The latest officially reported population of Haiti was 11,772,557 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Haiti's population is 12,038,932 people compared to 242,485,845 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 20.1 times bigger than Haiti's.
- Haiti is ranked the 82nd most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 3.07% of the world: 0.15% for Haiti vs 2.93% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Haiti has had an average growth rate of +1.29% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2006, the population of Haiti has increased from 9.22M people to 12M (30.6% growth), while Nigeria has grown from 149M to 242M (62.7% growth).
- Haiti is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 15.7M people compared to the peak of 477M people in 2100 for Nigeria.
Haiti vs Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
12038932
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242485845
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| Population rank | 82/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 2.93% |
| One net population change |
3.89 minutes
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.03 minutes
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
5.78 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
16.6 minutes
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14.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -31,747 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +370 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +135,159 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.16% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 93/197 | 48/197 |
Haiti and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,858,443 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,929,030 | 45,989,310 | 1.83% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 4,001,575 | 46,965,292 | 1.85% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 4,073,068 | 47,973,575 | 1.79% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 4,146,244 | 49,012,016 | 1.8% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 4,223,820 | 50,086,764 | 1.87% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 4,302,639 | 51,188,234 | 1.87% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 4,382,999 | 52,293,065 | 1.87% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 4,465,328 | 53,432,783 | 1.88% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 4,549,334 | 54,631,914 | 1.88% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 4,635,124 | 55,893,838 | 1.89% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 4,723,244 | 57,214,684 | 1.9% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 4,813,868 | 58,601,748 | 1.92% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 4,906,743 | 60,082,139 | 1.93% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 5,001,796 | 61,679,144 | 1.94% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 5,099,086 | 63,410,815 | 1.95% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 5,198,357 | 65,258,009 | 1.95% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 5,299,476 | 67,234,590 | 1.95% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 5,402,580 | 69,326,532 | 1.95% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 5,507,590 | 71,498,242 | 1.94% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 5,614,493 | 73,764,641 | 1.94% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 5,723,725 | 76,068,103 | 1.95% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 5,835,937 | 78,378,701 | 1.96% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 5,951,096 | 80,438,260 | 1.97% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 6,069,230 | 82,526,443 | 1.99% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 6,190,862 | 84,897,973 | 2% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 6,316,122 | 87,235,953 | 2.02% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 6,445,123 | 89,591,716 | 2.04% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 6,578,145 | 92,020,090 | 2.06% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 6,714,730 | 94,531,014 | 2.08% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 6,854,441 | 97,120,925 | 2.08% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 6,995,450 | 99,720,162 | 2.06% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 7,136,571 | 102,372,770 | 2.02% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 7,278,181 | 105,122,069 | 1.98% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 7,419,771 | 107,935,714 | 1.95% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 7,562,546 | 110,819,428 | 1.92% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 7,707,557 | 113,754,779 | 1.92% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 7,854,298 | 116,754,792 | 1.9% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 8,002,143 | 119,846,254 | 1.88% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 8,151,296 | 123,047,320 | 1.86% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 8,303,151 | 126,382,494 | 1.86% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 8,455,918 | 129,862,595 | 1.84% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 8,607,641 | 133,471,989 | 1.79% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 8,759,912 | 137,202,644 | 1.77% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 8,910,263 | 141,057,045 | 1.72% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 9,061,273 | 145,017,253 | 1.69% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 9,216,562 | 149,077,334 | 1.71% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 9,373,296 | 153,267,261 | 1.7% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 9,530,774 | 157,595,014 | 1.68% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 9,689,581 | 162,049,464 | 1.67% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 9,803,294 | 166,642,886 | 1.17% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 9,914,904 | 171,379,598 | 1.14% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 10,069,771 | 176,200,625 | 1.56% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 10,222,362 | 181,049,443 | 1.52% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 10,373,235 | 185,896,915 | 1.48% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 10,523,242 | 190,671,878 | 1.45% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 10,671,457 | 195,443,700 | 1.41% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 10,817,754 | 200,254,579 | 1.37% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 10,962,362 | 204,938,755 | 1.34% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 11,105,163 | 209,485,641 | 1.3% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 11,243,848 | 213,996,181 | 1.25% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 11,374,586 | 218,529,286 | 1.16% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 11,503,606 | 223,150,896 | 1.13% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 11,637,398 | 227,882,945 | 1.16% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 11,772,557 | 232,679,478 | 1.16% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 11,906,087 | 237,527,783 | 1.13% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 12,037,509 | 242,431,830 | 1.1% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 12,167,797 | 247,374,258 | 1.08% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 12,297,290 | 252,346,128 | 1.06% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 12,425,433 | 257,352,638 | 1.04% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 12,552,354 | 262,380,975 | 1.02% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 12,677,982 | 267,421,079 | 1% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 12,802,212 | 272,483,635 | 0.98% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 12,924,876 | 277,555,116 | 0.96% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 13,045,805 | 282,622,388 | 0.94% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 13,164,995 | 287,685,757 | 0.91% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 13,282,403 | 292,739,390 | 0.89% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 13,398,061 | 297,773,236 | 0.87% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 13,512,123 | 302,782,350 | 0.85% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 13,624,107 | 307,764,754 | 0.83% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 13,733,836 | 312,710,403 | 0.81% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 13,841,976 | 317,607,237 | 0.79% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 13,948,319 | 322,450,302 | 0.77% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 14,052,350 | 327,243,941 | 0.75% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 14,153,885 | 331,983,354 | 0.72% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 14,252,965 | 336,662,502 | 0.7% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 14,349,599 | 341,281,757 | 0.68% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 14,443,725 | 345,844,004 | 0.66% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 14,535,445 | 350,347,757 | 0.64% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 14,624,487 | 354,792,418 | 0.61% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 14,710,863 | 359,185,550 | 0.59% | 1.24% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Haiti increased by 1,454,895 people (a 15.8% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Haiti gained 1,367,475 (a 12.8% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).
Haiti was ranked 87th most populous country in 2006 and is 82nd 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) Haiti's population will grow by 22.2% to 14,710,863 people with a rank change from 82nd to 87th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port-au-Prince | 987K |
| Carrefour | 511K |
| Petion-Ville | 377K |
| Gonaives | 356K |
| Delmas | 284K |
| Cap-Haitien | 190K |
| Saint-Marc | 160K |
| Miragoane | 56.9K |
| Anse-a-Veau | 55.1K |
| Cerca-la-Source | 51.4K |
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Population differences between Haiti and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 65.5 years | 55 years |
| Average age | 27.9 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 24.8 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.5:50.5 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.66 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,106 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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