The latest officially reported population of Niger was 27,032,412 in 2024 vs 251,269,164 people in Pakistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Niger's population is 28,824,804 people compared to 259,345,872 in Pakistan.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 9 times bigger than Niger's.
- Niger is ranked the 53rd most populous country in the world, while Pakistan is the 5th.
- The countries together account for 3.48% of the world: 0.35% for Niger vs 3.13% for Pakistan.
- For the last 10 years, Niger has had an average growth rate of +3.5% per year vs +1.6% in Pakistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Niger has increased from 14.3M people to 28.8M (102% growth), while Pakistan has grown from 180M to 259M (44.3% growth).
- Niger is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 90.8M people compared to the peak of 511M people in 2100 for Pakistan.
Niger vs Pakistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
28824804
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259345872
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| Population rank | 53/197 | 5/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.35% | 3.13% |
| One net population change |
36.1 seconds
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8.38 seconds
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| One birth every |
28.8 seconds
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4.58 seconds
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| One death every |
2.27 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.17 hours
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22.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -4,041 | -1,401,173 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,391 | +10,314 |
| Annual growth/decline | +872,545 | +3,764,669 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.34% | +1.52% |
| Population growth rate rank | 10/197 | 71/197 |
Niger and Pakistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,505,050 | 45,709,310 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,608,162 | 46,921,277 | 2.94% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 3,714,520 | 48,156,128 | 2.95% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 3,823,873 | 49,447,776 | 2.94% | 2.68% |
| 1964 | 3,935,814 | 50,799,999 | 2.93% | 2.73% |
| 1965 | 4,049,695 | 52,209,010 | 2.89% | 2.77% |
| 1966 | 4,165,544 | 53,678,667 | 2.86% | 2.81% |
| 1967 | 4,283,590 | 55,214,768 | 2.83% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 4,403,637 | 56,810,507 | 2.8% | 2.89% |
| 1969 | 4,525,725 | 58,460,939 | 2.77% | 2.91% |
| 1970 | 4,650,275 | 60,166,719 | 2.75% | 2.92% |
| 1971 | 4,776,225 | 61,847,899 | 2.71% | 2.79% |
| 1972 | 4,904,845 | 63,583,194 | 2.69% | 2.81% |
| 1973 | 5,037,865 | 65,461,912 | 2.71% | 2.95% |
| 1974 | 5,174,953 | 67,415,487 | 2.72% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 5,317,019 | 69,461,175 | 2.75% | 3.03% |
| 1976 | 5,464,962 | 71,620,254 | 2.78% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 5,619,716 | 73,901,827 | 2.83% | 3.19% |
| 1978 | 5,782,932 | 76,307,379 | 2.9% | 3.26% |
| 1979 | 5,955,556 | 78,997,039 | 2.99% | 3.52% |
| 1980 | 6,135,971 | 82,291,010 | 3.03% | 4.17% |
| 1981 | 6,322,006 | 85,802,049 | 3.03% | 4.27% |
| 1982 | 6,512,732 | 89,089,246 | 3.02% | 3.83% |
| 1983 | 6,708,644 | 92,227,711 | 3.01% | 3.52% |
| 1984 | 6,909,971 | 95,164,936 | 3% | 3.18% |
| 1985 | 7,118,457 | 98,229,285 | 3.02% | 3.22% |
| 1986 | 7,335,811 | 101,606,764 | 3.05% | 3.44% |
| 1987 | 7,561,150 | 105,130,717 | 3.07% | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 7,793,748 | 108,724,739 | 3.08% | 3.42% |
| 1989 | 8,034,780 | 112,336,629 | 3.09% | 3.32% |
| 1990 | 8,286,059 | 116,155,576 | 3.13% | 3.4% |
| 1991 | 8,546,900 | 120,060,406 | 3.15% | 3.36% |
| 1992 | 8,817,633 | 123,546,848 | 3.17% | 2.9% |
| 1993 | 9,100,789 | 127,020,117 | 3.21% | 2.81% |
