Population in Nigeria compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	South Korea	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	45,053,782	25,012,374	-	-
1961	45,989,310	25,765,673	2.08%	3.01%
1962	46,965,292	26,513,030	2.12%	2.9%
1963	47,973,575	27,261,747	2.15%	2.82%
1964	49,012,016	27,984,155	2.16%	2.65%
1965	50,086,764	28,704,674	2.19%	2.57%
1966	51,188,234	29,435,571	2.2%	2.55%
1967	52,293,065	30,130,983	2.16%	2.36%
1968	53,432,783	30,838,302	2.18%	2.35%
1969	54,631,914	31,544,266	2.24%	2.29%
1970	55,893,838	32,240,827	2.31%	2.21%
1971	57,214,684	32,882,704	2.36%	1.99%
1972	58,601,748	33,505,406	2.42%	1.89%
1973	60,082,139	34,103,149	2.53%	1.78%
1974	61,679,144	34,692,266	2.66%	1.73%
1975	63,410,815	35,280,725	2.81%	1.7%
1976	65,258,009	35,848,523	2.91%	1.61%
1977	67,234,590	36,411,795	3.03%	1.57%
1978	69,326,532	36,969,185	3.11%	1.53%
1979	71,498,242	37,534,236	3.13%	1.53%
1980	73,764,641	38,123,775	3.17%	1.57%
1981	76,068,103	38,723,248	3.12%	1.57%
1982	78,378,701	39,326,352	3.04%	1.56%
1983	80,438,260	39,910,403	2.63%	1.49%
1984	82,526,443	40,405,956	2.6%	1.24%
1985	84,897,973	40,805,744	2.87%	0.99%
1986	87,235,953	41,213,674	2.75%	1%
1987	89,591,716	41,621,690	2.7%	0.99%
1988	92,020,090	42,031,247	2.71%	0.98%
1989	94,531,014	42,449,038	2.73%	0.99%
1990	97,120,925	42,869,283	2.74%	0.99%
1991	99,720,162	43,295,704	2.68%	0.99%
1992	102,372,770	43,747,962	2.66%	1.04%
1993	105,122,069	44,194,628	2.69%	1.02%
1994	107,935,714	44,641,540	2.68%	1.01%
1995	110,819,428	45,092,991	2.67%	1.01%
1996	113,754,779	45,524,681	2.65%	0.96%
1997	116,754,792	45,953,580	2.64%	0.94%
1998	119,846,254	46,286,503	2.65%	0.72%
1999	123,047,320	46,616,677	2.67%	0.71%
2000	126,382,494	47,008,111	2.71%	0.84%
2001	129,862,595	47,370,164	2.75%	0.77%
2002	133,471,989	47,644,736	2.78%	0.58%
2003	137,202,644	47,892,330	2.8%	0.52%
2004	141,057,045	48,082,519	2.81%	0.4%
2005	145,017,253	48,184,561	2.81%	0.21%
2006	149,077,334	48,438,292	2.8%	0.53%
2007	153,267,261	48,683,638	2.81%	0.51%
2008	157,595,014	49,054,708	2.82%	0.76%
2009	162,049,464	49,307,835	2.83%	0.52%
2010	166,642,886	49,554,112	2.83%	0.5%
2011	171,379,598	49,936,638	2.84%	0.77%
2012	176,200,625	50,199,853	2.81%	0.53%
2013	181,049,443	50,428,893	2.75%	0.46%
2014	185,896,915	50,746,659	2.68%	0.63%
2015	190,671,878	51,014,947	2.57%	0.53%
2016	195,443,700	51,217,803	2.5%	0.4%
2017	200,254,579	51,361,911	2.46%	0.28%
2018	204,938,755	51,585,058	2.34%	0.43%
2019	209,485,641	51,764,822	2.22%	0.35%
2020	213,996,181	51,836,239	2.15%	0.14%
2021	218,529,286	51,769,539	2.12%	-0.13%
2022	223,150,896	51,672,569	2.11%	-0.19%
2023	227,882,945	51,712,619	2.12%	0.08%
2024	232,679,478	51,751,065	2.1%	0.07%
2025	237,527,783	51,700,480	2.08%	-0.1%
2026	242,431,830	51,633,793	2.06%	-0.13%
2027	247,374,258	51,552,198	2.04%	-0.16%
2028	252,346,128	51,456,707	2.01%	-0.19%
2029	257,352,638	51,347,230	1.98%	-0.21%
2030	262,380,975	51,221,713	1.95%	-0.24%
2031	267,421,079	51,081,220	1.92%	-0.27%
2032	272,483,635	50,924,233	1.89%	-0.31%
2033	277,555,116	50,747,132	1.86%	-0.35%
2034	282,622,388	50,549,508	1.83%	-0.39%
2035	287,685,757	50,333,286	1.79%	-0.43%
2036	292,739,390	50,098,951	1.76%	-0.47%
2037	297,773,236	49,845,669	1.72%	-0.51%
2038	302,782,350	49,573,234	1.68%	-0.55%
2039	307,764,754	49,283,770	1.65%	-0.58%
2040	312,710,403	48,980,369	1.61%	-0.62%
2041	317,607,237	48,661,905	1.57%	-0.65%
2042	322,450,302	48,331,004	1.52%	-0.68%
2043	327,243,941	47,990,085	1.49%	-0.71%
2044	331,983,354	47,634,183	1.45%	-0.74%
2045	336,662,502	47,263,526	1.41%	-0.78%
2046	341,281,757	46,881,228	1.37%	-0.81%
2047	345,844,004	46,482,133	1.34%	-0.85%
2048	350,347,757	46,063,595	1.3%	-0.9%
2049	354,792,418	45,626,805	1.27%	-0.95%
2050	359,185,550	45,172,356	1.24%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.