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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Russia	Nigeria	Russia
1960	45,053,782	119,897,000	-	-
1961	45,989,310	121,236,000	2.08%	1.12%
1962	46,965,292	122,591,000	2.12%	1.12%
1963	47,973,575	123,960,000	2.15%	1.12%
1964	49,012,016	125,345,000	2.16%	1.12%
1965	50,086,764	126,745,000	2.19%	1.12%
1966	51,188,234	127,468,000	2.2%	0.57%
1967	52,293,065	128,196,000	2.16%	0.57%
1968	53,432,783	128,928,000	2.18%	0.57%
1969	54,631,914	129,664,000	2.24%	0.57%
1970	55,893,838	130,404,000	2.31%	0.57%
1971	57,214,684	131,155,000	2.36%	0.58%
1972	58,601,748	131,909,000	2.42%	0.57%
1973	60,082,139	132,669,000	2.53%	0.58%
1974	61,679,144	133,432,000	2.66%	0.58%
1975	63,410,815	134,200,000	2.81%	0.58%
1976	65,258,009	135,147,000	2.91%	0.71%
1977	67,234,590	136,100,000	3.03%	0.71%
1978	69,326,532	137,060,000	3.11%	0.71%
1979	71,498,242	138,027,000	3.13%	0.71%
1980	73,764,641	139,010,000	3.17%	0.71%
1981	76,068,103	139,941,000	3.12%	0.67%
1982	78,378,701	140,823,000	3.04%	0.63%
1983	80,438,260	141,668,000	2.63%	0.6%
1984	82,526,443	142,745,000	2.6%	0.76%
1985	84,897,973	143,858,000	2.87%	0.78%
1986	87,235,953	144,894,000	2.75%	0.72%
1987	89,591,716	145,908,000	2.7%	0.7%
1988	92,020,090	146,857,000	2.71%	0.65%
1989	94,531,014	147,721,000	2.73%	0.59%
1990	97,120,925	147,969,406	2.74%	0.17%
1991	99,720,162	148,394,216	2.68%	0.29%
1992	102,372,770	148,538,197	2.66%	0.1%
1993	105,122,069	148,458,777	2.69%	-0.05%
1994	107,935,714	148,407,912	2.68%	-0.03%
1995	110,819,428	148,375,787	2.67%	-0.02%
1996	113,754,779	148,160,129	2.65%	-0.15%
1997	116,754,792	147,915,361	2.64%	-0.17%
1998	119,846,254	147,670,784	2.65%	-0.17%
1999	123,047,320	147,214,776	2.67%	-0.31%
2000	126,382,494	146,596,869	2.71%	-0.42%
2001	129,862,595	145,976,482	2.75%	-0.42%
2002	133,471,989	145,306,497	2.78%	-0.46%
2003	137,202,644	144,648,618	2.8%	-0.45%
2004	141,057,045	144,067,316	2.81%	-0.4%
2005	145,017,253	143,518,814	2.81%	-0.38%
2006	149,077,334	143,049,637	2.8%	-0.33%
2007	153,267,261	142,805,114	2.81%	-0.17%
2008	157,595,014	142,742,366	2.82%	-0.04%
2009	162,049,464	142,785,348	2.83%	0.03%
2010	166,642,886	142,849,468	2.83%	0.04%
2011	171,379,598	143,018,195	2.84%	0.12%
2012	176,200,625	143,378,447	2.81%	0.25%
2013	181,049,443	143,805,638	2.75%	0.3%
2014	185,896,915	144,237,223	2.68%	0.3%
2015	190,671,878	144,640,716	2.57%	0.28%
2016	195,443,700	145,015,460	2.5%	0.26%
2017	200,254,579	145,293,260	2.46%	0.19%
2018	204,938,755	145,398,106	2.34%	0.07%
2019	209,485,641	145,453,291	2.22%	0.04%
2020	213,996,181	145,245,148	2.15%	-0.14%
2021	218,529,286	144,746,762	2.12%	-0.34%
2022	223,150,896	144,236,933	2.11%	-0.35%
2023	227,882,945	143,826,130	2.12%	-0.28%
2024	232,679,478	143,533,851	2.1%	-0.2%
2025	237,527,783	142,718,132	2.08%	-0.57%
2026	242,431,830	142,120,553	2.06%	-0.42%
2027	247,374,258	141,773,330	2.04%	-0.24%
2028	252,346,128	141,402,326	2.01%	-0.26%
2029	257,352,638	141,021,009	1.98%	-0.27%
2030	262,380,975	140,628,883	1.95%	-0.28%
2031	267,421,079	140,218,596	1.92%	-0.29%
2032	272,483,635	139,807,207	1.89%	-0.29%
2033	277,555,116	139,414,947	1.86%	-0.28%
2034	282,622,388	139,034,543	1.83%	-0.27%
2035	287,685,757	138,666,694	1.79%	-0.26%
2036	292,739,390	138,311,757	1.76%	-0.26%
2037	297,773,236	137,968,177	1.72%	-0.25%
2038	302,782,350	137,643,032	1.68%	-0.24%
2039	307,764,754	137,336,299	1.65%	-0.22%
2040	312,710,403	137,053,347	1.61%	-0.21%
2041	317,607,237	136,795,588	1.57%	-0.19%
2042	322,450,302	136,558,692	1.52%	-0.17%
2043	327,243,941	136,335,849	1.49%	-0.16%
2044	331,983,354	136,124,845	1.45%	-0.15%
2045	336,662,502	135,933,758	1.41%	-0.14%
2046	341,281,757	135,756,848	1.37%	-0.13%
2047	345,844,004	135,574,181	1.34%	-0.13%
2048	350,347,757	135,372,557	1.3%	-0.15%
2049	354,792,418	135,156,911	1.27%	-0.16%
2050	359,185,550	134,923,391	1.24%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.