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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Israel	Nigeria	Israel	Nigeria
1960	2,114,020	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,185,000	45,989,310	3.36%	2.08%
1962	2,293,000	46,965,292	4.94%	2.12%
1963	2,379,000	47,973,575	3.75%	2.15%
1964	2,475,000	49,012,016	4.04%	2.16%
1965	2,563,000	50,086,764	3.56%	2.19%
1966	2,629,000	51,188,234	2.58%	2.2%
1967	2,745,000	52,293,065	4.41%	2.16%
1968	2,803,000	53,432,783	2.11%	2.18%
1969	2,877,000	54,631,914	2.64%	2.24%
1970	2,974,000	55,893,838	3.37%	2.31%
1971	3,069,000	57,214,684	3.19%	2.36%
1972	3,148,000	58,601,748	2.57%	2.42%
1973	3,278,000	60,082,139	4.13%	2.53%
1974	3,377,000	61,679,144	3.02%	2.66%
1975	3,455,000	63,410,815	2.31%	2.81%
1976	3,533,000	65,258,009	2.26%	2.91%
1977	3,613,000	67,234,590	2.26%	3.03%
1978	3,690,000	69,326,532	2.13%	3.11%
1979	3,786,000	71,498,242	2.6%	3.13%
1980	3,878,000	73,764,641	2.43%	3.17%
1981	3,956,000	76,068,103	2.01%	3.12%
1982	4,031,000	78,378,701	1.9%	3.04%
1983	4,105,000	80,438,260	1.84%	2.63%
1984	4,159,000	82,526,443	1.32%	2.6%
1985	4,233,000	84,897,973	1.78%	2.87%
1986	4,299,000	87,235,953	1.56%	2.75%
1987	4,369,000	89,591,716	1.63%	2.7%
1988	4,442,000	92,020,090	1.67%	2.71%
1989	4,518,000	94,531,014	1.71%	2.73%
1990	4,660,000	97,120,925	3.14%	2.74%
1991	4,949,000	99,720,162	6.2%	2.68%
1992	5,123,000	102,372,770	3.52%	2.66%
1993	5,261,000	105,122,069	2.69%	2.69%
1994	5,399,000	107,935,714	2.62%	2.68%
1995	5,545,000	110,819,428	2.7%	2.67%
1996	5,692,000	113,754,779	2.65%	2.65%
1997	5,836,000	116,754,792	2.53%	2.64%
1998	5,971,000	119,846,254	2.31%	2.65%
1999	6,125,000	123,047,320	2.58%	2.67%
2000	6,289,000	126,382,494	2.68%	2.71%
2001	6,439,000	129,862,595	2.39%	2.75%
2002	6,570,000	133,471,989	2.03%	2.78%
2003	6,689,700	137,202,644	1.82%	2.8%
2004	6,809,000	141,057,045	1.78%	2.81%
2005	6,930,100	145,017,253	1.78%	2.81%
2006	7,053,700	149,077,334	1.78%	2.8%
2007	7,180,100	153,267,261	1.79%	2.81%
2008	7,308,800	157,595,014	1.79%	2.82%
2009	7,485,600	162,049,464	2.42%	2.83%
2010	7,623,600	166,642,886	1.84%	2.83%
2011	7,765,800	171,379,598	1.87%	2.84%
2012	7,910,500	176,200,625	1.86%	2.81%
2013	8,059,500	181,049,443	1.88%	2.75%
2014	8,215,700	185,896,915	1.94%	2.68%
2015	8,380,100	190,671,878	2%	2.57%
2016	8,546,000	195,443,700	1.98%	2.5%
2017	8,713,300	200,254,579	1.96%	2.46%
2018	8,882,800	204,938,755	1.95%	2.34%
2019	9,054,000	209,485,641	1.93%	2.22%
2020	9,215,100	213,996,181	1.78%	2.15%
2021	9,371,400	218,529,286	1.7%	2.12%
2022	9,557,500	223,150,896	1.99%	2.11%
2023	9,849,000	227,882,945	3.05%	2.12%
2024	9,974,400	232,679,478	1.27%	2.1%
2025	10,112,712	237,527,783	1.39%	2.08%
2026	10,251,384	242,431,830	1.37%	2.06%
2027	10,390,790	247,374,258	1.36%	2.04%
2028	10,530,831	252,346,128	1.35%	2.01%
2029	10,670,808	257,352,638	1.33%	1.98%
2030	10,812,707	262,380,975	1.33%	1.95%
2031	10,958,256	267,421,079	1.35%	1.92%
2032	11,102,895	272,483,635	1.32%	1.89%
2033	11,245,826	277,555,116	1.29%	1.86%
2034	11,390,158	282,622,388	1.28%	1.83%
2035	11,537,556	287,685,757	1.29%	1.79%
2036	11,685,531	292,739,390	1.28%	1.76%
2037	11,835,669	297,773,236	1.28%	1.72%
2038	11,990,527	302,782,350	1.31%	1.68%
2039	12,147,999	307,764,754	1.31%	1.65%
2040	12,306,173	312,710,403	1.3%	1.61%
2041	12,464,653	317,607,237	1.29%	1.57%
2042	12,626,052	322,450,302	1.29%	1.52%
2043	12,788,911	327,243,941	1.29%	1.49%
2044	12,952,526	331,983,354	1.28%	1.45%
2045	13,114,360	336,662,502	1.25%	1.41%
2046	13,274,365	341,281,757	1.22%	1.37%
2047	13,433,565	345,844,004	1.2%	1.34%
2048	13,590,900	350,347,757	1.17%	1.3%
2049	13,750,245	354,792,418	1.17%	1.27%
2050	13,911,988	359,185,550	1.18%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Israel increased by 1,492,300 people (a 21.2% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Israel gained 1,706,907 (a 20% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Israel was ranked 99th most populous country in 2006 and is 95th 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) Israel's population will grow by 35.7% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 95th to 88th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.