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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Djibouti	Nigeria	Djibouti	Nigeria
1960	86,024	45,053,782	-	-
1961	89,390	45,989,310	3.91%	2.08%
1962	93,283	46,965,292	4.36%	2.12%
1963	97,872	47,973,575	4.92%	2.15%
1964	103,198	49,012,016	5.44%	2.16%
1965	109,092	50,086,764	5.71%	2.19%
1966	115,269	51,188,234	5.66%	2.2%
1967	121,649	52,293,065	5.53%	2.16%
1968	128,250	53,432,783	5.43%	2.18%
1969	136,078	54,631,914	6.1%	2.24%
1970	145,175	55,893,838	6.69%	2.31%
1971	155,136	57,214,684	6.86%	2.36%
1972	166,256	58,601,748	7.17%	2.42%
1973	178,449	60,082,139	7.33%	2.53%
1974	192,613	61,679,144	7.94%	2.66%
1975	209,908	63,410,815	8.98%	2.81%
1976	230,737	65,258,009	9.92%	2.91%
1977	254,613	67,234,590	10.3%	3.03%
1978	280,031	69,326,532	9.98%	3.11%
1979	304,513	71,498,242	8.74%	3.13%
1980	325,815	73,764,641	7%	3.17%
1981	343,047	76,068,103	5.29%	3.12%
1982	356,880	78,378,701	4.03%	3.04%
1983	369,553	80,438,260	3.55%	2.63%
1984	384,053	82,526,443	3.92%	2.6%
1985	402,687	84,897,973	4.85%	2.87%
1986	426,341	87,235,953	5.87%	2.75%
1987	454,399	89,591,716	6.58%	2.7%
1988	484,523	92,020,090	6.63%	2.71%
1989	523,355	94,531,014	8.01%	2.73%
1990	579,538	97,120,925	10.7%	2.74%
1991	631,092	99,720,162	8.9%	2.68%
1992	626,010	102,372,770	-0.81%	2.66%
1993	614,245	105,122,069	-1.88%	2.69%
1994	626,710	107,935,714	2.03%	2.68%
1995	633,074	110,819,428	1.02%	2.67%
1996	648,348	113,754,779	2.41%	2.65%
1997	671,817	116,754,792	3.62%	2.64%
1998	699,352	119,846,254	4.1%	2.65%
1999	724,218	123,047,320	3.56%	2.67%
2000	747,318	126,382,494	3.19%	2.71%
2001	771,313	129,862,595	3.21%	2.75%
2002	795,574	133,471,989	3.15%	2.78%
2003	813,519	137,202,644	2.26%	2.8%
2004	826,124	141,057,045	1.55%	2.81%
2005	839,167	145,017,253	1.58%	2.81%
2006	855,764	149,077,334	1.98%	2.8%
2007	874,528	153,267,261	2.19%	2.81%
2008	892,734	157,595,014	2.08%	2.82%
2009	911,527	162,049,464	2.11%	2.83%
2010	930,251	166,642,886	2.05%	2.83%
2011	948,558	171,379,598	1.97%	2.84%
2012	966,747	176,200,625	1.92%	2.81%
2013	984,824	181,049,443	1.87%	2.75%
2014	1,002,717	185,896,915	1.82%	2.68%
2015	1,020,313	190,671,878	1.75%	2.57%
2016	1,037,653	195,443,700	1.7%	2.5%
2017	1,054,841	200,254,579	1.66%	2.46%
2018	1,071,882	204,938,755	1.62%	2.34%
2019	1,088,709	209,485,641	1.57%	2.22%
2020	1,105,188	213,996,181	1.51%	2.15%
2021	1,121,248	218,529,286	1.45%	2.12%
2022	1,137,096	223,150,896	1.41%	2.11%
2023	1,152,944	227,882,945	1.39%	2.12%
2024	1,168,722	232,679,478	1.37%	2.1%
2025	1,184,076	237,527,783	1.31%	2.08%
2026	1,199,453	242,431,830	1.3%	2.06%
2027	1,215,019	247,374,258	1.3%	2.04%
2028	1,230,584	252,346,128	1.28%	2.01%
2029	1,246,669	257,352,638	1.31%	1.98%
2030	1,262,678	262,380,975	1.28%	1.95%
2031	1,278,340	267,421,079	1.24%	1.92%
2032	1,293,443	272,483,635	1.18%	1.89%
2033	1,307,796	277,555,116	1.11%	1.86%
2034	1,321,611	282,622,388	1.06%	1.83%
2035	1,335,496	287,685,757	1.05%	1.79%
2036	1,349,357	292,739,390	1.04%	1.76%
2037	1,363,478	297,773,236	1.05%	1.72%
2038	1,377,783	302,782,350	1.05%	1.68%
2039	1,391,875	307,764,754	1.02%	1.65%
2040	1,406,628	312,710,403	1.06%	1.61%
2041	1,421,789	317,607,237	1.08%	1.57%
2042	1,436,439	322,450,302	1.03%	1.52%
2043	1,449,557	327,243,941	0.91%	1.49%
2044	1,461,638	331,983,354	0.83%	1.45%
2045	1,474,036	336,662,502	0.85%	1.41%
2046	1,486,457	341,281,757	0.84%	1.37%
2047	1,498,043	345,844,004	0.78%	1.34%
2048	1,508,873	350,347,757	0.72%	1.3%
2049	1,519,716	354,792,418	0.72%	1.27%
2050	1,530,539	359,185,550	0.71%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,889 people (a 21.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Djibouti gained 161,970 (a 15.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 159th most populous country in 2006 and is 158th 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) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.6% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.