Population in Nigeria compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	45,053,782	2,435,403	-	-
1961	45,989,310	2,526,347	2.08%	3.73%
1962	46,965,292	2,620,910	2.12%	3.74%
1963	47,973,575	2,719,341	2.15%	3.76%
1964	49,012,016	2,821,968	2.16%	3.77%
1965	50,086,764	2,928,771	2.19%	3.78%
1966	51,188,234	3,039,887	2.2%	3.79%
1967	52,293,065	3,157,242	2.16%	3.86%
1968	53,432,783	3,282,711	2.18%	3.97%
1969	54,631,914	3,417,114	2.24%	4.09%
1970	55,893,838	3,562,470	2.31%	4.25%
1971	57,214,684	3,724,031	2.36%	4.54%
1972	58,601,748	3,905,722	2.42%	4.88%
1973	60,082,139	4,106,344	2.53%	5.14%
1974	61,679,144	4,323,632	2.66%	5.29%
1975	63,410,815	4,556,287	2.81%	5.38%
1976	65,258,009	4,807,933	2.91%	5.52%
1977	67,234,590	5,083,048	3.03%	5.72%
1978	69,326,532	5,381,902	3.11%	5.88%
1979	71,498,242	5,703,698	3.13%	5.98%
1980	73,764,641	6,047,997	3.17%	6.04%
1981	76,068,103	6,420,551	3.12%	6.16%
1982	78,378,701	6,824,486	3.04%	6.29%
1983	80,438,260	7,252,941	2.63%	6.28%
1984	82,526,443	7,697,307	2.6%	6.13%
1985	84,897,973	8,151,779	2.87%	5.9%
1986	87,235,953	8,628,639	2.75%	5.85%
1987	89,591,716	9,130,194	2.7%	5.81%
1988	92,020,090	9,629,165	2.71%	5.47%
1989	94,531,014	10,128,394	2.73%	5.18%
1990	97,120,925	10,640,691	2.74%	5.06%
1991	99,720,162	11,160,744	2.68%	4.89%
1992	102,372,770	11,686,676	2.66%	4.71%
1993	105,122,069	12,215,862	2.69%	4.53%
1994	107,935,714	12,750,040	2.68%	4.37%
1995	110,819,428	13,289,245	2.67%	4.23%
1996	113,754,779	13,831,009	2.65%	4.08%
1997	116,754,792	14,374,943	2.64%	3.93%
1998	119,846,254	14,922,185	2.65%	3.81%
1999	123,047,320	15,472,075	2.67%	3.69%
2000	126,382,494	16,177,722	2.71%	4.56%
2001	129,862,595	17,041,397	2.75%	5.34%
2002	133,471,989	17,910,910	2.78%	5.1%
2003	137,202,644	18,786,767	2.8%	4.89%
2004	141,057,045	19,669,480	2.81%	4.7%
2005	145,017,253	20,559,890	2.81%	4.53%
2006	149,077,334	21,459,144	2.8%	4.37%
2007	153,267,261	22,368,313	2.81%	4.24%
2008	157,595,014	23,287,877	2.82%	4.11%
2009	162,049,464	24,217,654	2.83%	3.99%
2010	166,642,886	23,978,487	2.83%	-0.99%
2011	171,379,598	25,091,867	2.84%	4.64%
2012	176,200,625	26,168,861	2.81%	4.29%
2013	181,049,443	27,624,004	2.75%	5.56%
2014	185,896,915	28,309,273	2.68%	2.48%
2015	190,671,878	29,816,382	2.57%	5.32%
2016	195,443,700	30,954,198	2.5%	3.82%
2017	200,254,579	30,977,355	2.46%	0.07%
2018	204,938,755	30,196,281	2.34%	-2.52%
2019	209,485,641	30,063,799	2.22%	-0.44%
2020	213,996,181	31,552,510	2.15%	4.95%
2021	218,529,286	30,784,383	2.12%	-2.43%
2022	223,150,896	32,175,224	2.11%	4.52%
2023	227,882,945	33,702,731	2.12%	4.75%
2024	232,679,478	35,300,280	2.1%	4.74%
2025	237,527,783	35,927,625	2.08%	1.78%
2026	242,431,830	36,550,694	2.06%	1.73%
2027	247,374,258	37,167,513	2.04%	1.69%
2028	252,346,128	37,775,810	2.01%	1.64%
2029	257,352,638	38,364,377	1.98%	1.56%
2030	262,380,975	38,918,375	1.95%	1.44%
2031	267,421,079	39,450,880	1.92%	1.37%
2032	272,483,635	39,983,934	1.89%	1.35%
2033	277,555,116	40,517,599	1.86%	1.33%
2034	282,622,388	41,052,423	1.83%	1.32%
2035	287,685,757	41,588,429	1.79%	1.31%
2036	292,739,390	42,125,184	1.76%	1.29%
2037	297,773,236	42,661,908	1.72%	1.27%
2038	302,782,350	43,198,420	1.68%	1.26%
2039	307,764,754	43,734,316	1.65%	1.24%
2040	312,710,403	44,269,571	1.61%	1.22%
2041	317,607,237	44,804,338	1.57%	1.21%
2042	322,450,302	45,338,111	1.52%	1.19%
2043	327,243,941	45,870,896	1.49%	1.18%
2044	331,983,354	46,403,116	1.45%	1.16%
2045	336,662,502	46,934,822	1.41%	1.15%
2046	341,281,757	47,465,267	1.37%	1.13%
2047	345,844,004	47,993,976	1.34%	1.11%
2048	350,347,757	48,521,364	1.3%	1.1%
2049	354,792,418	49,047,461	1.27%	1.08%
2050	359,185,550	49,572,202	1.24%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.