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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Uganda	Niger	Uganda
1960	3,505,050	7,640,973	-	-
1961	3,608,162	7,862,217	2.94%	2.9%
1962	3,714,520	8,092,231	2.95%	2.93%
1963	3,823,873	8,333,663	2.94%	2.98%
1964	3,935,814	8,586,363	2.93%	3.03%
1965	4,049,695	8,849,203	2.89%	3.06%
1966	4,165,544	9,122,864	2.86%	3.09%
1967	4,283,590	9,408,924	2.83%	3.14%
1968	4,403,637	9,708,632	2.8%	3.19%
1969	4,525,725	10,014,858	2.77%	3.15%
1970	4,650,275	10,321,603	2.75%	3.06%
1971	4,776,225	10,618,206	2.71%	2.87%
1972	4,904,845	10,885,796	2.69%	2.52%
1973	5,037,865	11,144,236	2.71%	2.37%
1974	5,174,953	11,424,846	2.72%	2.52%
1975	5,317,019	11,725,240	2.75%	2.63%
1976	5,464,962	12,037,294	2.78%	2.66%
1977	5,619,716	12,359,669	2.83%	2.68%
1978	5,782,932	12,692,113	2.9%	2.69%
1979	5,955,556	13,002,163	2.99%	2.44%
1980	6,135,971	13,275,741	3.03%	2.1%
1981	6,322,006	13,556,452	3.03%	2.11%
1982	6,512,732	13,873,631	3.02%	2.34%
1983	6,708,644	14,221,881	3.01%	2.51%
1984	6,909,971	14,607,677	3%	2.71%
1985	7,118,457	15,023,681	3.02%	2.85%
1986	7,335,811	15,467,579	3.05%	2.95%
1987	7,561,150	15,954,170	3.07%	3.15%
1988	7,793,748	16,470,483	3.08%	3.24%
1989	8,034,780	17,010,698	3.09%	3.28%
1990	8,286,059	17,569,897	3.13%	3.29%
1991	8,546,900	18,155,901	3.15%	3.34%
1992	8,817,633	18,785,032	3.17%	3.47%
1993	9,100,789	19,445,161	3.21%	3.51%
1994	9,398,258	20,108,801	3.27%	3.41%
1995	9,714,529	20,665,667	3.37%	2.77%
1996	10,044,852	21,231,550	3.4%	2.74%
1997	10,383,969	21,856,046	3.38%	2.94%
1998	10,741,413	22,515,806	3.44%	3.02%
1999	11,117,411	23,257,281	3.5%	3.29%
2000	11,509,630	24,000,150	3.53%	3.19%
2001	11,920,647	24,745,676	3.57%	3.11%
2002	12,349,144	25,532,870	3.59%	3.18%
2003	12,796,984	26,352,124	3.63%	3.21%
2004	13,265,836	27,154,515	3.66%	3.04%
2005	13,756,192	27,963,289	3.7%	2.98%
2006	14,268,581	28,794,003	3.72%	2.97%
2007	14,803,610	29,653,430	3.75%	2.98%
2008	15,361,915	30,539,553	3.77%	2.99%
2009	15,943,675	31,451,151	3.79%	2.98%
2010	16,548,835	32,390,802	3.8%	2.99%
2011	17,176,283	33,354,543	3.79%	2.98%
2012	17,836,769	34,337,438	3.85%	2.95%
2013	18,519,898	35,337,042	3.83%	2.91%
2014	19,215,909	36,395,539	3.76%	3%
2015	19,939,498	37,531,446	3.77%	3.12%
2016	20,685,753	38,799,152	3.74%	3.38%
2017	21,435,446	40,177,388	3.62%	3.55%
2018	22,188,069	41,565,831	3.51%	3.46%
2019	22,947,757	42,999,637	3.42%	3.45%
2020	23,717,613	44,457,152	3.35%	3.39%
2021	24,502,140	45,910,930	3.31%	3.27%
2022	25,311,973	47,312,719	3.31%	3.05%
2023	26,159,867	48,656,601	3.35%	2.84%
2024	27,032,412	50,015,092	3.34%	2.79%
2025	27,917,825	51,384,895	3.28%	2.74%
2026	28,814,872	52,761,471	3.21%	2.68%
2027	29,723,688	54,144,274	3.15%	2.62%
2028	30,643,561	55,532,564	3.09%	2.56%
2029	31,575,091	56,922,797	3.04%	2.5%
2030	32,518,069	58,312,944	2.99%	2.44%
2031	33,469,616	59,703,537	2.93%	2.38%
2032	34,428,638	61,089,060	2.87%	2.32%
2033	35,397,029	62,464,116	2.81%	2.25%
2034	36,372,374	63,833,872	2.76%	2.19%
2035	37,353,462	65,205,570	2.7%	2.15%
2036	38,340,142	66,573,737	2.64%	2.1%
2037	39,330,372	67,942,634	2.58%	2.06%
2038	40,323,460	69,312,210	2.52%	2.02%
2039	41,318,407	70,669,875	2.47%	1.96%
2040	42,316,733	72,020,414	2.42%	1.91%
2041	43,319,236	73,372,658	2.37%	1.88%
2042	44,326,115	74,730,004	2.32%	1.85%
2043	45,337,248	76,090,991	2.28%	1.82%
2044	46,353,160	77,449,517	2.24%	1.79%
2045	47,374,113	78,797,995	2.2%	1.74%
2046	48,397,993	80,139,174	2.16%	1.7%
2047	49,423,853	81,478,503	2.12%	1.67%
2048	50,452,202	82,812,102	2.08%	1.64%
2049	51,482,559	84,130,056	2.04%	1.59%
2050	52,513,870	85,431,202	2%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.