Population in Niger compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Niger and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Sri Lanka	Niger	Sri Lanka
1960	3,505,050	9,661,389	-	-
1961	3,608,162	9,899,372	2.94%	2.46%
1962	3,714,520	10,143,754	2.95%	2.47%
1963	3,823,873	10,395,040	2.94%	2.48%
1964	3,935,814	10,653,397	2.93%	2.49%
1965	4,049,695	10,916,965	2.89%	2.47%
1966	4,165,544	11,183,928	2.86%	2.45%
1967	4,283,590	11,457,328	2.83%	2.44%
1968	4,403,637	11,736,088	2.8%	2.43%
1969	4,525,725	12,013,858	2.77%	2.37%
1970	4,650,275	12,287,110	2.75%	2.27%
1971	4,776,225	12,551,910	2.71%	2.16%
1972	4,904,845	12,809,205	2.69%	2.05%
1973	5,037,865	13,060,916	2.71%	1.97%
1974	5,174,953	13,305,693	2.72%	1.87%
1975	5,317,019	13,548,984	2.75%	1.83%
1976	5,464,962	13,796,770	2.78%	1.83%
1977	5,619,716	14,049,371	2.83%	1.83%
1978	5,782,932	14,310,128	2.9%	1.86%
1979	5,955,556	14,579,614	2.99%	1.88%
1980	6,135,971	14,847,974	3.03%	1.84%
1981	6,322,006	15,099,414	3.03%	1.69%
1982	6,512,732	15,286,567	3.02%	1.24%
1983	6,708,644	15,388,794	3.01%	0.67%
1984	6,909,971	15,441,860	3%	0.34%
1985	7,118,457	15,544,154	3.02%	0.66%
1986	7,335,811	15,731,256	3.05%	1.2%
1987	7,561,150	15,916,576	3.07%	1.18%
1988	7,793,748	16,078,621	3.08%	1.02%
1989	8,034,780	16,248,557	3.09%	1.06%
1990	8,286,059	16,352,458	3.13%	0.64%
1991	8,546,900	16,475,354	3.15%	0.75%
1992	8,817,633	16,739,284	3.17%	1.6%
1993	9,100,789	17,025,918	3.21%	1.71%
1994	9,398,258	17,275,773	3.27%	1.47%
1995	9,714,529	17,564,068	3.37%	1.67%
1996	10,044,852	17,905,018	3.4%	1.94%
1997	10,383,969	18,248,200	3.38%	1.92%
1998	10,741,413	18,596,003	3.44%	1.91%
1999	11,117,411	18,944,731	3.5%	1.88%
2000	11,509,630	19,293,054	3.53%	1.84%
2001	11,920,647	19,600,362	3.57%	1.59%
2002	12,349,144	19,805,752	3.59%	1.05%
2003	12,796,984	19,951,521	3.63%	0.74%
2004	13,265,836	20,087,605	3.66%	0.68%
2005	13,756,192	20,216,524	3.7%	0.64%
2006	14,268,581	20,352,411	3.72%	0.67%
2007	14,803,610	20,492,545	3.75%	0.69%
2008	15,361,915	20,629,378	3.77%	0.67%
2009	15,943,675	20,756,435	3.79%	0.62%
2010	16,548,835	20,879,089	3.8%	0.59%
2011	17,176,283	21,009,048	3.79%	0.62%
2012	17,836,769	21,169,458	3.85%	0.76%
2013	18,519,898	20,585,000	3.83%	-2.76%
2014	19,215,909	20,778,000	3.76%	0.94%
2015	19,939,498	20,970,000	3.77%	0.92%
2016	20,685,753	21,209,000	3.74%	1.14%
2017	21,435,446	21,453,000	3.62%	1.15%
2018	22,188,069	21,670,000	3.51%	1.01%
2019	22,947,757	21,803,000	3.42%	0.61%
2020	23,717,613	21,919,000	3.35%	0.53%
2021	24,502,140	22,156,000	3.31%	1.08%
2022	25,311,973	22,181,000	3.31%	0.11%
2023	26,159,867	22,037,000	3.35%	-0.65%
2024	27,032,412	21,916,000	3.34%	-0.55%
2025	27,917,825	22,035,440	3.28%	0.54%
2026	28,814,872	22,148,172	3.21%	0.51%
2027	29,723,688	22,255,601	3.15%	0.49%
2028	30,643,561	22,357,682	3.09%	0.46%
2029	31,575,091	22,453,922	3.04%	0.43%
2030	32,518,069	22,546,245	2.99%	0.41%
2031	33,469,616	22,635,106	2.93%	0.39%
2032	34,428,638	22,720,118	2.87%	0.38%
2033	35,397,029	22,802,043	2.81%	0.36%
2034	36,372,374	22,879,527	2.76%	0.34%
2035	37,353,462	22,952,739	2.7%	0.32%
2036	38,340,142	23,022,027	2.64%	0.3%
2037	39,330,372	23,088,877	2.58%	0.29%
2038	40,323,460	23,152,480	2.52%	0.28%
2039	41,318,407	23,211,633	2.47%	0.26%
2040	42,316,733	23,265,986	2.42%	0.23%
2041	43,319,236	23,315,260	2.37%	0.21%
2042	44,326,115	23,359,578	2.32%	0.19%
2043	45,337,248	23,398,752	2.28%	0.17%
2044	46,353,160	23,433,096	2.24%	0.15%
2045	47,374,113	23,464,943	2.2%	0.14%
2046	48,397,993	23,492,738	2.16%	0.12%
2047	49,423,853	23,512,629	2.12%	0.08%
2048	50,452,202	23,525,953	2.08%	0.06%
2049	51,482,559	23,533,940	2.04%	0.03%
2050	52,513,870	23,538,230	2%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.