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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Nigeria	Equatorial Guinea	Nigeria
1960	269,807	45,053,782	-	-
1961	274,896	45,989,310	1.89%	2.08%
1962	280,286	46,965,292	1.96%	2.12%
1963	285,965	47,973,575	2.03%	2.15%
1964	291,942	49,012,016	2.09%	2.16%
1965	298,238	50,086,764	2.16%	2.19%
1966	304,859	51,188,234	2.22%	2.2%
1967	311,805	52,293,065	2.28%	2.16%
1968	318,849	53,432,783	2.26%	2.18%
1969	322,517	54,631,914	1.15%	2.24%
1970	320,803	55,893,838	-0.53%	2.31%
1971	315,940	57,214,684	-1.52%	2.36%
1972	309,468	58,601,748	-2.05%	2.42%
1973	302,281	60,082,139	-2.32%	2.53%
1974	294,953	61,679,144	-2.42%	2.66%
1975	287,901	63,410,815	-2.39%	2.81%
1976	281,031	65,258,009	-2.39%	2.91%
1977	276,779	67,234,590	-1.51%	3.03%
1978	276,531	69,326,532	-0.09%	3.11%
1979	279,846	71,498,242	1.2%	3.13%
1980	288,644	73,764,641	3.14%	3.17%
1981	303,252	76,068,103	5.06%	3.12%
1982	322,216	78,378,701	6.25%	3.04%
1983	343,421	80,438,260	6.58%	2.63%
1984	364,899	82,526,443	6.25%	2.6%
1985	385,547	84,897,973	5.66%	2.87%
1986	404,728	87,235,953	4.98%	2.75%
1987	422,522	89,591,716	4.4%	2.7%
1988	439,651	92,020,090	4.05%	2.71%
1989	456,808	94,531,014	3.9%	2.73%
1990	474,274	97,120,925	3.82%	2.74%
1991	492,217	99,720,162	3.78%	2.68%
1992	510,770	102,372,770	3.77%	2.66%
1993	530,023	105,122,069	3.77%	2.69%
1994	550,138	107,935,714	3.8%	2.68%
1995	571,264	110,819,428	3.84%	2.67%
1996	593,492	113,754,779	3.89%	2.65%
1997	616,893	116,754,792	3.94%	2.64%
1998	641,474	119,846,254	3.98%	2.65%
1999	667,214	123,047,320	4.01%	2.67%
2000	703,279	126,382,494	5.41%	2.71%
2001	749,836	129,862,595	6.62%	2.75%
2002	797,957	133,471,989	6.42%	2.78%
2003	847,862	137,202,644	6.25%	2.8%
2004	899,917	141,057,045	6.14%	2.81%
2005	947,367	145,017,253	5.27%	2.81%
2006	990,343	149,077,334	4.54%	2.8%
2007	1,036,044	153,267,261	4.61%	2.81%
2008	1,084,530	157,595,014	4.68%	2.82%
2009	1,135,673	162,049,464	4.72%	2.83%
2010	1,189,085	166,642,886	4.7%	2.83%
2011	1,241,835	171,379,598	4.44%	2.84%
2012	1,293,483	176,200,625	4.16%	2.81%
2013	1,346,218	181,049,443	4.08%	2.75%
2014	1,399,828	185,896,915	3.98%	2.68%
2015	1,453,923	190,671,878	3.86%	2.57%
2016	1,508,186	195,443,700	3.73%	2.5%
2017	1,562,396	200,254,579	3.59%	2.46%
2018	1,616,422	204,938,755	3.46%	2.34%
2019	1,670,177	209,485,641	3.33%	2.22%
2020	1,716,468	213,996,181	2.77%	2.15%
2021	1,758,786	218,529,286	2.47%	2.12%
2022	1,803,545	223,150,896	2.54%	2.11%
2023	1,847,549	227,882,945	2.44%	2.12%
2024	1,892,516	232,679,478	2.43%	2.1%
2025	1,938,427	237,527,783	2.43%	2.08%
2026	1,984,463	242,431,830	2.37%	2.06%
2027	2,030,749	247,374,258	2.33%	2.04%
2028	2,077,253	252,346,128	2.29%	2.01%
2029	2,123,699	257,352,638	2.24%	1.98%
2030	2,170,434	262,380,975	2.2%	1.95%
2031	2,218,077	267,421,079	2.2%	1.92%
2032	2,267,025	272,483,635	2.21%	1.89%
2033	2,315,991	277,555,116	2.16%	1.86%
2034	2,364,847	282,622,388	2.11%	1.83%
2035	2,414,263	287,685,757	2.09%	1.79%
2036	2,463,880	292,739,390	2.06%	1.76%
2037	2,513,955	297,773,236	2.03%	1.72%
2038	2,564,843	302,782,350	2.02%	1.68%
2039	2,615,417	307,764,754	1.97%	1.65%
2040	2,665,575	312,710,403	1.92%	1.61%
2041	2,715,477	317,607,237	1.87%	1.57%
2042	2,764,764	322,450,302	1.82%	1.52%
2043	2,813,769	327,243,941	1.77%	1.49%
2044	2,862,511	331,983,354	1.73%	1.45%
2045	2,911,227	336,662,502	1.7%	1.41%
2046	2,959,088	341,281,757	1.64%	1.37%
2047	3,005,551	345,844,004	1.57%	1.34%
2048	3,051,480	350,347,757	1.53%	1.3%
2049	3,097,625	354,792,418	1.51%	1.27%
2050	3,143,719	359,185,550	1.49%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th 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) 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.