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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Zimbabwe	Niger	Zimbabwe
1960	3,505,050	3,809,389	-	-
1961	3,608,162	3,930,401	2.94%	3.18%
1962	3,714,520	4,055,959	2.95%	3.19%
1963	3,823,873	4,185,877	2.94%	3.2%
1964	3,935,814	4,320,006	2.93%	3.2%
1965	4,049,695	4,458,462	2.89%	3.2%
1966	4,165,544	4,601,217	2.86%	3.2%
1967	4,283,590	4,748,307	2.83%	3.2%
1968	4,403,637	4,900,440	2.8%	3.2%
1969	4,525,725	5,058,181	2.77%	3.22%
1970	4,650,275	5,215,918	2.75%	3.12%
1971	4,776,225	5,374,712	2.71%	3.04%
1972	4,904,845	5,542,445	2.69%	3.12%
1973	5,037,865	5,720,404	2.71%	3.21%
1974	5,174,953	5,908,328	2.72%	3.29%
1975	5,317,019	6,098,658	2.75%	3.22%
1976	5,464,962	6,287,105	2.78%	3.09%
1977	5,619,716	6,449,512	2.83%	2.58%
1978	5,782,932	6,543,575	2.9%	1.46%
1979	5,955,556	6,647,556	2.99%	1.59%
1980	6,135,971	7,041,303	3.03%	5.92%
1981	6,322,006	7,498,635	3.03%	6.49%
1982	6,512,732	7,796,496	3.02%	3.97%
1983	6,708,644	8,098,404	3.01%	3.87%
1984	6,909,971	8,391,488	3%	3.62%
1985	7,118,457	8,686,813	3.02%	3.52%
1986	7,335,811	8,982,578	3.05%	3.4%
1987	7,561,150	9,284,644	3.07%	3.36%
1988	7,793,748	9,583,094	3.08%	3.21%
1989	8,034,780	9,864,798	3.09%	2.94%
1990	8,286,059	10,137,281	3.13%	2.76%
1991	8,546,900	10,404,816	3.15%	2.64%
1992	8,817,633	10,702,700	3.17%	2.86%
1993	9,100,789	10,860,288	3.21%	1.47%
1994	9,398,258	10,873,148	3.27%	0.12%
1995	9,714,529	10,974,599	3.37%	0.93%
1996	10,044,852	11,158,360	3.4%	1.67%
1997	10,383,969	11,369,827	3.38%	1.9%
1998	10,741,413	11,594,297	3.44%	1.97%
1999	11,117,411	11,783,458	3.5%	1.63%
2000	11,509,630	11,892,055	3.53%	0.92%
2001	11,920,647	11,971,901	3.57%	0.67%
2002	12,349,144	12,087,653	3.59%	0.97%
2003	12,796,984	12,232,323	3.63%	1.2%
2004	13,265,836	12,365,896	3.66%	1.09%
2005	13,756,192	12,483,432	3.7%	0.95%
2006	14,268,581	12,636,445	3.72%	1.23%
2007	14,803,610	12,804,058	3.75%	1.33%
2008	15,361,915	12,959,149	3.77%	1.21%
2009	15,943,675	13,142,790	3.79%	1.42%
2010	16,548,835	13,356,548	3.8%	1.63%
2011	17,176,283	13,595,424	3.79%	1.79%
2012	17,836,769	13,817,887	3.85%	1.64%
2013	18,519,898	14,013,808	3.83%	1.42%
2014	19,215,909	14,207,359	3.76%	1.38%
2015	19,939,498	14,399,013	3.77%	1.35%
2016	20,685,753	14,600,294	3.74%	1.4%
2017	21,435,446	14,812,482	3.62%	1.45%
2018	22,188,069	15,034,452	3.51%	1.5%
2019	22,947,757	15,271,368	3.42%	1.58%
2020	23,717,613	15,526,888	3.35%	1.67%
2021	24,502,140	15,797,210	3.31%	1.74%
2022	25,311,973	16,069,056	3.31%	1.72%
2023	26,159,867	16,340,822	3.35%	1.69%
2024	27,032,412	16,634,373	3.34%	1.8%
2025	27,917,825	16,950,805	3.28%	1.9%
2026	28,814,872	17,273,591	3.21%	1.9%
2027	29,723,688	17,600,621	3.15%	1.89%
2028	30,643,561	17,932,015	3.09%	1.88%
2029	31,575,091	18,268,967	3.04%	1.88%
2030	32,518,069	18,610,356	2.99%	1.87%
2031	33,469,616	18,956,207	2.93%	1.86%
2032	34,428,638	19,311,368	2.87%	1.87%
2033	35,397,029	19,675,929	2.81%	1.89%
2034	36,372,374	20,041,125	2.76%	1.86%
2035	37,353,462	20,409,159	2.7%	1.84%
2036	38,340,142	20,778,662	2.64%	1.81%
2037	39,330,372	21,144,748	2.58%	1.76%
2038	40,323,460	21,512,919	2.52%	1.74%
2039	41,318,407	21,881,123	2.47%	1.71%
2040	42,316,733	22,250,123	2.42%	1.69%
2041	43,319,236	22,627,428	2.37%	1.7%
2042	44,326,115	23,000,906	2.32%	1.65%
2043	45,337,248	23,371,301	2.28%	1.61%
2044	46,353,160	23,740,630	2.24%	1.58%
2045	47,374,113	24,102,391	2.2%	1.52%
2046	48,397,993	24,462,491	2.16%	1.49%
2047	49,423,853	24,816,449	2.12%	1.45%
2048	50,452,202	25,168,419	2.08%	1.42%
2049	51,482,559	25,518,513	2.04%	1.39%
2050	52,513,870	25,866,397	2%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.