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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Nigeria	Iceland	Nigeria
1960	175,574	45,053,782	-	-
1961	179,029	45,989,310	1.97%	2.08%
1962	182,378	46,965,292	1.87%	2.12%
1963	185,653	47,973,575	1.8%	2.15%
1964	188,983	49,012,016	1.79%	2.16%
1965	192,286	50,086,764	1.75%	2.19%
1966	195,570	51,188,234	1.71%	2.2%
1967	198,751	52,293,065	1.63%	2.16%
1968	201,488	53,432,783	1.38%	2.18%
1969	203,369	54,631,914	0.93%	2.24%
1970	204,438	55,893,838	0.53%	2.31%
1971	206,098	57,214,684	0.81%	2.36%
1972	209,137	58,601,748	1.47%	2.42%
1973	212,317	60,082,139	1.52%	2.53%
1974	215,209	61,679,144	1.36%	2.66%
1975	217,979	63,410,815	1.29%	2.81%
1976	220,154	65,258,009	1%	2.91%
1977	221,799	67,234,590	0.75%	3.03%
1978	223,537	69,326,532	0.78%	3.11%
1979	225,735	71,498,242	0.98%	3.13%
1980	228,138	73,764,641	1.06%	3.17%
1981	230,755	76,068,103	1.15%	3.12%
1982	233,860	78,378,701	1.35%	3.04%
1983	236,977	80,438,260	1.33%	2.63%
1984	239,511	82,526,443	1.07%	2.6%
1985	241,405	84,897,973	0.79%	2.87%
1986	243,180	87,235,953	0.74%	2.75%
1987	245,859	89,591,716	1.1%	2.7%
1988	249,740	92,020,090	1.58%	2.71%
1989	252,852	94,531,014	1.25%	2.73%
1990	254,826	97,120,925	0.78%	2.74%
1991	257,797	99,720,162	1.17%	2.68%
1992	261,057	102,372,770	1.26%	2.66%
1993	263,725	105,122,069	1.02%	2.69%
1994	266,021	107,935,714	0.87%	2.68%
1995	267,468	110,819,428	0.54%	2.67%
1996	268,916	113,754,779	0.54%	2.65%
1997	271,128	116,754,792	0.82%	2.64%
1998	274,047	119,846,254	1.08%	2.65%
1999	277,381	123,047,320	1.22%	2.67%
2000	281,205	126,382,494	1.38%	2.71%
2001	284,968	129,862,595	1.34%	2.75%
2002	287,523	133,471,989	0.9%	2.78%
2003	289,521	137,202,644	0.69%	2.8%
2004	292,074	141,057,045	0.88%	2.81%
2005	296,734	145,017,253	1.6%	2.81%
2006	303,782	149,077,334	2.38%	2.8%
2007	311,566	153,267,261	2.56%	2.81%
2008	317,414	157,595,014	1.88%	2.82%
2009	318,499	162,049,464	0.34%	2.83%
2010	318,041	166,642,886	-0.14%	2.83%
2011	319,014	171,379,598	0.31%	2.84%
2012	320,716	176,200,625	0.53%	2.81%
2013	323,764	181,049,443	0.95%	2.75%
2014	327,386	185,896,915	1.12%	2.68%
2015	330,815	190,671,878	1.05%	2.57%
2016	335,439	195,443,700	1.4%	2.5%
2017	343,400	200,254,579	2.37%	2.46%
2018	352,721	204,938,755	2.71%	2.34%
2019	360,563	209,485,641	2.22%	2.22%
2020	366,463	213,996,181	1.64%	2.15%
2021	372,520	218,529,286	1.65%	2.12%
2022	382,003	223,150,896	2.55%	2.11%
2023	385,663	227,882,945	0.96%	2.12%
2024	386,506	232,679,478	0.22%	2.1%
2025	391,286	237,527,783	1.24%	2.08%
2026	395,277	242,431,830	1.02%	2.06%
2027	398,729	247,374,258	0.87%	2.04%
2028	401,867	252,346,128	0.79%	2.01%
2029	404,639	257,352,638	0.69%	1.98%
2030	407,090	262,380,975	0.61%	1.95%
2031	409,307	267,421,079	0.54%	1.92%
2032	411,279	272,483,635	0.48%	1.89%
2033	413,059	277,555,116	0.43%	1.86%
2034	414,660	282,622,388	0.39%	1.83%
2035	416,153	287,685,757	0.36%	1.79%
2036	417,573	292,739,390	0.34%	1.76%
2037	418,847	297,773,236	0.31%	1.72%
2038	419,997	302,782,350	0.27%	1.68%
2039	421,032	307,764,754	0.25%	1.65%
2040	421,924	312,710,403	0.21%	1.61%
2041	422,688	317,607,237	0.18%	1.57%
2042	423,370	322,450,302	0.16%	1.52%
2043	424,023	327,243,941	0.15%	1.49%
2044	424,570	331,983,354	0.13%	1.45%
2045	424,909	336,662,502	0.08%	1.41%
2046	425,115	341,281,757	0.05%	1.37%
2047	425,264	345,844,004	0.03%	1.34%
2048	425,359	350,347,757	0.02%	1.3%
2049	425,409	354,792,418	0.01%	1.27%
2050	425,404	359,185,550	-0.001%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.