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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Nigeria	Niger	Nigeria
1960	3,505,050	45,053,782	-	-
1961	3,608,162	45,989,310	2.94%	2.08%
1962	3,714,520	46,965,292	2.95%	2.12%
1963	3,823,873	47,973,575	2.94%	2.15%
1964	3,935,814	49,012,016	2.93%	2.16%
1965	4,049,695	50,086,764	2.89%	2.19%
1966	4,165,544	51,188,234	2.86%	2.2%
1967	4,283,590	52,293,065	2.83%	2.16%
1968	4,403,637	53,432,783	2.8%	2.18%
1969	4,525,725	54,631,914	2.77%	2.24%
1970	4,650,275	55,893,838	2.75%	2.31%
1971	4,776,225	57,214,684	2.71%	2.36%
1972	4,904,845	58,601,748	2.69%	2.42%
1973	5,037,865	60,082,139	2.71%	2.53%
1974	5,174,953	61,679,144	2.72%	2.66%
1975	5,317,019	63,410,815	2.75%	2.81%
1976	5,464,962	65,258,009	2.78%	2.91%
1977	5,619,716	67,234,590	2.83%	3.03%
1978	5,782,932	69,326,532	2.9%	3.11%
1979	5,955,556	71,498,242	2.99%	3.13%
1980	6,135,971	73,764,641	3.03%	3.17%
1981	6,322,006	76,068,103	3.03%	3.12%
1982	6,512,732	78,378,701	3.02%	3.04%
1983	6,708,644	80,438,260	3.01%	2.63%
1984	6,909,971	82,526,443	3%	2.6%
1985	7,118,457	84,897,973	3.02%	2.87%
1986	7,335,811	87,235,953	3.05%	2.75%
1987	7,561,150	89,591,716	3.07%	2.7%
1988	7,793,748	92,020,090	3.08%	2.71%
1989	8,034,780	94,531,014	3.09%	2.73%
1990	8,286,059	97,120,925	3.13%	2.74%
1991	8,546,900	99,720,162	3.15%	2.68%
1992	8,817,633	102,372,770	3.17%	2.66%
1993	9,100,789	105,122,069	3.21%	2.69%
1994	9,398,258	107,935,714	3.27%	2.68%
1995	9,714,529	110,819,428	3.37%	2.67%
1996	10,044,852	113,754,779	3.4%	2.65%
1997	10,383,969	116,754,792	3.38%	2.64%
1998	10,741,413	119,846,254	3.44%	2.65%
1999	11,117,411	123,047,320	3.5%	2.67%
2000	11,509,630	126,382,494	3.53%	2.71%
2001	11,920,647	129,862,595	3.57%	2.75%
2002	12,349,144	133,471,989	3.59%	2.78%
2003	12,796,984	137,202,644	3.63%	2.8%
2004	13,265,836	141,057,045	3.66%	2.81%
2005	13,756,192	145,017,253	3.7%	2.81%
2006	14,268,581	149,077,334	3.72%	2.8%
2007	14,803,610	153,267,261	3.75%	2.81%
2008	15,361,915	157,595,014	3.77%	2.82%
2009	15,943,675	162,049,464	3.79%	2.83%
2010	16,548,835	166,642,886	3.8%	2.83%
2011	17,176,283	171,379,598	3.79%	2.84%
2012	17,836,769	176,200,625	3.85%	2.81%
2013	18,519,898	181,049,443	3.83%	2.75%
2014	19,215,909	185,896,915	3.76%	2.68%
2015	19,939,498	190,671,878	3.77%	2.57%
2016	20,685,753	195,443,700	3.74%	2.5%
2017	21,435,446	200,254,579	3.62%	2.46%
2018	22,188,069	204,938,755	3.51%	2.34%
2019	22,947,757	209,485,641	3.42%	2.22%
2020	23,717,613	213,996,181	3.35%	2.15%
2021	24,502,140	218,529,286	3.31%	2.12%
2022	25,311,973	223,150,896	3.31%	2.11%
2023	26,159,867	227,882,945	3.35%	2.12%
2024	27,032,412	232,679,478	3.34%	2.1%
2025	27,917,825	237,527,783	3.28%	2.08%
2026	28,814,872	242,431,830	3.21%	2.06%
2027	29,723,688	247,374,258	3.15%	2.04%
2028	30,643,561	252,346,128	3.09%	2.01%
2029	31,575,091	257,352,638	3.04%	1.98%
2030	32,518,069	262,380,975	2.99%	1.95%
2031	33,469,616	267,421,079	2.93%	1.92%
2032	34,428,638	272,483,635	2.87%	1.89%
2033	35,397,029	277,555,116	2.81%	1.86%
2034	36,372,374	282,622,388	2.76%	1.83%
2035	37,353,462	287,685,757	2.7%	1.79%
2036	38,340,142	292,739,390	2.64%	1.76%
2037	39,330,372	297,773,236	2.58%	1.72%
2038	40,323,460	302,782,350	2.52%	1.68%
2039	41,318,407	307,764,754	2.47%	1.65%
2040	42,316,733	312,710,403	2.42%	1.61%
2041	43,319,236	317,607,237	2.37%	1.57%
2042	44,326,115	322,450,302	2.32%	1.52%
2043	45,337,248	327,243,941	2.28%	1.49%
2044	46,353,160	331,983,354	2.24%	1.45%
2045	47,374,113	336,662,502	2.2%	1.41%
2046	48,397,993	341,281,757	2.16%	1.37%
2047	49,423,853	345,844,004	2.12%	1.34%
2048	50,452,202	350,347,757	2.08%	1.3%
2049	51,482,559	354,792,418	2.04%	1.27%
2050	52,513,870	359,185,550	2%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.