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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Poland	Nigeria	Poland
1960	45,053,782	29,637,450	-	-
1961	45,989,310	29,964,000	2.08%	1.1%
1962	46,965,292	30,308,500	2.12%	1.15%
1963	47,973,575	30,712,000	2.15%	1.33%
1964	49,012,016	31,139,450	2.16%	1.39%
1965	50,086,764	31,444,950	2.19%	0.98%
1966	51,188,234	31,681,000	2.2%	0.75%
1967	52,293,065	31,987,155	2.16%	0.97%
1968	53,432,783	32,294,655	2.18%	0.96%
1969	54,631,914	32,548,300	2.24%	0.79%
1970	55,893,838	32,664,300	2.31%	0.36%
1971	57,214,684	32,783,500	2.36%	0.36%
1972	58,601,748	33,055,650	2.42%	0.83%
1973	60,082,139	33,357,200	2.53%	0.91%
1974	61,679,144	33,678,899	2.66%	0.96%
1975	63,410,815	34,015,199	2.81%	1%
1976	65,258,009	34,356,300	2.91%	1%
1977	67,234,590	34,689,050	3.03%	0.97%
1978	69,326,532	34,965,600	3.11%	0.8%
1979	71,498,242	35,247,217	3.13%	0.81%
1980	73,764,641	35,574,150	3.17%	0.93%
1981	76,068,103	35,898,587	3.12%	0.91%
1982	78,378,701	36,230,481	3.04%	0.92%
1983	80,438,260	36,571,808	2.63%	0.94%
1984	82,526,443	36,904,134	2.6%	0.91%
1985	84,897,973	37,201,885	2.87%	0.81%
1986	87,235,953	37,456,119	2.75%	0.68%
1987	89,591,716	37,668,045	2.7%	0.57%
1988	92,020,090	37,824,487	2.71%	0.42%
1989	94,531,014	37,961,529	2.73%	0.36%
1990	97,120,925	38,110,782	2.74%	0.39%
1991	99,720,162	38,246,193	2.68%	0.36%
1992	102,372,770	38,363,667	2.66%	0.31%
1993	105,122,069	38,461,408	2.69%	0.25%
1994	107,935,714	38,542,652	2.68%	0.21%
1995	110,819,428	38,594,998	2.67%	0.14%
1996	113,754,779	38,624,370	2.65%	0.08%
1997	116,754,792	38,649,660	2.64%	0.07%
1998	119,846,254	38,663,481	2.65%	0.04%
1999	123,047,320	38,660,271	2.67%	-0.008%
2000	126,382,494	38,258,629	2.71%	-1.04%
2001	129,862,595	38,248,076	2.75%	-0.03%
2002	133,471,989	38,230,364	2.78%	-0.05%
2003	137,202,644	38,204,570	2.8%	-0.07%
2004	141,057,045	38,182,222	2.81%	-0.06%
2005	145,017,253	38,165,445	2.81%	-0.04%
2006	149,077,334	38,141,267	2.8%	-0.06%
2007	153,267,261	38,120,560	2.81%	-0.05%
2008	157,595,014	38,125,759	2.82%	0.01%
2009	162,049,464	38,151,603	2.83%	0.07%
2010	166,642,886	38,042,794	2.83%	-0.29%
2011	171,379,598	38,063,255	2.84%	0.05%
2012	176,200,625	38,063,164	2.81%	-0%
2013	181,049,443	38,040,196	2.75%	-0.06%
2014	185,896,915	38,011,735	2.68%	-0.07%
2015	190,671,878	37,986,412	2.57%	-0.07%
2016	195,443,700	37,970,087	2.5%	-0.04%
2017	200,254,579	37,974,826	2.46%	0.01%
2018	204,938,755	37,974,750	2.34%	-0%
2019	209,485,641	37,965,475	2.22%	-0.02%
2020	213,996,181	37,515,748	2.15%	-1.18%
2021	218,529,286	36,981,559	2.12%	-1.42%
2022	223,150,896	36,821,749	2.11%	-0.43%
2023	227,882,945	36,687,353	2.12%	-0.36%
2024	232,679,478	36,554,707	2.1%	-0.36%
2025	237,527,783	36,176,920	2.08%	-1.03%
2026	242,431,830	35,894,534	2.06%	-0.78%
2027	247,374,258	35,753,988	2.04%	-0.39%
2028	252,346,128	35,605,295	2.01%	-0.42%
2029	257,352,638	35,447,860	1.98%	-0.44%
2030	262,380,975	35,283,068	1.95%	-0.46%
2031	267,421,079	35,111,838	1.92%	-0.49%
2032	272,483,635	34,934,626	1.89%	-0.5%
2033	277,555,116	34,753,118	1.86%	-0.52%
2034	282,622,388	34,567,292	1.83%	-0.53%
2035	287,685,757	34,377,478	1.79%	-0.55%
2036	292,739,390	34,183,187	1.76%	-0.57%
2037	297,773,236	33,984,777	1.72%	-0.58%
2038	302,782,350	33,782,992	1.68%	-0.59%
2039	307,764,754	33,577,269	1.65%	-0.61%
2040	312,710,403	33,368,049	1.61%	-0.62%
2041	317,607,237	33,156,329	1.57%	-0.63%
2042	322,450,302	32,941,367	1.52%	-0.65%
2043	327,243,941	32,722,775	1.49%	-0.66%
2044	331,983,354	32,501,991	1.45%	-0.67%
2045	336,662,502	32,278,695	1.41%	-0.69%
2046	341,281,757	32,052,771	1.37%	-0.7%
2047	345,844,004	31,824,481	1.34%	-0.71%
2048	350,347,757	31,593,911	1.3%	-0.72%
2049	354,792,418	31,360,713	1.27%	-0.74%
2050	359,185,550	31,124,396	1.24%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.