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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Senegal	Nigeria	Senegal
1960	45,053,782	3,340,907	-	-
1961	45,989,310	3,436,375	2.08%	2.86%
1962	46,965,292	3,534,686	2.12%	2.86%
1963	47,973,575	3,635,876	2.15%	2.86%
1964	49,012,016	3,740,535	2.16%	2.88%
1965	50,086,764	3,849,788	2.19%	2.92%
1966	51,188,234	3,964,299	2.2%	2.97%
1967	52,293,065	4,083,870	2.16%	3.02%
1968	53,432,783	4,207,587	2.18%	3.03%
1969	54,631,914	4,334,974	2.24%	3.03%
1970	55,893,838	4,466,328	2.31%	3.03%
1971	57,214,684	4,601,864	2.36%	3.03%
1972	58,601,748	4,741,631	2.42%	3.04%
1973	60,082,139	4,885,181	2.53%	3.03%
1974	61,679,144	5,029,437	2.66%	2.95%
1975	63,410,815	5,170,810	2.81%	2.81%
1976	65,258,009	5,308,564	2.91%	2.66%
1977	67,234,590	5,439,549	3.03%	2.47%
1978	69,326,532	5,568,096	3.11%	2.36%
1979	71,498,242	5,702,895	3.13%	2.42%
1980	73,764,641	5,845,638	3.17%	2.5%
1981	76,068,103	5,997,160	3.12%	2.59%
1982	78,378,701	6,156,961	3.04%	2.66%
1983	80,438,260	6,324,504	2.63%	2.72%
1984	82,526,443	6,499,364	2.6%	2.76%
1985	84,897,973	6,683,287	2.87%	2.83%
1986	87,235,953	6,878,192	2.75%	2.92%
1987	89,591,716	7,081,530	2.7%	2.96%
1988	92,020,090	7,289,618	2.71%	2.94%
1989	94,531,014	7,502,207	2.73%	2.92%
1990	97,120,925	7,720,523	2.74%	2.91%
1991	99,720,162	7,943,085	2.68%	2.88%
1992	102,372,770	8,168,395	2.66%	2.84%
1993	105,122,069	8,396,288	2.69%	2.79%
1994	107,935,714	8,624,078	2.68%	2.71%
1995	110,819,428	8,848,101	2.67%	2.6%
1996	113,754,779	9,067,014	2.65%	2.47%
1997	116,754,792	9,283,495	2.64%	2.39%
1998	119,846,254	9,502,952	2.65%	2.36%
1999	123,047,320	9,730,887	2.67%	2.4%
2000	126,382,494	9,968,260	2.71%	2.44%
2001	129,862,595	10,212,942	2.75%	2.45%
2002	133,471,989	10,466,214	2.78%	2.48%
2003	137,202,644	10,721,176	2.8%	2.44%
2004	141,057,045	10,975,704	2.81%	2.37%
2005	145,017,253	11,235,472	2.81%	2.37%
2006	149,077,334	11,500,094	2.8%	2.36%
2007	153,267,261	11,770,344	2.81%	2.35%
2008	157,595,014	12,048,959	2.82%	2.37%
2009	162,049,464	12,337,389	2.83%	2.39%
2010	166,642,886	12,635,413	2.83%	2.42%
2011	171,379,598	12,958,897	2.84%	2.56%
2012	176,200,625	13,310,495	2.81%	2.71%
2013	181,049,443	13,710,849	2.75%	3.01%
2014	185,896,915	14,152,102	2.68%	3.22%
2015	190,671,878	14,593,331	2.57%	3.12%
2016	195,443,700	15,034,521	2.5%	3.02%
2017	200,254,579	15,475,002	2.46%	2.93%
2018	204,938,755	15,914,498	2.34%	2.84%
2019	209,485,641	16,352,922	2.22%	2.75%
2020	213,996,181	16,789,219	2.15%	2.67%
2021	218,529,286	17,220,867	2.12%	2.57%
2022	223,150,896	17,651,103	2.11%	2.5%
2023	227,882,945	18,077,573	2.12%	2.42%
2024	232,679,478	18,501,984	2.1%	2.35%
2025	237,527,783	18,931,964	2.08%	2.32%
2026	242,431,830	19,366,546	2.06%	2.3%
2027	247,374,258	19,807,242	2.04%	2.28%
2028	252,346,128	20,254,562	2.01%	2.26%
2029	257,352,638	20,706,628	1.98%	2.23%
2030	262,380,975	21,163,189	1.95%	2.2%
2031	267,421,079	21,623,709	1.92%	2.18%
2032	272,483,635	22,085,928	1.89%	2.14%
2033	277,555,116	22,548,831	1.86%	2.1%
2034	282,622,388	23,012,018	1.83%	2.05%
2035	287,685,757	23,476,591	1.79%	2.02%
2036	292,739,390	23,942,221	1.76%	1.98%
2037	297,773,236	24,407,574	1.72%	1.94%
2038	302,782,350	24,872,512	1.68%	1.9%
2039	307,764,754	25,335,991	1.65%	1.86%
2040	312,710,403	25,797,506	1.61%	1.82%
2041	317,607,237	26,257,464	1.57%	1.78%
2042	322,450,302	26,716,424	1.52%	1.75%
2043	327,243,941	27,174,896	1.49%	1.72%
2044	331,983,354	27,632,997	1.45%	1.69%
2045	336,662,502	28,089,695	1.41%	1.65%
2046	341,281,757	28,546,280	1.37%	1.63%
2047	345,844,004	29,002,001	1.34%	1.6%
2048	350,347,757	29,457,233	1.3%	1.57%
2049	354,792,418	29,911,840	1.27%	1.54%
2050	359,185,550	30,364,944	1.24%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.