Population in Nigeria compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Sri Lanka	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
1960	45,053,782	9,661,389	-	-
1961	45,989,310	9,899,372	2.08%	2.46%
1962	46,965,292	10,143,754	2.12%	2.47%
1963	47,973,575	10,395,040	2.15%	2.48%
1964	49,012,016	10,653,397	2.16%	2.49%
1965	50,086,764	10,916,965	2.19%	2.47%
1966	51,188,234	11,183,928	2.2%	2.45%
1967	52,293,065	11,457,328	2.16%	2.44%
1968	53,432,783	11,736,088	2.18%	2.43%
1969	54,631,914	12,013,858	2.24%	2.37%
1970	55,893,838	12,287,110	2.31%	2.27%
1971	57,214,684	12,551,910	2.36%	2.16%
1972	58,601,748	12,809,205	2.42%	2.05%
1973	60,082,139	13,060,916	2.53%	1.97%
1974	61,679,144	13,305,693	2.66%	1.87%
1975	63,410,815	13,548,984	2.81%	1.83%
1976	65,258,009	13,796,770	2.91%	1.83%
1977	67,234,590	14,049,371	3.03%	1.83%
1978	69,326,532	14,310,128	3.11%	1.86%
1979	71,498,242	14,579,614	3.13%	1.88%
1980	73,764,641	14,847,974	3.17%	1.84%
1981	76,068,103	15,099,414	3.12%	1.69%
1982	78,378,701	15,286,567	3.04%	1.24%
1983	80,438,260	15,388,794	2.63%	0.67%
1984	82,526,443	15,441,860	2.6%	0.34%
1985	84,897,973	15,544,154	2.87%	0.66%
1986	87,235,953	15,731,256	2.75%	1.2%
1987	89,591,716	15,916,576	2.7%	1.18%
1988	92,020,090	16,078,621	2.71%	1.02%
1989	94,531,014	16,248,557	2.73%	1.06%
1990	97,120,925	16,352,458	2.74%	0.64%
1991	99,720,162	16,475,354	2.68%	0.75%
1992	102,372,770	16,739,284	2.66%	1.6%
1993	105,122,069	17,025,918	2.69%	1.71%
1994	107,935,714	17,275,773	2.68%	1.47%
1995	110,819,428	17,564,068	2.67%	1.67%
1996	113,754,779	17,905,018	2.65%	1.94%
1997	116,754,792	18,248,200	2.64%	1.92%
1998	119,846,254	18,596,003	2.65%	1.91%
1999	123,047,320	18,944,731	2.67%	1.88%
2000	126,382,494	19,293,054	2.71%	1.84%
2001	129,862,595	19,600,362	2.75%	1.59%
2002	133,471,989	19,805,752	2.78%	1.05%
2003	137,202,644	19,951,521	2.8%	0.74%
2004	141,057,045	20,087,605	2.81%	0.68%
2005	145,017,253	20,216,524	2.81%	0.64%
2006	149,077,334	20,352,411	2.8%	0.67%
2007	153,267,261	20,492,545	2.81%	0.69%
2008	157,595,014	20,629,378	2.82%	0.67%
2009	162,049,464	20,756,435	2.83%	0.62%
2010	166,642,886	20,879,089	2.83%	0.59%
2011	171,379,598	21,009,048	2.84%	0.62%
2012	176,200,625	21,169,458	2.81%	0.76%
2013	181,049,443	20,585,000	2.75%	-2.76%
2014	185,896,915	20,778,000	2.68%	0.94%
2015	190,671,878	20,970,000	2.57%	0.92%
2016	195,443,700	21,209,000	2.5%	1.14%
2017	200,254,579	21,453,000	2.46%	1.15%
2018	204,938,755	21,670,000	2.34%	1.01%
2019	209,485,641	21,803,000	2.22%	0.61%
2020	213,996,181	21,919,000	2.15%	0.53%
2021	218,529,286	22,156,000	2.12%	1.08%
2022	223,150,896	22,181,000	2.11%	0.11%
2023	227,882,945	22,037,000	2.12%	-0.65%
2024	232,679,478	21,916,000	2.1%	-0.55%
2025	237,527,783	22,035,440	2.08%	0.54%
2026	242,431,830	22,148,172	2.06%	0.51%
2027	247,374,258	22,255,601	2.04%	0.49%
2028	252,346,128	22,357,682	2.01%	0.46%
2029	257,352,638	22,453,922	1.98%	0.43%
2030	262,380,975	22,546,245	1.95%	0.41%
2031	267,421,079	22,635,106	1.92%	0.39%
2032	272,483,635	22,720,118	1.89%	0.38%
2033	277,555,116	22,802,043	1.86%	0.36%
2034	282,622,388	22,879,527	1.83%	0.34%
2035	287,685,757	22,952,739	1.79%	0.32%
2036	292,739,390	23,022,027	1.76%	0.3%
2037	297,773,236	23,088,877	1.72%	0.29%
2038	302,782,350	23,152,480	1.68%	0.28%
2039	307,764,754	23,211,633	1.65%	0.26%
2040	312,710,403	23,265,986	1.61%	0.23%
2041	317,607,237	23,315,260	1.57%	0.21%
2042	322,450,302	23,359,578	1.52%	0.19%
2043	327,243,941	23,398,752	1.49%	0.17%
2044	331,983,354	23,433,096	1.45%	0.15%
2045	336,662,502	23,464,943	1.41%	0.14%
2046	341,281,757	23,492,738	1.37%	0.12%
2047	345,844,004	23,512,629	1.34%	0.08%
2048	350,347,757	23,525,953	1.3%	0.06%
2049	354,792,418	23,533,940	1.27%	0.03%
2050	359,185,550	23,538,230	1.24%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.