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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Nigeria	Nepal	Nigeria
1960	10,123,658	45,053,782	-	-
1961	10,318,396	45,989,310	1.92%	2.08%
1962	10,521,116	46,965,292	1.96%	2.12%
1963	10,729,818	47,973,575	1.98%	2.15%
1964	10,946,392	49,012,016	2.02%	2.16%
1965	11,173,411	50,086,764	2.07%	2.19%
1966	11,408,710	51,188,234	2.11%	2.2%
1967	11,652,716	52,293,065	2.14%	2.16%
1968	11,906,266	53,432,783	2.18%	2.18%
1969	12,167,036	54,631,914	2.19%	2.24%
1970	12,436,190	55,893,838	2.21%	2.31%
1971	12,710,061	57,214,684	2.2%	2.36%
1972	12,989,099	58,601,748	2.2%	2.42%
1973	13,275,239	60,082,139	2.2%	2.53%
1974	13,568,435	61,679,144	2.21%	2.66%
1975	13,870,695	63,410,815	2.23%	2.81%
1976	14,177,649	65,258,009	2.21%	2.91%
1977	14,499,175	67,234,590	2.27%	3.03%
1978	14,839,695	69,326,532	2.35%	3.11%
1979	15,190,590	71,498,242	2.36%	3.13%
1980	15,553,105	73,764,641	2.39%	3.17%
1981	15,922,423	76,068,103	2.37%	3.12%
1982	16,297,987	78,378,701	2.36%	3.04%
1983	16,689,119	80,438,260	2.4%	2.63%
1984	17,085,242	82,526,443	2.37%	2.6%
1985	17,477,692	84,897,973	2.3%	2.87%
1986	17,868,124	87,235,953	2.23%	2.75%
1987	18,250,505	89,591,716	2.14%	2.7%
1988	18,638,661	92,020,090	2.13%	2.71%
1989	19,057,807	94,531,014	2.25%	2.73%
1990	19,524,573	97,120,925	2.45%	2.74%
1991	20,036,500	99,720,162	2.62%	2.68%
1992	20,609,707	102,372,770	2.86%	2.66%
1993	21,180,159	105,122,069	2.77%	2.69%
1994	21,717,479	107,935,714	2.54%	2.68%
1995	22,245,439	110,819,428	2.43%	2.67%
1996	22,741,862	113,754,779	2.23%	2.65%
1997	23,219,463	116,754,792	2.1%	2.64%
1998	23,680,357	119,846,254	1.98%	2.65%
1999	24,125,199	123,047,320	1.88%	2.67%
2000	24,546,509	126,382,494	1.75%	2.71%
2001	24,946,748	129,862,595	1.63%	2.75%
2002	25,328,981	133,471,989	1.53%	2.78%
2003	25,688,758	137,202,644	1.42%	2.8%
2004	26,016,656	141,057,045	1.28%	2.81%
2005	26,309,458	145,017,253	1.13%	2.81%
2006	26,565,425	149,077,334	0.97%	2.8%
2007	26,788,492	153,267,261	0.84%	2.81%
2008	26,990,037	157,595,014	0.75%	2.82%
2009	27,173,035	162,049,464	0.68%	2.83%
2010	27,341,952	166,642,886	0.62%	2.83%
2011	27,464,494	171,379,598	0.45%	2.84%
2012	27,534,915	176,200,625	0.26%	2.81%
2013	27,589,996	181,049,443	0.2%	2.75%
2014	27,672,370	185,896,915	0.3%	2.68%
2015	27,823,629	190,671,878	0.55%	2.57%
2016	27,955,462	195,443,700	0.47%	2.5%
2017	28,011,258	200,254,579	0.2%	2.46%
2018	28,079,689	204,938,755	0.24%	2.34%
2019	28,414,064	209,485,641	1.19%	2.22%
2020	28,966,574	213,996,181	1.94%	2.15%
2021	29,475,010	218,529,286	1.76%	2.12%
2022	29,715,436	223,150,896	0.82%	2.11%
2023	29,694,614	227,882,945	-0.07%	2.12%
2024	29,651,054	232,679,478	-0.15%	2.1%
2025	29,618,120	237,527,783	-0.11%	2.08%
2026	29,629,406	242,431,830	0.04%	2.06%
2027	29,727,164	247,374,258	0.33%	2.04%
2028	29,947,588	252,346,128	0.74%	2.01%
2029	30,232,115	257,352,638	0.95%	1.98%
2030	30,509,999	262,380,975	0.92%	1.95%
2031	30,780,916	267,421,079	0.89%	1.92%
2032	31,045,411	272,483,635	0.86%	1.89%
2033	31,304,035	277,555,116	0.83%	1.86%
2034	31,555,068	282,622,388	0.8%	1.83%
2035	31,798,003	287,685,757	0.77%	1.79%
2036	32,033,714	292,739,390	0.74%	1.76%
2037	32,262,286	297,773,236	0.71%	1.72%
2038	32,484,801	302,782,350	0.69%	1.68%
2039	32,700,695	307,764,754	0.66%	1.65%
2040	32,909,540	312,710,403	0.64%	1.61%
2041	33,112,254	317,607,237	0.62%	1.57%
2042	33,309,062	322,450,302	0.59%	1.52%
2043	33,499,440	327,243,941	0.57%	1.49%
2044	33,683,331	331,983,354	0.55%	1.45%
2045	33,861,058	336,662,502	0.53%	1.41%
2046	34,032,994	341,281,757	0.51%	1.37%
2047	34,197,261	345,844,004	0.48%	1.34%
2048	34,352,077	350,347,757	0.45%	1.3%
2049	34,500,201	354,792,418	0.43%	1.27%
2050	34,642,021	359,185,550	0.41%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.