Population in El Salvador compared to Nigeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Nigeria	El Salvador	Nigeria
1960	2,791,459	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,870,016	45,989,310	2.81%	2.08%
1962	2,949,204	46,965,292	2.76%	2.12%
1963	3,028,679	47,973,575	2.69%	2.15%
1964	3,111,883	49,012,016	2.75%	2.16%
1965	3,199,466	50,086,764	2.81%	2.19%
1966	3,290,961	51,188,234	2.86%	2.2%
1967	3,385,184	52,293,065	2.86%	2.16%
1968	3,480,773	53,432,783	2.82%	2.18%
1969	3,576,485	54,631,914	2.75%	2.24%
1970	3,668,796	55,893,838	2.58%	2.31%
1971	3,757,523	57,214,684	2.42%	2.36%
1972	3,846,830	58,601,748	2.38%	2.42%
1973	3,938,068	60,082,139	2.37%	2.53%
1974	4,029,671	61,679,144	2.33%	2.66%
1975	4,120,449	63,410,815	2.25%	2.81%
1976	4,210,310	65,258,009	2.18%	2.91%
1977	4,301,256	67,234,590	2.16%	3.03%
1978	4,394,114	69,326,532	2.16%	3.11%
1979	4,480,388	71,498,242	1.96%	3.13%
1980	4,540,382	73,764,641	1.34%	3.17%
1981	4,570,599	76,068,103	0.67%	3.12%
1982	4,622,477	78,378,701	1.14%	3.04%
1983	4,707,367	80,438,260	1.84%	2.63%
1984	4,798,003	82,526,443	1.93%	2.6%
1985	4,894,706	84,897,973	2.02%	2.87%
1986	4,992,769	87,235,953	2%	2.75%
1987	5,092,441	89,591,716	2%	2.7%
1988	5,195,833	92,020,090	2.03%	2.71%
1989	5,298,979	94,531,014	1.99%	2.73%
1990	5,399,726	97,120,925	1.9%	2.74%
1991	5,495,077	99,720,162	1.77%	2.68%
1992	5,585,609	102,372,770	1.65%	2.66%
1993	5,659,957	105,122,069	1.33%	2.69%
1994	5,714,129	107,935,714	0.96%	2.68%
1995	5,762,131	110,819,428	0.84%	2.67%
1996	5,805,286	113,754,779	0.75%	2.65%
1997	5,844,578	116,754,792	0.68%	2.64%
1998	5,880,781	119,846,254	0.62%	2.65%
1999	5,913,900	123,047,320	0.56%	2.67%
2000	5,943,366	126,382,494	0.5%	2.71%
2001	5,968,060	129,862,595	0.42%	2.75%
2002	5,986,631	133,471,989	0.31%	2.78%
2003	5,998,599	137,202,644	0.2%	2.8%
2004	6,004,671	141,057,045	0.1%	2.81%
2005	6,005,578	145,017,253	0.02%	2.81%
2006	6,002,319	149,077,334	-0.05%	2.8%
2007	6,009,824	153,267,261	0.13%	2.81%
2008	6,029,297	157,595,014	0.32%	2.82%
2009	6,048,279	162,049,464	0.31%	2.83%
2010	6,068,249	166,642,886	0.33%	2.83%
2011	6,090,127	171,379,598	0.36%	2.84%
2012	6,113,975	176,200,625	0.39%	2.81%
2013	6,138,839	181,049,443	0.41%	2.75%
2014	6,162,955	185,896,915	0.39%	2.68%
2015	6,183,676	190,671,878	0.34%	2.57%
2016	6,200,800	195,443,700	0.28%	2.5%
2017	6,213,533	200,254,579	0.21%	2.46%
2018	6,219,807	204,938,755	0.1%	2.34%
2019	6,222,318	209,485,641	0.04%	2.22%
2020	6,234,673	213,996,181	0.2%	2.15%
2021	6,255,782	218,529,286	0.34%	2.12%
2022	6,280,319	223,150,896	0.39%	2.11%
2023	6,309,624	227,882,945	0.47%	2.12%
2024	6,338,193	232,679,478	0.45%	2.1%
2025	6,365,499	237,527,783	0.43%	2.08%
2026	6,391,250	242,431,830	0.4%	2.06%
2027	6,416,437	247,374,258	0.39%	2.04%
2028	6,440,931	252,346,128	0.38%	2.01%
2029	6,464,413	257,352,638	0.36%	1.98%
2030	6,486,202	262,380,975	0.34%	1.95%
2031	6,506,399	267,421,079	0.31%	1.92%
2032	6,525,787	272,483,635	0.3%	1.89%
2033	6,544,657	277,555,116	0.29%	1.86%
2034	6,562,182	282,622,388	0.27%	1.83%
2035	6,578,179	287,685,757	0.24%	1.79%
2036	6,593,325	292,739,390	0.23%	1.76%
2037	6,607,014	297,773,236	0.21%	1.72%
2038	6,619,816	302,782,350	0.19%	1.68%
2039	6,631,169	307,764,754	0.17%	1.65%
2040	6,640,751	312,710,403	0.14%	1.61%
2041	6,649,288	317,607,237	0.13%	1.57%
2042	6,656,208	322,450,302	0.1%	1.52%
2043	6,661,886	327,243,941	0.09%	1.49%
2044	6,665,748	331,983,354	0.06%	1.45%
2045	6,668,028	336,662,502	0.03%	1.41%
2046	6,669,403	341,281,757	0.02%	1.37%
2047	6,669,832	345,844,004	0.006%	1.34%
2048	6,669,220	350,347,757	-0.009%	1.3%
2049	6,666,756	354,792,418	-0.04%	1.27%
2050	6,663,341	359,185,550	-0.05%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th 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) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 112th to 116th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.