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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Nigeria	Fiji	Nigeria
1960	404,887	45,053,782	-	-
1961	417,406	45,989,310	3.09%	2.08%
1962	430,536	46,965,292	3.15%	2.12%
1963	444,276	47,973,575	3.19%	2.15%
1964	458,324	49,012,016	3.16%	2.16%
1965	472,575	50,086,764	3.11%	2.19%
1966	486,487	51,188,234	2.94%	2.2%
1967	498,873	52,293,065	2.55%	2.16%
1968	510,002	53,432,783	2.23%	2.18%
1969	520,797	54,631,914	2.12%	2.24%
1970	531,188	55,893,838	2%	2.31%
1971	541,121	57,214,684	1.87%	2.36%
1972	550,499	58,601,748	1.73%	2.42%
1973	559,222	60,082,139	1.58%	2.53%
1974	567,489	61,679,144	1.48%	2.66%
1975	575,906	63,410,815	1.48%	2.81%
1976	585,534	65,258,009	1.67%	2.91%
1977	597,805	67,234,590	2.1%	3.03%
1978	612,091	69,326,532	2.39%	3.11%
1979	626,862	71,498,242	2.41%	3.13%
1980	641,975	73,764,641	2.41%	3.17%
1981	657,471	76,068,103	2.41%	3.12%
1982	673,414	78,378,701	2.42%	3.04%
1983	689,835	80,438,260	2.44%	2.63%
1984	706,716	82,526,443	2.45%	2.6%
1985	723,761	84,897,973	2.41%	2.87%
1986	739,306	87,235,953	2.15%	2.75%
1987	750,540	89,591,716	1.52%	2.7%
1988	758,697	92,020,090	1.09%	2.71%
1989	766,321	94,531,014	1%	2.73%
1990	773,316	97,120,925	0.91%	2.74%
1991	779,656	99,720,162	0.82%	2.68%
1992	785,346	102,372,770	0.73%	2.66%
1993	790,369	105,122,069	0.64%	2.69%
1994	794,771	107,935,714	0.56%	2.68%
1995	798,746	110,819,428	0.5%	2.67%
1996	803,789	113,754,779	0.63%	2.65%
1997	812,139	116,754,792	1.04%	2.64%
1998	822,258	119,846,254	1.25%	2.65%
1999	831,828	123,047,320	1.16%	2.67%
2000	840,909	126,382,494	1.09%	2.71%
2001	849,596	129,862,595	1.03%	2.75%
2002	858,049	133,471,989	0.99%	2.78%
2003	866,286	137,202,644	0.96%	2.8%
2004	874,366	141,057,045	0.93%	2.81%
2005	882,379	145,017,253	0.92%	2.81%
2006	890,365	149,077,334	0.91%	2.8%
2007	897,832	153,267,261	0.84%	2.81%
2008	903,399	157,595,014	0.62%	2.82%
2009	907,239	162,049,464	0.43%	2.83%
2010	910,419	166,642,886	0.35%	2.83%
2011	912,989	171,379,598	0.28%	2.84%
2012	914,918	176,200,625	0.21%	2.81%
2013	916,352	181,049,443	0.16%	2.75%
2014	917,585	185,896,915	0.13%	2.68%
2015	918,578	190,671,878	0.11%	2.57%
2016	919,166	195,443,700	0.06%	2.5%
2017	918,759	200,254,579	-0.04%	2.46%
2018	917,180	204,938,755	-0.17%	2.34%
2019	914,899	209,485,641	-0.25%	2.22%
2020	914,963	213,996,181	0.007%	2.15%
2021	916,711	218,529,286	0.19%	2.12%
2022	919,422	223,150,896	0.3%	2.11%
2023	924,145	227,882,945	0.51%	2.12%
2024	928,784	232,679,478	0.5%	2.1%
2025	933,141	237,527,783	0.47%	2.08%
2026	937,268	242,431,830	0.44%	2.06%
2027	941,304	247,374,258	0.43%	2.04%
2028	945,347	252,346,128	0.43%	2.01%
2029	949,269	257,352,638	0.41%	1.98%
2030	953,095	262,380,975	0.4%	1.95%
2031	956,685	267,421,079	0.38%	1.92%
2032	960,056	272,483,635	0.35%	1.89%
2033	963,339	277,555,116	0.34%	1.86%
2034	966,516	282,622,388	0.33%	1.83%
2035	969,613	287,685,757	0.32%	1.79%
2036	972,641	292,739,390	0.31%	1.76%
2037	975,643	297,773,236	0.31%	1.72%
2038	978,533	302,782,350	0.3%	1.68%
2039	981,270	307,764,754	0.28%	1.65%
2040	983,842	312,710,403	0.26%	1.61%
2041	986,409	317,607,237	0.26%	1.57%
2042	988,810	322,450,302	0.24%	1.52%
2043	990,851	327,243,941	0.21%	1.49%
2044	992,731	331,983,354	0.19%	1.45%
2045	994,437	336,662,502	0.17%	1.41%
2046	995,957	341,281,757	0.15%	1.37%
2047	997,319	345,844,004	0.14%	1.34%
2048	998,544	350,347,757	0.12%	1.3%
2049	999,530	354,792,418	0.1%	1.27%
2050	1,000,244	359,185,550	0.07%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.