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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Samoa	Nigeria	Samoa
1960	45,053,782	112,490	-	-
1961	45,989,310	115,496	2.08%	2.67%
1962	46,965,292	118,597	2.12%	2.68%
1963	47,973,575	121,764	2.15%	2.67%
1964	49,012,016	124,894	2.16%	2.57%
1965	50,086,764	127,978	2.19%	2.47%
1966	51,188,234	131,073	2.2%	2.42%
1967	52,293,065	133,764	2.16%	2.05%
1968	53,432,783	136,020	2.18%	1.69%
1969	54,631,914	138,233	2.24%	1.63%
1970	55,893,838	140,400	2.31%	1.57%
1971	57,214,684	142,503	2.36%	1.5%
1972	58,601,748	144,538	2.42%	1.43%
1973	60,082,139	146,516	2.53%	1.37%
1974	61,679,144	149,431	2.66%	1.99%
1975	63,410,815	153,344	2.81%	2.62%
1976	65,258,009	157,113	2.91%	2.46%
1977	67,234,590	159,753	3.03%	1.68%
1978	69,326,532	161,375	3.11%	1.02%
1979	71,498,242	162,882	3.13%	0.93%
1980	73,764,641	164,322	3.17%	0.88%
1981	76,068,103	165,678	3.12%	0.83%
1982	78,378,701	166,484	3.04%	0.49%
1983	80,438,260	166,714	2.63%	0.14%
1984	82,526,443	166,796	2.6%	0.05%
1985	84,897,973	166,849	2.87%	0.03%
1986	87,235,953	167,061	2.75%	0.13%
1987	89,591,716	167,661	2.7%	0.36%
1988	92,020,090	168,346	2.71%	0.41%
1989	94,531,014	168,768	2.73%	0.25%
1990	97,120,925	169,042	2.74%	0.16%
1991	99,720,162	169,368	2.68%	0.19%
1992	102,372,770	170,331	2.66%	0.57%
1993	105,122,069	171,774	2.69%	0.85%
1994	107,935,714	173,159	2.68%	0.81%
1995	110,819,428	174,571	2.67%	0.82%
1996	113,754,779	176,071	2.65%	0.86%
1997	116,754,792	177,547	2.64%	0.84%
1998	119,846,254	178,905	2.65%	0.76%
1999	123,047,320	180,275	2.67%	0.77%
2000	126,382,494	181,685	2.71%	0.78%
2001	129,862,595	183,166	2.75%	0.82%
2002	133,471,989	184,471	2.78%	0.71%
2003	137,202,644	185,430	2.8%	0.52%
2004	141,057,045	186,249	2.81%	0.44%
2005	145,017,253	186,978	2.81%	0.39%
2006	149,077,334	187,709	2.8%	0.39%
2007	153,267,261	188,753	2.81%	0.56%
2008	157,595,014	190,107	2.82%	0.72%
2009	162,049,464	191,513	2.83%	0.74%
2010	166,642,886	193,023	2.83%	0.79%
2011	171,379,598	194,713	2.84%	0.88%
2012	176,200,625	196,498	2.81%	0.92%
2013	181,049,443	198,268	2.75%	0.9%
2014	185,896,915	200,037	2.68%	0.89%
2015	190,671,878	201,782	2.57%	0.87%
2016	195,443,700	203,499	2.5%	0.85%
2017	200,254,579	205,415	2.46%	0.94%
2018	204,938,755	207,582	2.34%	1.05%
2019	209,485,641	209,780	2.22%	1.06%
2020	213,996,181	211,944	2.15%	1.03%
2021	218,529,286	213,779	2.12%	0.87%
2022	223,150,896	215,261	2.11%	0.69%
2023	227,882,945	216,663	2.12%	0.65%
2024	232,679,478	218,019	2.1%	0.63%
2025	237,527,783	219,302	2.08%	0.59%
2026	242,431,830	220,530	2.06%	0.56%
2027	247,374,258	221,772	2.04%	0.56%
2028	252,346,128	223,104	2.01%	0.6%
2029	257,352,638	224,504	1.98%	0.63%
2030	262,380,975	225,968	1.95%	0.65%
2031	267,421,079	227,581	1.92%	0.71%
2032	272,483,635	229,298	1.89%	0.75%
2033	277,555,116	231,110	1.86%	0.79%
2034	282,622,388	233,061	1.83%	0.84%
2035	287,685,757	235,172	1.79%	0.91%
2036	292,739,390	237,415	1.76%	0.95%
2037	297,773,236	239,730	1.72%	0.98%
2038	302,782,350	242,155	1.68%	1.01%
2039	307,764,754	244,653	1.65%	1.03%
2040	312,710,403	247,196	1.61%	1.04%
2041	317,607,237	249,796	1.57%	1.05%
2042	322,450,302	252,427	1.52%	1.05%
2043	327,243,941	255,023	1.49%	1.03%
2044	331,983,354	257,609	1.45%	1.01%
2045	336,662,502	260,250	1.41%	1.03%
2046	341,281,757	262,849	1.37%	1%
2047	345,844,004	265,365	1.34%	0.96%
2048	350,347,757	267,836	1.3%	0.93%
2049	354,792,418	270,291	1.27%	0.92%
2050	359,185,550	272,711	1.24%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.