Population in Nigeria compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	45,053,782	1,995,110	-	-
1961	45,989,310	2,046,127	2.08%	2.56%
1962	46,965,292	2,093,919	2.12%	2.34%
1963	47,973,575	2,141,376	2.15%	2.27%
1964	49,012,016	2,188,325	2.16%	2.19%
1965	50,086,764	2,235,820	2.19%	2.17%
1966	51,188,234	2,285,774	2.2%	2.23%
1967	52,293,065	2,337,532	2.16%	2.26%
1968	53,432,783	2,390,803	2.18%	2.28%
1969	54,631,914	2,446,927	2.24%	2.35%
1970	55,893,838	2,505,628	2.31%	2.4%
1971	57,214,684	2,566,421	2.36%	2.43%
1972	58,601,748	2,628,432	2.42%	2.42%
1973	60,082,139	2,690,629	2.53%	2.37%
1974	61,679,144	2,752,671	2.66%	2.31%
1975	63,410,815	2,814,820	2.81%	2.26%
1976	65,258,009	2,877,327	2.91%	2.22%
1977	67,234,590	2,940,327	3.03%	2.19%
1978	69,326,532	3,003,714	3.11%	2.16%
1979	71,498,242	3,067,341	3.13%	2.12%
1980	73,764,641	3,131,512	3.17%	2.09%
1981	76,068,103	3,197,019	3.12%	2.09%
1982	78,378,701	3,264,291	3.04%	2.1%
1983	80,438,260	3,333,633	2.63%	2.12%
1984	82,526,443	3,405,198	2.6%	2.15%
1985	84,897,973	3,478,936	2.87%	2.17%
1986	87,235,953	3,554,793	2.75%	2.18%
1987	89,591,716	3,632,543	2.7%	2.19%
1988	92,020,090	3,711,880	2.71%	2.18%
1989	94,531,014	3,796,078	2.73%	2.27%
1990	97,120,925	3,896,481	2.74%	2.64%
1991	99,720,162	4,021,837	2.68%	3.22%
1992	102,372,770	4,166,699	2.66%	3.6%
1993	105,122,069	4,320,872	2.69%	3.7%
1994	107,935,714	4,480,208	2.68%	3.69%
1995	110,819,428	4,644,278	2.67%	3.66%
1996	113,754,779	4,813,361	2.65%	3.64%
1997	116,754,792	4,987,883	2.64%	3.63%
1998	119,846,254	5,166,390	2.65%	3.58%
1999	123,047,320	5,349,333	2.67%	3.54%
2000	126,382,494	5,537,064	2.71%	3.51%
2001	129,862,595	5,728,435	2.75%	3.46%
2002	133,471,989	5,924,003	2.78%	3.41%
2003	137,202,644	6,123,997	2.8%	3.38%
2004	141,057,045	6,328,041	2.81%	3.33%
2005	145,017,253	6,535,905	2.81%	3.28%
2006	149,077,334	6,747,720	2.8%	3.24%
2007	153,267,261	6,963,345	2.81%	3.2%
2008	157,595,014	7,183,002	2.82%	3.15%
2009	162,049,464	7,406,438	2.83%	3.11%
2010	166,642,886	7,633,523	2.83%	3.07%
2011	171,379,598	7,859,346	2.84%	2.96%
2012	176,200,625	8,081,390	2.81%	2.83%
2013	181,049,443	8,302,698	2.75%	2.74%
2014	185,896,915	8,523,441	2.68%	2.66%
2015	190,671,878	8,743,246	2.57%	2.58%
2016	195,443,700	8,961,718	2.5%	2.5%
2017	200,254,579	9,178,714	2.46%	2.42%
2018	204,938,755	9,394,513	2.34%	2.35%
2019	209,485,641	9,609,010	2.22%	2.28%
2020	213,996,181	9,815,746	2.15%	2.15%
2021	218,529,286	10,012,896	2.12%	2.01%
2022	223,150,896	10,203,169	2.11%	1.9%
2023	227,882,945	10,389,635	2.12%	1.83%
2024	232,679,478	10,576,502	2.1%	1.8%
2025	237,527,783	10,762,813	2.08%	1.76%
2026	242,431,830	10,947,845	2.06%	1.72%
2027	247,374,258	11,131,268	2.04%	1.68%
2028	252,346,128	11,312,895	2.01%	1.63%
2029	257,352,638	11,492,799	1.98%	1.59%
2030	262,380,975	11,671,420	1.95%	1.55%
2031	267,421,079	11,848,221	1.92%	1.51%
2032	272,483,635	12,023,121	1.89%	1.48%
2033	277,555,116	12,196,639	1.86%	1.44%
2034	282,622,388	12,369,248	1.83%	1.42%
2035	287,685,757	12,540,596	1.79%	1.39%
2036	292,739,390	12,710,682	1.76%	1.36%
2037	297,773,236	12,879,737	1.72%	1.33%
2038	302,782,350	13,047,122	1.68%	1.3%
2039	307,764,754	13,212,668	1.65%	1.27%
2040	312,710,403	13,376,156	1.61%	1.24%
2041	317,607,237	13,537,361	1.57%	1.21%
2042	322,450,302	13,696,139	1.52%	1.17%
2043	327,243,941	13,853,410	1.49%	1.15%
2044	331,983,354	14,009,926	1.45%	1.13%
2045	336,662,502	14,165,578	1.41%	1.11%
2046	341,281,757	14,318,889	1.37%	1.08%
2047	345,844,004	14,469,210	1.34%	1.05%
2048	350,347,757	14,617,364	1.3%	1.02%
2049	354,792,418	14,763,600	1.27%	1%
2050	359,185,550	14,906,584	1.24%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.