Population in East Timor compared to Nigeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Nigeria	East Timor	Nigeria
1960	468,118	45,053,782	-	-
1961	475,291	45,989,310	1.53%	2.08%
1962	482,774	46,965,292	1.57%	2.12%
1963	490,564	47,973,575	1.61%	2.15%
1964	498,659	49,012,016	1.65%	2.16%
1965	507,034	50,086,764	1.68%	2.19%
1966	515,696	51,188,234	1.71%	2.2%
1967	524,648	52,293,065	1.74%	2.16%
1968	533,875	53,432,783	1.76%	2.18%
1969	543,356	54,631,914	1.78%	2.24%
1970	553,069	55,893,838	1.79%	2.31%
1971	562,966	57,214,684	1.79%	2.36%
1972	572,962	58,601,748	1.78%	2.42%
1973	582,855	60,082,139	1.73%	2.53%
1974	590,827	61,679,144	1.37%	2.66%
1975	598,158	63,410,815	1.24%	2.81%
1976	607,620	65,258,009	1.58%	2.91%
1977	618,315	67,234,590	1.76%	3.03%
1978	628,775	69,326,532	1.69%	3.11%
1979	638,719	71,498,242	1.58%	3.13%
1980	649,871	73,764,641	1.75%	3.17%
1981	660,493	76,068,103	1.63%	3.12%
1982	669,149	78,378,701	1.31%	3.04%
1983	677,707	80,438,260	1.28%	2.63%
1984	686,777	82,526,443	1.34%	2.6%
1985	696,665	84,897,973	1.44%	2.87%
1986	707,185	87,235,953	1.51%	2.75%
1987	718,476	89,591,716	1.6%	2.7%
1988	730,745	92,020,090	1.71%	2.71%
1989	744,856	94,531,014	1.93%	2.73%
1990	760,345	97,120,925	2.08%	2.74%
1991	778,278	99,720,162	2.36%	2.68%
1992	799,318	102,372,770	2.7%	2.66%
1993	821,437	105,122,069	2.77%	2.69%
1994	844,493	107,935,714	2.81%	2.68%
1995	868,146	110,819,428	2.8%	2.67%
1996	892,282	113,754,779	2.78%	2.65%
1997	917,184	116,754,792	2.79%	2.64%
1998	942,530	119,846,254	2.76%	2.65%
1999	834,697	123,047,320	-11.4%	2.67%
2000	745,088	126,382,494	-10.7%	2.71%
2001	812,249	129,862,595	9.01%	2.75%
2002	879,159	133,471,989	8.24%	2.78%
2003	916,878	137,202,644	4.29%	2.8%
2004	929,074	141,057,045	1.33%	2.81%
2005	948,311	145,017,253	2.07%	2.81%
2006	976,597	149,077,334	2.98%	2.8%
2007	1,004,889	153,267,261	2.9%	2.81%
2008	1,032,429	157,595,014	2.74%	2.82%
2009	1,058,782	162,049,464	2.55%	2.83%
2010	1,084,679	166,642,886	2.45%	2.83%
2011	1,110,207	171,379,598	2.35%	2.84%
2012	1,134,885	176,200,625	2.22%	2.81%
2013	1,158,695	181,049,443	2.1%	2.75%
2014	1,181,903	185,896,915	2%	2.68%
2015	1,205,131	190,671,878	1.97%	2.57%
2016	1,228,312	195,443,700	1.92%	2.5%
2017	1,251,703	200,254,579	1.9%	2.46%
2018	1,275,959	204,938,755	1.94%	2.34%
2019	1,300,945	209,485,641	1.96%	2.22%
2020	1,326,053	213,996,181	1.93%	2.15%
2021	1,350,139	218,529,286	1.82%	2.12%
2022	1,369,295	223,150,896	1.42%	2.11%
2023	1,384,286	227,882,945	1.09%	2.12%
2024	1,400,638	232,679,478	1.18%	2.1%
2025	1,418,519	237,527,783	1.28%	2.08%
2026	1,436,934	242,431,830	1.3%	2.06%
2027	1,456,334	247,374,258	1.35%	2.04%
2028	1,476,850	252,346,128	1.41%	2.01%
2029	1,498,119	257,352,638	1.44%	1.98%
2030	1,519,802	262,380,975	1.45%	1.95%
2031	1,540,659	267,421,079	1.37%	1.92%
2032	1,559,710	272,483,635	1.24%	1.89%
2033	1,578,114	277,555,116	1.18%	1.86%
2034	1,597,444	282,622,388	1.22%	1.83%
2035	1,618,799	287,685,757	1.34%	1.79%
2036	1,639,721	292,739,390	1.29%	1.76%
2037	1,659,327	297,773,236	1.2%	1.72%
2038	1,678,953	302,782,350	1.18%	1.68%
2039	1,698,891	307,764,754	1.19%	1.65%
2040	1,718,249	312,710,403	1.14%	1.61%
2041	1,736,476	317,607,237	1.06%	1.57%
2042	1,755,847	322,450,302	1.12%	1.52%
2043	1,776,066	327,243,941	1.15%	1.49%
2044	1,793,758	331,983,354	1%	1.45%
2045	1,809,637	336,662,502	0.89%	1.41%
2046	1,825,551	341,281,757	0.88%	1.37%
2047	1,841,558	345,844,004	0.88%	1.34%
2048	1,858,311	350,347,757	0.91%	1.3%
2049	1,873,846	354,792,418	0.84%	1.27%
2050	1,889,246	359,185,550	0.82%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.