Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Niger: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and Niger: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Niger	Equatorial Guinea	Niger
1960	269,807	3,505,050	-	-
1961	274,896	3,608,162	1.89%	2.94%
1962	280,286	3,714,520	1.96%	2.95%
1963	285,965	3,823,873	2.03%	2.94%
1964	291,942	3,935,814	2.09%	2.93%
1965	298,238	4,049,695	2.16%	2.89%
1966	304,859	4,165,544	2.22%	2.86%
1967	311,805	4,283,590	2.28%	2.83%
1968	318,849	4,403,637	2.26%	2.8%
1969	322,517	4,525,725	1.15%	2.77%
1970	320,803	4,650,275	-0.53%	2.75%
1971	315,940	4,776,225	-1.52%	2.71%
1972	309,468	4,904,845	-2.05%	2.69%
1973	302,281	5,037,865	-2.32%	2.71%
1974	294,953	5,174,953	-2.42%	2.72%
1975	287,901	5,317,019	-2.39%	2.75%
1976	281,031	5,464,962	-2.39%	2.78%
1977	276,779	5,619,716	-1.51%	2.83%
1978	276,531	5,782,932	-0.09%	2.9%
1979	279,846	5,955,556	1.2%	2.99%
1980	288,644	6,135,971	3.14%	3.03%
1981	303,252	6,322,006	5.06%	3.03%
1982	322,216	6,512,732	6.25%	3.02%
1983	343,421	6,708,644	6.58%	3.01%
1984	364,899	6,909,971	6.25%	3%
1985	385,547	7,118,457	5.66%	3.02%
1986	404,728	7,335,811	4.98%	3.05%
1987	422,522	7,561,150	4.4%	3.07%
1988	439,651	7,793,748	4.05%	3.08%
1989	456,808	8,034,780	3.9%	3.09%
1990	474,274	8,286,059	3.82%	3.13%
1991	492,217	8,546,900	3.78%	3.15%
1992	510,770	8,817,633	3.77%	3.17%
1993	530,023	9,100,789	3.77%	3.21%
1994	550,138	9,398,258	3.8%	3.27%
1995	571,264	9,714,529	3.84%	3.37%
1996	593,492	10,044,852	3.89%	3.4%
1997	616,893	10,383,969	3.94%	3.38%
1998	641,474	10,741,413	3.98%	3.44%
1999	667,214	11,117,411	4.01%	3.5%
2000	703,279	11,509,630	5.41%	3.53%
2001	749,836	11,920,647	6.62%	3.57%
2002	797,957	12,349,144	6.42%	3.59%
2003	847,862	12,796,984	6.25%	3.63%
2004	899,917	13,265,836	6.14%	3.66%
2005	947,367	13,756,192	5.27%	3.7%
2006	990,343	14,268,581	4.54%	3.72%
2007	1,036,044	14,803,610	4.61%	3.75%
2008	1,084,530	15,361,915	4.68%	3.77%
2009	1,135,673	15,943,675	4.72%	3.79%
2010	1,189,085	16,548,835	4.7%	3.8%
2011	1,241,835	17,176,283	4.44%	3.79%
2012	1,293,483	17,836,769	4.16%	3.85%
2013	1,346,218	18,519,898	4.08%	3.83%
2014	1,399,828	19,215,909	3.98%	3.76%
2015	1,453,923	19,939,498	3.86%	3.77%
2016	1,508,186	20,685,753	3.73%	3.74%
2017	1,562,396	21,435,446	3.59%	3.62%
2018	1,616,422	22,188,069	3.46%	3.51%
2019	1,670,177	22,947,757	3.33%	3.42%
2020	1,716,468	23,717,613	2.77%	3.35%
2021	1,758,786	24,502,140	2.47%	3.31%
2022	1,803,545	25,311,973	2.54%	3.31%
2023	1,847,549	26,159,867	2.44%	3.35%
2024	1,892,516	27,032,412	2.43%	3.34%
2025	1,938,427	27,917,825	2.43%	3.28%
2026	1,984,463	28,814,872	2.37%	3.21%
2027	2,030,749	29,723,688	2.33%	3.15%
2028	2,077,253	30,643,561	2.29%	3.09%
2029	2,123,699	31,575,091	2.24%	3.04%
2030	2,170,434	32,518,069	2.2%	2.99%
2031	2,218,077	33,469,616	2.2%	2.93%
2032	2,267,025	34,428,638	2.21%	2.87%
2033	2,315,991	35,397,029	2.16%	2.81%
2034	2,364,847	36,372,374	2.11%	2.76%
2035	2,414,263	37,353,462	2.09%	2.7%
2036	2,463,880	38,340,142	2.06%	2.64%
2037	2,513,955	39,330,372	2.03%	2.58%
2038	2,564,843	40,323,460	2.02%	2.52%
2039	2,615,417	41,318,407	1.97%	2.47%
2040	2,665,575	42,316,733	1.92%	2.42%
2041	2,715,477	43,319,236	1.87%	2.37%
2042	2,764,764	44,326,115	1.82%	2.32%
2043	2,813,769	45,337,248	1.77%	2.28%
2044	2,862,511	46,353,160	1.73%	2.24%
2045	2,911,227	47,374,113	1.7%	2.2%
2046	2,959,088	48,397,993	1.64%	2.16%
2047	3,005,551	49,423,853	1.57%	2.12%
2048	3,051,480	50,452,202	1.53%	2.08%
2049	3,097,625	51,482,559	1.51%	2.04%
2050	3,143,719	52,513,870	1.49%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th in 2026. Niger was ranked 64th in 2006 and ranked 53rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.