Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Niger: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Niger: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Niger	Guinea-Bissau	Niger
1960	577,633	3,505,050	-	-
1961	582,532	3,608,162	0.85%	2.94%
1962	589,474	3,714,520	1.19%	2.95%
1963	594,418	3,823,873	0.84%	2.94%
1964	588,543	3,935,814	-0.99%	2.93%
1965	575,005	4,049,695	-2.3%	2.89%
1966	566,908	4,165,544	-1.41%	2.86%
1967	569,011	4,283,590	0.37%	2.83%
1968	578,170	4,403,637	1.61%	2.8%
1969	581,610	4,525,725	0.59%	2.77%
1970	584,403	4,650,275	0.48%	2.75%
1971	586,221	4,776,225	0.31%	2.71%
1972	586,620	4,904,845	0.07%	2.69%
1973	592,808	5,037,865	1.05%	2.71%
1974	613,338	5,174,953	3.46%	2.72%
1975	650,966	5,317,019	6.13%	2.75%
1976	694,191	5,464,962	6.64%	2.78%
1977	741,789	5,619,716	6.86%	2.83%
1978	791,694	5,782,932	6.73%	2.9%
1979	819,867	5,955,556	3.56%	2.99%
1980	829,303	6,135,971	1.15%	3.03%
1981	842,432	6,322,006	1.58%	3.03%
1982	855,891	6,512,732	1.6%	3.02%
1983	869,592	6,708,644	1.6%	3.01%
1984	883,519	6,909,971	1.6%	3%
1985	897,697	7,118,457	1.6%	3.02%
1986	912,126	7,335,811	1.61%	3.05%
1987	926,862	7,561,150	1.62%	3.07%
1988	942,061	7,793,748	1.64%	3.08%
1989	957,789	8,034,780	1.67%	3.09%
1990	973,669	8,286,059	1.66%	3.13%
1991	994,639	8,546,900	2.15%	3.15%
1992	1,024,356	8,817,633	2.99%	3.17%
1993	1,058,745	9,100,789	3.36%	3.21%
1994	1,092,031	9,398,258	3.14%	3.27%
1995	1,119,949	9,714,529	2.56%	3.37%
1996	1,143,535	10,044,852	2.11%	3.4%
1997	1,165,545	10,383,969	1.92%	3.38%
1998	1,187,473	10,741,413	1.88%	3.44%
1999	1,210,206	11,117,411	1.91%	3.5%
2000	1,234,741	11,509,630	2.03%	3.53%
2001	1,261,273	11,920,647	2.15%	3.57%
2002	1,289,307	12,349,144	2.22%	3.59%
2003	1,318,806	12,796,984	2.29%	3.63%
2004	1,349,563	13,265,836	2.33%	3.66%
2005	1,381,585	13,756,192	2.37%	3.7%
2006	1,415,303	14,268,581	2.44%	3.72%
2007	1,450,986	14,803,610	2.52%	3.75%
2008	1,488,054	15,361,915	2.55%	3.77%
2009	1,526,377	15,943,675	2.58%	3.79%
2010	1,566,347	16,548,835	2.62%	3.8%
2011	1,608,076	17,176,283	2.66%	3.79%
2012	1,651,417	17,836,769	2.7%	3.85%
2013	1,695,973	18,519,898	2.7%	3.83%
2014	1,741,122	19,215,909	2.66%	3.76%
2015	1,786,457	19,939,498	2.6%	3.77%
2016	1,831,893	20,685,753	2.54%	3.74%
2017	1,877,072	21,435,446	2.47%	3.62%
2018	1,922,168	22,188,069	2.4%	3.51%
2019	1,967,696	22,947,757	2.37%	3.42%
2020	2,013,255	23,717,613	2.32%	3.35%
2021	2,058,841	24,502,140	2.26%	3.31%
2022	2,105,529	25,311,973	2.27%	3.31%
2023	2,153,339	26,159,867	2.27%	3.35%
2024	2,201,352	27,032,412	2.23%	3.34%
2025	2,249,512	27,917,825	2.19%	3.28%
2026	2,297,807	28,814,872	2.15%	3.21%
2027	2,346,190	29,723,688	2.11%	3.15%
2028	2,394,226	30,643,561	2.05%	3.09%
2029	2,441,574	31,575,091	1.98%	3.04%
2030	2,488,931	32,518,069	1.94%	2.99%
2031	2,536,893	33,469,616	1.93%	2.93%
2032	2,585,565	34,428,638	1.92%	2.87%
2033	2,634,701	35,397,029	1.9%	2.81%
2034	2,683,078	36,372,374	1.84%	2.76%
2035	2,730,136	37,353,462	1.75%	2.7%
2036	2,777,887	38,340,142	1.75%	2.64%
2037	2,826,159	39,330,372	1.74%	2.58%
2038	2,873,929	40,323,460	1.69%	2.52%
2039	2,921,973	41,318,407	1.67%	2.47%
2040	2,969,699	42,316,733	1.63%	2.42%
2041	3,016,537	43,319,236	1.58%	2.37%
2042	3,063,161	44,326,115	1.55%	2.32%
2043	3,109,927	45,337,248	1.53%	2.28%
2044	3,156,704	46,353,160	1.5%	2.24%
2045	3,204,242	47,374,113	1.51%	2.2%
2046	3,251,465	48,397,993	1.47%	2.16%
2047	3,298,563	49,423,853	1.45%	2.12%
2048	3,345,853	50,452,202	1.43%	2.08%
2049	3,392,557	51,482,559	1.4%	2.04%
2050	3,438,597	52,513,870	1.36%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.