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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Nigeria	France	Nigeria
1960	47,412,964	45,053,782	-	-
1961	47,905,982	45,989,310	1.04%	2.08%
1962	48,389,516	46,965,292	1.01%	2.12%
1963	48,877,567	47,973,575	1.01%	2.15%
1964	49,401,492	49,012,016	1.07%	2.16%
1965	49,877,725	50,086,764	0.96%	2.19%
1966	50,311,637	51,188,234	0.87%	2.2%
1967	50,722,791	52,293,065	0.82%	2.16%
1968	51,112,980	53,432,783	0.77%	2.18%
1969	51,536,014	54,631,914	0.83%	2.24%
1970	52,007,169	55,893,838	0.91%	2.31%
1971	52,499,553	57,214,684	0.95%	2.36%
1972	52,962,356	58,601,748	0.88%	2.42%
1973	53,392,161	60,082,139	0.81%	2.53%
1974	53,746,571	61,679,144	0.66%	2.66%
1975	54,002,853	63,410,815	0.48%	2.81%
1976	54,232,383	65,258,009	0.43%	2.91%
1977	54,486,467	67,234,590	0.47%	3.03%
1978	54,734,030	69,326,532	0.45%	3.11%
1979	54,979,851	71,498,242	0.45%	3.13%
1980	55,274,184	73,764,641	0.54%	3.17%
1981	55,603,353	76,068,103	0.6%	3.12%
1982	55,806,789	78,378,701	0.37%	3.04%
1983	56,108,330	80,438,260	0.54%	2.63%
1984	56,383,085	82,526,443	0.49%	2.6%
1985	56,665,619	84,897,973	0.5%	2.87%
1986	56,956,002	87,235,953	0.51%	2.75%
1987	57,266,167	89,591,716	0.54%	2.7%
1988	57,598,186	92,020,090	0.58%	2.71%
1989	57,943,062	94,531,014	0.6%	2.73%
1990	58,261,012	97,120,925	0.55%	2.74%
1991	58,554,242	99,720,162	0.5%	2.68%
1992	58,846,584	102,372,770	0.5%	2.66%
1993	59,103,094	105,122,069	0.44%	2.69%
1994	59,324,863	107,935,714	0.38%	2.68%
1995	59,541,294	110,819,428	0.36%	2.67%
1996	59,754,504	113,754,779	0.36%	2.65%
1997	59,968,066	116,754,792	0.36%	2.64%
1998	60,190,684	119,846,254	0.37%	2.65%
1999	60,501,986	123,047,320	0.52%	2.67%
2000	60,918,661	126,382,494	0.69%	2.71%
2001	61,364,377	129,862,595	0.73%	2.75%
2002	61,812,142	133,471,989	0.73%	2.78%
2003	62,249,855	137,202,644	0.71%	2.8%
2004	62,707,588	141,057,045	0.74%	2.81%
2005	63,180,854	145,017,253	0.75%	2.81%
2006	63,622,342	149,077,334	0.7%	2.8%
2007	64,016,890	153,267,261	0.62%	2.81%
2008	64,375,116	157,595,014	0.56%	2.82%
2009	64,706,436	162,049,464	0.51%	2.83%
2010	65,026,211	166,642,886	0.49%	2.83%
2011	65,340,830	171,379,598	0.48%	2.84%
2012	65,657,659	176,200,625	0.48%	2.81%
2013	65,997,932	181,049,443	0.52%	2.75%
2014	66,312,067	185,896,915	0.48%	2.68%
2015	66,548,272	190,671,878	0.36%	2.57%
2016	66,724,104	195,443,700	0.26%	2.5%
2017	66,918,020	200,254,579	0.29%	2.46%
2018	67,158,348	204,938,755	0.36%	2.34%
2019	67,382,061	209,485,641	0.33%	2.22%
2020	67,601,110	213,996,181	0.33%	2.15%
2021	67,842,811	218,529,286	0.36%	2.12%
2022	68,065,015	223,150,896	0.33%	2.11%
2023	68,287,487	227,882,945	0.33%	2.12%
2024	68,516,699	232,679,478	0.34%	2.1%
2025	68,621,995	237,527,783	0.15%	2.08%
2026	68,720,416	242,431,830	0.14%	2.06%
2027	68,814,997	247,374,258	0.14%	2.04%
2028	68,908,044	252,346,128	0.14%	2.01%
2029	69,000,393	257,352,638	0.13%	1.98%
2030	69,092,395	262,380,975	0.13%	1.95%
2031	69,182,139	267,421,079	0.13%	1.92%
2032	69,271,844	272,483,635	0.13%	1.89%
2033	69,361,763	277,555,116	0.13%	1.86%
2034	69,453,221	282,622,388	0.13%	1.83%
2035	69,545,666	287,685,757	0.13%	1.79%
2036	69,635,631	292,739,390	0.13%	1.76%
2037	69,723,960	297,773,236	0.13%	1.72%
2038	69,807,163	302,782,350	0.12%	1.68%
2039	69,880,758	307,764,754	0.11%	1.65%
2040	69,948,192	312,710,403	0.1%	1.61%
2041	70,013,748	317,607,237	0.09%	1.57%
2042	70,076,842	322,450,302	0.09%	1.52%
2043	70,130,305	327,243,941	0.08%	1.49%
2044	70,172,822	331,983,354	0.06%	1.45%
2045	70,207,698	336,662,502	0.05%	1.41%
2046	70,232,113	341,281,757	0.03%	1.37%
2047	70,246,945	345,844,004	0.02%	1.34%
2048	70,253,351	350,347,757	0.009%	1.3%
2049	70,249,312	354,792,418	-0.006%	1.27%
2050	70,237,272	359,185,550	-0.02%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd 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) France's population will grow by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people with a rank change from 23rd to 30th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.