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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Pakistan	Nigeria	Pakistan
1960	45,053,782	45,709,310	-	-
1961	45,989,310	46,921,277	2.08%	2.65%
1962	46,965,292	48,156,128	2.12%	2.63%
1963	47,973,575	49,447,776	2.15%	2.68%
1964	49,012,016	50,799,999	2.16%	2.73%
1965	50,086,764	52,209,010	2.19%	2.77%
1966	51,188,234	53,678,667	2.2%	2.81%
1967	52,293,065	55,214,768	2.16%	2.86%
1968	53,432,783	56,810,507	2.18%	2.89%
1969	54,631,914	58,460,939	2.24%	2.91%
1970	55,893,838	60,166,719	2.31%	2.92%
1971	57,214,684	61,847,899	2.36%	2.79%
1972	58,601,748	63,583,194	2.42%	2.81%
1973	60,082,139	65,461,912	2.53%	2.95%
1974	61,679,144	67,415,487	2.66%	2.98%
1975	63,410,815	69,461,175	2.81%	3.03%
1976	65,258,009	71,620,254	2.91%	3.11%
1977	67,234,590	73,901,827	3.03%	3.19%
1978	69,326,532	76,307,379	3.11%	3.26%
1979	71,498,242	78,997,039	3.13%	3.52%
1980	73,764,641	82,291,010	3.17%	4.17%
1981	76,068,103	85,802,049	3.12%	4.27%
1982	78,378,701	89,089,246	3.04%	3.83%
1983	80,438,260	92,227,711	2.63%	3.52%
1984	82,526,443	95,164,936	2.6%	3.18%
1985	84,897,973	98,229,285	2.87%	3.22%
1986	87,235,953	101,606,764	2.75%	3.44%
1987	89,591,716	105,130,717	2.7%	3.47%
1988	92,020,090	108,724,739	2.71%	3.42%
1989	94,531,014	112,336,629	2.73%	3.32%
1990	97,120,925	116,155,576	2.74%	3.4%
1991	99,720,162	120,060,406	2.68%	3.36%
1992	102,372,770	123,546,848	2.66%	2.9%
1993	105,122,069	127,020,117	2.69%	2.81%
1994	107,935,714	130,748,083	2.68%	2.93%
1995	110,819,428	134,582,253	2.67%	2.93%
1996	113,754,779	138,557,092	2.65%	2.95%
1997	116,754,792	142,531,804	2.64%	2.87%
1998	119,846,254	146,522,356	2.65%	2.8%
1999	123,047,320	150,565,377	2.67%	2.76%
2000	126,382,494	154,879,127	2.71%	2.87%
2001	129,862,595	159,270,907	2.75%	2.84%
2002	133,471,989	163,222,549	2.78%	2.48%
2003	137,202,644	167,110,248	2.8%	2.38%
2004	141,057,045	171,286,000	2.81%	2.5%
2005	145,017,253	175,453,212	2.81%	2.43%
2006	149,077,334	179,682,690	2.8%	2.41%
2007	153,267,261	184,493,231	2.81%	2.68%
2008	157,595,014	189,499,113	2.82%	2.71%
2009	162,049,464	194,376,534	2.83%	2.57%
2010	166,642,886	199,239,047	2.83%	2.5%
2011	171,379,598	203,746,065	2.84%	2.26%
2012	176,200,625	207,667,125	2.81%	1.92%
2013	181,049,443	211,073,978	2.75%	1.64%
2014	185,896,915	214,264,647	2.68%	1.51%
2015	190,671,878	217,290,883	2.57%	1.41%
2016	195,443,700	220,138,869	2.5%	1.31%
2017	200,254,579	223,273,967	2.46%	1.42%
2018	204,938,755	226,928,892	2.34%	1.64%
2019	209,485,641	230,800,899	2.22%	1.71%
2020	213,996,181	235,001,746	2.15%	1.82%
2021	218,529,286	239,477,801	2.12%	1.9%
2022	223,150,896	243,700,667	2.11%	1.76%
2023	227,882,945	247,504,495	2.12%	1.56%
2024	232,679,478	251,269,164	2.1%	1.52%
2025	237,527,783	255,219,564	2.08%	1.57%
2026	242,431,830	259,299,796	2.06%	1.6%
2027	247,374,258	263,515,827	2.04%	1.63%
2028	252,346,128	267,881,923	2.01%	1.66%
2029	257,352,638	272,337,520	1.98%	1.66%
2030	262,380,975	276,883,261	1.95%	1.67%
2031	267,421,079	281,528,070	1.92%	1.68%
2032	272,483,635	286,241,141	1.89%	1.67%
2033	277,555,116	291,012,268	1.86%	1.67%
2034	282,622,388	295,820,153	1.83%	1.65%
2035	287,685,757	300,643,518	1.79%	1.63%
2036	292,739,390	305,491,504	1.76%	1.61%
2037	297,773,236	310,353,293	1.72%	1.59%
2038	302,782,350	315,227,709	1.68%	1.57%
2039	307,764,754	320,105,882	1.65%	1.55%
2040	312,710,403	324,937,703	1.61%	1.51%
2041	317,607,237	329,746,478	1.57%	1.48%
2042	322,450,302	334,551,874	1.52%	1.46%
2043	327,243,941	339,334,851	1.49%	1.43%
2044	331,983,354	344,095,467	1.45%	1.4%
2045	336,662,502	348,837,732	1.41%	1.38%
2046	341,281,757	353,552,859	1.37%	1.35%
2047	345,844,004	358,207,159	1.34%	1.32%
2048	350,347,757	362,796,532	1.3%	1.28%
2049	354,792,418	367,344,429	1.27%	1.25%
2050	359,185,550	371,863,804	1.24%	1.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.