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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	Nigeria	Jordan	Nigeria
1960	853,471	45,053,782	-	-
1961	897,591	45,989,310	5.17%	2.08%
1962	940,554	46,965,292	4.79%	2.12%
1963	984,714	47,973,575	4.7%	2.15%
1964	1,035,640	49,012,016	5.17%	2.16%
1965	1,099,440	50,086,764	6.16%	2.19%
1966	1,178,360	51,188,234	7.18%	2.2%
1967	1,271,183	52,293,065	7.88%	2.16%
1968	1,372,460	53,432,783	7.97%	2.18%
1969	1,473,100	54,631,914	7.33%	2.24%
1970	1,565,163	55,893,838	6.25%	2.31%
1971	1,645,145	57,214,684	5.11%	2.36%
1972	1,714,555	58,601,748	4.22%	2.42%
1973	1,778,094	60,082,139	3.71%	2.53%
1974	1,839,182	61,679,144	3.44%	2.66%
1975	1,899,055	63,410,815	3.26%	2.81%
1976	1,958,177	65,258,009	3.11%	2.91%
1977	2,019,002	67,234,590	3.11%	3.03%
1978	2,083,595	69,326,532	3.2%	3.11%
1979	2,153,882	71,498,242	3.37%	3.13%
1980	2,234,186	73,764,641	3.73%	3.17%
1981	2,325,517	76,068,103	4.09%	3.12%
1982	2,426,927	78,378,701	4.36%	3.04%
1983	2,537,307	80,438,260	4.55%	2.63%
1984	2,654,688	82,526,443	4.63%	2.6%
1985	2,778,810	84,897,973	4.68%	2.87%
1986	2,909,887	87,235,953	4.72%	2.75%
1987	3,047,634	89,591,716	4.73%	2.7%
1988	3,193,039	92,020,090	4.77%	2.71%
1989	3,349,627	94,531,014	4.9%	2.73%
1990	3,621,908	97,120,925	8.13%	2.74%
1991	3,915,149	99,720,162	8.1%	2.68%
1992	4,127,693	102,372,770	5.43%	2.66%
1993	4,348,020	105,122,069	5.34%	2.69%
1994	4,561,406	107,935,714	4.91%	2.68%
1995	4,752,096	110,819,428	4.18%	2.67%
1996	4,912,516	113,754,779	3.38%	2.65%
1997	5,046,285	116,754,792	2.72%	2.64%
1998	5,164,284	119,846,254	2.34%	2.65%
1999	5,276,444	123,047,320	2.17%	2.67%
2000	5,386,945	126,382,494	2.09%	2.71%
2001	5,498,894	129,862,595	2.08%	2.75%
2002	5,616,066	133,471,989	2.13%	2.78%
2003	5,741,828	137,202,644	2.24%	2.8%
2004	5,882,061	141,057,045	2.44%	2.81%
2005	6,029,587	145,017,253	2.51%	2.81%
2006	6,427,371	149,077,334	6.6%	2.8%
2007	6,827,227	153,267,261	6.22%	2.81%
2008	6,989,866	157,595,014	2.38%	2.82%
2009	7,141,753	162,049,464	2.17%	2.83%
2010	7,297,043	166,642,886	2.17%	2.83%
2011	7,480,424	171,379,598	2.51%	2.84%
2012	7,587,127	176,200,625	1.43%	2.81%
2013	7,991,809	181,049,443	5.33%	2.75%
2014	8,791,710	185,896,915	10%	2.68%
2015	9,544,729	190,671,878	8.57%	2.57%
2016	10,006,367	195,443,700	4.84%	2.5%
2017	10,234,226	200,254,579	2.28%	2.46%
2018	10,462,306	204,938,755	2.23%	2.34%
2019	10,671,891	209,485,641	2%	2.22%
2020	10,865,228	213,996,181	1.81%	2.15%
2021	11,066,356	218,529,286	1.85%	2.12%
2022	11,256,263	223,150,896	1.72%	2.11%
2023	11,439,213	227,882,945	1.63%	2.12%
2024	11,552,876	232,679,478	0.99%	2.1%
2025	11,520,678	237,527,783	-0.28%	2.08%
2026	11,589,528	242,431,830	0.6%	2.06%
2027	11,819,454	247,374,258	1.98%	2.04%
2028	12,034,459	252,346,128	1.82%	2.01%
2029	12,245,726	257,352,638	1.76%	1.98%
2030	12,448,772	262,380,975	1.66%	1.95%
2031	12,652,545	267,421,079	1.64%	1.92%
2032	12,854,926	272,483,635	1.6%	1.89%
2033	13,050,713	277,555,116	1.52%	1.86%
2034	13,245,158	282,622,388	1.49%	1.83%
2035	13,440,821	287,685,757	1.48%	1.79%
2036	13,638,248	292,739,390	1.47%	1.76%
2037	13,840,237	297,773,236	1.48%	1.72%
2038	14,048,303	302,782,350	1.5%	1.68%
2039	14,256,684	307,764,754	1.48%	1.65%
2040	14,471,288	312,710,403	1.51%	1.61%
2041	14,684,501	317,607,237	1.47%	1.57%
2042	14,883,641	322,450,302	1.36%	1.52%
2043	15,077,789	327,243,941	1.3%	1.49%
2044	15,273,526	331,983,354	1.3%	1.45%
2045	15,471,971	336,662,502	1.3%	1.41%
2046	15,662,312	341,281,757	1.23%	1.37%
2047	15,841,619	345,844,004	1.14%	1.34%
2048	16,021,374	350,347,757	1.13%	1.3%
2049	16,197,518	354,792,418	1.1%	1.27%
2050	16,367,341	359,185,550	1.05%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.