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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Nigeria	Ireland	Nigeria
1960	2,828,600	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,824,400	45,989,310	-0.15%	2.08%
1962	2,836,050	46,965,292	0.41%	2.12%
1963	2,852,650	47,973,575	0.59%	2.15%
1964	2,866,550	49,012,016	0.49%	2.16%
1965	2,877,300	50,086,764	0.38%	2.19%
1966	2,888,800	51,188,234	0.4%	2.2%
1967	2,902,450	52,293,065	0.47%	2.16%
1968	2,915,550	53,432,783	0.45%	2.18%
1969	2,932,650	54,631,914	0.59%	2.24%
1970	2,957,250	55,893,838	0.84%	2.31%
1971	2,992,050	57,214,684	1.18%	2.36%
1972	3,036,850	58,601,748	1.5%	2.42%
1973	3,085,950	60,082,139	1.62%	2.53%
1974	3,137,500	61,679,144	1.67%	2.66%
1975	3,189,550	63,410,815	1.66%	2.81%
1976	3,238,050	65,258,009	1.52%	2.91%
1977	3,282,200	67,234,590	1.36%	3.03%
1978	3,329,100	69,326,532	1.43%	3.11%
1979	3,373,750	71,498,242	1.34%	3.13%
1980	3,412,800	73,764,641	1.16%	3.17%
1981	3,453,000	76,068,103	1.18%	3.12%
1982	3,485,800	78,378,701	0.95%	3.04%
1983	3,510,600	80,438,260	0.71%	2.63%
1984	3,532,423	82,526,443	0.62%	2.6%
1985	3,538,082	84,897,973	0.16%	2.87%
1986	3,539,690	87,235,953	0.05%	2.75%
1987	3,540,057	89,591,716	0.01%	2.7%
1988	3,524,949	92,020,090	-0.43%	2.71%
1989	3,511,009	94,531,014	-0.4%	2.73%
1990	3,513,974	97,120,925	0.08%	2.74%
1991	3,534,235	99,720,162	0.58%	2.68%
1992	3,558,430	102,372,770	0.68%	2.66%
1993	3,576,261	105,122,069	0.5%	2.69%
1994	3,590,386	107,935,714	0.39%	2.68%
1995	3,608,841	110,819,428	0.51%	2.67%
1996	3,637,510	113,754,779	0.79%	2.65%
1997	3,674,171	116,754,792	1.01%	2.64%
1998	3,712,696	119,846,254	1.05%	2.65%
1999	3,754,786	123,047,320	1.13%	2.67%
2000	3,805,174	126,382,494	1.34%	2.71%
2001	3,866,243	129,862,595	1.6%	2.75%
2002	3,931,947	133,471,989	1.7%	2.78%
2003	3,996,521	137,202,644	1.64%	2.8%
2004	4,070,262	141,057,045	1.85%	2.81%
2005	4,159,914	145,017,253	2.2%	2.81%
2006	4,273,591	149,077,334	2.73%	2.8%
2007	4,398,942	153,267,261	2.93%	2.81%
2008	4,489,544	157,595,014	2.06%	2.82%
2009	4,535,375	162,049,464	1.02%	2.83%
2010	4,560,155	166,642,886	0.55%	2.83%
2011	4,580,084	171,379,598	0.44%	2.84%
2012	4,599,533	176,200,625	0.42%	2.81%
2013	4,623,816	181,049,443	0.53%	2.75%
2014	4,657,740	185,896,915	0.73%	2.68%
2015	4,701,957	190,671,878	0.95%	2.57%
2016	4,762,722	195,443,700	1.29%	2.5%
2017	4,827,445	200,254,579	1.36%	2.46%
2018	4,898,022	204,938,755	1.46%	2.34%
2019	4,976,456	209,485,641	1.6%	2.22%
2020	5,039,747	213,996,181	1.27%	2.15%
2021	5,110,585	218,529,286	1.41%	2.12%
2022	5,212,836	223,150,896	2%	2.11%
2023	5,311,538	227,882,945	1.89%	2.12%
2024	5,395,790	232,679,478	1.59%	2.1%
2025	5,450,228	237,527,783	1.01%	2.08%
2026	5,500,449	242,431,830	0.92%	2.06%
2027	5,547,627	247,374,258	0.86%	2.04%
2028	5,592,524	252,346,128	0.81%	2.01%
2029	5,634,478	257,352,638	0.75%	1.98%
2030	5,673,099	262,380,975	0.69%	1.95%
2031	5,709,621	267,421,079	0.64%	1.92%
2032	5,744,973	272,483,635	0.62%	1.89%
2033	5,778,467	277,555,116	0.58%	1.86%
2034	5,809,870	282,622,388	0.54%	1.83%
2035	5,839,208	287,685,757	0.5%	1.79%
2036	5,867,278	292,739,390	0.48%	1.76%
2037	5,895,280	297,773,236	0.48%	1.72%
2038	5,922,778	302,782,350	0.47%	1.68%
2039	5,948,562	307,764,754	0.44%	1.65%
2040	5,973,408	312,710,403	0.42%	1.61%
2041	5,997,971	317,607,237	0.41%	1.57%
2042	6,020,298	322,450,302	0.37%	1.52%
2043	6,040,050	327,243,941	0.33%	1.49%
2044	6,058,494	331,983,354	0.31%	1.45%
2045	6,075,441	336,662,502	0.28%	1.41%
2046	6,089,704	341,281,757	0.23%	1.37%
2047	6,102,050	345,844,004	0.2%	1.34%
2048	6,113,677	350,347,757	0.19%	1.3%
2049	6,123,367	354,792,418	0.16%	1.27%
2050	6,129,969	359,185,550	0.11%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st 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) Ireland's population will grow by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people with a rank change from 121st to 119th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.