Population in Greece compared to Niger: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Greece and Niger: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Niger	Greece	Niger
1960	8,331,725	3,505,050	-	-
1961	8,398,050	3,608,162	0.8%	2.94%
1962	8,448,233	3,714,520	0.6%	2.95%
1963	8,479,625	3,823,873	0.37%	2.94%
1964	8,510,429	3,935,814	0.36%	2.93%
1965	8,550,333	4,049,695	0.47%	2.89%
1966	8,613,651	4,165,544	0.74%	2.86%
1967	8,684,088	4,283,590	0.82%	2.83%
1968	8,740,765	4,403,637	0.65%	2.8%
1969	8,772,764	4,525,725	0.37%	2.77%
1970	8,792,806	4,650,275	0.23%	2.75%
1971	8,831,036	4,776,225	0.43%	2.71%
1972	8,888,628	4,904,845	0.65%	2.69%
1973	8,929,086	5,037,865	0.46%	2.71%
1974	8,962,022	5,174,953	0.37%	2.72%
1975	9,046,541	5,317,019	0.94%	2.75%
1976	9,188,150	5,464,962	1.57%	2.78%
1977	9,308,479	5,619,716	1.31%	2.83%
1978	9,429,959	5,782,932	1.31%	2.9%
1979	9,548,258	5,955,556	1.25%	2.99%
1980	9,642,505	6,135,971	0.99%	3.03%
1981	9,729,350	6,322,006	0.9%	3.03%
1982	9,789,513	6,512,732	0.62%	3.02%
1983	9,846,627	6,708,644	0.58%	3.01%
1984	9,895,801	6,909,971	0.5%	3%
1985	9,934,300	7,118,457	0.39%	3.02%
1986	9,967,213	7,335,811	0.33%	3.05%
1987	10,000,595	7,561,150	0.33%	3.07%
1988	10,036,983	7,793,748	0.36%	3.08%
1989	10,089,498	8,034,780	0.52%	3.09%
1990	10,196,792	8,286,059	1.06%	3.13%
1991	10,319,927	8,546,900	1.21%	3.15%
1992	10,399,061	8,817,633	0.77%	3.17%
1993	10,460,415	9,100,789	0.59%	3.21%
1994	10,512,922	9,398,258	0.5%	3.27%
1995	10,562,153	9,714,529	0.47%	3.37%
1996	10,608,800	10,044,852	0.44%	3.4%
1997	10,661,259	10,383,969	0.49%	3.38%
1998	10,720,509	10,741,413	0.56%	3.44%
1999	10,761,698	11,117,411	0.38%	3.5%
2000	10,805,808	11,509,630	0.41%	3.53%
2001	10,862,132	11,920,647	0.52%	3.57%
2002	10,902,022	12,349,144	0.37%	3.59%
2003	10,928,070	12,796,984	0.24%	3.63%
2004	10,955,141	13,265,836	0.25%	3.66%
2005	10,987,314	13,756,192	0.29%	3.7%
2006	11,020,362	14,268,581	0.3%	3.72%
2007	11,048,473	14,803,610	0.26%	3.75%
2008	11,077,841	15,361,915	0.27%	3.77%
2009	11,107,017	15,943,675	0.26%	3.79%
2010	11,121,341	16,548,835	0.13%	3.8%
2011	11,104,899	17,176,283	-0.15%	3.79%
2012	11,045,011	17,836,769	-0.54%	3.85%
2013	10,965,211	18,519,898	-0.72%	3.83%
2014	10,892,413	19,215,909	-0.66%	3.76%
2015	10,820,883	19,939,498	-0.66%	3.77%
2016	10,775,971	20,685,753	-0.42%	3.74%
2017	10,754,679	21,435,446	-0.2%	3.62%
2018	10,732,882	22,188,069	-0.2%	3.51%
2019	10,721,582	22,947,757	-0.11%	3.42%
2020	10,698,599	23,717,613	-0.21%	3.35%
2021	10,569,207	24,502,140	-1.21%	3.31%
2022	10,436,882	25,311,973	-1.25%	3.31%
2023	10,407,351	26,159,867	-0.28%	3.35%
2024	10,405,134	27,032,412	-0.02%	3.34%
2025	10,292,291	27,917,825	-1.08%	3.28%
2026	10,249,082	28,814,872	-0.42%	3.21%
2027	10,204,400	29,723,688	-0.44%	3.15%
2028	10,159,146	30,643,561	-0.44%	3.09%
2029	10,113,475	31,575,091	-0.45%	3.04%
2030	10,067,720	32,518,069	-0.45%	2.99%
2031	10,021,773	33,469,616	-0.46%	2.93%
2032	9,974,701	34,428,638	-0.47%	2.87%
2033	9,927,344	35,397,029	-0.47%	2.81%
2034	9,880,848	36,372,374	-0.47%	2.76%
2035	9,834,216	37,353,462	-0.47%	2.7%
2036	9,787,786	38,340,142	-0.47%	2.64%
2037	9,741,790	39,330,372	-0.47%	2.58%
2038	9,695,855	40,323,460	-0.47%	2.52%
2039	9,650,459	41,318,407	-0.47%	2.47%
2040	9,605,475	42,316,733	-0.47%	2.42%
2041	9,560,641	43,319,236	-0.47%	2.37%
2042	9,516,502	44,326,115	-0.46%	2.32%
2043	9,472,263	45,337,248	-0.46%	2.28%
2044	9,426,737	46,353,160	-0.48%	2.24%
2045	9,380,458	47,374,113	-0.49%	2.2%
2046	9,333,671	48,397,993	-0.5%	2.16%
2047	9,284,541	49,423,853	-0.53%	2.12%
2048	9,233,189	50,452,202	-0.55%	2.08%
2049	9,180,074	51,482,559	-0.58%	2.04%
2050	9,125,443	52,513,870	-0.6%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. Niger was ranked 64th in 2006 and ranked 53rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.