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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Venezuela	Niger	Venezuela
1960	3,505,050	8,160,090	-	-
1961	3,608,162	8,455,915	2.94%	3.63%
1962	3,714,520	8,756,870	2.95%	3.56%
1963	3,823,873	9,064,021	2.94%	3.51%
1964	3,935,814	9,377,712	2.93%	3.46%
1965	4,049,695	9,697,790	2.89%	3.41%
1966	4,165,544	10,024,854	2.86%	3.37%
1967	4,283,590	10,358,513	2.83%	3.33%
1968	4,403,637	10,697,530	2.8%	3.27%
1969	4,525,725	11,040,280	2.77%	3.2%
1970	4,650,275	11,387,790	2.75%	3.15%
1971	4,776,225	11,741,008	2.71%	3.1%
1972	4,904,845	12,099,180	2.69%	3.05%
1973	5,037,865	12,463,537	2.71%	3.01%
1974	5,174,953	12,835,351	2.72%	2.98%
1975	5,317,019	13,215,892	2.75%	2.96%
1976	5,464,962	13,606,284	2.78%	2.95%
1977	5,619,716	14,006,812	2.83%	2.94%
1978	5,782,932	14,416,684	2.9%	2.93%
1979	5,955,556	14,834,552	2.99%	2.9%
1980	6,135,971	15,258,218	3.03%	2.86%
1981	6,322,006	15,687,297	3.03%	2.81%
1982	6,512,732	16,121,874	3.02%	2.77%
1983	6,708,644	16,562,205	3.01%	2.73%
1984	6,909,971	17,008,841	3%	2.7%
1985	7,118,457	17,461,434	3.02%	2.66%
1986	7,335,811	17,923,536	3.05%	2.65%
1987	7,561,150	18,394,963	3.07%	2.63%
1988	7,793,748	18,871,020	3.08%	2.59%
1989	8,034,780	19,348,921	3.09%	2.53%
1990	8,286,059	19,827,010	3.13%	2.47%
1991	8,546,900	20,304,896	3.15%	2.41%
1992	8,817,633	20,780,948	3.17%	2.34%
1993	9,100,789	21,254,520	3.21%	2.28%
1994	9,398,258	21,725,188	3.27%	2.21%
1995	9,714,529	22,193,821	3.37%	2.16%
1996	10,044,852	22,662,113	3.4%	2.11%
1997	10,383,969	23,131,685	3.38%	2.07%
1998	10,741,413	23,601,337	3.44%	2.03%
1999	11,117,411	24,066,593	3.5%	1.97%
2000	11,509,630	24,526,708	3.53%	1.91%
2001	11,920,647	24,979,922	3.57%	1.85%
2002	12,349,144	25,435,671	3.59%	1.82%
2003	12,796,984	25,892,703	3.63%	1.8%
2004	13,265,836	26,340,838	3.66%	1.73%
2005	13,756,192	26,785,804	3.7%	1.69%
2006	14,268,581	27,224,686	3.72%	1.64%
2007	14,803,610	27,649,363	3.75%	1.56%
2008	15,361,915	28,053,696	3.77%	1.46%
2009	15,943,675	28,438,298	3.79%	1.37%
2010	16,548,835	28,813,101	3.8%	1.32%
2011	17,176,283	29,185,212	3.79%	1.29%
2012	17,836,769	29,553,826	3.85%	1.26%
2013	18,519,898	29,912,198	3.83%	1.21%
2014	19,215,909	30,254,079	3.76%	1.14%
2015	19,939,498	30,573,972	3.77%	1.06%
2016	20,685,753	30,765,720	3.74%	0.63%
2017	21,435,446	30,565,323	3.62%	-0.65%
2018	22,188,069	29,807,592	3.51%	-2.48%
2019	22,947,757	28,938,098	3.42%	-2.92%
2020	23,717,613	28,444,077	3.35%	-1.71%
2021	24,502,140	28,237,826	3.31%	-0.73%
2022	25,311,973	28,213,017	3.31%	-0.09%
2023	26,159,867	28,300,854	3.35%	0.31%
2024	27,032,412	28,405,543	3.34%	0.37%
2025	27,917,825	28,516,898	3.28%	0.39%
2026	28,814,872	28,633,718	3.21%	0.41%
2027	29,723,688	28,758,565	3.15%	0.44%
2028	30,643,561	28,885,166	3.09%	0.44%
2029	31,575,091	29,014,444	3.04%	0.45%
2030	32,518,069	29,151,809	2.99%	0.47%
2031	33,469,616	29,295,744	2.93%	0.49%
2032	34,428,638	29,442,534	2.87%	0.5%
2033	35,397,029	29,587,099	2.81%	0.49%
2034	36,372,374	29,735,159	2.76%	0.5%
2035	37,353,462	29,883,329	2.7%	0.5%
2036	38,340,142	30,020,167	2.64%	0.46%
2037	39,330,372	30,146,546	2.58%	0.42%
2038	40,323,460	30,268,328	2.52%	0.4%
2039	41,318,407	30,386,284	2.47%	0.39%
2040	42,316,733	30,495,445	2.42%	0.36%
2041	43,319,236	30,590,207	2.37%	0.31%
2042	44,326,115	30,674,532	2.32%	0.28%
2043	45,337,248	30,749,671	2.28%	0.24%
2044	46,353,160	30,813,805	2.24%	0.21%
2045	47,374,113	30,871,490	2.2%	0.19%
2046	48,397,993	30,923,463	2.16%	0.17%
2047	49,423,853	30,974,366	2.12%	0.16%
2048	50,452,202	31,021,600	2.08%	0.15%
2049	51,482,559	31,059,954	2.04%	0.12%
2050	52,513,870	31,094,884	2%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.