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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Romania	Nigeria	Romania
1960	45,053,782	18,406,905	-	-
1961	45,989,310	18,555,250	2.08%	0.81%
1962	46,965,292	18,676,550	2.12%	0.65%
1963	47,973,575	18,797,850	2.15%	0.65%
1964	49,012,016	18,919,126	2.16%	0.65%
1965	50,086,764	19,031,576	2.19%	0.59%
1966	51,188,234	19,215,450	2.2%	0.97%
1967	52,293,065	19,534,242	2.16%	1.66%
1968	53,432,783	19,799,831	2.18%	1.36%
1969	54,631,914	20,009,141	2.24%	1.06%
1970	55,893,838	20,250,398	2.31%	1.21%
1971	57,214,684	20,461,567	2.36%	1.04%
1972	58,601,748	20,657,957	2.42%	0.96%
1973	60,082,139	20,835,681	2.53%	0.86%
1974	61,679,144	21,029,429	2.66%	0.93%
1975	63,410,815	21,293,583	2.81%	1.26%
1976	65,258,009	21,551,634	2.91%	1.21%
1977	67,234,590	21,756,096	3.03%	0.95%
1978	69,326,532	21,951,464	3.11%	0.9%
1979	71,498,242	22,090,488	3.13%	0.63%
1980	73,764,641	22,207,282	3.17%	0.53%
1981	76,068,103	22,353,070	3.12%	0.66%
1982	78,378,701	22,475,741	3.04%	0.55%
1983	80,438,260	22,560,478	2.63%	0.38%
1984	82,526,443	22,640,547	2.6%	0.35%
1985	84,897,973	22,732,999	2.87%	0.41%
1986	87,235,953	22,836,841	2.75%	0.46%
1987	89,591,716	22,949,430	2.7%	0.49%
1988	92,020,090	23,057,662	2.71%	0.47%
1989	94,531,014	23,161,458	2.73%	0.45%
1990	97,120,925	23,201,835	2.74%	0.17%
1991	99,720,162	23,001,155	2.68%	-0.86%
1992	102,372,770	22,794,284	2.66%	-0.9%
1993	105,122,069	22,763,280	2.69%	-0.14%
1994	107,935,714	22,730,211	2.68%	-0.15%
1995	110,819,428	22,684,270	2.67%	-0.2%
1996	113,754,779	22,619,004	2.65%	-0.29%
1997	116,754,792	22,553,978	2.64%	-0.29%
1998	119,846,254	22,507,344	2.65%	-0.21%
1999	123,047,320	22,472,040	2.67%	-0.16%
2000	126,382,494	22,442,971	2.71%	-0.13%
2001	129,862,595	22,131,970	2.75%	-1.39%
2002	133,471,989	21,730,496	2.78%	-1.81%
2003	137,202,644	21,574,326	2.8%	-0.72%
2004	141,057,045	21,451,748	2.81%	-0.57%
2005	145,017,253	21,319,685	2.81%	-0.62%
2006	149,077,334	21,193,760	2.8%	-0.59%
2007	153,267,261	20,882,982	2.81%	-1.47%
2008	157,595,014	20,537,875	2.82%	-1.65%
2009	162,049,464	20,367,487	2.83%	-0.83%
2010	166,642,886	20,246,871	2.83%	-0.59%
2011	171,379,598	20,147,528	2.84%	-0.49%
2012	176,200,625	20,058,035	2.81%	-0.44%
2013	181,049,443	19,983,693	2.75%	-0.37%
2014	185,896,915	19,908,979	2.68%	-0.37%
2015	190,671,878	19,815,616	2.57%	-0.47%
2016	195,443,700	19,702,267	2.5%	-0.57%
2017	200,254,579	19,588,715	2.46%	-0.58%
2018	204,938,755	19,473,970	2.34%	-0.59%
2019	209,485,641	19,371,648	2.22%	-0.53%
2020	213,996,181	19,265,250	2.15%	-0.55%
2021	218,529,286	19,122,059	2.12%	-0.74%
2022	223,150,896	19,048,502	2.11%	-0.38%
2023	227,882,945	19,059,479	2.12%	0.06%
2024	232,679,478	19,069,340	2.1%	0.05%
2025	237,527,783	18,962,595	2.08%	-0.56%
2026	242,431,830	18,854,232	2.06%	-0.57%
2027	247,374,258	18,744,883	2.04%	-0.58%
2028	252,346,128	18,634,894	2.01%	-0.59%
2029	257,352,638	18,523,736	1.98%	-0.6%
2030	262,380,975	18,411,878	1.95%	-0.6%
2031	267,421,079	18,299,820	1.92%	-0.61%
2032	272,483,635	18,187,406	1.89%	-0.61%
2033	277,555,116	18,074,282	1.86%	-0.62%
2034	282,622,388	17,960,330	1.83%	-0.63%
2035	287,685,757	17,845,182	1.79%	-0.64%
2036	292,739,390	17,728,480	1.76%	-0.65%
2037	297,773,236	17,611,384	1.72%	-0.66%
2038	302,782,350	17,493,684	1.68%	-0.67%
2039	307,764,754	17,375,991	1.65%	-0.67%
2040	312,710,403	17,258,810	1.61%	-0.67%
2041	317,607,237	17,140,535	1.57%	-0.69%
2042	322,450,302	17,022,168	1.52%	-0.69%
2043	327,243,941	16,904,427	1.49%	-0.69%
2044	331,983,354	16,786,029	1.45%	-0.7%
2045	336,662,502	16,667,734	1.41%	-0.7%
2046	341,281,757	16,550,066	1.37%	-0.71%
2047	345,844,004	16,431,566	1.34%	-0.72%
2048	350,347,757	16,312,099	1.3%	-0.73%
2049	354,792,418	16,192,424	1.27%	-0.73%
2050	359,185,550	16,072,989	1.24%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.