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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	Nigeria	Finland	Nigeria
1960	4,429,634	45,053,782	-	-
1961	4,461,005	45,989,310	0.71%	2.08%
1962	4,491,443	46,965,292	0.68%	2.12%
1963	4,523,309	47,973,575	0.71%	2.15%
1964	4,548,543	49,012,016	0.56%	2.16%
1965	4,563,732	50,086,764	0.33%	2.19%
1966	4,580,869	51,188,234	0.38%	2.2%
1967	4,605,744	52,293,065	0.54%	2.16%
1968	4,626,469	53,432,783	0.45%	2.18%
1969	4,623,785	54,631,914	-0.06%	2.24%
1970	4,606,307	55,893,838	-0.38%	2.31%
1971	4,612,124	57,214,684	0.13%	2.36%
1972	4,639,657	58,601,748	0.6%	2.42%
1973	4,666,081	60,082,139	0.57%	2.53%
1974	4,690,574	61,679,144	0.52%	2.66%
1975	4,711,440	63,410,815	0.44%	2.81%
1976	4,725,664	65,258,009	0.3%	2.91%
1977	4,738,902	67,234,590	0.28%	3.03%
1978	4,752,528	69,326,532	0.29%	3.11%
1979	4,764,690	71,498,242	0.26%	3.13%
1980	4,779,535	73,764,641	0.31%	3.17%
1981	4,799,964	76,068,103	0.43%	3.12%
1982	4,826,933	78,378,701	0.56%	3.04%
1983	4,855,787	80,438,260	0.6%	2.63%
1984	4,881,803	82,526,443	0.54%	2.6%
1985	4,902,206	84,897,973	0.42%	2.87%
1986	4,918,154	87,235,953	0.33%	2.75%
1987	4,932,123	89,591,716	0.28%	2.7%
1988	4,946,481	92,020,090	0.29%	2.71%
1989	4,964,371	94,531,014	0.36%	2.73%
1990	4,986,431	97,120,925	0.44%	2.74%
1991	5,013,740	99,720,162	0.55%	2.68%
1992	5,041,992	102,372,770	0.56%	2.66%
1993	5,066,447	105,122,069	0.49%	2.69%
1994	5,088,333	107,935,714	0.43%	2.68%
1995	5,107,790	110,819,428	0.38%	2.67%
1996	5,124,573	113,754,779	0.33%	2.65%
1997	5,139,835	116,754,792	0.3%	2.64%
1998	5,153,498	119,846,254	0.27%	2.65%
1999	5,165,474	123,047,320	0.23%	2.67%
2000	5,176,209	126,382,494	0.21%	2.71%
2001	5,188,008	129,862,595	0.23%	2.75%
2002	5,200,598	133,471,989	0.24%	2.78%
2003	5,213,014	137,202,644	0.24%	2.8%
2004	5,228,172	141,057,045	0.29%	2.81%
2005	5,246,096	145,017,253	0.34%	2.81%
2006	5,266,268	149,077,334	0.38%	2.8%
2007	5,288,720	153,267,261	0.43%	2.81%
2008	5,313,399	157,595,014	0.47%	2.82%
2009	5,338,871	162,049,464	0.48%	2.83%
2010	5,363,352	166,642,886	0.46%	2.83%
2011	5,388,272	171,379,598	0.46%	2.84%
2012	5,413,971	176,200,625	0.48%	2.81%
2013	5,438,972	181,049,443	0.46%	2.75%
2014	5,461,512	185,896,915	0.41%	2.68%
2015	5,479,531	190,671,878	0.33%	2.57%
2016	5,495,303	195,443,700	0.29%	2.5%
2017	5,508,214	200,254,579	0.23%	2.46%
2018	5,515,525	204,938,755	0.13%	2.34%
2019	5,521,606	209,485,641	0.11%	2.22%
2020	5,529,543	213,996,181	0.14%	2.15%
2021	5,541,017	218,529,286	0.21%	2.12%
2022	5,556,106	223,150,896	0.27%	2.11%
2023	5,583,911	227,882,945	0.5%	2.12%
2024	5,619,911	232,679,478	0.64%	2.1%
2025	5,625,932	237,527,783	0.11%	2.08%
2026	5,624,333	242,431,830	-0.03%	2.06%
2027	5,618,598	247,374,258	-0.1%	2.04%
2028	5,611,400	252,346,128	-0.13%	2.01%
2029	5,603,365	257,352,638	-0.14%	1.98%
2030	5,594,631	262,380,975	-0.16%	1.95%
2031	5,585,302	267,421,079	-0.17%	1.92%
2032	5,575,456	272,483,635	-0.18%	1.89%
2033	5,565,204	277,555,116	-0.18%	1.86%
2034	5,554,448	282,622,388	-0.19%	1.83%
2035	5,543,219	287,685,757	-0.2%	1.79%
2036	5,531,603	292,739,390	-0.21%	1.76%
2037	5,519,668	297,773,236	-0.22%	1.72%
2038	5,507,536	302,782,350	-0.22%	1.68%
2039	5,495,296	307,764,754	-0.22%	1.65%
2040	5,483,053	312,710,403	-0.22%	1.61%
2041	5,470,834	317,607,237	-0.22%	1.57%
2042	5,458,532	322,450,302	-0.22%	1.52%
2043	5,446,086	327,243,941	-0.23%	1.49%
2044	5,433,513	331,983,354	-0.23%	1.45%
2045	5,420,858	336,662,502	-0.23%	1.41%
2046	5,408,069	341,281,757	-0.24%	1.37%
2047	5,395,098	345,844,004	-0.24%	1.34%
2048	5,381,776	350,347,757	-0.25%	1.3%
2049	5,368,125	354,792,418	-0.25%	1.27%
2050	5,354,121	359,185,550	-0.26%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th 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) Finland's population will shrink by 4.8% to 5,354,121 people with a rank change from 120th to 127th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.