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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Nigeria	Mozambique	Nigeria
1960	6,713,695	45,053,782	-	-
1961	6,834,936	45,989,310	1.81%	2.08%
1962	6,969,364	46,965,292	1.97%	2.12%
1963	7,109,828	47,973,575	2.02%	2.15%
1964	7,255,061	49,012,016	2.04%	2.16%
1965	7,406,421	50,086,764	2.09%	2.19%
1966	7,562,990	51,188,234	2.11%	2.2%
1967	7,724,550	52,293,065	2.14%	2.16%
1968	7,892,613	53,432,783	2.18%	2.18%
1969	8,066,951	54,631,914	2.21%	2.24%
1970	8,250,506	55,893,838	2.28%	2.31%
1971	8,456,317	57,214,684	2.49%	2.36%
1972	8,692,935	58,601,748	2.8%	2.42%
1973	8,954,242	60,082,139	3.01%	2.53%
1974	9,236,093	61,679,144	3.15%	2.66%
1975	9,540,817	63,410,815	3.3%	2.81%
1976	9,867,209	65,258,009	3.42%	2.91%
1977	10,224,975	67,234,590	3.63%	3.03%
1978	10,618,250	69,326,532	3.85%	3.11%
1979	11,028,809	71,498,242	3.87%	3.13%
1980	11,336,221	73,764,641	2.79%	3.17%
1981	11,568,127	76,068,103	2.05%	3.12%
1982	11,824,370	78,378,701	2.22%	3.04%
1983	12,073,822	80,438,260	2.11%	2.63%
1984	12,315,954	82,526,443	2.01%	2.6%
1985	12,548,949	84,897,973	1.89%	2.87%
1986	12,770,578	87,235,953	1.77%	2.75%
1987	12,822,574	89,591,716	0.41%	2.7%
1988	12,800,558	92,020,090	-0.17%	2.71%
1989	12,906,842	94,531,014	0.83%	2.73%
1990	13,094,537	97,120,925	1.45%	2.74%
1991	13,352,090	99,720,162	1.97%	2.68%
1992	13,613,316	102,372,770	1.96%	2.66%
1993	14,051,192	105,122,069	3.22%	2.69%
1994	15,033,853	107,935,714	6.99%	2.68%
1995	15,960,530	110,819,428	6.16%	2.67%
1996	16,492,480	113,754,779	3.33%	2.65%
1997	16,949,982	116,754,792	2.77%	2.64%
1998	17,340,464	119,846,254	2.3%	2.65%
1999	17,734,506	123,047,320	2.27%	2.67%
2000	18,129,653	126,382,494	2.23%	2.71%
2001	18,537,729	129,862,595	2.25%	2.75%
2002	18,958,338	133,471,989	2.27%	2.78%
2003	19,392,475	137,202,644	2.29%	2.8%
2004	19,840,313	141,057,045	2.31%	2.81%
2005	20,304,569	145,017,253	2.34%	2.81%
2006	20,787,087	149,077,334	2.38%	2.8%
2007	21,287,635	153,267,261	2.41%	2.81%
2008	21,819,036	157,595,014	2.5%	2.82%
2009	22,391,745	162,049,464	2.62%	2.83%
2010	22,999,235	166,642,886	2.71%	2.83%
2011	23,649,039	171,379,598	2.83%	2.84%
2012	24,337,846	176,200,625	2.91%	2.81%
2013	25,051,611	181,049,443	2.93%	2.75%
2014	25,788,475	185,896,915	2.94%	2.68%
2015	26,547,572	190,671,878	2.94%	2.57%
2016	27,337,105	195,443,700	2.97%	2.5%
2017	28,166,393	200,254,579	3.03%	2.46%
2018	29,018,644	204,938,755	3.03%	2.34%
2019	29,884,380	209,485,641	2.98%	2.22%
2020	30,783,688	213,996,181	3.01%	2.15%
2021	31,707,800	218,529,286	3%	2.12%
2022	32,656,246	223,150,896	2.99%	2.11%
2023	33,635,160	227,882,945	3%	2.12%
2024	34,631,766	232,679,478	2.96%	2.1%
2025	35,631,656	237,527,783	2.89%	2.08%
2026	36,639,853	242,431,830	2.83%	2.06%
2027	37,668,656	247,374,258	2.81%	2.04%
2028	38,714,097	252,346,128	2.78%	2.01%
2029	39,774,947	257,352,638	2.74%	1.98%
2030	40,846,749	262,380,975	2.69%	1.95%
2031	41,931,250	267,421,079	2.66%	1.92%
2032	43,032,887	272,483,635	2.63%	1.89%
2033	44,144,533	277,555,116	2.58%	1.86%
2034	45,273,522	282,622,388	2.56%	1.83%
2035	46,411,774	287,685,757	2.51%	1.79%
2036	47,548,671	292,739,390	2.45%	1.76%
2037	48,684,563	297,773,236	2.39%	1.72%
2038	49,822,039	302,782,350	2.34%	1.68%
2039	50,971,124	307,764,754	2.31%	1.65%
2040	52,124,215	312,710,403	2.26%	1.61%
2041	53,271,004	317,607,237	2.2%	1.57%
2042	54,423,407	322,450,302	2.16%	1.52%
2043	55,574,711	327,243,941	2.12%	1.49%
2044	56,716,585	331,983,354	2.05%	1.45%
2045	57,851,787	336,662,502	2%	1.41%
2046	58,981,102	341,281,757	1.95%	1.37%
2047	60,117,587	345,844,004	1.93%	1.34%
2048	61,254,584	350,347,757	1.89%	1.3%
2049	62,397,018	354,792,418	1.87%	1.27%
2050	63,530,955	359,185,550	1.82%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.