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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Niger was 27,032,412 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Niger's population is 28,638,403 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 3.56 times bigger than Niger's.
  • Niger is ranked the 53rd most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.58% of the world: 0.35% for Niger vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, Niger has had an average growth rate of +3.5% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2005, the population of Niger has increased from 13.8M people to 28.6M (108.2% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
  • Niger is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 90.8M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.

Niger vs Vietnam: live population counter

Niger Vietnam
Current population
28638403
102063551
Population rank 53/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.35% 1.23%
One net population change
36.1 seconds
49.6 seconds
One birth every
28.8 seconds
22.7 seconds
One death every
2.27 minutes
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
2.17 hours
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change -4,041 -59,645
Daily growth/decline +2,391 +1,741
Annual growth/decline +872,545 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate +3.34% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 11/197 124/197

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

Niger
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Niger Vietnam Niger Vietnam
1960 3,505,050 32,531,933 - -
1961 3,608,162 33,409,059 2.94% 2.7%
1962 3,714,520 34,288,560 2.95% 2.63%
1963 3,823,873 35,249,101 2.94% 2.8%
1964 3,935,814 36,201,563 2.93% 2.7%
1965 4,049,695 37,129,656 2.89% 2.56%
1966 4,165,544 38,024,836 2.86% 2.41%
1967 4,283,590 38,895,080 2.83% 2.29%
1968 4,403,637 39,734,609 2.8% 2.16%
1969 4,525,725 40,582,096 2.77% 2.13%
1970 4,650,275 41,475,230 2.75% 2.2%
1971 4,776,225 42,449,276 2.71% 2.35%
1972 4,904,845 43,429,168 2.69% 2.31%
1973 5,037,865 44,409,861 2.71% 2.26%
1974 5,174,953 45,413,537 2.72% 2.26%
1975 5,317,019 46,482,903 2.75% 2.35%
1976 5,464,962 47,684,931 2.78% 2.59%
1977 5,619,716 48,954,872 2.83% 2.66%
1978 5,782,932 50,249,552 2.9% 2.64%
1979 5,955,556 51,378,211 2.99% 2.25%
1980 6,135,971 52,490,101 3.03% 2.16%
1981 6,322,006 53,738,141 3.03% 2.38%
1982 6,512,732 55,011,289 3.02% 2.37%
1983 6,708,644 56,337,921 3.01% 2.41%
1984 6,909,971 57,706,067 3% 2.43%
1985 7,118,457 59,060,622 3.02% 2.35%
1986 7,335,811 60,347,048 3.05% 2.18%
1987 7,561,150 61,584,651 3.07% 2.05%
1988 7,793,748 62,843,228 3.08% 2.04%
1989 8,034,780 64,147,348 3.09% 2.08%
1990 8,286,059 65,504,552 3.13% 2.12%
1991 8,546,900 66,891,775 3.15% 2.12%
1992 8,817,633 68,260,337 3.17% 2.05%
1993 9,100,789 69,586,384 3.21% 1.94%
1994 9,398,258 70,854,391 3.27% 1.82%
1995 9,714,529 72,049,940 3.37% 1.69%
1996 10,044,852 73,156,447 3.4% 1.54%
1997 10,383,969 74,226,889 3.38% 1.46%
1998 10,741,413 75,299,660 3.44% 1.45%
1999 11,117,411 76,287,452 3.5% 1.31%
2000 11,509,630 77,154,011 3.53% 1.14%
2001 11,920,647 77,969,361 3.57% 1.06%
2002 12,349,144 78,772,224 3.59% 1.03%
2003 12,796,984 79,563,777 3.63% 1%
2004 13,265,836 80,338,971 3.66% 0.97%
2005 13,756,192 81,088,313 3.7% 0.93%
2006 14,268,581 82,167,897 3.72% 1.33%
2007 14,803,610 83,633,375 3.75% 1.78%
2008 15,361,915 85,175,788 3.77% 1.84%
2009 15,943,675 86,460,018 3.79% 1.51%
2010 16,548,835 87,455,152 3.8% 1.15%
2011 17,176,283 88,468,314 3.79% 1.16%
2012 17,836,769 89,510,356 3.85% 1.18%
2013 18,519,898 90,573,104 3.83% 1.19%
2014 19,215,909 91,679,578 3.76% 1.22%
2015 19,939,498 92,823,254 3.77% 1.25%
2016 20,685,753 94,000,117 3.74% 1.27%
2017 21,435,446 95,176,977 3.62% 1.25%
2018 22,188,069 96,237,319 3.51% 1.11%
2019 22,947,757 97,173,776 3.42% 0.97%
2020 23,717,613 98,079,191 3.35% 0.93%
2021 24,502,140 98,935,098 3.31% 0.87%
2022 25,311,973 99,680,655 3.31% 0.75%
2023 26,159,867 100,352,192 3.35% 0.67%
2024 27,032,412 100,987,686 3.34% 0.63%
2025 27,917,825 101,598,531 3.28% 0.6%
2026 28,814,872 102,177,434 3.21% 0.57%
2027 29,723,688 102,727,392 3.15% 0.54%
2028 30,643,561 103,255,746 3.09% 0.51%
2029 31,575,091 103,761,151 3.04% 0.49%
2030 32,518,069 104,254,900 2.99% 0.48%
2031 33,469,616 104,737,913 2.93% 0.46%
2032 34,428,638 105,204,401 2.87% 0.45%
2033 35,397,029 105,656,307 2.81% 0.43%
2034 36,372,374 106,097,515 2.76% 0.42%
2035 37,353,462 106,530,671 2.7% 0.41%
2036 38,340,142 106,945,842 2.64% 0.39%
2037 39,330,372 107,346,046 2.58% 0.37%
2038 40,323,460 107,732,019 2.52% 0.36%
2039 41,318,407 108,097,653 2.47% 0.34%
2040 42,316,733 108,437,634 2.42% 0.31%
2041 43,319,236 108,752,199 2.37% 0.29%
2042 44,326,115 109,040,314 2.32% 0.26%
2043 45,337,248 109,292,559 2.28% 0.23%
2044 46,353,160 109,506,274 2.24% 0.2%
2045 47,374,113 109,685,396 2.2% 0.16%
2046 48,397,993 109,827,664 2.16% 0.13%
2047 49,423,853 109,930,243 2.12% 0.09%
2048 50,452,202 109,994,024 2.08% 0.06%
2049 51,482,559 110,018,017 2.04% 0.02%
2050 52,513,870 110,008,910 2% -0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

Biggest cities by population

Niger
City Population
Niamey 1.5M
Maradi 267K
Zinder 236K

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