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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Tanzania	Niger	Tanzania
1960	3,505,050	9,901,419	-	-
1961	3,608,162	10,187,886	2.94%	2.89%
1962	3,714,520	10,487,756	2.95%	2.94%
1963	3,823,873	10,799,528	2.94%	2.97%
1964	3,935,814	11,127,826	2.93%	3.04%
1965	4,049,695	11,470,728	2.89%	3.08%
1966	4,165,544	11,827,459	2.86%	3.11%
1967	4,283,590	12,200,109	2.83%	3.15%
1968	4,403,637	12,602,076	2.8%	3.29%
1969	4,525,725	13,036,700	2.77%	3.45%
1970	4,650,275	13,492,677	2.75%	3.5%
1971	4,776,225	13,971,451	2.71%	3.55%
1972	4,904,845	14,479,308	2.69%	3.63%
1973	5,037,865	15,010,101	2.71%	3.67%
1974	5,174,953	15,561,630	2.72%	3.67%
1975	5,317,019	16,138,361	2.75%	3.71%
1976	5,464,962	16,736,211	2.78%	3.7%
1977	5,619,716	17,352,929	2.83%	3.68%
1978	5,782,932	17,976,566	2.9%	3.59%
1979	5,955,556	18,592,038	2.99%	3.42%
1980	6,135,971	19,189,769	3.03%	3.21%
1981	6,322,006	19,784,703	3.03%	3.1%
1982	6,512,732	20,398,571	3.02%	3.1%
1983	6,708,644	21,079,874	3.01%	3.34%
1984	6,909,971	21,779,066	3%	3.32%
1985	7,118,457	22,501,693	3.02%	3.32%
1986	7,335,811	23,258,959	3.05%	3.37%
1987	7,561,150	24,030,378	3.07%	3.32%
1988	7,793,748	24,769,686	3.08%	3.08%
1989	8,034,780	25,438,759	3.09%	2.7%
1990	8,286,059	26,110,207	3.13%	2.64%
1991	8,546,900	26,780,436	3.15%	2.57%
1992	8,817,633	27,457,588	3.17%	2.53%
1993	9,100,789	28,332,692	3.21%	3.19%
1994	9,398,258	29,442,356	3.27%	3.92%
1995	9,714,529	30,383,497	3.37%	3.2%
1996	10,044,852	30,945,762	3.4%	1.85%
1997	10,383,969	31,578,089	3.38%	2.04%
1998	10,741,413	32,420,458	3.44%	2.67%
1999	11,117,411	33,300,330	3.5%	2.71%
2000	11,509,630	34,260,139	3.53%	2.88%
2001	11,920,647	35,198,299	3.57%	2.74%
2002	12,349,144	36,121,304	3.59%	2.62%
2003	12,796,984	37,089,555	3.63%	2.68%
2004	13,265,836	38,109,668	3.66%	2.75%
2005	13,756,192	39,182,076	3.7%	2.81%
2006	14,268,581	40,294,902	3.72%	2.84%
2007	14,803,610	41,435,512	3.75%	2.83%
2008	15,361,915	42,570,728	3.77%	2.74%
2009	15,943,675	43,633,982	3.79%	2.5%
2010	16,548,835	44,758,488	3.8%	2.58%
2011	17,176,283	46,029,367	3.79%	2.84%
2012	17,836,769	47,374,260	3.85%	2.92%
2013	18,519,898	48,824,128	3.83%	3.06%
2014	19,215,909	50,351,512	3.76%	3.13%
2015	19,939,498	52,020,962	3.77%	3.32%
2016	20,685,753	53,824,013	3.74%	3.47%
2017	21,435,446	55,652,890	3.62%	3.4%
2018	22,188,069	57,437,145	3.51%	3.21%
2019	22,947,757	59,174,891	3.42%	3.03%
2020	23,717,613	60,972,798	3.35%	3.04%
2021	24,502,140	62,830,412	3.31%	3.05%
2022	25,311,973	64,711,821	3.31%	2.99%
2023	26,159,867	66,617,606	3.35%	2.95%
2024	27,032,412	68,560,157	3.34%	2.92%
2025	27,917,825	70,545,858	3.28%	2.9%
2026	28,814,872	72,563,773	3.21%	2.86%
2027	29,723,688	74,604,804	3.15%	2.81%
2028	30,643,561	76,670,483	3.09%	2.77%
2029	31,575,091	78,773,192	3.04%	2.74%
2030	32,518,069	80,913,118	2.99%	2.72%
2031	33,469,616	83,087,927	2.93%	2.69%
2032	34,428,638	85,293,126	2.87%	2.65%
2033	35,397,029	87,520,491	2.81%	2.61%
2034	36,372,374	89,788,673	2.76%	2.59%
2035	37,353,462	92,091,418	2.7%	2.56%
2036	38,340,142	94,420,808	2.64%	2.53%
2037	39,330,372	96,775,766	2.58%	2.49%
2038	40,323,460	99,156,465	2.52%	2.46%
2039	41,318,407	101,567,525	2.47%	2.43%
2040	42,316,733	103,999,350	2.42%	2.39%
2041	43,319,236	106,448,475	2.37%	2.35%
2042	44,326,115	108,926,272	2.32%	2.33%
2043	45,337,248	111,433,788	2.28%	2.3%
2044	46,353,160	113,966,263	2.24%	2.27%
2045	47,374,113	116,525,463	2.2%	2.25%
2046	48,397,993	119,109,670	2.16%	2.22%
2047	49,423,853	121,721,018	2.12%	2.19%
2048	50,452,202	124,351,294	2.08%	2.16%
2049	51,482,559	126,981,394	2.04%	2.12%
2050	52,513,870	129,621,083	2%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.