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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Portugal	Nigeria	Portugal
1960	45,053,782	8,857,716	-	-
1961	45,989,310	8,929,316	2.08%	0.81%
1962	46,965,292	8,993,985	2.12%	0.72%
1963	47,973,575	9,030,355	2.15%	0.4%
1964	49,012,016	9,035,365	2.16%	0.06%
1965	50,086,764	8,998,595	2.19%	-0.41%
1966	51,188,234	8,930,990	2.2%	-0.75%
1967	52,293,065	8,874,520	2.16%	-0.63%
1968	53,432,783	8,836,650	2.18%	-0.43%
1969	54,631,914	8,757,705	2.24%	-0.89%
1970	55,893,838	8,680,431	2.31%	-0.88%
1971	57,214,684	8,643,756	2.36%	-0.42%
1972	58,601,748	8,630,430	2.42%	-0.15%
1973	60,082,139	8,633,100	2.53%	0.03%
1974	61,679,144	8,754,365	2.66%	1.4%
1975	63,410,815	9,093,470	2.81%	3.87%
1976	65,258,009	9,355,810	2.91%	2.88%
1977	67,234,590	9,455,675	3.03%	1.07%
1978	69,326,532	9,558,250	3.11%	1.08%
1979	71,498,242	9,661,265	3.13%	1.08%
1980	73,764,641	9,766,312	3.17%	1.09%
1981	76,068,103	9,851,362	3.12%	0.87%
1982	78,378,701	9,911,771	3.04%	0.61%
1983	80,438,260	9,957,865	2.63%	0.47%
1984	82,526,443	9,996,232	2.6%	0.39%
1985	84,897,973	10,023,613	2.87%	0.27%
1986	87,235,953	10,032,734	2.75%	0.09%
1987	89,591,716	10,030,031	2.7%	-0.03%
1988	92,020,090	10,019,610	2.71%	-0.1%
1989	94,531,014	10,005,000	2.73%	-0.15%
1990	97,120,925	9,983,218	2.74%	-0.22%
1991	99,720,162	9,960,235	2.68%	-0.23%
1992	102,372,770	9,952,494	2.66%	-0.08%
1993	105,122,069	9,964,675	2.69%	0.12%
1994	107,935,714	9,991,525	2.68%	0.27%
1995	110,819,428	10,026,176	2.67%	0.35%
1996	113,754,779	10,063,945	2.65%	0.38%
1997	116,754,792	10,108,977	2.64%	0.45%
1998	119,846,254	10,160,196	2.65%	0.51%
1999	123,047,320	10,217,828	2.67%	0.57%
2000	126,382,494	10,289,898	2.71%	0.71%
2001	129,862,595	10,362,722	2.75%	0.71%
2002	133,471,989	10,419,631	2.78%	0.55%
2003	137,202,644	10,458,821	2.8%	0.38%
2004	141,057,045	10,483,861	2.81%	0.24%
2005	145,017,253	10,503,330	2.81%	0.19%
2006	149,077,334	10,522,288	2.8%	0.18%
2007	153,267,261	10,542,964	2.81%	0.2%
2008	157,595,014	10,558,177	2.82%	0.14%
2009	162,049,464	10,568,247	2.83%	0.1%
2010	166,642,886	10,573,100	2.83%	0.05%
2011	171,379,598	10,557,560	2.84%	-0.15%
2012	176,200,625	10,514,844	2.81%	-0.4%
2013	181,049,443	10,457,295	2.75%	-0.55%
2014	185,896,915	10,401,062	2.68%	-0.54%
2015	190,671,878	10,358,076	2.57%	-0.41%
2016	195,443,700	10,325,452	2.5%	-0.31%
2017	200,254,579	10,300,300	2.46%	-0.24%
2018	204,938,755	10,283,822	2.34%	-0.16%
2019	209,485,641	10,286,263	2.22%	0.02%
2020	213,996,181	10,297,081	2.15%	0.11%
2021	218,529,286	10,361,831	2.12%	0.63%
2022	223,150,896	10,434,332	2.11%	0.7%
2023	227,882,945	10,578,174	2.12%	1.38%
2024	232,679,478	10,701,636	2.1%	1.17%
2025	237,527,783	10,687,819	2.08%	-0.13%
2026	242,431,830	10,670,917	2.06%	-0.16%
2027	247,374,258	10,653,073	2.04%	-0.17%
2028	252,346,128	10,632,868	2.01%	-0.19%
2029	257,352,638	10,611,484	1.98%	-0.2%
2030	262,380,975	10,591,436	1.95%	-0.19%
2031	267,421,079	10,571,418	1.92%	-0.19%
2032	272,483,635	10,549,456	1.89%	-0.21%
2033	277,555,116	10,526,482	1.86%	-0.22%
2034	282,622,388	10,502,882	1.83%	-0.22%
2035	287,685,757	10,478,843	1.79%	-0.23%
2036	292,739,390	10,454,630	1.76%	-0.23%
2037	297,773,236	10,430,128	1.72%	-0.23%
2038	302,782,350	10,404,947	1.68%	-0.24%
2039	307,764,754	10,377,968	1.65%	-0.26%
2040	312,710,403	10,349,515	1.61%	-0.27%
2041	317,607,237	10,321,577	1.57%	-0.27%
2042	322,450,302	10,294,106	1.52%	-0.27%
2043	327,243,941	10,264,596	1.49%	-0.29%
2044	331,983,354	10,233,543	1.45%	-0.3%
2045	336,662,502	10,201,832	1.41%	-0.31%
2046	341,281,757	10,168,932	1.37%	-0.32%
2047	345,844,004	10,135,159	1.34%	-0.33%
2048	350,347,757	10,101,419	1.3%	-0.33%
2049	354,792,418	10,066,064	1.27%	-0.35%
2050	359,185,550	10,029,252	1.24%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.