Population in Nigeria compared to Oman: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Oman: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Oman	Nigeria	Oman
1960	45,053,782	530,485	-	-
1961	45,989,310	539,854	2.08%	1.77%
1962	46,965,292	549,941	2.12%	1.87%
1963	47,973,575	560,827	2.15%	1.98%
1964	49,012,016	572,577	2.16%	2.1%
1965	50,086,764	585,236	2.19%	2.21%
1966	51,188,234	598,804	2.2%	2.32%
1967	52,293,065	613,318	2.16%	2.42%
1968	53,432,783	628,798	2.18%	2.52%
1969	54,631,914	645,255	2.24%	2.62%
1970	55,893,838	662,680	2.31%	2.7%
1971	57,214,684	681,119	2.36%	2.78%
1972	58,601,748	700,593	2.42%	2.86%
1973	60,082,139	721,179	2.53%	2.94%
1974	61,679,144	746,988	2.66%	3.58%
1975	63,410,815	778,864	2.81%	4.27%
1976	65,258,009	814,701	2.91%	4.6%
1977	67,234,590	855,314	3.03%	4.99%
1978	69,326,532	900,304	3.11%	5.26%
1979	71,498,242	949,116	3.13%	5.42%
1980	73,764,641	1,001,248	3.17%	5.49%
1981	76,068,103	1,057,320	3.12%	5.6%
1982	78,378,701	1,117,678	3.04%	5.71%
1983	80,438,260	1,181,459	2.63%	5.71%
1984	82,526,443	1,247,716	2.6%	5.61%
1985	84,897,973	1,325,480	2.87%	6.23%
1986	87,235,953	1,413,419	2.75%	6.63%
1987	89,591,716	1,500,996	2.7%	6.2%
1988	92,020,090	1,588,568	2.71%	5.83%
1989	94,531,014	1,676,228	2.73%	5.52%
1990	97,120,925	1,763,954	2.74%	5.23%
1991	99,720,162	1,851,473	2.68%	4.96%
1992	102,372,770	1,938,238	2.66%	4.69%
1993	105,122,069	2,021,675	2.69%	4.3%
1994	107,935,714	2,081,834	2.68%	2.98%
1995	110,819,428	2,120,528	2.67%	1.86%
1996	113,754,779	2,156,926	2.65%	1.72%
1997	116,754,792	2,190,720	2.64%	1.57%
1998	119,846,254	2,222,489	2.65%	1.45%
1999	123,047,320	2,252,909	2.67%	1.37%
2000	126,382,494	2,282,131	2.71%	1.3%
2001	129,862,595	2,310,217	2.75%	1.23%
2002	133,471,989	2,337,140	2.78%	1.17%
2003	137,202,644	2,363,796	2.8%	1.14%
2004	141,057,045	2,404,821	2.81%	1.74%
2005	145,017,253	2,459,802	2.81%	2.29%
2006	149,077,334	2,514,795	2.8%	2.24%
2007	153,267,261	2,570,174	2.81%	2.2%
2008	157,595,014	2,626,529	2.82%	2.19%
2009	162,049,464	2,684,659	2.83%	2.21%
2010	166,642,886	2,757,446	2.83%	2.71%
2011	171,379,598	3,076,763	2.84%	11.6%
2012	176,200,625	3,547,106	2.81%	15.3%
2013	181,049,443	3,833,913	2.75%	8.09%
2014	185,896,915	4,002,439	2.68%	4.4%
2015	190,671,878	4,184,895	2.57%	4.56%
2016	195,443,700	4,390,877	2.5%	4.92%
2017	200,254,579	4,537,396	2.46%	3.34%
2018	204,938,755	4,597,877	2.34%	1.33%
2019	209,485,641	4,591,241	2.22%	-0.14%
2020	213,996,181	4,522,497	2.15%	-1.5%
2021	218,529,286	4,500,424	2.12%	-0.49%
2022	223,150,896	4,730,226	2.11%	5.11%
2023	227,882,945	5,049,269	2.12%	6.74%
2024	232,679,478	5,281,538	2.1%	4.6%
2025	237,527,783	5,494,693	2.08%	4.04%
2026	242,431,830	5,671,451	2.06%	3.22%
2027	247,374,258	5,814,719	2.04%	2.53%
2028	252,346,128	5,929,317	2.01%	1.97%
2029	257,352,638	6,026,178	1.98%	1.63%
2030	262,380,975	6,112,708	1.95%	1.44%
2031	267,421,079	6,194,366	1.92%	1.34%
2032	272,483,635	6,275,465	1.89%	1.31%
2033	277,555,116	6,356,248	1.86%	1.29%
2034	282,622,388	6,436,919	1.83%	1.27%
2035	287,685,757	6,517,799	1.79%	1.26%
2036	292,739,390	6,599,101	1.76%	1.25%
2037	297,773,236	6,681,041	1.72%	1.24%
2038	302,782,350	6,763,781	1.68%	1.24%
2039	307,764,754	6,847,380	1.65%	1.24%
2040	312,710,403	6,931,970	1.61%	1.24%
2041	317,607,237	7,017,684	1.57%	1.24%
2042	322,450,302	7,104,475	1.52%	1.24%
2043	327,243,941	7,192,217	1.49%	1.24%
2044	331,983,354	7,280,846	1.45%	1.23%
2045	336,662,502	7,370,221	1.41%	1.23%
2046	341,281,757	7,460,268	1.37%	1.22%
2047	345,844,004	7,550,973	1.34%	1.22%
2048	350,347,757	7,642,323	1.3%	1.21%
2049	354,792,418	7,734,352	1.27%	1.2%
2050	359,185,550	7,826,991	1.24%	1.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Oman gained 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Oman was ranked 138th in 2006 and ranked 118th 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 Oman will increase by 38% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 118th to 113th.