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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Myanmar	Nigeria	Myanmar	Nigeria
1960	21,730,250	45,053,782	-	-
1961	22,210,581	45,989,310	2.21%	2.08%
1962	22,704,719	46,965,292	2.22%	2.12%
1963	23,213,408	47,973,575	2.24%	2.15%
1964	23,737,315	49,012,016	2.26%	2.16%
1965	24,279,431	50,086,764	2.28%	2.19%
1966	24,836,496	51,188,234	2.29%	2.2%
1967	25,406,429	52,293,065	2.29%	2.16%
1968	25,989,662	53,432,783	2.3%	2.18%
1969	26,585,112	54,631,914	2.29%	2.24%
1970	27,193,016	55,893,838	2.29%	2.31%
1971	27,807,219	57,214,684	2.26%	2.36%
1972	28,428,324	58,601,748	2.23%	2.42%
1973	29,026,388	60,082,139	2.1%	2.53%
1974	29,598,167	61,679,144	1.97%	2.66%
1975	30,176,565	63,410,815	1.95%	2.81%
1976	30,758,811	65,258,009	1.93%	2.91%
1977	31,355,966	67,234,590	1.94%	3.03%
1978	31,972,976	69,326,532	1.97%	3.11%
1979	32,596,550	71,498,242	1.95%	3.13%
1980	33,227,204	73,764,641	1.93%	3.17%
1981	33,858,783	76,068,103	1.9%	3.12%
1982	34,482,965	78,378,701	1.84%	3.04%
1983	35,162,715	80,438,260	1.97%	2.63%
1984	35,899,313	82,526,443	2.09%	2.6%
1985	36,622,827	84,897,973	2.02%	2.87%
1986	37,314,878	87,235,953	1.89%	2.75%
1987	37,971,594	89,591,716	1.76%	2.7%
1988	38,600,927	92,020,090	1.66%	2.71%
1989	39,214,618	94,531,014	1.59%	2.73%
1990	39,817,251	97,120,925	1.54%	2.74%
1991	40,394,154	99,720,162	1.45%	2.68%
1992	40,950,342	102,372,770	1.38%	2.66%
1993	41,502,429	105,122,069	1.35%	2.69%
1994	42,055,143	107,935,714	1.33%	2.68%
1995	42,605,338	110,819,428	1.31%	2.67%
1996	43,154,860	113,754,779	1.29%	2.65%
1997	43,708,798	116,754,792	1.28%	2.64%
1998	44,257,793	119,846,254	1.26%	2.65%
1999	44,787,724	123,047,320	1.2%	2.67%
2000	45,290,841	126,382,494	1.12%	2.71%
2001	45,771,139	129,862,595	1.06%	2.75%
2002	46,232,653	133,471,989	1.01%	2.78%
2003	46,667,192	137,202,644	0.94%	2.8%
2004	47,068,772	141,057,045	0.86%	2.81%
2005	47,438,365	145,017,253	0.79%	2.81%
2006	47,785,135	149,077,334	0.73%	2.8%
2007	48,125,043	153,267,261	0.71%	2.81%
2008	48,390,793	157,595,014	0.55%	2.82%
2009	48,660,459	162,049,464	0.56%	2.83%
2010	49,024,382	166,642,886	0.75%	2.83%
2011	49,419,820	171,379,598	0.81%	2.84%
2012	49,837,446	176,200,625	0.85%	2.81%
2013	50,262,658	181,049,443	0.85%	2.75%
2014	50,681,634	185,896,915	0.83%	2.68%
2015	51,089,056	190,671,878	0.8%	2.57%
2016	51,495,696	195,443,700	0.8%	2.5%
2017	51,894,938	200,254,579	0.78%	2.46%
2018	52,272,247	204,938,755	0.73%	2.34%
2019	52,640,713	209,485,641	0.7%	2.22%
2020	53,016,522	213,996,181	0.71%	2.15%
2021	53,387,102	218,529,286	0.7%	2.12%
2022	53,756,787	223,150,896	0.69%	2.11%
2023	54,133,798	227,882,945	0.7%	2.12%
2024	54,500,091	232,679,478	0.68%	2.1%
2025	54,850,652	237,527,783	0.64%	2.08%
2026	55,184,831	242,431,830	0.61%	2.06%
2027	55,502,494	247,374,258	0.58%	2.04%
2028	55,802,778	252,346,128	0.54%	2.01%
2029	56,085,147	257,352,638	0.51%	1.98%
2030	56,351,028	262,380,975	0.47%	1.95%
2031	56,601,632	267,421,079	0.44%	1.92%
2032	56,836,048	272,483,635	0.41%	1.89%
2033	57,054,552	277,555,116	0.38%	1.86%
2034	57,257,183	282,622,388	0.36%	1.83%
2035	57,444,471	287,685,757	0.33%	1.79%
2036	57,616,158	292,739,390	0.3%	1.76%
2037	57,773,912	297,773,236	0.27%	1.72%
2038	57,919,868	302,782,350	0.25%	1.68%
2039	58,052,183	307,764,754	0.23%	1.65%
2040	58,169,863	312,710,403	0.2%	1.61%
2041	58,274,275	317,607,237	0.18%	1.57%
2042	58,365,927	322,450,302	0.16%	1.52%
2043	58,443,291	327,243,941	0.13%	1.49%
2044	58,506,418	331,983,354	0.11%	1.45%
2045	58,558,173	336,662,502	0.09%	1.41%
2046	58,596,775	341,281,757	0.07%	1.37%
2047	58,620,774	345,844,004	0.04%	1.34%
2048	58,632,733	350,347,757	0.02%	1.3%
2049	58,633,128	354,792,418	0.001%	1.27%
2050	58,623,237	359,185,550	-0.02%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Myanmar increased by 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Myanmar gained 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Myanmar was ranked 27th most populous country in 2005 and is still 27th 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) Myanmar's population will grow by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people with a rank change from 27th to 35th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.