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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Georgia	Nigeria	Georgia	Nigeria
1960	3,645,600	45,053,782	-	-
1961	3,703,600	45,989,310	1.59%	2.08%
1962	3,760,300	46,965,292	1.53%	2.12%
1963	3,816,100	47,973,575	1.48%	2.15%
1964	3,870,300	49,012,016	1.42%	2.16%
1965	3,921,600	50,086,764	1.33%	2.19%
1966	3,966,700	51,188,234	1.15%	2.2%
1967	4,005,800	52,293,065	0.99%	2.16%
1968	4,042,300	53,432,783	0.91%	2.18%
1969	4,080,300	54,631,914	0.94%	2.24%
1970	4,119,900	55,893,838	0.97%	2.31%
1971	4,163,000	57,214,684	1.05%	2.36%
1972	4,205,300	58,601,748	1.02%	2.42%
1973	4,242,500	60,082,139	0.88%	2.53%
1974	4,279,500	61,679,144	0.87%	2.66%
1975	4,311,200	63,410,815	0.74%	2.81%
1976	4,342,400	65,258,009	0.72%	2.91%
1977	4,372,100	67,234,590	0.68%	3.03%
1978	4,397,700	69,326,532	0.59%	3.11%
1979	4,430,200	71,498,242	0.74%	3.13%
1980	4,467,700	73,764,641	0.85%	3.17%
1981	4,504,500	76,068,103	0.82%	3.12%
1982	4,542,800	78,378,701	0.85%	3.04%
1983	4,582,900	80,438,260	0.88%	2.63%
1984	4,622,200	82,526,443	0.86%	2.6%
1985	4,662,900	84,897,973	0.88%	2.87%
1986	4,704,500	87,235,953	0.89%	2.75%
1987	4,743,500	89,591,716	0.83%	2.7%
1988	4,790,700	92,020,090	1%	2.71%
1989	4,803,300	94,531,014	0.26%	2.73%
1990	4,802,000	97,120,925	-0.03%	2.74%
1991	4,835,900	99,720,162	0.71%	2.68%
1992	4,873,500	102,372,770	0.78%	2.66%
1993	4,911,100	105,122,069	0.77%	2.69%
1994	4,836,076	107,935,714	-1.53%	2.68%
1995	4,657,722	110,819,428	-3.69%	2.67%
1996	4,491,699	113,754,779	-3.56%	2.65%
1997	4,349,913	116,754,792	-3.16%	2.64%
1998	4,243,607	119,846,254	-2.44%	2.65%
1999	4,157,192	123,047,320	-2.04%	2.67%
2000	4,077,131	126,382,494	-1.93%	2.71%
2001	4,014,373	129,862,595	-1.54%	2.75%
2002	3,978,515	133,471,989	-0.89%	2.78%
2003	3,951,736	137,202,644	-0.67%	2.8%
2004	3,927,340	141,057,045	-0.62%	2.81%
2005	3,902,469	145,017,253	-0.63%	2.81%
2006	3,880,347	149,077,334	-0.57%	2.8%
2007	3,860,158	153,267,261	-0.52%	2.81%
2008	3,848,449	157,595,014	-0.3%	2.82%
2009	3,814,419	162,049,464	-0.88%	2.83%
2010	3,786,695	166,642,886	-0.73%	2.83%
2011	3,756,441	171,379,598	-0.8%	2.84%
2012	3,728,874	176,200,625	-0.73%	2.81%
2013	3,717,668	181,049,443	-0.3%	2.75%
2014	3,719,414	185,896,915	0.05%	2.68%
2015	3,725,276	190,671,878	0.16%	2.57%
2016	3,727,505	195,443,700	0.06%	2.5%
2017	3,728,004	200,254,579	0.01%	2.46%
2018	3,726,549	204,938,755	-0.04%	2.34%
2019	3,720,161	209,485,641	-0.17%	2.22%
2020	3,722,716	213,996,181	0.07%	2.15%
2021	3,708,610	218,529,286	-0.38%	2.12%
2022	3,712,502	223,150,896	0.1%	2.11%
2023	3,715,483	227,882,945	0.08%	2.12%
2024	3,699,557	232,679,478	-0.43%	2.1%
2025	3,698,586	237,527,783	-0.03%	2.08%
2026	3,696,618	242,431,830	-0.05%	2.06%
2027	3,693,885	247,374,258	-0.07%	2.04%
2028	3,690,857	252,346,128	-0.08%	2.01%
2029	3,687,259	257,352,638	-0.1%	1.98%
2030	3,682,920	262,380,975	-0.12%	1.95%
2031	3,678,026	267,421,079	-0.13%	1.92%
2032	3,673,036	272,483,635	-0.14%	1.89%
2033	3,668,310	277,555,116	-0.13%	1.86%
2034	3,663,031	282,622,388	-0.14%	1.83%
2035	3,657,325	287,685,757	-0.16%	1.79%
2036	3,651,079	292,739,390	-0.17%	1.76%
2037	3,644,546	297,773,236	-0.18%	1.72%
2038	3,638,348	302,782,350	-0.17%	1.68%
2039	3,632,643	307,764,754	-0.16%	1.65%
2040	3,626,873	312,710,403	-0.16%	1.61%
2041	3,621,276	317,607,237	-0.15%	1.57%
2042	3,616,274	322,450,302	-0.14%	1.52%
2043	3,610,906	327,243,941	-0.15%	1.49%
2044	3,605,178	331,983,354	-0.16%	1.45%
2045	3,598,834	336,662,502	-0.18%	1.41%
2046	3,591,534	341,281,757	-0.2%	1.37%
2047	3,583,899	345,844,004	-0.21%	1.34%
2048	3,576,091	350,347,757	-0.22%	1.3%
2049	3,568,192	354,792,418	-0.22%	1.27%
2050	3,559,980	359,185,550	-0.23%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Georgia decreased by 152,842 people (a 3.94% decline), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Georgia lost -30,887 (a 0.83% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Georgia was ranked 124th most populous country in 2006 and is 130th 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) Georgia's population will shrink by 3.7% to 3,559,980 people with a rank change from 130th to 135th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.