Population in Nigeria compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Seychelles	Nigeria	Seychelles
1960	45,053,782	41,700	-	-
1961	45,989,310	42,889	2.08%	2.85%
1962	46,965,292	44,042	2.12%	2.69%
1963	47,973,575	45,176	2.15%	2.57%
1964	49,012,016	46,322	2.16%	2.54%
1965	50,086,764	47,500	2.19%	2.54%
1966	51,188,234	48,699	2.2%	2.52%
1967	52,293,065	49,911	2.16%	2.49%
1968	53,432,783	51,134	2.18%	2.45%
1969	54,631,914	52,365	2.24%	2.41%
1970	55,893,838	53,600	2.31%	2.36%
1971	57,214,684	54,695	2.36%	2.04%
1972	58,601,748	56,029	2.42%	2.44%
1973	60,082,139	56,892	2.53%	1.54%
1974	61,679,144	57,937	2.66%	1.84%
1975	63,410,815	59,292	2.81%	2.34%
1976	65,258,009	60,504	2.91%	2.04%
1977	67,234,590	61,786	3.03%	2.12%
1978	69,326,532	62,150	3.11%	0.59%
1979	71,498,242	62,686	3.13%	0.86%
1980	73,764,641	63,261	3.17%	0.92%
1981	76,068,103	64,035	3.12%	1.22%
1982	78,378,701	64,413	3.04%	0.59%
1983	80,438,260	64,335	2.63%	-0.12%
1984	82,526,443	64,717	2.6%	0.59%
1985	84,897,973	65,244	2.87%	0.81%
1986	87,235,953	65,652	2.75%	0.63%
1987	89,591,716	68,499	2.7%	4.34%
1988	92,020,090	68,755	2.71%	0.37%
1989	94,531,014	69,167	2.73%	0.6%
1990	97,120,925	69,507	2.74%	0.49%
1991	99,720,162	70,439	2.68%	1.34%
1992	102,372,770	70,763	2.66%	0.46%
1993	105,122,069	72,253	2.69%	2.11%
1994	107,935,714	74,205	2.68%	2.7%
1995	110,819,428	75,304	2.67%	1.48%
1996	113,754,779	76,417	2.65%	1.48%
1997	116,754,792	77,319	2.64%	1.18%
1998	119,846,254	78,846	2.65%	1.97%
1999	123,047,320	80,410	2.67%	1.98%
2000	126,382,494	81,131	2.71%	0.9%
2001	129,862,595	81,202	2.75%	0.09%
2002	133,471,989	83,723	2.78%	3.1%
2003	137,202,644	82,781	2.8%	-1.13%
2004	141,057,045	82,475	2.81%	-0.37%
2005	145,017,253	82,858	2.81%	0.46%
2006	149,077,334	84,600	2.8%	2.1%
2007	153,267,261	85,033	2.81%	0.51%
2008	157,595,014	86,956	2.82%	2.26%
2009	162,049,464	87,298	2.83%	0.39%
2010	166,642,886	89,770	2.83%	2.83%
2011	171,379,598	87,441	2.84%	-2.59%
2012	176,200,625	88,303	2.81%	0.99%
2013	181,049,443	89,949	2.75%	1.86%
2014	185,896,915	91,359	2.68%	1.57%
2015	190,671,878	93,419	2.57%	2.25%
2016	195,443,700	94,677	2.5%	1.35%
2017	200,254,579	95,843	2.46%	1.23%
2018	204,938,755	96,762	2.34%	0.96%
2019	209,485,641	97,625	2.22%	0.89%
2020	213,996,181	98,462	2.15%	0.86%
2021	218,529,286	99,258	2.12%	0.81%
2022	223,150,896	119,878	2.11%	20.8%
2023	227,882,945	119,773	2.12%	-0.09%
2024	232,679,478	121,354	2.1%	1.32%
2025	237,527,783	123,549	2.08%	1.81%
2026	242,431,830	125,581	2.06%	1.64%
2027	247,374,258	127,380	2.04%	1.43%
2028	252,346,128	128,883	2.01%	1.18%
2029	257,352,638	130,011	1.98%	0.87%
2030	262,380,975	130,635	1.95%	0.48%
2031	267,421,079	130,989	1.92%	0.27%
2032	272,483,635	131,305	1.89%	0.24%
2033	277,555,116	131,578	1.86%	0.21%
2034	282,622,388	131,816	1.83%	0.18%
2035	287,685,757	132,027	1.79%	0.16%
2036	292,739,390	132,202	1.76%	0.13%
2037	297,773,236	132,348	1.72%	0.11%
2038	302,782,350	132,467	1.68%	0.09%
2039	307,764,754	132,552	1.65%	0.06%
2040	312,710,403	132,631	1.61%	0.06%
2041	317,607,237	132,681	1.57%	0.04%
2042	322,450,302	132,700	1.52%	0.01%
2043	327,243,941	132,698	1.49%	-0.001%
2044	331,983,354	132,665	1.45%	-0.03%
2045	336,662,502	132,613	1.41%	-0.04%
2046	341,281,757	132,531	1.37%	-0.06%
2047	345,844,004	132,415	1.34%	-0.09%
2048	350,347,757	132,264	1.3%	-0.11%
2049	354,792,418	132,085	1.27%	-0.14%
2050	359,185,550	131,885	1.24%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.