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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Nigeria	Egypt	Nigeria
1960	26,896,479	45,053,782	-	-
1961	27,600,898	45,989,310	2.62%	2.08%
1962	28,337,013	46,965,292	2.67%	2.12%
1963	29,091,869	47,973,575	2.66%	2.15%
1964	29,858,922	49,012,016	2.64%	2.16%
1965	30,629,174	50,086,764	2.58%	2.19%
1966	31,406,541	51,188,234	2.54%	2.2%
1967	32,196,360	52,293,065	2.51%	2.16%
1968	32,998,319	53,432,783	2.49%	2.18%
1969	33,811,615	54,631,914	2.46%	2.24%
1970	34,623,990	55,893,838	2.4%	2.31%
1971	35,433,368	57,214,684	2.34%	2.36%
1972	36,258,328	58,601,748	2.33%	2.42%
1973	37,102,043	60,082,139	2.33%	2.53%
1974	37,969,667	61,679,144	2.34%	2.66%
1975	38,875,327	63,410,815	2.39%	2.81%
1976	39,795,557	65,258,009	2.37%	2.91%
1977	40,748,870	67,234,590	2.4%	3.03%
1978	41,761,431	69,326,532	2.48%	3.11%
1979	42,818,628	71,498,242	2.53%	3.13%
1980	43,950,413	73,764,641	2.64%	3.17%
1981	45,147,224	76,068,103	2.72%	3.12%
1982	46,407,611	78,378,701	2.79%	3.04%
1983	47,786,402	80,438,260	2.97%	2.63%
1984	49,247,334	82,526,443	3.06%	2.6%
1985	50,734,968	84,897,973	3.02%	2.87%
1986	52,206,295	87,235,953	2.9%	2.75%
1987	53,674,435	89,591,716	2.81%	2.7%
1988	55,187,681	92,020,090	2.82%	2.71%
1989	56,710,642	94,531,014	2.76%	2.73%
1990	58,396,618	97,120,925	2.97%	2.74%
1991	60,028,997	99,720,162	2.8%	2.68%
1992	61,480,660	102,372,770	2.42%	2.66%
1993	62,915,681	105,122,069	2.33%	2.69%
1994	64,285,589	107,935,714	2.18%	2.68%
1995	65,652,622	110,819,428	2.13%	2.67%
1996	67,028,048	113,754,779	2.1%	2.65%
1997	68,431,740	116,754,792	2.09%	2.64%
1998	69,943,294	119,846,254	2.21%	2.65%
1999	71,520,954	123,047,320	2.26%	2.67%
2000	73,083,284	126,382,494	2.18%	2.71%
2001	74,652,029	129,862,595	2.15%	2.75%
2002	76,239,137	133,471,989	2.13%	2.78%
2003	77,853,548	137,202,644	2.12%	2.8%
2004	79,477,443	141,057,045	2.09%	2.81%
2005	81,101,004	145,017,253	2.04%	2.81%
2006	82,700,403	149,077,334	1.97%	2.8%
2007	84,276,225	153,267,261	1.91%	2.81%
2008	85,864,789	157,595,014	1.88%	2.82%
2009	87,501,636	162,049,464	1.91%	2.83%
2010	89,196,072	166,642,886	1.94%	2.83%
2011	91,093,059	171,379,598	2.13%	2.84%
2012	93,161,001	176,200,625	2.27%	2.81%
2013	95,333,553	181,049,443	2.33%	2.75%
2014	97,528,654	185,896,915	2.3%	2.68%
2015	99,597,342	190,671,878	2.12%	2.57%
2016	101,644,589	195,443,700	2.06%	2.5%
2017	103,696,057	200,254,579	2.02%	2.46%
2018	105,682,094	204,938,755	1.92%	2.34%
2019	107,553,158	209,485,641	1.77%	2.22%
2020	109,315,124	213,996,181	1.64%	2.15%
2021	110,957,008	218,529,286	1.5%	2.12%
2022	112,618,250	223,150,896	1.5%	2.11%
2023	114,535,772	227,882,945	1.7%	2.12%
2024	116,538,258	232,679,478	1.75%	2.1%
2025	118,365,997	237,527,783	1.57%	2.08%
2026	120,101,181	242,431,830	1.47%	2.06%
2027	121,847,622	247,374,258	1.45%	2.04%
2028	123,608,457	252,346,128	1.45%	2.01%
2029	125,373,058	257,352,638	1.43%	1.98%
2030	127,139,323	262,380,975	1.41%	1.95%
2031	128,912,256	267,421,079	1.39%	1.92%
2032	130,695,084	272,483,635	1.38%	1.89%
2033	132,485,612	277,555,116	1.37%	1.86%
2034	134,287,838	282,622,388	1.36%	1.83%
2035	136,097,214	287,685,757	1.35%	1.79%
2036	137,913,263	292,739,390	1.33%	1.76%
2037	139,738,699	297,773,236	1.32%	1.72%
2038	141,565,835	302,782,350	1.31%	1.68%
2039	143,393,267	307,764,754	1.29%	1.65%
2040	145,213,662	312,710,403	1.27%	1.61%
2041	147,018,554	317,607,237	1.24%	1.57%
2042	148,800,785	322,450,302	1.21%	1.52%
2043	150,547,655	327,243,941	1.17%	1.49%
2044	152,255,332	331,983,354	1.13%	1.45%
2045	153,919,190	336,662,502	1.09%	1.41%
2046	155,535,951	341,281,757	1.05%	1.37%
2047	157,114,404	345,844,004	1.01%	1.34%
2048	158,657,392	350,347,757	0.98%	1.3%
2049	160,161,615	354,792,418	0.95%	1.27%
2050	161,630,197	359,185,550	0.92%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.