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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	Nigeria	Dominica	Nigeria
1960	59,372	45,053,782	-	-
1961	60,209	45,989,310	1.41%	2.08%
1962	60,948	46,965,292	1.23%	2.12%
1963	61,739	47,973,575	1.3%	2.15%
1964	62,587	49,012,016	1.37%	2.16%
1965	63,505	50,086,764	1.47%	2.19%
1966	64,507	51,188,234	1.58%	2.2%
1967	65,585	52,293,065	1.67%	2.16%
1968	66,732	53,432,783	1.75%	2.18%
1969	67,934	54,631,914	1.8%	2.24%
1970	68,908	55,893,838	1.43%	2.31%
1971	69,532	57,214,684	0.91%	2.36%
1972	70,060	58,601,748	0.76%	2.42%
1973	70,585	60,082,139	0.75%	2.53%
1974	71,091	61,679,144	0.72%	2.66%
1975	71,570	63,410,815	0.67%	2.81%
1976	72,017	65,258,009	0.62%	2.91%
1977	72,406	67,234,590	0.54%	3.03%
1978	72,724	69,326,532	0.44%	3.11%
1979	72,959	71,498,242	0.32%	3.13%
1980	73,083	73,764,641	0.17%	3.17%
1981	72,986	76,068,103	-0.13%	3.12%
1982	72,688	78,378,701	-0.41%	3.04%
1983	72,365	80,438,260	-0.44%	2.63%
1984	72,056	82,526,443	-0.43%	2.6%
1985	71,744	84,897,973	-0.43%	2.87%
1986	71,406	87,235,953	-0.47%	2.75%
1987	71,023	89,591,716	-0.54%	2.7%
1988	70,608	92,020,090	-0.58%	2.71%
1989	70,153	94,531,014	-0.64%	2.73%
1990	69,627	97,120,925	-0.75%	2.74%
1991	69,296	99,720,162	-0.48%	2.68%
1992	69,325	102,372,770	0.04%	2.66%
1993	69,433	105,122,069	0.16%	2.69%
1994	69,477	107,935,714	0.06%	2.68%
1995	69,469	110,819,428	-0.01%	2.67%
1996	69,410	113,754,779	-0.08%	2.65%
1997	69,299	116,754,792	-0.16%	2.64%
1998	69,124	119,846,254	-0.25%	2.65%
1999	68,870	123,047,320	-0.37%	2.67%
2000	68,511	126,382,494	-0.52%	2.71%
2001	68,288	129,862,595	-0.33%	2.75%
2002	68,367	133,471,989	0.12%	2.78%
2003	68,531	137,202,644	0.24%	2.8%
2004	68,649	141,057,045	0.17%	2.81%
2005	68,734	145,017,253	0.12%	2.81%
2006	68,806	149,077,334	0.1%	2.8%
2007	68,847	153,267,261	0.06%	2.81%
2008	68,854	157,595,014	0.01%	2.82%
2009	68,864	162,049,464	0.01%	2.83%
2010	68,859	166,642,886	-0.007%	2.83%
2011	69,053	171,379,598	0.28%	2.84%
2012	69,118	176,200,625	0.09%	2.81%
2013	69,715	181,049,443	0.86%	2.75%
2014	70,373	185,896,915	0.94%	2.68%
2015	70,410	190,671,878	0.05%	2.57%
2016	69,606	195,443,700	-1.14%	2.5%
2017	68,496	200,254,579	-1.59%	2.46%
2018	68,174	204,938,755	-0.47%	2.34%
2019	67,880	209,485,641	-0.43%	2.22%
2020	67,573	213,996,181	-0.45%	2.15%
2021	67,202	218,529,286	-0.55%	2.12%
2022	66,826	223,150,896	-0.56%	2.11%
2023	66,510	227,882,945	-0.47%	2.12%
2024	66,205	232,679,478	-0.46%	2.1%
2025	65,870	237,527,783	-0.51%	2.08%
2026	65,508	242,431,830	-0.55%	2.06%
2027	65,160	247,374,258	-0.53%	2.04%
2028	64,808	252,346,128	-0.54%	2.01%
2029	64,475	257,352,638	-0.51%	1.98%
2030	64,169	262,380,975	-0.47%	1.95%
2031	63,949	267,421,079	-0.34%	1.92%
2032	63,825	272,483,635	-0.19%	1.89%
2033	63,775	277,555,116	-0.08%	1.86%
2034	63,756	282,622,388	-0.03%	1.83%
2035	63,764	287,685,757	0.01%	1.79%
2036	63,757	292,739,390	-0.01%	1.76%
2037	63,770	297,773,236	0.02%	1.72%
2038	63,784	302,782,350	0.02%	1.68%
2039	63,792	307,764,754	0.01%	1.65%
2040	63,798	312,710,403	0.009%	1.61%
2041	63,804	317,607,237	0.009%	1.57%
2042	63,778	322,450,302	-0.04%	1.52%
2043	63,731	327,243,941	-0.07%	1.49%
2044	63,677	331,983,354	-0.08%	1.45%
2045	63,630	336,662,502	-0.07%	1.41%
2046	63,575	341,281,757	-0.09%	1.37%
2047	63,501	345,844,004	-0.12%	1.34%
2048	63,411	350,347,757	-0.14%	1.3%
2049	63,303	354,792,418	-0.17%	1.27%
2050	63,191	359,185,550	-0.18%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Dominica increased by 800 people (a 1.16% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Dominica lost -4,098 (a 5.89% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2006 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 3.54% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.