Population in Nigeria compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	North Korea	Nigeria	North Korea
1960	45,053,782	11,722,953	-	-
1961	45,989,310	11,990,713	2.08%	2.28%
1962	46,965,292	12,262,882	2.12%	2.27%
1963	47,973,575	12,567,057	2.15%	2.48%
1964	49,012,016	12,889,770	2.16%	2.57%
1965	50,086,764	13,219,369	2.19%	2.56%
1966	51,188,234	13,569,094	2.2%	2.65%
1967	52,293,065	13,958,350	2.16%	2.87%
1968	53,432,783	14,365,596	2.18%	2.92%
1969	54,631,914	14,767,615	2.24%	2.8%
1970	55,893,838	15,172,775	2.31%	2.74%
1971	57,214,684	15,572,457	2.36%	2.63%
1972	58,601,748	15,975,069	2.42%	2.59%
1973	60,082,139	16,350,367	2.53%	2.35%
1974	61,679,144	16,673,121	2.66%	1.97%
1975	63,410,815	16,971,055	2.81%	1.79%
1976	65,258,009	17,243,450	2.91%	1.61%
1977	67,234,590	17,492,798	3.03%	1.45%
1978	69,326,532	17,735,995	3.11%	1.39%
1979	71,498,242	17,983,470	3.13%	1.4%
1980	73,764,641	18,236,786	3.17%	1.41%
1981	76,068,103	18,501,295	3.12%	1.45%
1982	78,378,701	18,776,357	3.04%	1.49%
1983	80,438,260	19,054,034	2.63%	1.48%
1984	82,526,443	19,335,043	2.6%	1.47%
1985	84,897,973	19,620,388	2.87%	1.48%
1986	87,235,953	19,910,855	2.75%	1.48%
1987	89,591,716	20,205,483	2.7%	1.48%
1988	92,020,090	20,503,161	2.71%	1.47%
1989	94,531,014	20,804,367	2.73%	1.47%
1990	97,120,925	21,112,137	2.74%	1.48%
1991	99,720,162	21,428,638	2.68%	1.5%
1992	102,372,770	21,750,911	2.66%	1.5%
1993	105,122,069	22,073,352	2.69%	1.48%
1994	107,935,714	22,393,975	2.68%	1.45%
1995	110,819,428	22,669,304	2.67%	1.23%
1996	113,754,779	22,895,746	2.65%	1%
1997	116,754,792	23,110,830	2.64%	0.94%
1998	119,846,254	23,311,564	2.65%	0.87%
1999	123,047,320	23,497,599	2.67%	0.8%
2000	126,382,494	23,665,910	2.71%	0.72%
2001	129,862,595	23,815,358	2.75%	0.63%
2002	133,471,989	23,943,973	2.78%	0.54%
2003	137,202,644	24,090,380	2.8%	0.61%
2004	141,057,045	24,254,943	2.81%	0.68%
2005	145,017,253	24,396,433	2.81%	0.58%
2006	149,077,334	24,524,507	2.8%	0.52%
2007	153,267,261	24,646,383	2.81%	0.5%
2008	157,595,014	24,764,618	2.82%	0.48%
2009	162,049,464	24,878,332	2.83%	0.46%
2010	166,642,886	24,987,258	2.83%	0.44%
2011	171,379,598	25,097,874	2.84%	0.44%
2012	176,200,625	25,211,728	2.81%	0.45%
2013	181,049,443	25,329,451	2.75%	0.47%
2014	185,896,915	25,451,262	2.68%	0.48%
2015	190,671,878	25,575,350	2.57%	0.49%
2016	195,443,700	25,698,326	2.5%	0.48%
2017	200,254,579	25,817,709	2.46%	0.46%
2018	204,938,755	25,931,147	2.34%	0.44%
2019	209,485,641	26,037,632	2.22%	0.41%
2020	213,996,181	26,136,312	2.15%	0.38%
2021	218,529,286	26,232,534	2.12%	0.37%
2022	223,150,896	26,328,845	2.11%	0.37%
2023	227,882,945	26,418,204	2.12%	0.34%
2024	232,679,478	26,498,823	2.1%	0.31%
2025	237,527,783	26,571,033	2.08%	0.27%
2026	242,431,830	26,633,682	2.06%	0.24%
2027	247,374,258	26,686,492	2.04%	0.2%
2028	252,346,128	26,729,261	2.01%	0.16%
2029	257,352,638	26,762,008	1.98%	0.12%
2030	262,380,975	26,784,894	1.95%	0.09%
2031	267,421,079	26,797,946	1.92%	0.05%
2032	272,483,635	26,801,071	1.89%	0.01%
2033	277,555,116	26,795,061	1.86%	-0.02%
2034	282,622,388	26,780,481	1.83%	-0.05%
2035	287,685,757	26,757,705	1.79%	-0.09%
2036	292,739,390	26,727,309	1.76%	-0.11%
2037	297,773,236	26,689,907	1.72%	-0.14%
2038	302,782,350	26,646,323	1.68%	-0.16%
2039	307,764,754	26,596,967	1.65%	-0.19%
2040	312,710,403	26,542,417	1.61%	-0.21%
2041	317,607,237	26,483,475	1.57%	-0.22%
2042	322,450,302	26,420,812	1.52%	-0.24%
2043	327,243,941	26,354,324	1.49%	-0.25%
2044	331,983,354	26,284,000	1.45%	-0.27%
2045	336,662,502	26,210,196	1.41%	-0.28%
2046	341,281,757	26,132,922	1.37%	-0.29%
2047	345,844,004	26,052,086	1.34%	-0.31%
2048	350,347,757	25,967,581	1.3%	-0.32%
2049	354,792,418	25,879,244	1.27%	-0.34%
2050	359,185,550	25,787,120	1.24%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Nigeria's population will grow by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people with a rank change from 6th to 5th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.