Population in Nigeria compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Solomon Islands	Nigeria	Solomon Islands
1960	45,053,782	139,688	-	-
1961	45,989,310	142,912	2.08%	2.31%
1962	46,965,292	146,201	2.12%	2.3%
1963	47,973,575	149,589	2.15%	2.32%
1964	49,012,016	153,085	2.16%	2.34%
1965	50,086,764	156,686	2.19%	2.35%
1966	51,188,234	160,393	2.2%	2.37%
1967	52,293,065	164,245	2.16%	2.4%
1968	53,432,783	168,282	2.18%	2.46%
1969	54,631,914	172,476	2.24%	2.49%
1970	55,893,838	176,579	2.31%	2.38%
1971	57,214,684	180,637	2.36%	2.3%
1972	58,601,748	184,994	2.42%	2.41%
1973	60,082,139	189,774	2.53%	2.58%
1974	61,679,144	195,041	2.66%	2.78%
1975	63,410,815	200,744	2.81%	2.92%
1976	65,258,009	207,194	2.91%	3.21%
1977	67,234,590	214,418	3.03%	3.49%
1978	69,326,532	222,029	3.11%	3.55%
1979	71,498,242	229,953	3.13%	3.57%
1980	73,764,641	238,135	3.17%	3.56%
1981	76,068,103	246,555	3.12%	3.54%
1982	78,378,701	255,200	3.04%	3.51%
1983	80,438,260	264,068	2.63%	3.47%
1984	82,526,443	273,163	2.6%	3.44%
1985	84,897,973	282,455	2.87%	3.4%
1986	87,235,953	291,842	2.75%	3.32%
1987	89,591,716	301,414	2.7%	3.28%
1988	92,020,090	311,265	2.71%	3.27%
1989	94,531,014	321,282	2.73%	3.22%
1990	97,120,925	331,435	2.74%	3.16%
1991	99,720,162	341,738	2.68%	3.11%
1992	102,372,770	352,205	2.66%	3.06%
1993	105,122,069	362,839	2.69%	3.02%
1994	107,935,714	373,675	2.68%	2.99%
1995	110,819,428	384,733	2.67%	2.96%
1996	113,754,779	396,009	2.65%	2.93%
1997	116,754,792	407,474	2.64%	2.9%
1998	119,846,254	419,071	2.65%	2.85%
1999	123,047,320	430,500	2.67%	2.73%
2000	126,382,494	440,469	2.71%	2.32%
2001	129,862,595	449,125	2.75%	1.97%
2002	133,471,989	457,671	2.78%	1.9%
2003	137,202,644	466,154	2.8%	1.85%
2004	141,057,045	474,611	2.81%	1.81%
2005	145,017,253	483,080	2.81%	1.78%
2006	149,077,334	491,594	2.8%	1.76%
2007	153,267,261	500,156	2.81%	1.74%
2008	157,595,014	508,790	2.82%	1.73%
2009	162,049,464	518,141	2.83%	1.84%
2010	166,642,886	532,968	2.83%	2.86%
2011	171,379,598	552,945	2.84%	3.75%
2012	176,200,625	573,606	2.81%	3.74%
2013	181,049,443	594,945	2.75%	3.72%
2014	185,896,915	616,908	2.68%	3.69%
2015	190,671,878	639,415	2.57%	3.65%
2016	195,443,700	662,379	2.5%	3.59%
2017	200,254,579	685,672	2.46%	3.52%
2018	204,938,755	709,101	2.34%	3.42%
2019	209,485,641	728,147	2.22%	2.69%
2020	213,996,181	744,498	2.15%	2.25%
2021	218,529,286	762,591	2.12%	2.43%
2022	223,150,896	781,066	2.11%	2.42%
2023	227,882,945	800,005	2.12%	2.42%
2024	232,679,478	819,198	2.1%	2.4%
2025	237,527,783	838,646	2.08%	2.37%
2026	242,431,830	858,283	2.06%	2.34%
2027	247,374,258	878,097	2.04%	2.31%
2028	252,346,128	898,073	2.01%	2.27%
2029	257,352,638	918,152	1.98%	2.24%
2030	262,380,975	938,340	1.95%	2.2%
2031	267,421,079	958,614	1.92%	2.16%
2032	272,483,635	978,977	1.89%	2.12%
2033	277,555,116	999,314	1.86%	2.08%
2034	282,622,388	1,019,534	1.83%	2.02%
2035	287,685,757	1,039,655	1.79%	1.97%
2036	292,739,390	1,059,521	1.76%	1.91%
2037	297,773,236	1,079,088	1.72%	1.85%
2038	302,782,350	1,098,284	1.68%	1.78%
2039	307,764,754	1,117,085	1.65%	1.71%
2040	312,710,403	1,135,445	1.61%	1.64%
2041	317,607,237	1,153,450	1.57%	1.59%
2042	322,450,302	1,171,334	1.52%	1.55%
2043	327,243,941	1,189,113	1.49%	1.52%
2044	331,983,354	1,206,729	1.45%	1.48%
2045	336,662,502	1,224,188	1.41%	1.45%
2046	341,281,757	1,241,491	1.37%	1.41%
2047	345,844,004	1,258,611	1.34%	1.38%
2048	350,347,757	1,275,579	1.3%	1.35%
2049	354,792,418	1,292,414	1.27%	1.32%
2050	359,185,550	1,309,098	1.24%	1.29%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 170,785 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 196,120 (a 29.6% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. The Solomon Islands was ranked 165th in 2006 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 52.5% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.