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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Spain	Nigeria	Spain
1960	45,053,782	30,455,000	-	-
1961	45,989,310	30,739,250	2.08%	0.93%
1962	46,965,292	31,023,366	2.12%	0.92%
1963	47,973,575	31,296,651	2.15%	0.88%
1964	49,012,016	31,609,195	2.16%	1%
1965	50,086,764	31,954,292	2.19%	1.09%
1966	51,188,234	32,283,194	2.2%	1.03%
1967	52,293,065	32,682,947	2.16%	1.24%
1968	53,432,783	33,113,134	2.18%	1.32%
1969	54,631,914	33,441,054	2.24%	0.99%
1970	55,893,838	33,814,531	2.31%	1.12%
1971	57,214,684	34,224,490	2.36%	1.21%
1972	58,601,748	34,604,469	2.42%	1.11%
1973	60,082,139	34,988,947	2.53%	1.11%
1974	61,679,144	35,373,335	2.66%	1.1%
1975	63,410,815	35,757,900	2.81%	1.09%
1976	65,258,009	36,137,812	2.91%	1.06%
1977	67,234,590	36,511,638	3.03%	1.03%
1978	69,326,532	36,864,898	3.11%	0.97%
1979	71,498,242	37,191,330	3.13%	0.89%
1980	73,764,641	37,491,165	3.17%	0.81%
1981	76,068,103	37,758,631	3.12%	0.71%
1982	78,378,701	37,986,012	3.04%	0.6%
1983	80,438,260	38,171,525	2.63%	0.49%
1984	82,526,443	38,330,364	2.6%	0.42%
1985	84,897,973	38,469,512	2.87%	0.36%
1986	87,235,953	38,584,624	2.75%	0.3%
1987	89,591,716	38,684,815	2.7%	0.26%
1988	92,020,090	38,766,939	2.71%	0.21%
1989	94,531,014	38,827,764	2.73%	0.16%
1990	97,120,925	38,867,322	2.74%	0.1%
1991	99,720,162	38,966,376	2.68%	0.25%
1992	102,372,770	39,157,685	2.66%	0.49%
1993	105,122,069	39,361,262	2.69%	0.52%
1994	107,935,714	39,549,108	2.68%	0.48%
1995	110,819,428	39,724,050	2.67%	0.44%
1996	113,754,779	39,889,852	2.65%	0.42%
1997	116,754,792	40,057,389	2.64%	0.42%
1998	119,846,254	40,223,509	2.65%	0.41%
1999	123,047,320	40,386,875	2.67%	0.41%
2000	126,382,494	40,567,864	2.71%	0.45%
2001	129,862,595	40,850,412	2.75%	0.7%
2002	133,471,989	41,431,558	2.78%	1.42%
2003	137,202,644	42,187,645	2.8%	1.82%
2004	141,057,045	42,921,895	2.81%	1.74%
2005	145,017,253	43,653,155	2.81%	1.7%
2006	149,077,334	44,397,319	2.8%	1.7%
2007	153,267,261	45,226,803	2.81%	1.87%
2008	157,595,014	45,954,106	2.82%	1.61%
2009	162,049,464	46,362,946	2.83%	0.89%
2010	166,642,886	46,576,897	2.83%	0.46%
2011	171,379,598	46,742,697	2.84%	0.36%
2012	176,200,625	46,773,055	2.81%	0.06%
2013	181,049,443	46,604,197	2.75%	-0.36%
2014	185,896,915	46,460,733	2.68%	-0.31%
2015	190,671,878	46,422,303	2.57%	-0.08%
2016	195,443,700	46,458,139	2.5%	0.08%
2017	200,254,579	46,571,232	2.46%	0.24%
2018	204,938,755	46,782,011	2.34%	0.45%
2019	209,485,641	47,118,501	2.22%	0.72%
2020	213,996,181	47,359,424	2.15%	0.51%
2021	218,529,286	47,443,821	2.12%	0.18%
2022	223,150,896	47,786,102	2.11%	0.72%
2023	227,882,945	48,352,528	2.12%	1.19%
2024	232,679,478	48,848,840	2.1%	1.03%
2025	237,527,783	48,827,866	2.08%	-0.04%
2026	242,431,830	48,787,930	2.06%	-0.08%
2027	247,374,258	48,738,456	2.04%	-0.1%
2028	252,346,128	48,683,694	2.01%	-0.11%
2029	257,352,638	48,619,674	1.98%	-0.13%
2030	262,380,975	48,542,955	1.95%	-0.16%
2031	267,421,079	48,454,221	1.92%	-0.18%
2032	272,483,635	48,362,482	1.89%	-0.19%
2033	277,555,116	48,271,264	1.86%	-0.19%
2034	282,622,388	48,177,551	1.83%	-0.19%
2035	287,685,757	48,077,695	1.79%	-0.21%
2036	292,739,390	47,970,911	1.76%	-0.22%
2037	297,773,236	47,860,116	1.72%	-0.23%
2038	302,782,350	47,747,343	1.68%	-0.24%
2039	307,764,754	47,629,540	1.65%	-0.25%
2040	312,710,403	47,504,152	1.61%	-0.26%
2041	317,607,237	47,373,061	1.57%	-0.28%
2042	322,450,302	47,234,914	1.52%	-0.29%
2043	327,243,941	47,092,497	1.49%	-0.3%
2044	331,983,354	46,942,712	1.45%	-0.32%
2045	336,662,502	46,778,501	1.41%	-0.35%
2046	341,281,757	46,604,170	1.37%	-0.37%
2047	345,844,004	46,421,312	1.34%	-0.39%
2048	350,347,757	46,230,109	1.3%	-0.41%
2049	354,792,418	46,024,720	1.27%	-0.44%
2050	359,185,550	45,808,469	1.24%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.