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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Rwanda	Nigeria	Rwanda
1960	45,053,782	3,022,294	-	-
1961	45,989,310	3,106,779	2.08%	2.8%
1962	46,965,292	3,186,025	2.12%	2.55%
1963	47,973,575	3,258,890	2.15%	2.29%
1964	49,012,016	3,334,834	2.16%	2.33%
1965	50,086,764	3,423,210	2.19%	2.65%
1966	51,188,234	3,521,626	2.2%	2.87%
1967	52,293,065	3,629,577	2.16%	3.07%
1968	53,432,783	3,744,010	2.18%	3.15%
1969	54,631,914	3,861,271	2.24%	3.13%
1970	55,893,838	3,980,669	2.31%	3.09%
1971	57,214,684	4,100,044	2.36%	3%
1972	58,601,748	4,220,335	2.42%	2.93%
1973	60,082,139	4,345,047	2.53%	2.96%
1974	61,679,144	4,474,228	2.66%	2.97%
1975	63,410,815	4,607,728	2.81%	2.98%
1976	65,258,009	4,745,954	2.91%	3%
1977	67,234,590	4,888,240	3.03%	3%
1978	69,326,532	5,035,171	3.11%	3.01%
1979	71,498,242	5,189,541	3.13%	3.07%
1980	73,764,641	5,353,259	3.17%	3.15%
1981	76,068,103	5,527,230	3.12%	3.25%
1982	78,378,701	5,711,549	3.04%	3.33%
1983	80,438,260	5,905,311	2.63%	3.39%
1984	82,526,443	6,107,627	2.6%	3.43%
1985	84,897,973	6,317,228	2.87%	3.43%
1986	87,235,953	6,531,881	2.75%	3.4%
1987	89,591,716	6,749,493	2.7%	3.33%
1988	92,020,090	6,968,071	2.71%	3.24%
1989	94,531,014	7,184,706	2.73%	3.11%
1990	97,120,925	7,375,307	2.74%	2.65%
1991	99,720,162	7,526,966	2.68%	2.06%
1992	102,372,770	7,683,266	2.66%	2.08%
1993	105,122,069	7,981,132	2.69%	3.88%
1994	107,935,714	6,792,352	2.68%	-14.9%
1995	110,819,428	5,674,118	2.67%	-16.5%
1996	113,754,779	6,708,764	2.65%	18.2%
1997	116,754,792	7,755,238	2.64%	15.6%
1998	119,846,254	8,081,681	2.65%	4.21%
1999	123,047,320	8,147,912	2.67%	0.82%
2000	126,382,494	8,213,931	2.71%	0.81%
2001	129,862,595	8,287,094	2.75%	0.89%
2002	133,471,989	8,400,180	2.78%	1.36%
2003	137,202,644	8,586,875	2.8%	2.22%
2004	141,057,045	8,816,844	2.81%	2.68%
2005	145,017,253	9,054,528	2.81%	2.7%
2006	149,077,334	9,299,246	2.8%	2.7%
2007	153,267,261	9,549,933	2.81%	2.7%
2008	157,595,014	9,804,269	2.82%	2.66%
2009	162,049,464	10,060,432	2.83%	2.61%
2010	166,642,886	10,317,553	2.83%	2.56%
2011	171,379,598	10,573,733	2.84%	2.48%
2012	176,200,625	10,829,901	2.81%	2.42%
2013	181,049,443	11,093,340	2.75%	2.43%
2014	185,896,915	11,364,757	2.68%	2.45%
2015	190,671,878	11,640,022	2.57%	2.42%
2016	195,443,700	11,919,183	2.5%	2.4%
2017	200,254,579	12,202,060	2.46%	2.37%
2018	204,938,755	12,487,996	2.34%	2.34%
2019	209,485,641	12,776,103	2.22%	2.31%
2020	213,996,181	13,065,837	2.15%	2.27%
2021	218,529,286	13,355,260	2.12%	2.22%
2022	223,150,896	13,651,030	2.11%	2.21%
2023	227,882,945	13,954,471	2.12%	2.22%
2024	232,679,478	14,256,567	2.1%	2.16%
2025	237,527,783	14,569,343	2.08%	2.19%
2026	242,431,830	14,889,694	2.06%	2.2%
2027	247,374,258	15,214,324	2.04%	2.18%
2028	252,346,128	15,536,461	2.01%	2.12%
2029	257,352,638	15,844,649	1.98%	1.98%
2030	262,380,975	16,154,698	1.95%	1.96%
2031	267,421,079	16,473,106	1.92%	1.97%
2032	272,483,635	16,771,820	1.89%	1.81%
2033	277,555,116	17,073,475	1.86%	1.8%
2034	282,622,388	17,402,250	1.83%	1.93%
2035	287,685,757	17,746,315	1.79%	1.98%
2036	292,739,390	18,076,769	1.76%	1.86%
2037	297,773,236	18,395,838	1.72%	1.77%
2038	302,782,350	18,729,778	1.68%	1.82%
2039	307,764,754	19,076,783	1.65%	1.85%
2040	312,710,403	19,440,762	1.61%	1.91%
2041	317,607,237	19,806,170	1.57%	1.88%
2042	322,450,302	20,153,979	1.52%	1.76%
2043	327,243,941	20,500,826	1.49%	1.72%
2044	331,983,354	20,837,079	1.45%	1.64%
2045	336,662,502	21,152,650	1.41%	1.51%
2046	341,281,757	21,459,144	1.37%	1.45%
2047	345,844,004	21,764,578	1.34%	1.42%
2048	350,347,757	22,086,112	1.3%	1.48%
2049	354,792,418	22,403,887	1.27%	1.44%
2050	359,185,550	22,707,896	1.24%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.