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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Suriname	Niger	Suriname
1960	3,505,050	263,918	-	-
1961	3,608,162	272,791	2.94%	3.36%
1962	3,714,520	283,912	2.95%	4.08%
1963	3,823,873	297,034	2.94%	4.62%
1964	3,935,814	309,041	2.93%	4.04%
1965	4,049,695	320,000	2.89%	3.55%
1966	4,165,544	331,135	2.86%	3.48%
1967	4,283,590	342,679	2.83%	3.49%
1968	4,403,637	354,616	2.8%	3.48%
1969	4,525,725	366,906	2.77%	3.47%
1970	4,650,275	379,442	2.75%	3.42%
1971	4,776,225	391,932	2.71%	3.29%
1972	4,904,845	397,413	2.69%	1.4%
1973	5,037,865	395,772	2.71%	-0.41%
1974	5,174,953	393,676	2.72%	-0.53%
1975	5,317,019	391,170	2.75%	-0.64%
1976	5,464,962	388,289	2.78%	-0.74%
1977	5,619,716	385,067	2.83%	-0.83%
1978	5,782,932	381,502	2.9%	-0.93%
1979	5,955,556	377,602	2.99%	-1.02%
1980	6,135,971	375,377	3.03%	-0.59%
1981	6,322,006	375,459	3.03%	0.02%
1982	6,512,732	376,555	3.02%	0.29%
1983	6,708,644	378,746	3.01%	0.58%
1984	6,909,971	382,193	3%	0.91%
1985	7,118,457	386,972	3.02%	1.25%
1986	7,335,811	392,330	3.05%	1.38%
1987	7,561,150	396,911	3.07%	1.17%
1988	7,793,748	402,227	3.08%	1.34%
1989	8,034,780	408,409	3.09%	1.54%
1990	8,286,059	412,493	3.13%	1%
1991	8,546,900	415,013	3.15%	0.61%
1992	8,817,633	417,589	3.17%	0.62%
1993	9,100,789	419,352	3.21%	0.42%
1994	9,398,258	422,375	3.27%	0.72%
1995	9,714,529	429,606	3.37%	1.71%
1996	10,044,852	438,830	3.4%	2.15%
1997	10,383,969	448,067	3.38%	2.1%
1998	10,741,413	457,406	3.44%	2.08%
1999	11,117,411	466,916	3.5%	2.08%
2000	11,509,630	476,643	3.53%	2.08%
2001	11,920,647	486,560	3.57%	2.08%
2002	12,349,144	496,551	3.59%	2.05%
2003	12,796,984	506,414	3.63%	1.99%
2004	13,265,836	513,923	3.66%	1.48%
2005	13,756,192	519,313	3.7%	1.05%
2006	14,268,581	524,997	3.72%	1.09%
2007	14,803,610	531,016	3.75%	1.15%
2008	15,361,915	537,245	3.77%	1.17%
2009	15,943,675	543,568	3.79%	1.18%
2010	16,548,835	549,923	3.8%	1.17%
2011	17,176,283	556,269	3.79%	1.15%
2012	17,836,769	562,633	3.85%	1.14%
2013	18,519,898	569,020	3.83%	1.14%
2014	19,215,909	575,373	3.76%	1.12%
2015	19,939,498	581,627	3.77%	1.09%
2016	20,685,753	587,757	3.74%	1.05%
2017	21,435,446	593,713	3.62%	1.01%
2018	22,188,069	599,513	3.51%	0.98%
2019	22,947,757	605,768	3.42%	1.04%
2020	23,717,613	612,317	3.35%	1.08%
2021	24,502,140	617,896	3.31%	0.91%
2022	25,311,973	623,164	3.31%	0.85%
2023	26,159,867	628,886	3.35%	0.92%
2024	27,032,412	634,431	3.34%	0.88%
2025	27,917,825	639,852	3.28%	0.85%
2026	28,814,872	645,257	3.21%	0.84%
2027	29,723,688	650,564	3.15%	0.82%
2028	30,643,561	655,783	3.09%	0.8%
2029	31,575,091	660,793	3.04%	0.76%
2030	32,518,069	665,650	2.99%	0.74%
2031	33,469,616	670,421	2.93%	0.72%
2032	34,428,638	675,070	2.87%	0.69%
2033	35,397,029	679,573	2.81%	0.67%
2034	36,372,374	683,911	2.76%	0.64%
2035	37,353,462	688,189	2.7%	0.63%
2036	38,340,142	692,343	2.64%	0.6%
2037	39,330,372	696,213	2.58%	0.56%
2038	40,323,460	699,908	2.52%	0.53%
2039	41,318,407	703,569	2.47%	0.52%
2040	42,316,733	707,156	2.42%	0.51%
2041	43,319,236	710,619	2.37%	0.49%
2042	44,326,115	713,900	2.32%	0.46%
2043	45,337,248	716,999	2.28%	0.43%
2044	46,353,160	719,920	2.24%	0.41%
2045	47,374,113	722,759	2.2%	0.39%
2046	48,397,993	725,322	2.16%	0.35%
2047	49,423,853	727,726	2.12%	0.33%
2048	50,452,202	730,038	2.08%	0.32%
2049	51,482,559	732,021	2.04%	0.27%
2050	52,513,870	733,898	2%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.