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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Nigeria	Eswatini	Nigeria
1960	345,337	45,053,782	-	-
1961	353,264	45,989,310	2.3%	2.08%
1962	361,365	46,965,292	2.29%	2.12%
1963	369,759	47,973,575	2.32%	2.15%
1964	378,656	49,012,016	2.41%	2.16%
1965	388,336	50,086,764	2.56%	2.19%
1966	398,766	51,188,234	2.69%	2.2%
1967	409,031	52,293,065	2.57%	2.16%
1968	419,147	53,432,783	2.47%	2.18%
1969	429,875	54,631,914	2.56%	2.24%
1970	441,216	55,893,838	2.64%	2.31%
1971	453,183	57,214,684	2.71%	2.36%
1972	465,788	58,601,748	2.78%	2.42%
1973	479,038	60,082,139	2.84%	2.53%
1974	492,988	61,679,144	2.91%	2.66%
1975	507,673	63,410,815	2.98%	2.81%
1976	523,330	65,258,009	3.08%	2.91%
1977	540,348	67,234,590	3.25%	3.03%
1978	558,446	69,326,532	3.35%	3.11%
1979	577,199	71,498,242	3.36%	3.13%
1980	596,644	73,764,641	3.37%	3.17%
1981	616,808	76,068,103	3.38%	3.12%
1982	637,652	78,378,701	3.38%	3.04%
1983	658,957	80,438,260	3.34%	2.63%
1984	680,783	82,526,443	3.31%	2.6%
1985	706,196	84,897,973	3.73%	2.87%
1986	734,732	87,235,953	4.04%	2.75%
1987	763,811	89,591,716	3.96%	2.7%
1988	799,798	92,020,090	4.71%	2.71%
1989	837,800	94,531,014	4.75%	2.73%
1990	872,428	97,120,925	4.13%	2.74%
1991	908,189	99,720,162	4.1%	2.68%
1992	943,416	102,372,770	3.88%	2.66%
1993	971,318	105,122,069	2.96%	2.69%
1994	971,212	107,935,714	-0.01%	2.68%
1995	970,433	110,819,428	-0.08%	2.67%
1996	989,841	113,754,779	2%	2.65%
1997	1,006,635	116,754,792	1.7%	2.64%
1998	1,019,653	119,846,254	1.29%	2.65%
1999	1,030,782	123,047,320	1.09%	2.67%
2000	1,041,414	126,382,494	1.03%	2.71%
2001	1,051,064	129,862,595	0.93%	2.75%
2002	1,059,441	133,471,989	0.8%	2.78%
2003	1,066,700	137,202,644	0.69%	2.8%
2004	1,073,159	141,057,045	0.61%	2.81%
2005	1,079,022	145,017,253	0.55%	2.81%
2006	1,084,436	149,077,334	0.5%	2.8%
2007	1,090,705	153,267,261	0.58%	2.81%
2008	1,098,091	157,595,014	0.68%	2.82%
2009	1,105,153	162,049,464	0.64%	2.83%
2010	1,111,650	166,642,886	0.59%	2.83%
2011	1,117,833	171,379,598	0.56%	2.84%
2012	1,123,863	176,200,625	0.54%	2.81%
2013	1,129,990	181,049,443	0.55%	2.75%
2014	1,136,299	185,896,915	0.56%	2.68%
2015	1,142,813	190,671,878	0.57%	2.57%
2016	1,149,507	195,443,700	0.59%	2.5%
2017	1,158,195	200,254,579	0.76%	2.46%
2018	1,168,929	204,938,755	0.93%	2.34%
2019	1,179,874	209,485,641	0.94%	2.22%
2020	1,192,729	213,996,181	1.09%	2.15%
2021	1,206,593	218,529,286	1.16%	2.12%
2022	1,218,917	223,150,896	1.02%	2.11%
2023	1,230,506	227,882,945	0.95%	2.12%
2024	1,242,822	232,679,478	1%	2.1%
2025	1,256,168	237,527,783	1.07%	2.08%
2026	1,269,854	242,431,830	1.09%	2.06%
2027	1,283,222	247,374,258	1.05%	2.04%
2028	1,295,964	252,346,128	0.99%	2.01%
2029	1,308,342	257,352,638	0.96%	1.98%
2030	1,320,904	262,380,975	0.96%	1.95%
2031	1,333,159	267,421,079	0.93%	1.92%
2032	1,344,893	272,483,635	0.88%	1.89%
2033	1,356,736	277,555,116	0.88%	1.86%
2034	1,368,346	282,622,388	0.86%	1.83%
2035	1,379,413	287,685,757	0.81%	1.79%
2036	1,390,148	292,739,390	0.78%	1.76%
2037	1,400,439	297,773,236	0.74%	1.72%
2038	1,410,496	302,782,350	0.72%	1.68%
2039	1,420,444	307,764,754	0.71%	1.65%
2040	1,429,771	312,710,403	0.66%	1.61%
2041	1,439,042	317,607,237	0.65%	1.57%
2042	1,448,106	322,450,302	0.63%	1.52%
2043	1,456,448	327,243,941	0.58%	1.49%
2044	1,464,359	331,983,354	0.54%	1.45%
2045	1,472,135	336,662,502	0.53%	1.41%
2046	1,479,603	341,281,757	0.51%	1.37%
2047	1,486,494	345,844,004	0.47%	1.34%
2048	1,493,017	350,347,757	0.44%	1.3%
2049	1,499,424	354,792,418	0.43%	1.27%
2050	1,505,327	359,185,550	0.39%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th 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) Eswatini's population will grow by 18.8% to 1,505,327 people with a rank change from 156th to 154th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.