The latest officially reported population of Nigeria was 232,679,478 in 2024 vs 6,929,153 people in Paraguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nigeria's population is 241,467,099 people compared to 7,079,103 in Paraguay.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 34.1 times bigger than Paraguay's.
- Nigeria is ranked the 6th most populous country in the world, while Paraguay is the 108th.
- The countries together account for 3.01% of the world: 2.92% for Nigeria vs 0.09% for Paraguay.
- For the last 10 years, Nigeria has had an average growth rate of +2.31% per year vs +1.34% in Paraguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Nigeria has increased from 145M people to 241M (66.5% growth), while Paraguay has grown from 5.45M to 7.08M (29.9% growth).
- Nigeria is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 477M people compared to the peak of 9.29M people in 2078 for Paraguay.
Nigeria vs Paraguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
241467099
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7079103
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| Population rank | 6/197 | 108/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.92% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
6.58 seconds
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6.18 minutes
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| One birth every |
4.2 seconds
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3.84 minutes
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| One death every |
11.8 seconds
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13.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.9 minutes
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42.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -35,202 | -12,451 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13,141 | +233 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,796,533 | +85,007 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.1% | +1.24% |
| Population growth rate rank | 50/197 | 89/197 |
Nigeria and Paraguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 45,053,782 | 1,883,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 45,989,310 | 1,927,394 | 2.08% | 2.33% |
| 1962 | 46,965,292 | 1,973,130 | 2.12% | 2.37% |
| 1963 | 47,973,575 | 2,021,909 | 2.15% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 49,012,016 | 2,073,119 | 2.16% | 2.53% |
| 1965 | 50,086,764 | 2,125,177 | 2.19% | 2.51% |
| 1966 | 51,188,234 | 2,177,584 | 2.2% | 2.47% |
| 1967 | 52,293,065 | 2,229,994 | 2.16% | 2.41% |
| 1968 | 53,432,783 | 2,282,391 | 2.18% | 2.35% |
| 1969 | 54,631,914 | 2,334,992 | 2.24% | 2.3% |
| 1970 | 55,893,838 | 2,388,028 | 2.31% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 57,214,684 | 2,442,537 | 2.36% | 2.28% |
| 1972 | 58,601,748 | 2,499,881 | 2.42% | 2.35% |
| 1973 | 60,082,139 | 2,561,102 | 2.53% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 61,679,144 | 2,625,621 | 2.66% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 63,410,815 | 2,691,648 | 2.81% | 2.51% |
| 1976 | 65,258,009 | 2,758,836 | 2.91% | 2.5% |
| 1977 | 67,234,590 | 2,827,874 | 3.03% | 2.5% |
| 1978 | 69,326,532 | 2,899,269 | 3.11% | 2.52% |
| 1979 | 71,498,242 | 2,973,968 | 3.13% | 2.58% |
| 1980 | 73,764,641 | 3,053,235 | 3.17% | 2.67% |
| 1981 | 76,068,103 | 3,137,604 | 3.12% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 78,378,701 | 3,226,189 | 3.04% | 2.82% |
| 1983 | 80,438,260 | 3,318,068 | 2.63% | 2.85% |
| 1984 | 82,526,443 | 3,412,936 | 2.6% | 2.86% |
| 1985 | 84,897,973 | 3,510,671 | 2.87% | 2.86% |
| 1986 | 87,235,953 | 3,611,474 | 2.75% | 2.87% |
| 1987 | 89,591,716 | 3,714,889 | 2.7% | 2.86% |
| 1988 | 92,020,090 | 3,820,546 | 2.71% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 94,531,014 | 3,927,802 | 2.73% | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 97,120,925 | 4,035,747 | 2.74% | 2.75% |
| 1991 | 99,720,162 | 4,144,364 | 2.68% | 2.69% |
| 1992 | 102,372,770 | 4,253,600 | 2.66% | 2.64% |
| 1993 | 105,122,069 | 4,362,696 | 2.69% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 107,935,714 | 4,471,417 | 2.68% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 110,819,428 | 4,579,806 | 2.67% | 2.42% |
| 1996 | 113,754,779 | 4,687,543 | 2.65% | 2.35% |
| 1997 | 116,754,792 | 4,794,412 | 2.64% | 2.28% |
| 1998 | 119,846,254 | 4,900,025 | 2.65% | 2.2% |
