Population in Nigeria compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Saint Lucia	Nigeria	Saint Lucia
1960	45,053,782	92,585	-	-
1961	45,989,310	93,490	2.08%	0.98%
1962	46,965,292	94,505	2.12%	1.09%
1963	47,973,575	95,519	2.15%	1.07%
1964	49,012,016	96,505	2.16%	1.03%
1965	50,086,764	97,493	2.19%	1.02%
1966	51,188,234	98,463	2.2%	0.99%
1967	52,293,065	99,504	2.16%	1.06%
1968	53,432,783	100,675	2.18%	1.18%
1969	54,631,914	101,879	2.24%	1.2%
1970	55,893,838	103,165	2.31%	1.26%
1971	57,214,684	104,564	2.36%	1.36%
1972	58,601,748	106,002	2.42%	1.38%
1973	60,082,139	107,498	2.53%	1.41%
1974	61,679,144	109,076	2.66%	1.47%
1975	63,410,815	110,725	2.81%	1.51%
1976	65,258,009	112,425	2.91%	1.54%
1977	67,234,590	114,135	3.03%	1.52%
1978	69,326,532	115,834	3.11%	1.49%
1979	71,498,242	117,528	3.13%	1.46%
1980	73,764,641	119,290	3.17%	1.5%
1981	76,068,103	121,166	3.12%	1.57%
1982	78,378,701	123,087	3.04%	1.59%
1983	80,438,260	125,044	2.63%	1.59%
1984	82,526,443	127,067	2.6%	1.62%
1985	84,897,973	129,159	2.87%	1.65%
1986	87,235,953	131,239	2.75%	1.61%
1987	89,591,716	133,227	2.7%	1.51%
1988	92,020,090	135,000	2.71%	1.33%
1989	94,531,014	136,512	2.73%	1.12%
1990	97,120,925	137,857	2.74%	0.99%
1991	99,720,162	139,520	2.68%	1.21%
1992	102,372,770	141,617	2.66%	1.5%
1993	105,122,069	143,726	2.69%	1.49%
1994	107,935,714	145,890	2.68%	1.51%
1995	110,819,428	148,208	2.67%	1.59%
1996	113,754,779	150,436	2.65%	1.5%
1997	116,754,792	152,569	2.64%	1.42%
1998	119,846,254	154,677	2.65%	1.38%
1999	123,047,320	156,702	2.67%	1.31%
2000	126,382,494	158,616	2.71%	1.22%
2001	129,862,595	160,237	2.75%	1.02%
2002	133,471,989	161,641	2.78%	0.88%
2003	137,202,644	162,976	2.8%	0.83%
2004	141,057,045	164,239	2.81%	0.77%
2005	145,017,253	165,450	2.81%	0.74%
2006	149,077,334	166,639	2.8%	0.72%
2007	153,267,261	167,758	2.81%	0.67%
2008	157,595,014	168,808	2.82%	0.63%
2009	162,049,464	169,869	2.83%	0.63%
2010	166,642,886	170,906	2.83%	0.61%
2011	171,379,598	171,801	2.84%	0.52%
2012	176,200,625	172,587	2.81%	0.46%
2013	181,049,443	173,369	2.75%	0.45%
2014	185,896,915	174,138	2.68%	0.44%
2015	190,671,878	174,905	2.57%	0.44%
2016	195,443,700	175,646	2.5%	0.42%
2017	200,254,579	176,342	2.46%	0.4%
2018	204,938,755	177,017	2.34%	0.38%
2019	209,485,641	177,661	2.22%	0.36%
2020	213,996,181	178,250	2.15%	0.33%
2021	218,529,286	178,522	2.12%	0.15%
2022	223,150,896	178,781	2.11%	0.15%
2023	227,882,945	179,285	2.12%	0.28%
2024	232,679,478	179,744	2.1%	0.26%
2025	237,527,783	180,148	2.08%	0.23%
2026	242,431,830	180,489	2.06%	0.19%
2027	247,374,258	180,771	2.04%	0.16%
2028	252,346,128	181,003	2.01%	0.13%
2029	257,352,638	181,198	1.98%	0.11%
2030	262,380,975	181,360	1.95%	0.09%
2031	267,421,079	181,463	1.92%	0.06%
2032	272,483,635	181,495	1.89%	0.02%
2033	277,555,116	181,458	1.86%	-0.02%
2034	282,622,388	181,354	1.83%	-0.06%
2035	287,685,757	181,177	1.79%	-0.1%
2036	292,739,390	180,948	1.76%	-0.13%
2037	297,773,236	180,636	1.72%	-0.17%
2038	302,782,350	180,230	1.68%	-0.22%
2039	307,764,754	179,781	1.65%	-0.25%
2040	312,710,403	179,296	1.61%	-0.27%
2041	317,607,237	178,760	1.57%	-0.3%
2042	322,450,302	178,187	1.52%	-0.32%
2043	327,243,941	177,593	1.49%	-0.33%
2044	331,983,354	176,937	1.45%	-0.37%
2045	336,662,502	176,243	1.41%	-0.39%
2046	341,281,757	175,520	1.37%	-0.41%
2047	345,844,004	174,726	1.34%	-0.45%
2048	350,347,757	173,877	1.3%	-0.49%
2049	354,792,418	172,991	1.27%	-0.51%
2050	359,185,550	172,081	1.24%	-0.53%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th 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 Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.