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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Nigeria	Italy	Nigeria
1960	50,199,700	45,053,782	-	-
1961	50,536,350	45,989,310	0.67%	2.08%
1962	50,879,450	46,965,292	0.68%	2.12%
1963	51,252,000	47,973,575	0.73%	2.15%
1964	51,675,350	49,012,016	0.83%	2.16%
1965	52,112,350	50,086,764	0.85%	2.19%
1966	52,519,000	51,188,234	0.78%	2.2%
1967	52,900,500	52,293,065	0.73%	2.16%
1968	53,235,750	53,432,783	0.63%	2.18%
1969	53,537,950	54,631,914	0.57%	2.24%
1970	53,821,850	55,893,838	0.53%	2.31%
1971	54,073,490	57,214,684	0.47%	2.36%
1972	54,381,345	58,601,748	0.57%	2.42%
1973	54,751,406	60,082,139	0.68%	2.53%
1974	55,110,868	61,679,144	0.66%	2.66%
1975	55,441,001	63,410,815	0.6%	2.81%
1976	55,718,260	65,258,009	0.5%	2.91%
1977	55,955,411	67,234,590	0.43%	3.03%
1978	56,155,143	69,326,532	0.36%	3.11%
1979	56,317,749	71,498,242	0.29%	3.13%
1980	56,433,883	73,764,641	0.21%	3.17%
1981	56,501,675	76,068,103	0.12%	3.12%
1982	56,543,548	78,378,701	0.07%	3.04%
1983	56,564,074	80,438,260	0.04%	2.63%
1984	56,576,718	82,526,443	0.02%	2.6%
1985	56,593,071	84,897,973	0.03%	2.87%
1986	56,596,155	87,235,953	0.005%	2.75%
1987	56,601,931	89,591,716	0.01%	2.7%
1988	56,629,288	92,020,090	0.05%	2.71%
1989	56,671,781	94,531,014	0.08%	2.73%
1990	56,719,240	97,120,925	0.08%	2.74%
1991	56,758,521	99,720,162	0.07%	2.68%
1992	56,797,087	102,372,770	0.07%	2.66%
1993	56,831,821	105,122,069	0.06%	2.69%
1994	56,843,400	107,935,714	0.02%	2.68%
1995	56,844,303	110,819,428	0.002%	2.67%
1996	56,860,281	113,754,779	0.03%	2.65%
1997	56,890,372	116,754,792	0.05%	2.64%
1998	56,906,744	119,846,254	0.03%	2.65%
1999	56,916,317	123,047,320	0.02%	2.67%
2000	56,942,108	126,382,494	0.05%	2.71%
2001	56,976,981	129,862,595	0.06%	2.75%
2002	57,089,824	133,471,989	0.2%	2.78%
2003	57,399,184	137,202,644	0.54%	2.8%
2004	57,828,179	141,057,045	0.75%	2.81%
2005	58,166,682	145,017,253	0.59%	2.81%
2006	58,399,861	149,077,334	0.4%	2.8%
2007	58,756,247	153,267,261	0.61%	2.81%
2008	59,211,181	157,595,014	0.77%	2.82%
2009	59,555,454	162,049,464	0.58%	2.83%
2010	59,819,407	166,642,886	0.44%	2.83%
2011	60,026,841	171,379,598	0.35%	2.84%
2012	60,191,247	176,200,625	0.27%	2.81%
2013	60,311,613	181,049,443	0.2%	2.75%
2014	60,320,707	185,896,915	0.02%	2.68%
2015	60,229,605	190,671,878	-0.15%	2.57%
2016	60,115,223	195,443,700	-0.19%	2.5%
2017	60,002,252	200,254,579	-0.19%	2.46%
2018	60,148,658	204,938,755	0.24%	2.34%
2019	59,729,081	209,485,641	-0.7%	2.22%
2020	59,438,851	213,996,181	-0.49%	2.15%
2021	59,133,173	218,529,286	-0.51%	2.12%
2022	59,013,667	223,150,896	-0.2%	2.11%
2023	58,993,475	227,882,945	-0.03%	2.12%
2024	58,986,023	232,679,478	-0.01%	2.1%
2025	58,790,597	237,527,783	-0.33%	2.08%
2026	58,571,823	242,431,830	-0.37%	2.06%
2027	58,335,864	247,374,258	-0.4%	2.04%
2028	58,094,373	252,346,128	-0.41%	2.01%
2029	57,851,042	257,352,638	-0.42%	1.98%
2030	57,597,622	262,380,975	-0.44%	1.95%
2031	57,333,277	267,421,079	-0.46%	1.92%
2032	57,071,235	272,483,635	-0.46%	1.89%
2033	56,812,747	277,555,116	-0.45%	1.86%
2034	56,548,816	282,622,388	-0.46%	1.83%
2035	56,279,536	287,685,757	-0.48%	1.79%
2036	56,009,844	292,739,390	-0.48%	1.76%
2037	55,737,477	297,773,236	-0.49%	1.72%
2038	55,460,735	302,782,350	-0.5%	1.68%
2039	55,177,508	307,764,754	-0.51%	1.65%
2040	54,889,107	312,710,403	-0.52%	1.61%
2041	54,601,628	317,607,237	-0.52%	1.57%
2042	54,307,412	322,450,302	-0.54%	1.52%
2043	53,997,106	327,243,941	-0.57%	1.49%
2044	53,679,603	331,983,354	-0.59%	1.45%
2045	53,357,669	336,662,502	-0.6%	1.41%
2046	53,025,288	341,281,757	-0.62%	1.37%
2047	52,680,150	345,844,004	-0.65%	1.34%
2048	52,324,241	350,347,757	-0.68%	1.3%
2049	51,959,050	354,792,418	-0.7%	1.27%
2050	51,579,060	359,185,550	-0.73%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.