Population in Nigeria compared to Saint Kitts and Nevis: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Saint Kitts and Nevis: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Saint Kitts	Nigeria	Saint Kitts
1960	45,053,782	55,810	-	-
1961	45,989,310	55,334	2.08%	-0.85%
1962	46,965,292	54,461	2.12%	-1.58%
1963	47,973,575	53,441	2.15%	-1.87%
1964	49,012,016	52,326	2.16%	-2.09%
1965	50,086,764	51,139	2.19%	-2.27%
1966	51,188,234	49,898	2.2%	-2.43%
1967	52,293,065	48,605	2.16%	-2.59%
1968	53,432,783	47,245	2.18%	-2.8%
1969	54,631,914	45,731	2.24%	-3.2%
1970	55,893,838	44,606	2.31%	-2.46%
1971	57,214,684	44,206	2.36%	-0.9%
1972	58,601,748	44,033	2.42%	-0.39%
1973	60,082,139	43,880	2.53%	-0.35%
1974	61,679,144	43,738	2.66%	-0.32%
1975	63,410,815	43,606	2.81%	-0.3%
1976	65,258,009	43,482	2.91%	-0.28%
1977	67,234,590	43,358	3.03%	-0.29%
1978	69,326,532	43,217	3.11%	-0.33%
1979	71,498,242	43,033	3.13%	-0.43%
1980	73,764,641	42,850	3.17%	-0.43%
1981	76,068,103	42,698	3.12%	-0.35%
1982	78,378,701	42,532	3.04%	-0.39%
1983	80,438,260	42,334	2.63%	-0.47%
1984	82,526,443	42,113	2.6%	-0.52%
1985	84,897,973	41,874	2.87%	-0.57%
1986	87,235,953	41,618	2.75%	-0.61%
1987	89,591,716	41,348	2.7%	-0.65%
1988	92,020,090	41,062	2.71%	-0.69%
1989	94,531,014	40,758	2.73%	-0.74%
1990	97,120,925	40,432	2.74%	-0.8%
1991	99,720,162	40,358	2.68%	-0.18%
1992	102,372,770	40,715	2.66%	0.88%
1993	105,122,069	41,242	2.69%	1.29%
1994	107,935,714	41,776	2.68%	1.29%
1995	110,819,428	42,326	2.67%	1.32%
1996	113,754,779	42,877	2.65%	1.3%
1997	116,754,792	43,428	2.64%	1.29%
1998	119,846,254	43,998	2.65%	1.31%
1999	123,047,320	44,601	2.67%	1.37%
2000	126,382,494	45,248	2.71%	1.45%
2001	129,862,595	45,761	2.75%	1.13%
2002	133,471,989	46,020	2.78%	0.57%
2003	137,202,644	46,176	2.8%	0.34%
2004	141,057,045	46,315	2.81%	0.3%
2005	145,017,253	46,437	2.81%	0.26%
2006	149,077,334	46,569	2.8%	0.28%
2007	153,267,261	46,706	2.81%	0.29%
2008	157,595,014	46,835	2.82%	0.28%
2009	162,049,464	46,916	2.83%	0.17%
2010	166,642,886	46,846	2.83%	-0.15%
2011	171,379,598	46,886	2.84%	0.09%
2012	176,200,625	47,033	2.81%	0.31%
2013	181,049,443	47,069	2.75%	0.08%
2014	185,896,915	47,089	2.68%	0.04%
2015	190,671,878	47,087	2.57%	-0.004%
2016	195,443,700	47,075	2.5%	-0.03%
2017	200,254,579	47,050	2.46%	-0.05%
2018	204,938,755	47,008	2.34%	-0.09%
2019	209,485,641	46,952	2.22%	-0.12%
2020	213,996,181	46,870	2.15%	-0.17%
2021	218,529,286	46,763	2.12%	-0.23%
2022	223,150,896	46,709	2.11%	-0.12%
2023	227,882,945	46,758	2.12%	0.1%
2024	232,679,478	46,843	2.1%	0.18%
2025	237,527,783	46,920	2.08%	0.17%
2026	242,431,830	46,992	2.06%	0.15%
2027	247,374,258	47,049	2.04%	0.12%
2028	252,346,128	47,093	2.01%	0.09%
2029	257,352,638	47,112	1.98%	0.04%
2030	262,380,975	47,132	1.95%	0.04%
2031	267,421,079	47,125	1.92%	-0.01%
2032	272,483,635	47,105	1.89%	-0.04%
2033	277,555,116	47,066	1.86%	-0.08%
2034	282,622,388	47,007	1.83%	-0.13%
2035	287,685,757	46,930	1.79%	-0.16%
2036	292,739,390	46,825	1.76%	-0.23%
2037	297,773,236	46,717	1.72%	-0.23%
2038	302,782,350	46,594	1.68%	-0.26%
2039	307,764,754	46,463	1.65%	-0.28%
2040	312,710,403	46,315	1.61%	-0.32%
2041	317,607,237	46,154	1.57%	-0.35%
2042	322,450,302	45,983	1.52%	-0.37%
2043	327,243,941	45,783	1.49%	-0.43%
2044	331,983,354	45,579	1.45%	-0.45%
2045	336,662,502	45,362	1.41%	-0.48%
2046	341,281,757	45,147	1.37%	-0.47%
2047	345,844,004	44,925	1.34%	-0.49%
2048	350,347,757	44,699	1.3%	-0.51%
2049	354,792,418	44,478	1.27%	-0.49%
2050	359,185,550	44,251	1.24%	-0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis gained 506 people (a 1.09% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis' population decreased by -83 (a 0.18% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Saint Kitts and Nevis was ranked 190th in 2006 and ranked 189th 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis will decrease by 5.83% to 44,251 people and will still be ranked 189th.