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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Syria	Niger	Syria
1960	3,505,050	4,673,500	-	-
1961	3,608,162	4,815,466	2.94%	3.04%
1962	3,714,520	4,959,340	2.95%	2.99%
1963	3,823,873	5,110,467	2.94%	3.05%
1964	3,935,814	5,269,087	2.93%	3.1%
1965	4,049,695	5,435,267	2.89%	3.15%
1966	4,165,544	5,609,047	2.86%	3.2%
1967	4,283,590	5,790,198	2.83%	3.23%
1968	4,403,637	5,978,742	2.8%	3.26%
1969	4,525,725	6,175,166	2.77%	3.29%
1970	4,650,275	6,380,609	2.75%	3.33%
1971	4,776,225	6,598,094	2.71%	3.41%
1972	4,904,845	6,826,024	2.69%	3.45%
1973	5,037,865	7,060,321	2.71%	3.43%
1974	5,174,953	7,302,160	2.72%	3.43%
1975	5,317,019	7,554,364	2.75%	3.45%
1976	5,464,962	7,817,320	2.78%	3.48%
1977	5,619,716	8,090,501	2.83%	3.49%
1978	5,782,932	8,372,759	2.9%	3.49%
1979	5,955,556	8,661,909	2.99%	3.45%
1980	6,135,971	8,957,663	3.03%	3.41%
1981	6,322,006	9,260,189	3.03%	3.38%
1982	6,512,732	9,572,511	3.02%	3.37%
1983	6,708,644	9,904,809	3.01%	3.47%
1984	6,909,971	10,258,398	3%	3.57%
1985	7,118,457	10,625,672	3.02%	3.58%
1986	7,335,811	11,002,844	3.05%	3.55%
1987	7,561,150	11,388,923	3.07%	3.51%
1988	7,793,748	11,782,264	3.08%	3.45%
1989	8,034,780	12,179,060	3.09%	3.37%
1990	8,286,059	12,579,208	3.13%	3.29%
1991	8,546,900	12,980,821	3.15%	3.19%
1992	8,817,633	13,385,571	3.17%	3.12%
1993	9,100,789	13,795,686	3.21%	3.06%
1994	9,398,258	14,208,583	3.27%	2.99%
1995	9,714,529	14,616,801	3.37%	2.87%
1996	10,044,852	15,018,104	3.4%	2.75%
1997	10,383,969	15,417,542	3.38%	2.66%
1998	10,741,413	15,820,413	3.44%	2.61%
1999	11,117,411	16,228,061	3.5%	2.58%
2000	11,509,630	16,637,888	3.53%	2.53%
2001	11,920,647	17,051,338	3.57%	2.48%
2002	12,349,144	17,468,332	3.59%	2.45%
2003	12,796,984	17,889,296	3.63%	2.41%
2004	13,265,836	18,336,875	3.66%	2.5%
2005	13,756,192	18,814,091	3.7%	2.6%
2006	14,268,581	19,637,022	3.72%	4.37%
2007	14,803,610	20,884,125	3.75%	6.35%
2008	15,361,915	21,636,564	3.77%	3.6%
2009	15,943,675	21,976,969	3.79%	1.57%
2010	16,548,835	22,482,421	3.8%	2.3%
2011	17,176,283	22,878,098	3.79%	1.76%
2012	17,836,769	22,759,763	3.85%	-0.52%
2013	18,519,898	21,666,917	3.83%	-4.8%
2014	19,215,909	20,273,659	3.76%	-6.43%
2015	19,939,498	19,424,618	3.77%	-4.19%
2016	20,685,753	19,193,834	3.74%	-1.19%
2017	21,435,446	19,224,668	3.62%	0.16%
2018	22,188,069	19,577,845	3.51%	1.84%
2019	22,947,757	20,353,534	3.42%	3.96%
2020	23,717,613	21,049,429	3.35%	3.42%
2021	24,502,140	21,628,839	3.31%	2.75%
2022	25,311,973	22,462,173	3.31%	3.85%
2023	26,159,867	23,594,623	3.35%	5.04%
2024	27,032,412	24,672,760	3.34%	4.57%
2025	27,917,825	25,620,422	3.28%	3.84%
2026	28,814,872	26,472,499	3.21%	3.33%
2027	29,723,688	27,261,544	3.15%	2.98%
2028	30,643,561	28,006,558	3.09%	2.73%
2029	31,575,091	28,719,309	3.04%	2.54%
2030	32,518,069	29,395,545	2.99%	2.35%
2031	33,469,616	30,029,824	2.93%	2.16%
2032	34,428,638	30,633,661	2.87%	2.01%
2033	35,397,029	31,212,478	2.81%	1.89%
2034	36,372,374	31,768,138	2.76%	1.78%
2035	37,353,462	32,294,792	2.7%	1.66%
2036	38,340,142	32,788,153	2.64%	1.53%
2037	39,330,372	33,258,407	2.58%	1.43%
2038	40,323,460	33,710,718	2.52%	1.36%
2039	41,318,407	34,131,238	2.47%	1.25%
2040	42,316,733	34,533,185	2.42%	1.18%
2041	43,319,236	34,916,936	2.37%	1.11%
2042	44,326,115	35,279,863	2.32%	1.04%
2043	45,337,248	35,623,325	2.28%	0.97%
2044	46,353,160	35,944,394	2.24%	0.9%
2045	47,374,113	36,265,295	2.2%	0.89%
2046	48,397,993	36,583,260	2.16%	0.88%
2047	49,423,853	36,878,640	2.12%	0.81%
2048	50,452,202	37,171,029	2.08%	0.79%
2049	51,482,559	37,477,690	2.04%	0.83%
2050	52,513,870	37,793,378	2%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.