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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea	Nigeria	Guinea	Nigeria
1960	3,556,749	45,053,782	-	-
1961	3,619,551	45,989,310	1.77%	2.08%
1962	3,684,273	46,965,292	1.79%	2.12%
1963	3,750,954	47,973,575	1.81%	2.15%
1964	3,819,722	49,012,016	1.83%	2.16%
1965	3,890,716	50,086,764	1.86%	2.19%
1966	3,964,155	51,188,234	1.89%	2.2%
1967	4,040,153	52,293,065	1.92%	2.16%
1968	4,118,550	53,432,783	1.94%	2.18%
1969	4,198,300	54,631,914	1.94%	2.24%
1970	4,277,535	55,893,838	1.89%	2.31%
1971	4,355,200	57,214,684	1.82%	2.36%
1972	4,431,292	58,601,748	1.75%	2.42%
1973	4,506,324	60,082,139	1.69%	2.53%
1974	4,580,510	61,679,144	1.65%	2.66%
1975	4,653,876	63,410,815	1.6%	2.81%
1976	4,727,022	65,258,009	1.57%	2.91%
1977	4,801,128	67,234,590	1.57%	3.03%
1978	4,877,854	69,326,532	1.6%	3.11%
1979	4,959,283	71,498,242	1.67%	3.13%
1980	5,047,419	73,764,641	1.78%	3.17%
1981	5,143,288	76,068,103	1.9%	3.12%
1982	5,247,672	78,378,701	2.03%	3.04%
1983	5,359,814	80,438,260	2.14%	2.63%
1984	5,480,096	82,526,443	2.24%	2.6%
1985	5,610,373	84,897,973	2.38%	2.87%
1986	5,750,668	87,235,953	2.5%	2.75%
1987	5,900,198	89,591,716	2.6%	2.7%
1988	6,056,574	92,020,090	2.65%	2.71%
1989	6,215,811	94,531,014	2.63%	2.73%
1990	6,434,374	97,120,925	3.52%	2.74%
1991	6,697,166	99,720,162	4.08%	2.68%
1992	6,914,366	102,372,770	3.24%	2.66%
1993	7,128,177	105,122,069	3.09%	2.69%
1994	7,345,107	107,935,714	3.04%	2.68%
1995	7,553,249	110,819,428	2.83%	2.67%
1996	7,770,035	113,754,779	2.87%	2.65%
1997	7,931,370	116,754,792	2.08%	2.64%
1998	8,081,990	119,846,254	1.9%	2.65%
1999	8,265,123	123,047,320	2.27%	2.67%
2000	8,428,832	126,382,494	1.98%	2.71%
2001	8,539,960	129,862,595	1.32%	2.75%
2002	8,674,066	133,471,989	1.57%	2.78%
2003	8,870,781	137,202,644	2.27%	2.8%
2004	9,062,726	141,057,045	2.16%	2.81%
2005	9,245,844	145,017,253	2.02%	2.81%
2006	9,441,171	149,077,334	2.11%	2.8%
2007	9,662,281	153,267,261	2.34%	2.81%
2008	9,898,870	157,595,014	2.45%	2.82%
2009	10,143,534	162,049,464	2.47%	2.83%
2010	10,396,086	166,642,886	2.49%	2.83%
2011	10,656,810	171,379,598	2.51%	2.84%
2012	10,921,581	176,200,625	2.48%	2.81%
2013	11,191,873	181,049,443	2.47%	2.75%
2014	11,472,924	185,896,915	2.51%	2.68%
2015	11,767,070	190,671,878	2.56%	2.57%
2016	12,073,030	195,443,700	2.6%	2.5%
2017	12,385,659	200,254,579	2.59%	2.46%
2018	12,704,774	204,938,755	2.58%	2.34%
2019	13,034,346	209,485,641	2.59%	2.22%
2020	13,371,183	213,996,181	2.58%	2.15%
2021	13,710,513	218,529,286	2.54%	2.12%
2022	14,055,137	223,150,896	2.51%	2.11%
2023	14,405,468	227,882,945	2.49%	2.12%
2024	14,754,785	232,679,478	2.42%	2.1%
2025	15,099,737	237,527,783	2.34%	2.08%
2026	15,441,997	242,431,830	2.27%	2.06%
2027	15,784,102	247,374,258	2.22%	2.04%
2028	16,126,582	252,346,128	2.17%	2.01%
2029	16,466,764	257,352,638	2.11%	1.98%
2030	16,807,153	262,380,975	2.07%	1.95%
2031	17,147,643	267,421,079	2.03%	1.92%
2032	17,485,900	272,483,635	1.97%	1.89%
2033	17,822,213	277,555,116	1.92%	1.86%
2034	18,154,418	282,622,388	1.86%	1.83%
2035	18,486,025	287,685,757	1.83%	1.79%
2036	18,820,871	292,739,390	1.81%	1.76%
2037	19,155,764	297,773,236	1.78%	1.72%
2038	19,489,372	302,782,350	1.74%	1.68%
2039	19,823,866	307,764,754	1.72%	1.65%
2040	20,160,751	312,710,403	1.7%	1.61%
2041	20,497,039	317,607,237	1.67%	1.57%
2042	20,830,660	322,450,302	1.63%	1.52%
2043	21,163,506	327,243,941	1.6%	1.49%
2044	21,492,058	331,983,354	1.55%	1.45%
2045	21,817,254	336,662,502	1.51%	1.41%
2046	22,141,694	341,281,757	1.49%	1.37%
2047	22,463,122	345,844,004	1.45%	1.34%
2048	22,780,061	350,347,757	1.41%	1.3%
2049	23,092,618	354,792,418	1.37%	1.27%
2050	23,404,600	359,185,550	1.35%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea increased by 2,631,859 people (a 27.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea gained 3,372,705 (a 27.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Guinea was ranked 84th most populous country in 2006 and is 75th 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) Guinea's population will grow by 51.5% to 23,404,600 people with a rank change from 75th to 71st. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.