| 1999 | 123,047,320 | 5,003,135 | 2.67% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 126,382,494 | 5,100,868 | 2.71% | 1.95% |
| 2001 | 129,862,595 | 5,187,689 | 2.75% | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 133,471,989 | 5,261,328 | 2.78% | 1.42% |
| 2003 | 137,202,644 | 5,326,436 | 2.8% | 1.24% |
| 2004 | 141,057,045 | 5,388,175 | 2.81% | 1.16% |
| 2005 | 145,017,253 | 5,448,097 | 2.81% | 1.11% |
| 2006 | 149,077,334 | 5,505,148 | 2.8% | 1.05% |
| 2007 | 153,267,261 | 5,559,386 | 2.81% | 0.99% |
| 2008 | 157,595,014 | 5,613,574 | 2.82% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 162,049,464 | 5,671,236 | 2.83% | 1.03% |
| 2010 | 166,642,886 | 5,737,971 | 2.83% | 1.18% |
| 2011 | 171,379,598 | 5,814,626 | 2.84% | 1.34% |
| 2012 | 176,200,625 | 5,897,008 | 2.81% | 1.42% |
| 2013 | 181,049,443 | 5,982,445 | 2.75% | 1.45% |
| 2014 | 185,896,915 | 6,069,811 | 2.68% | 1.46% |
| 2015 | 190,671,878 | 6,159,103 | 2.57% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 195,443,700 | 6,249,126 | 2.5% | 1.46% |
| 2017 | 200,254,579 | 6,338,660 | 2.46% | 1.43% |
| 2018 | 204,938,755 | 6,427,382 | 2.34% | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 209,485,641 | 6,515,058 | 2.22% | 1.36% |
| 2020 | 213,996,181 | 6,603,739 | 2.15% | 1.36% |
| 2021 | 218,529,286 | 6,684,182 | 2.12% | 1.22% |
| 2022 | 223,150,896 | 6,760,464 | 2.11% | 1.14% |
| 2023 | 227,882,945 | 6,844,146 | 2.12% | 1.24% |
| 2024 | 232,679,478 | 6,929,153 | 2.1% | 1.24% |
| 2025 | 237,527,783 | 7,013,079 | 2.08% | 1.21% |
| 2026 | 242,431,830 | 7,095,273 | 2.06% | 1.17% |
| 2027 | 247,374,258 | 7,175,671 | 2.04% | 1.13% |
| 2028 | 252,346,128 | 7,254,526 | 2.01% | 1.1% |
| 2029 | 257,352,638 | 7,331,909 | 1.98% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 262,380,975 | 7,407,622 | 1.95% | 1.03% |
| 2031 | 267,421,079 | 7,481,641 | 1.92% | 1% |
| 2032 | 272,483,635 | 7,554,221 | 1.89% | 0.97% |
| 2033 | 277,555,116 | 7,625,459 | 1.86% | 0.94% |
| 2034 | 282,622,388 | 7,695,120 | 1.83% | 0.91% |
| 2035 | 287,685,757 | 7,763,524 | 1.79% | 0.89% |
| 2036 | 292,739,390 | 7,830,885 | 1.76% | 0.87% |
| 2037 | 297,773,236 | 7,896,975 | 1.72% | 0.84% |
| 2038 | 302,782,350 | 7,961,863 | 1.68% | 0.82% |
| 2039 | 307,764,754 | 8,025,487 | 1.65% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 312,710,403 | 8,087,571 | 1.61% | 0.77% |
| 2041 | 317,607,237 | 8,148,407 | 1.57% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 322,450,302 | 8,208,318 | 1.52% | 0.74% |
| 2043 | 327,243,941 | 8,267,008 | 1.49% | 0.72% |
| 2044 | 331,983,354 | 8,324,330 | 1.45% | 0.69% |
| 2045 | 336,662,502 | 8,380,533 | 1.41% | 0.68% |
| 2046 | 341,281,757 | 8,435,754 | 1.37% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 345,844,004 | 8,489,460 | 1.34% | 0.64% |
| 2048 | 350,347,757 | 8,541,342 | 1.3% | 0.61% |
| 2049 | 354,792,418 | 8,591,710 | 1.27% | 0.59% |
| 2050 | 359,185,550 | 8,640,471 | 1.24% | 0.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Paraguay gained 711,006 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Paraguay's population increased by 920,000 (a 14.9% growth).
Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Paraguay was ranked 107th in 2005 and ranked 108th 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 Paraguay will increase by 22.1% to 8,640,471 people and rank change from 108th to 110th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Lagos | 15.1M |
| Kano | 4.35M |
| Port Harcourt | 3.32M |
| Ibadan | 2.55M |
| Benin | 1.78M |
| Abuja | 1.69M |
| Onitsha | 1.48M |
| Maiduguri | 1.2M |
| Aba | 1.16M |
| Enugu | 1.03M |
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| City | Population |
| Asuncion | 462K |
| Ciudad del Este | 350K |
| Luque | 260K |
| San Lorenzo | 225K |
| Pedro Juan Caballero | 127K |
| Caaguazu | 127K |
| Encarnacion | 107K |
| Coronel Oviedo | 52.4K |
| Concepcion | 45.1K |
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Population differences between Nigeria and Paraguay
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| Life expectancy | 54.8 years | 74.1 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 27.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.6:49.4 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 4.48 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 662 ppl/mi² | 45.3 ppl/mi² |
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