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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Palau	Nigeria	Palau
1960	45,053,782	9,328	-	-
1961	45,989,310	9,555	2.08%	2.43%
1962	46,965,292	9,793	2.12%	2.49%
1963	47,973,575	10,037	2.15%	2.49%
1964	49,012,016	10,292	2.16%	2.54%
1965	50,086,764	10,547	2.19%	2.48%
1966	51,188,234	10,805	2.2%	2.45%
1967	52,293,065	10,988	2.16%	1.69%
1968	53,432,783	11,080	2.18%	0.84%
1969	54,631,914	11,159	2.24%	0.71%
1970	55,893,838	11,368	2.31%	1.87%
1971	57,214,684	11,759	2.36%	3.44%
1972	58,601,748	12,194	2.42%	3.7%
1973	60,082,139	12,552	2.53%	2.94%
1974	61,679,144	12,687	2.66%	1.08%
1975	63,410,815	12,655	2.81%	-0.25%
1976	65,258,009	12,598	2.91%	-0.45%
1977	67,234,590	12,525	3.03%	-0.58%
1978	69,326,532	12,440	3.11%	-0.68%
1979	71,498,242	12,337	3.13%	-0.83%
1980	73,764,641	12,271	3.17%	-0.53%
1981	76,068,103	12,402	3.12%	1.07%
1982	78,378,701	12,694	3.04%	2.35%
1983	80,438,260	13,006	2.63%	2.46%
1984	82,526,443	13,337	2.6%	2.54%
1985	84,897,973	13,688	2.87%	2.63%
1986	87,235,953	14,024	2.75%	2.45%
1987	89,591,716	14,334	2.7%	2.21%
1988	92,020,090	14,645	2.71%	2.17%
1989	94,531,014	14,945	2.73%	2.05%
1990	97,120,925	15,259	2.74%	2.1%
1991	99,720,162	15,614	2.68%	2.33%
1992	102,372,770	15,989	2.66%	2.4%
1993	105,122,069	16,372	2.69%	2.4%
1994	107,935,714	16,770	2.68%	2.43%
1995	110,819,428	17,195	2.67%	2.53%
1996	113,754,779	17,654	2.65%	2.67%
1997	116,754,792	18,108	2.64%	2.57%
1998	119,846,254	18,524	2.65%	2.3%
1999	123,047,320	18,901	2.67%	2.04%
2000	126,382,494	19,178	2.71%	1.47%
2001	129,862,595	19,352	2.75%	0.91%
2002	133,471,989	19,503	2.78%	0.78%
2003	137,202,644	19,659	2.8%	0.8%
2004	141,057,045	19,820	2.81%	0.82%
2005	145,017,253	19,819	2.81%	-0.005%
2006	149,077,334	19,593	2.8%	-1.14%
2007	153,267,261	19,302	2.81%	-1.49%
2008	157,595,014	19,009	2.82%	-1.52%
2009	162,049,464	18,709	2.83%	-1.58%
2010	166,642,886	18,396	2.83%	-1.67%
2011	171,379,598	18,078	2.84%	-1.73%
2012	176,200,625	17,765	2.81%	-1.73%
2013	181,049,443	17,648	2.75%	-0.66%
2014	185,896,915	17,715	2.68%	0.38%
2015	190,671,878	17,770	2.57%	0.31%
2016	195,443,700	17,797	2.5%	0.15%
2017	200,254,579	17,812	2.46%	0.08%
2018	204,938,755	17,814	2.34%	0.01%
2019	209,485,641	17,798	2.22%	-0.09%
2020	213,996,181	17,792	2.15%	-0.03%
2021	218,529,286	17,783	2.12%	-0.05%
2022	223,150,896	17,759	2.11%	-0.13%
2023	227,882,945	17,727	2.12%	-0.18%
2024	232,679,478	17,695	2.1%	-0.18%
2025	237,527,783	17,663	2.08%	-0.18%
2026	242,431,830	17,618	2.06%	-0.25%
2027	247,374,258	17,564	2.04%	-0.31%
2028	252,346,128	17,504	2.01%	-0.34%
2029	257,352,638	17,436	1.98%	-0.39%
2030	262,380,975	17,376	1.95%	-0.34%
2031	267,421,079	17,299	1.92%	-0.44%
2032	272,483,635	17,228	1.89%	-0.41%
2033	277,555,116	17,163	1.86%	-0.38%
2034	282,622,388	17,092	1.83%	-0.41%
2035	287,685,757	17,012	1.79%	-0.47%
2036	292,739,390	16,940	1.76%	-0.43%
2037	297,773,236	16,858	1.72%	-0.48%
2038	302,782,350	16,779	1.68%	-0.47%
2039	307,764,754	16,689	1.65%	-0.54%
2040	312,710,403	16,604	1.61%	-0.51%
2041	317,607,237	16,510	1.57%	-0.57%
2042	322,450,302	16,403	1.52%	-0.65%
2043	327,243,941	16,302	1.49%	-0.61%
2044	331,983,354	16,202	1.45%	-0.62%
2045	336,662,502	16,097	1.41%	-0.65%
2046	341,281,757	15,977	1.37%	-0.74%
2047	345,844,004	15,863	1.34%	-0.71%
2048	350,347,757	15,749	1.3%	-0.72%
2049	354,792,418	15,632	1.27%	-0.74%
2050	359,185,550	15,515	1.24%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Nigeria's population will grow by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people with a rank change from 6th to 5th. The population of Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.