Population in Nigeria compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Philippines	Nigeria	Philippines
1960	45,053,782	27,891,897	-	-
1961	45,989,310	28,792,621	2.08%	3.23%
1962	46,965,292	29,723,536	2.12%	3.23%
1963	47,973,575	30,674,731	2.15%	3.2%
1964	49,012,016	31,643,032	2.16%	3.16%
1965	50,086,764	32,625,316	2.19%	3.1%
1966	51,188,234	33,617,170	2.2%	3.04%
1967	52,293,065	34,621,320	2.16%	2.99%
1968	53,432,783	35,638,342	2.18%	2.94%
1969	54,631,914	36,660,799	2.24%	2.87%
1970	55,893,838	37,622,204	2.31%	2.62%
1971	57,214,684	38,518,659	2.36%	2.38%
1972	58,601,748	39,408,560	2.42%	2.31%
1973	60,082,139	40,294,130	2.53%	2.25%
1974	61,679,144	41,174,341	2.66%	2.18%
1975	63,410,815	42,120,826	2.81%	2.3%
1976	65,258,009	43,201,488	2.91%	2.57%
1977	67,234,590	44,367,962	3.03%	2.7%
1978	69,326,532	45,575,281	3.11%	2.72%
1979	71,498,242	46,807,103	3.13%	2.7%
1980	73,764,641	48,043,740	3.17%	2.64%
1981	76,068,103	49,311,727	3.12%	2.64%
1982	78,378,701	50,695,707	3.04%	2.81%
1983	80,438,260	52,194,620	2.63%	2.96%
1984	82,526,443	53,726,181	2.6%	2.93%
1985	84,897,973	55,213,006	2.87%	2.77%
1986	87,235,953	56,645,077	2.75%	2.59%
1987	89,591,716	58,157,496	2.7%	2.67%
1988	92,020,090	59,739,052	2.71%	2.72%
1989	94,531,014	61,265,260	2.73%	2.55%
1990	97,120,925	62,854,666	2.74%	2.59%
1991	99,720,162	64,382,249	2.68%	2.43%
1992	102,372,770	65,926,125	2.66%	2.4%
1993	105,122,069	67,530,621	2.69%	2.43%
1994	107,935,714	69,019,291	2.68%	2.2%
1995	110,819,428	70,546,246	2.67%	2.21%
1996	113,754,779	72,190,242	2.65%	2.33%
1997	116,754,792	73,908,810	2.64%	2.38%
1998	119,846,254	75,791,024	2.65%	2.55%
1999	123,047,320	77,753,257	2.67%	2.59%
2000	126,382,494	79,625,397	2.71%	2.41%
2001	129,862,595	81,401,488	2.75%	2.23%
2002	133,471,989	83,068,889	2.78%	2.05%
2003	137,202,644	84,731,835	2.8%	2%
2004	141,057,045	86,394,504	2.81%	1.96%
2005	145,017,253	88,015,962	2.81%	1.88%
2006	149,077,334	89,508,986	2.8%	1.7%
2007	153,267,261	91,075,184	2.81%	1.75%
2008	157,595,014	92,699,095	2.82%	1.78%
2009	162,049,464	94,384,250	2.83%	1.82%
2010	166,642,886	96,337,125	2.83%	2.07%
2011	171,379,598	98,248,614	2.84%	1.98%
2012	176,200,625	100,175,512	2.81%	1.96%
2013	181,049,443	102,076,336	2.75%	1.9%
2014	185,896,915	103,767,130	2.68%	1.66%
2015	190,671,878	105,312,992	2.57%	1.49%
2016	195,443,700	106,735,719	2.5%	1.35%
2017	200,254,579	108,119,693	2.46%	1.3%
2018	204,938,755	109,465,287	2.34%	1.24%
2019	209,485,641	110,804,683	2.22%	1.22%
2020	213,996,181	112,081,264	2.15%	1.15%
2021	218,529,286	113,100,950	2.12%	0.91%
2022	223,150,896	113,964,338	2.11%	0.76%
2023	227,882,945	114,891,199	2.12%	0.81%
2024	232,679,478	115,843,670	2.1%	0.83%
2025	237,527,783	116,786,968	2.08%	0.81%
2026	242,431,830	117,724,479	2.06%	0.8%
2027	247,374,258	118,656,426	2.04%	0.79%
2028	252,346,128	119,583,984	2.01%	0.78%
2029	257,352,638	120,502,132	1.98%	0.77%
2030	262,380,975	121,408,897	1.95%	0.75%
2031	267,421,079	122,301,606	1.92%	0.74%
2032	272,483,635	123,180,341	1.89%	0.72%
2033	277,555,116	124,049,036	1.86%	0.71%
2034	282,622,388	124,904,124	1.83%	0.69%
2035	287,685,757	125,740,977	1.79%	0.67%
2036	292,739,390	126,558,232	1.76%	0.65%
2037	297,773,236	127,352,607	1.72%	0.63%
2038	302,782,350	128,118,535	1.68%	0.6%
2039	307,764,754	128,850,047	1.65%	0.57%
2040	312,710,403	129,546,666	1.61%	0.54%
2041	317,607,237	130,209,810	1.57%	0.51%
2042	322,450,302	130,837,005	1.52%	0.48%
2043	327,243,941	131,427,404	1.49%	0.45%
2044	331,983,354	131,979,673	1.45%	0.42%
2045	336,662,502	132,492,038	1.41%	0.39%
2046	341,281,757	132,962,001	1.37%	0.35%
2047	345,844,004	133,385,290	1.34%	0.32%
2048	350,347,757	133,759,436	1.3%	0.28%
2049	354,792,418	134,089,011	1.27%	0.25%
2050	359,185,550	134,373,439	1.24%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.