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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Nigeria	Greece	Nigeria
1960	8,331,725	45,053,782	-	-
1961	8,398,050	45,989,310	0.8%	2.08%
1962	8,448,233	46,965,292	0.6%	2.12%
1963	8,479,625	47,973,575	0.37%	2.15%
1964	8,510,429	49,012,016	0.36%	2.16%
1965	8,550,333	50,086,764	0.47%	2.19%
1966	8,613,651	51,188,234	0.74%	2.2%
1967	8,684,088	52,293,065	0.82%	2.16%
1968	8,740,765	53,432,783	0.65%	2.18%
1969	8,772,764	54,631,914	0.37%	2.24%
1970	8,792,806	55,893,838	0.23%	2.31%
1971	8,831,036	57,214,684	0.43%	2.36%
1972	8,888,628	58,601,748	0.65%	2.42%
1973	8,929,086	60,082,139	0.46%	2.53%
1974	8,962,022	61,679,144	0.37%	2.66%
1975	9,046,541	63,410,815	0.94%	2.81%
1976	9,188,150	65,258,009	1.57%	2.91%
1977	9,308,479	67,234,590	1.31%	3.03%
1978	9,429,959	69,326,532	1.31%	3.11%
1979	9,548,258	71,498,242	1.25%	3.13%
1980	9,642,505	73,764,641	0.99%	3.17%
1981	9,729,350	76,068,103	0.9%	3.12%
1982	9,789,513	78,378,701	0.62%	3.04%
1983	9,846,627	80,438,260	0.58%	2.63%
1984	9,895,801	82,526,443	0.5%	2.6%
1985	9,934,300	84,897,973	0.39%	2.87%
1986	9,967,213	87,235,953	0.33%	2.75%
1987	10,000,595	89,591,716	0.33%	2.7%
1988	10,036,983	92,020,090	0.36%	2.71%
1989	10,089,498	94,531,014	0.52%	2.73%
1990	10,196,792	97,120,925	1.06%	2.74%
1991	10,319,927	99,720,162	1.21%	2.68%
1992	10,399,061	102,372,770	0.77%	2.66%
1993	10,460,415	105,122,069	0.59%	2.69%
1994	10,512,922	107,935,714	0.5%	2.68%
1995	10,562,153	110,819,428	0.47%	2.67%
1996	10,608,800	113,754,779	0.44%	2.65%
1997	10,661,259	116,754,792	0.49%	2.64%
1998	10,720,509	119,846,254	0.56%	2.65%
1999	10,761,698	123,047,320	0.38%	2.67%
2000	10,805,808	126,382,494	0.41%	2.71%
2001	10,862,132	129,862,595	0.52%	2.75%
2002	10,902,022	133,471,989	0.37%	2.78%
2003	10,928,070	137,202,644	0.24%	2.8%
2004	10,955,141	141,057,045	0.25%	2.81%
2005	10,987,314	145,017,253	0.29%	2.81%
2006	11,020,362	149,077,334	0.3%	2.8%
2007	11,048,473	153,267,261	0.26%	2.81%
2008	11,077,841	157,595,014	0.27%	2.82%
2009	11,107,017	162,049,464	0.26%	2.83%
2010	11,121,341	166,642,886	0.13%	2.83%
2011	11,104,899	171,379,598	-0.15%	2.84%
2012	11,045,011	176,200,625	-0.54%	2.81%
2013	10,965,211	181,049,443	-0.72%	2.75%
2014	10,892,413	185,896,915	-0.66%	2.68%
2015	10,820,883	190,671,878	-0.66%	2.57%
2016	10,775,971	195,443,700	-0.42%	2.5%
2017	10,754,679	200,254,579	-0.2%	2.46%
2018	10,732,882	204,938,755	-0.2%	2.34%
2019	10,721,582	209,485,641	-0.11%	2.22%
2020	10,698,599	213,996,181	-0.21%	2.15%
2021	10,569,207	218,529,286	-1.21%	2.12%
2022	10,436,882	223,150,896	-1.25%	2.11%
2023	10,407,351	227,882,945	-0.28%	2.12%
2024	10,405,134	232,679,478	-0.02%	2.1%
2025	10,292,291	237,527,783	-1.08%	2.08%
2026	10,249,082	242,431,830	-0.42%	2.06%
2027	10,204,400	247,374,258	-0.44%	2.04%
2028	10,159,146	252,346,128	-0.44%	2.01%
2029	10,113,475	257,352,638	-0.45%	1.98%
2030	10,067,720	262,380,975	-0.45%	1.95%
2031	10,021,773	267,421,079	-0.46%	1.92%
2032	9,974,701	272,483,635	-0.47%	1.89%
2033	9,927,344	277,555,116	-0.47%	1.86%
2034	9,880,848	282,622,388	-0.47%	1.83%
2035	9,834,216	287,685,757	-0.47%	1.79%
2036	9,787,786	292,739,390	-0.47%	1.76%
2037	9,741,790	297,773,236	-0.47%	1.72%
2038	9,695,855	302,782,350	-0.47%	1.68%
2039	9,650,459	307,764,754	-0.47%	1.65%
2040	9,605,475	312,710,403	-0.47%	1.61%
2041	9,560,641	317,607,237	-0.47%	1.57%
2042	9,516,502	322,450,302	-0.46%	1.52%
2043	9,472,263	327,243,941	-0.46%	1.49%
2044	9,426,737	331,983,354	-0.48%	1.45%
2045	9,380,458	336,662,502	-0.49%	1.41%
2046	9,333,671	341,281,757	-0.5%	1.37%
2047	9,284,541	345,844,004	-0.53%	1.34%
2048	9,233,189	350,347,757	-0.55%	1.3%
2049	9,180,074	354,792,418	-0.58%	1.27%
2050	9,125,443	359,185,550	-0.6%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.