
2040	6,134,223	312,710,403	0.02%	1.61%
2041	6,135,120	317,607,237	0.01%	1.57%
2042	6,135,315	322,450,302	0.003%	1.52%
2043	6,135,244	327,243,941	-0.001%	1.49%
2044	6,134,789	331,983,354	-0.007%	1.45%
2045	6,134,218	336,662,502	-0.009%	1.41%
2046	6,133,182	341,281,757	-0.02%	1.37%
2047	6,131,427	345,844,004	-0.03%	1.34%
2048	6,129,548	350,347,757	-0.03%	1.3%
2049	6,127,293	354,792,418	-0.04%	1.27%
2050	6,124,397	359,185,550	-0.05%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.