| 1994 | 9,398,258 | 130,748,083 | 3.27% | 2.93% |
| 1995 | 9,714,529 | 134,582,253 | 3.37% | 2.93% |
| 1996 | 10,044,852 | 138,557,092 | 3.4% | 2.95% |
| 1997 | 10,383,969 | 142,531,804 | 3.38% | 2.87% |
| 1998 | 10,741,413 | 146,522,356 | 3.44% | 2.8% |
| 1999 | 11,117,411 | 150,565,377 | 3.5% | 2.76% |
| 2000 | 11,509,630 | 154,879,127 | 3.53% | 2.87% |
| 2001 | 11,920,647 | 159,270,907 | 3.57% | 2.84% |
| 2002 | 12,349,144 | 163,222,549 | 3.59% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 12,796,984 | 167,110,248 | 3.63% | 2.38% |
| 2004 | 13,265,836 | 171,286,000 | 3.66% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 13,756,192 | 175,453,212 | 3.7% | 2.43% |
| 2006 | 14,268,581 | 179,682,690 | 3.72% | 2.41% |
| 2007 | 14,803,610 | 184,493,231 | 3.75% | 2.68% |
| 2008 | 15,361,915 | 189,499,113 | 3.77% | 2.71% |
| 2009 | 15,943,675 | 194,376,534 | 3.79% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 16,548,835 | 199,239,047 | 3.8% | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 17,176,283 | 203,746,065 | 3.79% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 17,836,769 | 207,667,125 | 3.85% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 18,519,898 | 211,073,978 | 3.83% | 1.64% |
| 2014 | 19,215,909 | 214,264,647 | 3.76% | 1.51% |
| 2015 | 19,939,498 | 217,290,883 | 3.77% | 1.41% |
| 2016 | 20,685,753 | 220,138,869 | 3.74% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 21,435,446 | 223,273,967 | 3.62% | 1.42% |
| 2018 | 22,188,069 | 226,928,892 | 3.51% | 1.64% |
| 2019 | 22,947,757 | 230,800,899 | 3.42% | 1.71% |
| 2020 | 23,717,613 | 235,001,746 | 3.35% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 24,502,140 | 239,477,801 | 3.31% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 25,311,973 | 243,700,667 | 3.31% | 1.76% |
| 2023 | 26,159,867 | 247,504,495 | 3.35% | 1.56% |
| 2024 | 27,032,412 | 251,269,164 | 3.34% | 1.52% |
| 2025 | 27,917,825 | 255,219,564 | 3.28% | 1.57% |
| 2026 | 28,814,872 | 259,299,796 | 3.21% | 1.6% |
| 2027 | 29,723,688 | 263,515,827 | 3.15% | 1.63% |
| 2028 | 30,643,561 | 267,881,923 | 3.09% | 1.66% |
| 2029 | 31,575,091 | 272,337,520 | 3.04% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 32,518,069 | 276,883,261 | 2.99% | 1.67% |
| 2031 | 33,469,616 | 281,528,070 | 2.93% | 1.68% |
| 2032 | 34,428,638 | 286,241,141 | 2.87% | 1.67% |
| 2033 | 35,397,029 | 291,012,268 | 2.81% | 1.67% |
| 2034 | 36,372,374 | 295,820,153 | 2.76% | 1.65% |
| 2035 | 37,353,462 | 300,643,518 | 2.7% | 1.63% |
| 2036 | 38,340,142 | 305,491,504 | 2.64% | 1.61% |
| 2037 | 39,330,372 | 310,353,293 | 2.58% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 40,323,460 | 315,227,709 | 2.52% | 1.57% |
| 2039 | 41,318,407 | 320,105,882 | 2.47% | 1.55% |
| 2040 | 42,316,733 | 324,937,703 | 2.42% | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 43,319,236 | 329,746,478 | 2.37% | 1.48% |
| 2042 | 44,326,115 | 334,551,874 | 2.32% | 1.46% |
| 2043 | 45,337,248 | 339,334,851 | 2.28% | 1.43% |
| 2044 | 46,353,160 | 344,095,467 | 2.24% | 1.4% |
| 2045 | 47,374,113 | 348,837,732 | 2.2% | 1.38% |
| 2046 | 48,397,993 | 353,552,859 | 2.16% | 1.35% |
| 2047 | 49,423,853 | 358,207,159 | 2.12% | 1.32% |
| 2048 | 50,452,202 | 362,796,532 | 2.08% | 1.28% |
| 2049 | 51,482,559 | 367,344,429 | 2.04% | 1.25% |
| 2050 | 52,513,870 | 371,863,804 | 2% | 1.23% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).
Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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Population differences between Niger and Pakistan
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| Life expectancy | 61.9 years | 68.1 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 16.5 years | 21.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 6.06 births per woman | 3.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 55.3 ppl/mi² | 844 ppl/mi² |
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