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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	South Sudan	Nigeria	South Sudan
1960	45,053,782	2,931,559	-	-
1961	45,989,310	2,976,724	2.08%	1.54%
1962	46,965,292	3,024,308	2.12%	1.6%
1963	47,973,575	3,072,669	2.15%	1.6%
1964	49,012,016	3,129,918	2.16%	1.86%
1965	50,086,764	3,189,835	2.19%	1.91%
1966	51,188,234	3,236,423	2.2%	1.46%
1967	52,293,065	3,277,648	2.16%	1.27%
1968	53,432,783	3,321,528	2.18%	1.34%
1969	54,631,914	3,365,533	2.24%	1.32%
1970	55,893,838	3,409,614	2.31%	1.31%
1971	57,214,684	3,468,646	2.36%	1.73%
1972	58,601,748	3,542,497	2.42%	2.13%
1973	60,082,139	3,627,383	2.53%	2.4%
1974	61,679,144	3,723,259	2.66%	2.64%
1975	63,410,815	3,821,494	2.81%	2.64%
1976	65,258,009	3,921,910	2.91%	2.63%
1977	67,234,590	4,024,032	3.03%	2.6%
1978	69,326,532	4,127,657	3.11%	2.58%
1979	71,498,242	4,232,605	3.13%	2.54%
1980	73,764,641	4,339,030	3.17%	2.51%
1981	76,068,103	4,447,272	3.12%	2.49%
1982	78,378,701	4,557,686	3.04%	2.48%
1983	80,438,260	4,661,574	2.63%	2.28%
1984	82,526,443	4,750,627	2.6%	1.91%
1985	84,897,973	4,834,296	2.87%	1.76%
1986	87,235,953	4,921,240	2.75%	1.8%
1987	89,591,716	4,962,395	2.7%	0.84%
1988	92,020,090	4,848,029	2.71%	-2.3%
1989	94,531,014	4,713,229	2.73%	-2.78%
1990	97,120,925	4,737,633	2.74%	0.52%
1991	99,720,162	4,836,677	2.68%	2.09%
1992	102,372,770	4,909,749	2.66%	1.51%
1993	105,122,069	4,956,002	2.69%	0.94%
1994	107,935,714	5,071,184	2.68%	2.32%
1995	110,819,428	5,225,836	2.67%	3.05%
1996	113,754,779	5,356,925	2.65%	2.51%
1997	116,754,792	5,509,136	2.64%	2.84%
1998	119,846,254	5,620,068	2.65%	2.01%
1999	123,047,320	5,771,628	2.67%	2.7%
2000	126,382,494	6,032,267	2.71%	4.52%
2001	129,862,595	6,308,391	2.75%	4.58%
2002	133,471,989	6,596,806	2.78%	4.57%
2003	137,202,644	6,903,127	2.8%	4.64%
2004	141,057,045	7,233,041	2.81%	4.78%
2005	145,017,253	7,590,143	2.81%	4.94%
2006	149,077,334	7,976,526	2.8%	5.09%
2007	153,267,261	8,388,788	2.81%	5.17%
2008	157,595,014	8,817,647	2.82%	5.11%
2009	162,049,464	9,243,556	2.83%	4.83%
2010	166,642,886	9,745,953	2.83%	5.44%
2011	171,379,598	10,288,109	2.84%	5.56%
2012	176,200,625	10,756,240	2.81%	4.55%
2013	181,049,443	11,166,275	2.75%	3.81%
2014	185,896,915	11,235,073	2.68%	0.62%
2015	190,671,878	11,107,561	2.57%	-1.13%
2016	195,443,700	10,830,102	2.5%	-2.5%
2017	200,254,579	10,259,154	2.46%	-5.27%
2018	204,938,755	10,122,977	2.34%	-1.33%
2019	209,485,641	10,423,384	2.22%	2.97%
2020	213,996,181	10,698,467	2.15%	2.64%
2021	218,529,286	10,865,780	2.12%	1.56%
2022	223,150,896	11,021,177	2.11%	1.43%
2023	227,882,945	11,483,374	2.12%	4.19%
2024	232,679,478	11,943,408	2.1%	4.01%
2025	237,527,783	12,188,793	2.08%	2.05%
2026	242,431,830	12,436,036	2.06%	2.03%
2027	247,374,258	12,687,301	2.04%	2.02%
2028	252,346,128	12,941,503	2.01%	2%
2029	257,352,638	13,198,080	1.98%	1.98%
2030	262,380,975	13,457,446	1.95%	1.97%
2031	267,421,079	13,725,413	1.92%	1.99%
2032	272,483,635	13,996,343	1.89%	1.97%
2033	277,555,116	14,261,762	1.86%	1.9%
2034	282,622,388	14,527,550	1.83%	1.86%
2035	287,685,757	14,798,602	1.79%	1.87%
2036	292,739,390	15,070,098	1.76%	1.83%
2037	297,773,236	15,335,700	1.72%	1.76%
2038	302,782,350	15,595,968	1.68%	1.7%
2039	307,764,754	15,850,696	1.65%	1.63%
2040	312,710,403	16,101,470	1.61%	1.58%
2041	317,607,237	16,350,149	1.57%	1.54%
2042	322,450,302	16,593,361	1.52%	1.49%
2043	327,243,941	16,829,209	1.49%	1.42%
2044	331,983,354	17,060,176	1.45%	1.37%
2045	336,662,502	17,286,412	1.41%	1.33%
2046	341,281,757	17,509,693	1.37%	1.29%
2047	345,844,004	17,728,331	1.34%	1.25%
2048	350,347,757	17,938,437	1.3%	1.19%
2049	354,792,418	18,142,893	1.27%	1.14%
2050	359,185,550	18,341,968	1.24%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.