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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Spain	Niger	Spain
1960	3,505,050	30,455,000	-	-
1961	3,608,162	30,739,250	2.94%	0.93%
1962	3,714,520	31,023,366	2.95%	0.92%
1963	3,823,873	31,296,651	2.94%	0.88%
1964	3,935,814	31,609,195	2.93%	1%
1965	4,049,695	31,954,292	2.89%	1.09%
1966	4,165,544	32,283,194	2.86%	1.03%
1967	4,283,590	32,682,947	2.83%	1.24%
1968	4,403,637	33,113,134	2.8%	1.32%
1969	4,525,725	33,441,054	2.77%	0.99%
1970	4,650,275	33,814,531	2.75%	1.12%
1971	4,776,225	34,224,490	2.71%	1.21%
1972	4,904,845	34,604,469	2.69%	1.11%
1973	5,037,865	34,988,947	2.71%	1.11%
1974	5,174,953	35,373,335	2.72%	1.1%
1975	5,317,019	35,757,900	2.75%	1.09%
1976	5,464,962	36,137,812	2.78%	1.06%
1977	5,619,716	36,511,638	2.83%	1.03%
1978	5,782,932	36,864,898	2.9%	0.97%
1979	5,955,556	37,191,330	2.99%	0.89%
1980	6,135,971	37,491,165	3.03%	0.81%
1981	6,322,006	37,758,631	3.03%	0.71%
1982	6,512,732	37,986,012	3.02%	0.6%
1983	6,708,644	38,171,525	3.01%	0.49%
1984	6,909,971	38,330,364	3%	0.42%
1985	7,118,457	38,469,512	3.02%	0.36%
1986	7,335,811	38,584,624	3.05%	0.3%
1987	7,561,150	38,684,815	3.07%	0.26%
1988	7,793,748	38,766,939	3.08%	0.21%
1989	8,034,780	38,827,764	3.09%	0.16%
1990	8,286,059	38,867,322	3.13%	0.1%
1991	8,546,900	38,966,376	3.15%	0.25%
1992	8,817,633	39,157,685	3.17%	0.49%
1993	9,100,789	39,361,262	3.21%	0.52%
1994	9,398,258	39,549,108	3.27%	0.48%
1995	9,714,529	39,724,050	3.37%	0.44%
1996	10,044,852	39,889,852	3.4%	0.42%
1997	10,383,969	40,057,389	3.38%	0.42%
1998	10,741,413	40,223,509	3.44%	0.41%
1999	11,117,411	40,386,875	3.5%	0.41%
2000	11,509,630	40,567,864	3.53%	0.45%
2001	11,920,647	40,850,412	3.57%	0.7%
2002	12,349,144	41,431,558	3.59%	1.42%
2003	12,796,984	42,187,645	3.63%	1.82%
2004	13,265,836	42,921,895	3.66%	1.74%
2005	13,756,192	43,653,155	3.7%	1.7%
2006	14,268,581	44,397,319	3.72%	1.7%
2007	14,803,610	45,226,803	3.75%	1.87%
2008	15,361,915	45,954,106	3.77%	1.61%
2009	15,943,675	46,362,946	3.79%	0.89%
2010	16,548,835	46,576,897	3.8%	0.46%
2011	17,176,283	46,742,697	3.79%	0.36%
2012	17,836,769	46,773,055	3.85%	0.06%
2013	18,519,898	46,604,197	3.83%	-0.36%
2014	19,215,909	46,460,733	3.76%	-0.31%
2015	19,939,498	46,422,303	3.77%	-0.08%
2016	20,685,753	46,458,139	3.74%	0.08%
2017	21,435,446	46,571,232	3.62%	0.24%
2018	22,188,069	46,782,011	3.51%	0.45%
2019	22,947,757	47,118,501	3.42%	0.72%
2020	23,717,613	47,359,424	3.35%	0.51%
2021	24,502,140	47,443,821	3.31%	0.18%
2022	25,311,973	47,786,102	3.31%	0.72%
2023	26,159,867	48,352,528	3.35%	1.19%
2024	27,032,412	48,848,840	3.34%	1.03%
2025	27,917,825	48,827,866	3.28%	-0.04%
2026	28,814,872	48,787,930	3.21%	-0.08%
2027	29,723,688	48,738,456	3.15%	-0.1%
2028	30,643,561	48,683,694	3.09%	-0.11%
2029	31,575,091	48,619,674	3.04%	-0.13%
2030	32,518,069	48,542,955	2.99%	-0.16%
2031	33,469,616	48,454,221	2.93%	-0.18%
2032	34,428,638	48,362,482	2.87%	-0.19%
2033	35,397,029	48,271,264	2.81%	-0.19%
2034	36,372,374	48,177,551	2.76%	-0.19%
2035	37,353,462	48,077,695	2.7%	-0.21%
2036	38,340,142	47,970,911	2.64%	-0.22%
2037	39,330,372	47,860,116	2.58%	-0.23%
2038	40,323,460	47,747,343	2.52%	-0.24%
2039	41,318,407	47,629,540	2.47%	-0.25%
2040	42,316,733	47,504,152	2.42%	-0.26%
2041	43,319,236	47,373,061	2.37%	-0.28%
2042	44,326,115	47,234,914	2.32%	-0.29%
2043	45,337,248	47,092,497	2.28%	-0.3%
2044	46,353,160	46,942,712	2.24%	-0.32%
2045	47,374,113	46,778,501	2.2%	-0.35%
2046	48,397,993	46,604,170	2.16%	-0.37%
2047	49,423,853	46,421,312	2.12%	-0.39%
2048	50,452,202	46,230,109	2.08%	-0.41%
2049	51,482,559	46,024,720	2.04%	-0.44%
2050	52,513,870	45,808,469	2%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.