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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Nigeria	Kiribati	Nigeria
1960	47,157	45,053,782	-	-
1961	48,323	45,989,310	2.47%	2.08%
1962	49,538	46,965,292	2.51%	2.12%
1963	50,791	47,973,575	2.53%	2.15%
1964	52,088	49,012,016	2.55%	2.16%
1965	53,439	50,086,764	2.59%	2.19%
1966	54,425	51,188,234	1.85%	2.2%
1967	54,996	52,293,065	1.05%	2.16%
1968	55,529	53,432,783	0.97%	2.18%
1969	56,360	54,631,914	1.5%	2.24%
1970	57,510	55,893,838	2.04%	2.31%
1971	58,652	57,214,684	1.99%	2.36%
1972	59,778	58,601,748	1.92%	2.42%
1973	60,824	60,082,139	1.75%	2.53%
1974	61,219	61,679,144	0.65%	2.66%
1975	60,987	63,410,815	-0.38%	2.81%
1976	60,661	65,258,009	-0.53%	2.91%
1977	60,267	67,234,590	-0.65%	3.03%
1978	59,864	69,326,532	-0.67%	3.11%
1979	60,172	71,498,242	0.51%	3.13%
1980	61,148	73,764,641	1.62%	3.17%
1981	62,121	76,068,103	1.59%	3.12%
1982	63,134	78,378,701	1.63%	3.04%
1983	64,169	80,438,260	1.64%	2.63%
1984	65,228	82,526,443	1.65%	2.6%
1985	66,496	84,897,973	1.94%	2.87%
1986	68,059	87,235,953	2.35%	2.75%
1987	69,733	89,591,716	2.46%	2.7%
1988	71,427	92,020,090	2.43%	2.71%
1989	73,147	94,531,014	2.41%	2.73%
1990	74,855	97,120,925	2.34%	2.74%
1991	76,367	99,720,162	2.02%	2.68%
1992	77,641	102,372,770	1.67%	2.66%
1993	78,841	105,122,069	1.55%	2.69%
1994	80,021	107,935,714	1.5%	2.68%
1995	81,234	110,819,428	1.52%	2.67%
1996	82,623	113,754,779	1.71%	2.65%
1997	84,147	116,754,792	1.84%	2.64%
1998	85,657	119,846,254	1.79%	2.65%
1999	87,126	123,047,320	1.71%	2.67%
2000	88,613	126,382,494	1.71%	2.71%
2001	90,335	129,862,595	1.94%	2.75%
2002	92,264	133,471,989	2.14%	2.78%
2003	94,175	137,202,644	2.07%	2.8%
2004	96,085	141,057,045	2.03%	2.81%
2005	98,035	145,017,253	2.03%	2.81%
2006	100,017	149,077,334	2.02%	2.8%
2007	102,068	153,267,261	2.05%	2.81%
2008	104,222	157,595,014	2.11%	2.82%
2009	106,467	162,049,464	2.15%	2.83%
2010	108,704	166,642,886	2.1%	2.83%
2011	110,647	171,379,598	1.79%	2.84%
2012	112,284	176,200,625	1.48%	2.81%
2013	113,838	181,049,443	1.38%	2.75%
2014	115,326	185,896,915	1.31%	2.68%
2015	116,815	190,671,878	1.29%	2.57%
2016	118,478	195,443,700	1.42%	2.5%
2017	120,275	200,254,579	1.52%	2.46%
2018	122,084	204,938,755	1.5%	2.34%
2019	123,921	209,485,641	1.5%	2.22%
2020	126,099	213,996,181	1.76%	2.15%
2021	128,377	218,529,286	1.81%	2.12%
2022	130,469	223,150,896	1.63%	2.11%
2023	132,530	227,882,945	1.58%	2.12%
2024	134,518	232,679,478	1.5%	2.1%
2025	136,501	237,527,783	1.47%	2.08%
2026	138,451	242,431,830	1.43%	2.06%
2027	140,405	247,374,258	1.41%	2.04%
2028	142,335	252,346,128	1.37%	2.01%
2029	144,231	257,352,638	1.33%	1.98%
2030	146,130	262,380,975	1.32%	1.95%
2031	148,028	267,421,079	1.3%	1.92%
2032	149,915	272,483,635	1.27%	1.89%
2033	151,768	277,555,116	1.24%	1.86%
2034	153,602	282,622,388	1.21%	1.83%
2035	155,447	287,685,757	1.2%	1.79%
2036	157,316	292,739,390	1.2%	1.76%
2037	159,188	297,773,236	1.19%	1.72%
2038	161,050	302,782,350	1.17%	1.68%
2039	162,895	307,764,754	1.15%	1.65%
2040	164,711	312,710,403	1.11%	1.61%
2041	166,508	317,607,237	1.09%	1.57%
2042	168,325	322,450,302	1.09%	1.52%
2043	170,182	327,243,941	1.1%	1.49%
2044	172,012	331,983,354	1.08%	1.45%
2045	173,818	336,662,502	1.05%	1.41%
2046	175,629	341,281,757	1.04%	1.37%
2047	177,392	345,844,004	1%	1.34%
2048	179,152	350,347,757	0.99%	1.3%
2049	180,915	354,792,418	0.98%	1.27%
2050	182,629	359,185,550	0.95%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kiribati gained 21,252 (a 18.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2005 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 32.3% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.