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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Nigeria	Eritrea	Nigeria
1960	972,547	45,053,782	-	-
1961	995,573	45,989,310	2.37%	2.08%
1962	1,019,788	46,965,292	2.43%	2.12%
1963	1,045,092	47,973,575	2.48%	2.15%
1964	1,071,287	49,012,016	2.51%	2.16%
1965	1,098,335	50,086,764	2.52%	2.19%
1966	1,124,957	51,188,234	2.42%	2.2%
1967	1,152,339	52,293,065	2.43%	2.16%
1968	1,181,737	53,432,783	2.55%	2.18%
1969	1,212,005	54,631,914	2.56%	2.24%
1970	1,243,453	55,893,838	2.59%	2.31%
1971	1,276,154	57,214,684	2.63%	2.36%
1972	1,309,235	58,601,748	2.59%	2.42%
1973	1,342,669	60,082,139	2.55%	2.53%
1974	1,375,688	61,679,144	2.46%	2.66%
1975	1,408,210	63,410,815	2.36%	2.81%
1976	1,443,807	65,258,009	2.53%	2.91%
1977	1,482,565	67,234,590	2.68%	3.03%
1978	1,522,378	69,326,532	2.69%	3.11%
1979	1,563,332	71,498,242	2.69%	3.13%
1980	1,605,797	73,764,641	2.72%	3.17%
1981	1,649,939	76,068,103	2.75%	3.12%
1982	1,695,461	78,378,701	2.76%	3.04%
1983	1,736,160	80,438,260	2.4%	2.63%
1984	1,771,730	82,526,443	2.05%	2.6%
1985	1,807,816	84,897,973	2.04%	2.87%
1986	1,845,164	87,235,953	2.07%	2.75%
1987	1,888,669	89,591,716	2.36%	2.7%
1988	1,938,255	92,020,090	2.63%	2.71%
1989	1,987,017	94,531,014	2.52%	2.73%
1990	2,032,737	97,120,925	2.3%	2.74%
1991	1,919,571	99,720,162	-5.57%	2.68%
1992	1,798,748	102,372,770	-6.29%	2.66%
1993	1,856,006	105,122,069	3.18%	2.69%
1994	1,913,915	107,935,714	3.12%	2.68%
1995	2,025,267	110,819,428	5.82%	2.67%
1996	2,128,464	113,754,779	5.1%	2.65%
1997	2,152,135	116,754,792	1.11%	2.64%
1998	2,180,419	119,846,254	1.31%	2.65%
1999	2,212,780	123,047,320	1.48%	2.67%
2000	2,247,031	126,382,494	1.55%	2.71%
2001	2,312,079	129,862,595	2.89%	2.75%
2002	2,392,978	133,471,989	3.5%	2.78%
2003	2,493,903	137,202,644	4.22%	2.8%
2004	2,598,284	141,057,045	4.19%	2.81%
2005	2,661,215	145,017,253	2.42%	2.81%
2006	2,703,502	149,077,334	1.59%	2.8%
2007	2,743,222	153,267,261	1.47%	2.81%
2008	2,816,327	157,595,014	2.66%	2.82%
2009	2,887,885	162,049,464	2.54%	2.83%
2010	2,945,186	166,642,886	1.98%	2.83%
2011	2,998,485	171,379,598	1.81%	2.84%
2012	3,036,988	176,200,625	1.28%	2.81%
2013	3,074,360	181,049,443	1.23%	2.75%
2014	3,095,173	185,896,915	0.68%	2.68%
2015	3,105,546	190,671,878	0.34%	2.57%
2016	3,124,698	195,443,700	0.62%	2.5%
2017	3,150,347	200,254,579	0.82%	2.46%
2018	3,192,760	204,938,755	1.35%	2.34%
2019	3,240,194	209,485,641	1.49%	2.22%
2020	3,291,271	213,996,181	1.58%	2.15%
2021	3,350,183	218,529,286	1.79%	2.12%
2022	3,409,447	223,150,896	1.77%	2.11%
2023	3,470,390	227,882,945	1.79%	2.12%
2024	3,535,603	232,679,478	1.88%	2.1%
2025	3,606,996	237,527,783	2.02%	2.08%
2026	3,682,659	242,431,830	2.1%	2.06%
2027	3,760,368	247,374,258	2.11%	2.04%
2028	3,840,135	252,346,128	2.12%	2.01%
2029	3,920,467	257,352,638	2.09%	1.98%
2030	4,002,671	262,380,975	2.1%	1.95%
2031	4,085,037	267,421,079	2.06%	1.92%
2032	4,166,507	272,483,635	1.99%	1.89%
2033	4,249,501	277,555,116	1.99%	1.86%
2034	4,334,727	282,622,388	2.01%	1.83%
2035	4,420,915	287,685,757	1.99%	1.79%
2036	4,509,755	292,739,390	2.01%	1.76%
2037	4,601,933	297,773,236	2.04%	1.72%
2038	4,692,340	302,782,350	1.96%	1.68%
2039	4,780,469	307,764,754	1.88%	1.65%
2040	4,868,668	312,710,403	1.84%	1.61%
2041	4,954,481	317,607,237	1.76%	1.57%
2042	5,039,298	322,450,302	1.71%	1.52%
2043	5,124,256	327,243,941	1.69%	1.49%
2044	5,207,858	331,983,354	1.63%	1.45%
2045	5,292,756	336,662,502	1.63%	1.41%
2046	5,375,963	341,281,757	1.57%	1.37%
2047	5,456,488	345,844,004	1.5%	1.34%
2048	5,537,538	350,347,757	1.49%	1.3%
2049	5,617,348	354,792,418	1.44%	1.27%
2050	5,696,052	359,185,550	1.4%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.