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Population in Niger compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Niger was 27,032,412 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Niger's population is 28,638,403 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.

Population statistics:

  • Niger's population is 228.8 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • Niger is ranked the 53rd most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
  • The countries together account for 0.35% of the world: 0.35% for Niger vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
  • For the last 10 years, Niger has had an average growth rate of +3.5% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
  • Since 2005, the population of Niger has increased from 13.8M people to 28.6M (108.2% growth), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
  • Niger is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 90.8M people compared to the peak of 133K people in 2042 for the Seychelles.

Niger vs Seychelles: live population counter

Niger Seychelles
Current population
28638403
125181
Population rank 53/197 181/197
Percent of world population 0.35% 0.002%
One net population change
36.1 seconds
5.54 hours
One birth every
28.8 seconds
5.63 hours
One death every
2.27 minutes
10 hours
One migration net change every
2.17 hours
5.01 hours
Annual migration change -4,041 +1,747
Daily growth/decline +2,391 +4
Annual growth/decline +872,545 +1,581
Annual growth/decline rate +3.34% +1.32%
Population growth rate rank 11/197 83/197

Niger and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Niger
Population

Growth rate
Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Niger Seychelles Niger Seychelles
1960 3,505,050 41,700 - -
1961 3,608,162 42,889 2.94% 2.85%
1962 3,714,520 44,042 2.95% 2.69%
1963 3,823,873 45,176 2.94% 2.57%
1964 3,935,814 46,322 2.93% 2.54%
1965 4,049,695 47,500 2.89% 2.54%
1966 4,165,544 48,699 2.86% 2.52%
1967 4,283,590 49,911 2.83% 2.49%
1968 4,403,637 51,134 2.8% 2.45%
1969 4,525,725 52,365 2.77% 2.41%
1970 4,650,275 53,600 2.75% 2.36%
1971 4,776,225 54,695 2.71% 2.04%
1972 4,904,845 56,029 2.69% 2.44%
1973 5,037,865 56,892 2.71% 1.54%
1974 5,174,953 57,937 2.72% 1.84%
1975 5,317,019 59,292 2.75% 2.34%
1976 5,464,962 60,504 2.78% 2.04%
1977 5,619,716 61,786 2.83% 2.12%
1978 5,782,932 62,150 2.9% 0.59%
1979 5,955,556 62,686 2.99% 0.86%
1980 6,135,971 63,261 3.03% 0.92%
1981 6,322,006 64,035 3.03% 1.22%
1982 6,512,732 64,413 3.02% 0.59%
1983 6,708,644 64,335 3.01% -0.12%
1984 6,909,971 64,717 3% 0.59%
1985 7,118,457 65,244 3.02% 0.81%
1986 7,335,811 65,652 3.05% 0.63%
1987 7,561,150 68,499 3.07% 4.34%
1988 7,793,748 68,755 3.08% 0.37%
1989 8,034,780 69,167 3.09% 0.6%
1990 8,286,059 69,507 3.13% 0.49%
1991 8,546,900 70,439 3.15% 1.34%
1992 8,817,633 70,763 3.17% 0.46%
1993 9,100,789 72,253 3.21% 2.11%
1994 9,398,258 74,205 3.27% 2.7%
1995 9,714,529 75,304 3.37% 1.48%
1996 10,044,852 76,417 3.4% 1.48%
1997 10,383,969 77,319 3.38% 1.18%
1998 10,741,413 78,846 3.44% 1.97%
1999 11,117,411 80,410 3.5% 1.98%
2000 11,509,630 81,131 3.53% 0.9%
2001 11,920,647 81,202 3.57% 0.09%
2002 12,349,144 83,723 3.59% 3.1%
2003 12,796,984 82,781 3.63% -1.13%
2004 13,265,836 82,475 3.66% -0.37%
2005 13,756,192 82,858 3.7% 0.46%
2006 14,268,581 84,600 3.72% 2.1%
2007 14,803,610 85,033 3.75% 0.51%
2008 15,361,915 86,956 3.77% 2.26%
2009 15,943,675 87,298 3.79% 0.39%
2010 16,548,835 89,770 3.8% 2.83%
2011 17,176,283 87,441 3.79% -2.59%
2012 17,836,769 88,303 3.85% 0.99%
2013 18,519,898 89,949 3.83% 1.86%
2014 19,215,909 91,359 3.76% 1.57%
2015 19,939,498 93,419 3.77% 2.25%
2016 20,685,753 94,677 3.74% 1.35%
2017 21,435,446 95,843 3.62% 1.23%
2018 22,188,069 96,762 3.51% 0.96%
2019 22,947,757 97,625 3.42% 0.89%
2020 23,717,613 98,462 3.35% 0.86%
2021 24,502,140 99,258 3.31% 0.81%
2022 25,311,973 119,878 3.31% 20.8%
2023 26,159,867 119,773 3.35% -0.09%
2024 27,032,412 121,354 3.34% 1.32%
2025 27,917,825 123,549 3.28% 1.81%
2026 28,814,872 125,581 3.21% 1.64%
2027 29,723,688 127,380 3.15% 1.43%
2028 30,643,561 128,883 3.09% 1.18%
2029 31,575,091 130,011 3.04% 0.87%
2030 32,518,069 130,635 2.99% 0.48%
2031 33,469,616 130,989 2.93% 0.27%
2032 34,428,638 131,305 2.87% 0.24%
2033 35,397,029 131,578 2.81% 0.21%
2034 36,372,374 131,816 2.76% 0.18%
2035 37,353,462 132,027 2.7% 0.16%
2036 38,340,142 132,202 2.64% 0.13%
2037 39,330,372 132,348 2.58% 0.11%
2038 40,323,460 132,467 2.52% 0.09%
2039 41,318,407 132,552 2.47% 0.06%
2040 42,316,733 132,631 2.42% 0.06%
2041 43,319,236 132,681 2.37% 0.04%
2042 44,326,115 132,700 2.32% 0.01%
2043 45,337,248 132,698 2.28% -0.001%
2044 46,353,160 132,665 2.24% -0.03%
2045 47,374,113 132,613 2.2% -0.04%
2046 48,397,993 132,531 2.16% -0.06%
2047 49,423,853 132,415 2.12% -0.09%
2048 50,452,202 132,264 2.08% -0.11%
2049 51,482,559 132,085 2.04% -0.14%
2050 52,513,870 131,885 2% -0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Niger's population will grow by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.

Biggest cities by population

Niger
City Population
Niamey 1.5M
Maradi 267K
Zinder 236K
Seychelles
City Population
Victoria 24.7K

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