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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Peru	Nigeria	Peru
1960	45,053,782	10,174,127	-	-
1961	45,989,310	10,475,123	2.08%	2.96%
1962	46,965,292	10,784,612	2.12%	2.95%
1963	47,973,575	11,102,099	2.15%	2.94%
1964	49,012,016	11,427,978	2.16%	2.94%
1965	50,086,764	11,761,085	2.19%	2.91%
1966	51,188,234	12,101,297	2.2%	2.89%
1967	52,293,065	12,448,814	2.16%	2.87%
1968	53,432,783	12,803,993	2.18%	2.85%
1969	54,631,914	13,166,767	2.24%	2.83%
1970	55,893,838	13,501,237	2.31%	2.54%
1971	57,214,684	13,838,067	2.36%	2.49%
1972	58,601,748	14,210,147	2.42%	2.69%
1973	60,082,139	14,582,867	2.53%	2.62%
1974	61,679,144	14,956,552	2.66%	2.56%
1975	63,410,815	15,333,957	2.81%	2.52%
1976	65,258,009	15,716,809	2.91%	2.5%
1977	67,234,590	16,109,806	3.03%	2.5%
1978	69,326,532	16,516,059	3.11%	2.52%
1979	71,498,242	16,933,139	3.13%	2.53%
1980	73,764,641	17,360,949	3.17%	2.53%
1981	76,068,103	17,798,805	3.12%	2.52%
1982	78,378,701	18,246,503	3.04%	2.52%
1983	80,438,260	18,705,957	2.63%	2.52%
1984	82,526,443	19,174,716	2.6%	2.51%
1985	84,897,973	19,648,204	2.87%	2.47%
1986	87,235,953	20,117,122	2.75%	2.39%
1987	89,591,716	20,582,320	2.7%	2.31%
1988	92,020,090	21,054,702	2.71%	2.3%
1989	94,531,014	21,532,589	2.73%	2.27%
1990	97,120,925	22,014,771	2.74%	2.24%
1991	99,720,162	22,483,775	2.68%	2.13%
1992	102,372,770	22,946,340	2.66%	2.06%
1993	105,122,069	23,413,783	2.69%	2.04%
1994	107,935,714	23,881,493	2.68%	2%
1995	110,819,428	24,348,919	2.67%	1.96%
1996	113,754,779	24,811,171	2.65%	1.9%
1997	116,754,792	25,274,147	2.64%	1.87%
1998	119,846,254	25,738,095	2.65%	1.84%
1999	123,047,320	26,186,504	2.67%	1.74%
2000	126,382,494	26,598,331	2.71%	1.57%
2001	129,862,595	26,964,601	2.75%	1.38%
2002	133,471,989	27,288,217	2.78%	1.2%
2003	137,202,644	27,580,490	2.8%	1.07%
2004	141,057,045	27,852,190	2.81%	0.99%
2005	145,017,253	28,101,180	2.81%	0.89%
2006	149,077,334	28,324,491	2.8%	0.79%
2007	153,267,261	28,530,699	2.81%	0.73%
2008	157,595,014	28,719,041	2.82%	0.66%
2009	162,049,464	28,896,811	2.83%	0.62%
2010	166,642,886	29,086,019	2.83%	0.65%
2011	171,379,598	29,304,086	2.84%	0.75%
2012	176,200,625	29,550,366	2.81%	0.84%
2013	181,049,443	29,817,919	2.75%	0.91%
2014	185,896,915	30,115,826	2.68%	1%
2015	190,671,878	30,457,600	2.57%	1.13%
2016	195,443,700	30,866,494	2.5%	1.34%
2017	200,254,579	31,324,637	2.46%	1.48%
2018	204,938,755	31,897,584	2.34%	1.83%
2019	209,485,641	32,449,303	2.22%	1.73%
2020	213,996,181	32,838,579	2.15%	1.2%
2021	218,529,286	33,155,882	2.12%	0.97%
2022	223,150,896	33,475,438	2.11%	0.96%
2023	227,882,945	33,845,617	2.12%	1.11%
2024	232,679,478	34,217,848	2.1%	1.1%
2025	237,527,783	34,576,670	2.08%	1.05%
2026	242,431,830	34,922,144	2.06%	1%
2027	247,374,258	35,255,683	2.04%	0.96%
2028	252,346,128	35,578,281	2.01%	0.92%
2029	257,352,638	35,890,705	1.98%	0.88%
2030	262,380,975	36,193,882	1.95%	0.84%
2031	267,421,079	36,488,437	1.92%	0.81%
2032	272,483,635	36,774,937	1.89%	0.79%
2033	277,555,116	37,054,380	1.86%	0.76%
2034	282,622,388	37,326,798	1.83%	0.74%
2035	287,685,757	37,591,420	1.79%	0.71%
2036	292,739,390	37,848,147	1.76%	0.68%
2037	297,773,236	38,096,898	1.72%	0.66%
2038	302,782,350	38,337,328	1.68%	0.63%
2039	307,764,754	38,569,891	1.65%	0.61%
2040	312,710,403	38,794,647	1.61%	0.58%
2041	317,607,237	39,011,537	1.57%	0.56%
2042	322,450,302	39,220,371	1.52%	0.54%
2043	327,243,941	39,420,647	1.49%	0.51%
2044	331,983,354	39,612,847	1.45%	0.49%
2045	336,662,502	39,796,723	1.41%	0.46%
2046	341,281,757	39,971,719	1.37%	0.44%
2047	345,844,004	40,137,869	1.34%	0.42%
2048	350,347,757	40,294,857	1.3%	0.39%
2049	354,792,418	40,443,273	1.27%	0.37%
2050	359,185,550	40,583,875	1.24%	0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Peru gained 2,542,003 people (a 8.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,059,295 (a 13.2% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Peru was ranked 40th in 2006 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.2% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.