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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Indonesia	Nigeria	Indonesia	Nigeria
1960	88,296,070	45,053,782	-	-
1961	90,791,249	45,989,310	2.83%	2.08%
1962	93,375,850	46,965,292	2.85%	2.12%
1963	96,051,424	47,973,575	2.87%	2.15%
1964	98,833,749	49,012,016	2.9%	2.16%
1965	101,365,130	50,086,764	2.56%	2.19%
1966	103,792,754	51,188,234	2.39%	2.2%
1967	106,526,393	52,293,065	2.63%	2.16%
1968	109,450,006	53,432,783	2.74%	2.18%
1969	112,517,639	54,631,914	2.8%	2.24%
1970	115,657,495	55,893,838	2.79%	2.31%
1971	118,833,702	57,214,684	2.75%	2.36%
1972	122,039,841	58,601,748	2.7%	2.42%
1973	125,288,515	60,082,139	2.66%	2.53%
1974	128,555,045	61,679,144	2.61%	2.66%
1975	131,843,848	63,410,815	2.56%	2.81%
1976	135,173,655	65,258,009	2.53%	2.91%
1977	138,533,541	67,234,590	2.49%	3.03%
1978	141,953,163	69,326,532	2.47%	3.11%
1979	145,434,834	71,498,242	2.45%	3.13%
1980	148,950,540	73,764,641	2.42%	3.17%
1981	152,485,035	76,068,103	2.37%	3.12%
1982	156,052,152	78,378,701	2.34%	3.04%
1983	159,651,381	80,438,260	2.31%	2.63%
1984	163,251,124	82,526,443	2.25%	2.6%
1985	166,776,185	84,897,973	2.16%	2.87%
1986	170,175,065	87,235,953	2.04%	2.75%
1987	173,511,154	89,591,716	1.96%	2.7%
1988	176,855,065	92,020,090	1.93%	2.71%
1989	180,201,630	94,531,014	1.89%	2.73%
1990	183,501,098	97,120,925	1.83%	2.74%
1991	186,778,238	99,720,162	1.79%	2.68%
1992	190,043,744	102,372,770	1.75%	2.66%
1993	193,305,168	105,122,069	1.72%	2.69%
1994	196,591,828	107,935,714	1.7%	2.68%
1995	199,888,057	110,819,428	1.68%	2.67%
1996	203,204,348	113,754,779	1.66%	2.65%
1997	206,536,095	116,754,792	1.64%	2.64%
1998	209,826,788	119,846,254	1.59%	2.65%
1999	213,004,668	123,047,320	1.51%	2.67%
2000	216,077,790	126,382,494	1.44%	2.71%
2001	219,097,902	129,862,595	1.4%	2.75%
2002	222,088,495	133,471,989	1.36%	2.78%
2003	225,048,008	137,202,644	1.33%	2.8%
2004	227,926,649	141,057,045	1.28%	2.81%
2005	230,871,650	145,017,253	1.29%	2.81%
2006	233,951,652	149,077,334	1.33%	2.8%
2007	237,062,337	153,267,261	1.33%	2.81%
2008	240,157,903	157,595,014	1.31%	2.82%
2009	243,220,028	162,049,464	1.28%	2.83%
2010	246,305,322	166,642,886	1.27%	2.83%
2011	249,470,032	171,379,598	1.28%	2.84%
2012	252,698,525	176,200,625	1.29%	2.81%
2013	255,852,467	181,049,443	1.25%	2.75%
2014	258,877,399	185,896,915	1.18%	2.68%
2015	261,799,249	190,671,878	1.13%	2.57%
2016	264,627,418	195,443,700	1.08%	2.5%
2017	267,346,658	200,254,579	1.03%	2.46%
2018	269,951,846	204,938,755	0.97%	2.34%
2019	272,489,381	209,485,641	0.94%	2.22%
2020	274,814,866	213,996,181	0.85%	2.15%
2021	276,758,053	218,529,286	0.71%	2.12%
2022	278,830,529	223,150,896	0.75%	2.11%
2023	281,190,067	227,882,945	0.85%	2.12%
2024	283,487,931	232,679,478	0.82%	2.1%
2025	285,721,231	237,527,783	0.79%	2.08%
2026	287,886,778	242,431,830	0.76%	2.06%
2027	289,986,520	247,374,258	0.73%	2.04%
2028	292,016,774	252,346,128	0.7%	2.01%
2029	293,978,106	257,352,638	0.67%	1.98%
2030	295,876,644	262,380,975	0.65%	1.95%
2031	297,719,741	267,421,079	0.62%	1.92%
2032	299,510,654	272,483,635	0.6%	1.89%
2033	301,250,975	277,555,116	0.58%	1.86%
2034	302,938,571	282,622,388	0.56%	1.83%
2035	304,566,615	287,685,757	0.54%	1.79%
2036	306,135,097	292,739,390	0.51%	1.76%
2037	307,646,407	297,773,236	0.49%	1.72%
2038	309,096,450	302,782,350	0.47%	1.68%
2039	310,481,116	307,764,754	0.45%	1.65%
2040	311,797,391	312,710,403	0.42%	1.61%
2041	313,041,656	317,607,237	0.4%	1.57%
2042	314,211,278	322,450,302	0.37%	1.52%
2043	315,304,309	327,243,941	0.35%	1.49%
2044	316,318,412	331,983,354	0.32%	1.45%
2045	317,249,609	336,662,502	0.29%	1.41%
2046	318,096,567	341,281,757	0.27%	1.37%
2047	318,862,018	345,844,004	0.24%	1.34%
2048	319,554,646	350,347,757	0.22%	1.3%
2049	320,173,244	354,792,418	0.19%	1.27%
2050	320,712,941	359,185,550	0.17%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Indonesia gained 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2005 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.