The latest officially reported population of Kazakhstan was 20,592,571 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kazakhstan's population is 21,036,432 people compared to 241,467,099 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 11.5 times bigger than Kazakhstan's.
- Kazakhstan is ranked the 65th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 3.18% of the world: 0.25% for Kazakhstan vs 2.92% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Kazakhstan has had an average growth rate of +1.46% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2005, the population of Kazakhstan has increased from 16M people to 21M (31.7% growth), while Nigeria has grown from 145M to 241M (66.5% growth).
- Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M people compared to the peak of 477M people in 2100 for Nigeria.
Kazakhstan vs Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
21036432
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241467099
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| Population rank | 65/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.25% | 2.92% |
| One net population change |
2 minutes
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.28 minutes
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
3.85 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.19 hours
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14.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,368 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +719 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +262,467 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.29% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 84/197 | 50/197 |
Kazakhstan and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,429,981 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,742,085 | 45,989,310 | 3.31% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 10,058,928 | 46,965,292 | 3.25% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 10,377,466 | 47,973,575 | 3.17% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 10,690,309 | 49,012,016 | 3.01% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 10,993,183 | 50,086,764 | 2.83% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 11,288,989 | 51,188,234 | 2.69% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 11,584,428 | 52,293,065 | 2.62% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 11,879,182 | 53,432,783 | 2.54% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 12,156,212 | 54,631,914 | 2.33% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 12,419,057 | 55,893,838 | 2.16% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 12,684,813 | 57,214,684 | 2.14% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 12,951,798 | 58,601,748 | 2.1% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 13,208,121 | 60,082,139 | 1.98% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 13,454,570 | 61,679,144 | 1.87% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 13,700,843 | 63,410,815 | 1.83% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 13,998,738 | 65,258,009 | 2.17% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 14,353,265 | 67,234,590 | 2.53% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 14,711,497 | 69,326,532 | 2.5% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 14,978,696 | 71,498,242 | 1.82% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 15,152,949 | 73,764,641 | 1.16% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 15,323,082 | 76,068,103 | 1.12% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 15,492,595 | 78,378,701 | 1.11% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 15,665,551 | 80,438,260 | 1.12% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 15,844,621 | 82,526,443 | 1.14% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 16,031,090 | 84,897,973 | 1.18% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 16,262,702 | 87,235,953 | 1.44% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 16,527,715 | 89,591,716 | 1.63% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 16,781,168 | 92,020,090 | 1.53% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 16,997,013 | 94,531,014 | 1.29% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 17,154,054 | 97,120,925 | 0.92% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 17,278,600 | 99,720,162 | 0.73% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 17,332,625 | 102,372,770 | 0.31% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 17,274,487 | 105,122,069 | -0.34% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 17,043,771 | 107,935,714 | -1.34% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 16,730,536 | 110,819,428 | -1.84% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 16,416,027 | 113,754,779 | -1.88% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 16,043,251 | 116,754,792 | -2.27% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 15,647,785 | 119,846,254 | -2.46% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 15,455,874 | 123,047,320 | -1.23% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 15,501,103 | 126,382,494 | 0.29% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 15,575,550 | 129,862,595 | 0.48% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 15,656,677 | 133,471,989 | 0.52% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 15,747,380 | 137,202,644 | 0.58% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 15,850,159 | 141,057,045 | 0.65% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 15,968,117 | 145,017,253 | 0.74% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 16,103,716 | 149,077,334 | 0.85% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 16,257,214 | 153,267,261 | 0.95% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 16,426,525 | 157,595,014 | 1.04% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 16,619,846 | 162,049,464 | 1.18% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 16,836,810 | 166,642,886 | 1.31% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 17,066,002 | 171,379,598 | 1.36% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 17,306,106 | 176,200,625 | 1.41% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 17,556,502 | 181,049,443 | 1.45% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 17,816,285 | 185,896,915 | 1.48% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 18,084,169 | 190,671,878 | 1.5% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 18,363,600 | 195,443,700 | 1.55% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 18,651,931 | 200,254,579 | 1.57% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 18,932,727 | 204,938,755 | 1.51% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 19,209,555 | 209,485,641 | 1.46% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 19,482,117 | 213,996,181 | 1.42% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 19,743,603 | 218,529,286 | 1.34% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 20,034,609 | 223,150,896 | 1.47% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 20,330,104 | 227,882,945 | 1.47% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 20,592,571 | 232,679,478 | 1.29% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 20,843,753 | 237,527,783 | 1.22% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 21,083,619 | 242,431,830 | 1.15% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 21,316,177 | 247,374,258 | 1.1% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 21,547,638 | 252,346,128 | 1.09% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 21,777,008 | 257,352,638 | 1.06% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 22,003,192 | 262,380,975 | 1.04% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 22,227,045 | 267,421,079 | 1.02% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 22,452,639 | 272,483,635 | 1.01% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 22,679,377 | 277,555,116 | 1.01% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 22,903,209 | 282,622,388 | 0.99% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 23,125,951 | 287,685,757 | 0.97% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 23,349,072 | 292,739,390 | 0.96% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 23,571,233 | 297,773,236 | 0.95% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 23,793,387 | 302,782,350 | 0.94% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 24,017,887 | 307,764,754 | 0.94% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 24,246,822 | 312,710,403 | 0.95% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 24,477,612 | 317,607,237 | 0.95% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 24,707,974 | 322,450,302 | 0.94% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 24,941,020 | 327,243,941 | 0.94% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 25,175,225 | 331,983,354 | 0.94% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 25,409,749 | 336,662,502 | 0.93% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 25,642,870 | 341,281,757 | 0.92% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 25,875,743 | 345,844,004 | 0.91% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 26,106,834 | 350,347,757 | 0.89% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 26,328,898 | 354,792,418 | 0.85% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 26,544,261 | 359,185,550 | 0.82% | 1.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).
Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
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Population differences between Kazakhstan and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 74.7 years | 54.8 years |
| Average age | 32 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.01 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 19.8 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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