Population in Nigeria compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Sao Tome	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1960	45,053,782	68,012	-	-
1961	45,989,310	68,707	2.08%	1.02%
1962	46,965,292	69,403	2.12%	1.01%
1963	47,973,575	70,112	2.15%	1.02%
1964	49,012,016	70,865	2.16%	1.07%
1965	50,086,764	71,680	2.19%	1.15%
1966	51,188,234	72,576	2.2%	1.25%
1967	52,293,065	73,596	2.16%	1.41%
1968	53,432,783	74,765	2.18%	1.59%
1969	54,631,914	76,083	2.24%	1.76%
1970	55,893,838	77,626	2.31%	2.03%
1971	57,214,684	79,330	2.36%	2.2%
1972	58,601,748	81,041	2.42%	2.16%
1973	60,082,139	82,798	2.53%	2.17%
1974	61,679,144	84,672	2.66%	2.26%
1975	63,410,815	86,708	2.81%	2.4%
1976	65,258,009	88,922	2.91%	2.55%
1977	67,234,590	91,301	3.03%	2.68%
1978	69,326,532	93,794	3.11%	2.73%
1979	71,498,242	96,252	3.13%	2.62%
1980	73,764,641	98,544	3.17%	2.38%
1981	76,068,103	100,615	3.12%	2.1%
1982	78,378,701	102,508	3.04%	1.88%
1983	80,438,260	104,380	2.63%	1.83%
1984	82,526,443	106,394	2.6%	1.93%
1985	84,897,973	108,658	2.87%	2.13%
1986	87,235,953	111,150	2.75%	2.29%
1987	89,591,716	113,919	2.7%	2.49%
1988	92,020,090	116,939	2.71%	2.65%
1989	94,531,014	119,979	2.73%	2.6%
1990	97,120,925	122,980	2.74%	2.5%
1991	99,720,162	125,697	2.68%	2.21%
1992	102,372,770	128,110	2.66%	1.92%
1993	105,122,069	130,467	2.69%	1.84%
1994	107,935,714	132,732	2.68%	1.74%
1995	110,819,428	134,895	2.67%	1.63%
1996	113,754,779	136,962	2.65%	1.53%
1997	116,754,792	138,922	2.64%	1.43%
1998	119,846,254	140,751	2.65%	1.32%
1999	123,047,320	142,442	2.67%	1.2%
2000	126,382,494	144,018	2.71%	1.11%
2001	129,862,595	146,375	2.75%	1.64%
2002	133,471,989	149,922	2.78%	2.42%
2003	137,202,644	153,814	2.8%	2.6%
2004	141,057,045	157,705	2.81%	2.53%
2005	145,017,253	161,639	2.81%	2.49%
2006	149,077,334	165,638	2.8%	2.47%
2007	153,267,261	169,700	2.81%	2.45%
2008	157,595,014	173,793	2.82%	2.41%
2009	162,049,464	177,853	2.83%	2.34%
2010	166,642,886	181,802	2.83%	2.22%
2011	171,379,598	185,649	2.84%	2.12%
2012	176,200,625	189,439	2.81%	2.04%
2013	181,049,443	193,148	2.75%	1.96%
2014	185,896,915	196,767	2.68%	1.87%
2015	190,671,878	200,291	2.57%	1.79%
2016	195,443,700	203,689	2.5%	1.7%
2017	200,254,579	206,970	2.46%	1.61%
2018	204,938,755	210,187	2.34%	1.55%
2019	209,485,641	213,392	2.22%	1.52%
2020	213,996,181	217,435	2.15%	1.89%
2021	218,529,286	221,961	2.12%	2.08%
2022	223,150,896	226,305	2.11%	1.96%
2023	227,882,945	230,871	2.12%	2.02%
2024	232,679,478	235,536	2.1%	2.02%
2025	237,527,783	240,251	2.08%	2%
2026	242,431,830	244,987	2.06%	1.97%
2027	247,374,258	249,783	2.04%	1.96%
2028	252,346,128	254,657	2.01%	1.95%
2029	257,352,638	259,597	1.98%	1.94%
2030	262,380,975	264,560	1.95%	1.91%
2031	267,421,079	269,566	1.92%	1.89%
2032	272,483,635	274,643	1.89%	1.88%
2033	277,555,116	279,761	1.86%	1.86%
2034	282,622,388	284,911	1.83%	1.84%
2035	287,685,757	290,082	1.79%	1.81%
2036	292,739,390	295,269	1.76%	1.79%
2037	297,773,236	300,439	1.72%	1.75%
2038	302,782,350	305,590	1.68%	1.71%
2039	307,764,754	310,729	1.65%	1.68%
2040	312,710,403	315,833	1.61%	1.64%
2041	317,607,237	320,875	1.57%	1.6%
2042	322,450,302	325,888	1.52%	1.56%
2043	327,243,941	330,908	1.49%	1.54%
2044	331,983,354	335,919	1.45%	1.51%
2045	336,662,502	340,911	1.41%	1.49%
2046	341,281,757	345,883	1.37%	1.46%
2047	345,844,004	350,758	1.34%	1.41%
2048	350,347,757	355,569	1.3%	1.37%
2049	354,792,418	360,353	1.27%	1.35%
2050	359,185,550	365,103	1.24%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Nigeria's population will grow by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people with a rank change from 6th to 5th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.