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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Nigeria	Guinea-Bissau	Nigeria
1960	577,633	45,053,782	-	-
1961	582,532	45,989,310	0.85%	2.08%
1962	589,474	46,965,292	1.19%	2.12%
1963	594,418	47,973,575	0.84%	2.15%
1964	588,543	49,012,016	-0.99%	2.16%
1965	575,005	50,086,764	-2.3%	2.19%
1966	566,908	51,188,234	-1.41%	2.2%
1967	569,011	52,293,065	0.37%	2.16%
1968	578,170	53,432,783	1.61%	2.18%
1969	581,610	54,631,914	0.59%	2.24%
1970	584,403	55,893,838	0.48%	2.31%
1971	586,221	57,214,684	0.31%	2.36%
1972	586,620	58,601,748	0.07%	2.42%
1973	592,808	60,082,139	1.05%	2.53%
1974	613,338	61,679,144	3.46%	2.66%
1975	650,966	63,410,815	6.13%	2.81%
1976	694,191	65,258,009	6.64%	2.91%
1977	741,789	67,234,590	6.86%	3.03%
1978	791,694	69,326,532	6.73%	3.11%
1979	819,867	71,498,242	3.56%	3.13%
1980	829,303	73,764,641	1.15%	3.17%
1981	842,432	76,068,103	1.58%	3.12%
1982	855,891	78,378,701	1.6%	3.04%
1983	869,592	80,438,260	1.6%	2.63%
1984	883,519	82,526,443	1.6%	2.6%
1985	897,697	84,897,973	1.6%	2.87%
1986	912,126	87,235,953	1.61%	2.75%
1987	926,862	89,591,716	1.62%	2.7%
1988	942,061	92,020,090	1.64%	2.71%
1989	957,789	94,531,014	1.67%	2.73%
1990	973,669	97,120,925	1.66%	2.74%
1991	994,639	99,720,162	2.15%	2.68%
1992	1,024,356	102,372,770	2.99%	2.66%
1993	1,058,745	105,122,069	3.36%	2.69%
1994	1,092,031	107,935,714	3.14%	2.68%
1995	1,119,949	110,819,428	2.56%	2.67%
1996	1,143,535	113,754,779	2.11%	2.65%
1997	1,165,545	116,754,792	1.92%	2.64%
1998	1,187,473	119,846,254	1.88%	2.65%
1999	1,210,206	123,047,320	1.91%	2.67%
2000	1,234,741	126,382,494	2.03%	2.71%
2001	1,261,273	129,862,595	2.15%	2.75%
2002	1,289,307	133,471,989	2.22%	2.78%
2003	1,318,806	137,202,644	2.29%	2.8%
2004	1,349,563	141,057,045	2.33%	2.81%
2005	1,381,585	145,017,253	2.37%	2.81%
2006	1,415,303	149,077,334	2.44%	2.8%
2007	1,450,986	153,267,261	2.52%	2.81%
2008	1,488,054	157,595,014	2.55%	2.82%
2009	1,526,377	162,049,464	2.58%	2.83%
2010	1,566,347	166,642,886	2.62%	2.83%
2011	1,608,076	171,379,598	2.66%	2.84%
2012	1,651,417	176,200,625	2.7%	2.81%
2013	1,695,973	181,049,443	2.7%	2.75%
2014	1,741,122	185,896,915	2.66%	2.68%
2015	1,786,457	190,671,878	2.6%	2.57%
2016	1,831,893	195,443,700	2.54%	2.5%
2017	1,877,072	200,254,579	2.47%	2.46%
2018	1,922,168	204,938,755	2.4%	2.34%
2019	1,967,696	209,485,641	2.37%	2.22%
2020	2,013,255	213,996,181	2.32%	2.15%
2021	2,058,841	218,529,286	2.26%	2.12%
2022	2,105,529	223,150,896	2.27%	2.11%
2023	2,153,339	227,882,945	2.27%	2.12%
2024	2,201,352	232,679,478	2.23%	2.1%
2025	2,249,512	237,527,783	2.19%	2.08%
2026	2,297,807	242,431,830	2.15%	2.06%
2027	2,346,190	247,374,258	2.11%	2.04%
2028	2,394,226	252,346,128	2.05%	2.01%
2029	2,441,574	257,352,638	1.98%	1.98%
2030	2,488,931	262,380,975	1.94%	1.95%
2031	2,536,893	267,421,079	1.93%	1.92%
2032	2,585,565	272,483,635	1.92%	1.89%
2033	2,634,701	277,555,116	1.9%	1.86%
2034	2,683,078	282,622,388	1.84%	1.83%
2035	2,730,136	287,685,757	1.75%	1.79%
2036	2,777,887	292,739,390	1.75%	1.76%
2037	2,826,159	297,773,236	1.74%	1.72%
2038	2,873,929	302,782,350	1.69%	1.68%
2039	2,921,973	307,764,754	1.67%	1.65%
2040	2,969,699	312,710,403	1.63%	1.61%
2041	3,016,537	317,607,237	1.58%	1.57%
2042	3,063,161	322,450,302	1.55%	1.52%
2043	3,109,927	327,243,941	1.53%	1.49%
2044	3,156,704	331,983,354	1.5%	1.45%
2045	3,204,242	336,662,502	1.51%	1.41%
2046	3,251,465	341,281,757	1.47%	1.37%
2047	3,298,563	345,844,004	1.45%	1.34%
2048	3,345,853	350,347,757	1.43%	1.3%
2049	3,392,557	354,792,418	1.4%	1.27%
2050	3,438,597	359,185,550	1.36%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.