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	58,984,216	227,882,945	-0.05%	2.12%
2024	58,952,704	232,679,478	-0.05%	2.1%
2025	58,757,388	237,527,783	-0.33%	2.08%
2026	58,538,738	242,431,830	-0.37%	2.06%
2027	58,302,912	247,374,258	-0.4%	2.04%
2028	58,061,557	252,346,128	-0.41%	2.01%
2029	57,818,364	257,352,638	-0.42%	1.98%
2030	57,565,087	262,380,975	-0.44%	1.95%
2031	57,300,892	267,421,079	-0.46%	1.92%
2032	57,038,998	272,483,635	-0.46%	1.89%
2033	56,780,656	277,555,116	-0.45%	1.86%
2034	56,516,874	282,622,388	-0.46%	1.83%
2035	56,247,746	287,685,757	-0.48%	1.79%
2036	55,978,207	292,739,390	-0.48%	1.76%
2037	55,705,993	297,773,236	-0.49%	1.72%
2038	55,429,408	302,782,350	-0.5%	1.68%
2039	55,146,340	307,764,754	-0.51%	1.65%
2040	54,858,102	312,710,403	-0.52%	1.61%
2041	54,570,785	317,607,237	-0.52%	1.57%
2042	54,276,735	322,450,302	-0.54%	1.52%
2043	53,966,605	327,243,941	-0.57%	1.49%
2044	53,649,281	331,983,354	-0.59%	1.45%
2045	53,327,530	336,662,502	-0.6%	1.41%
2046	52,995,336	341,281,757	-0.62%	1.37%
2047	52,650,393	345,844,004	-0.65%	1.34%
2048	52,294,685	350,347,757	-0.68%	1.3%
2049	51,929,700	354,792,418	-0.7%	1.27%
2050	51,549,925	359,185,550	-0.73%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.