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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Sudan	Nigeria	Sudan
1960	45,053,782	8,364,489	-	-
1961	45,989,310	8,634,941	2.08%	3.23%
1962	46,965,292	8,919,028	2.12%	3.29%
1963	47,973,575	9,218,077	2.15%	3.35%
1964	49,012,016	9,531,109	2.16%	3.4%
1965	50,086,764	9,858,030	2.19%	3.43%
1966	51,188,234	10,197,578	2.2%	3.44%
1967	52,293,065	10,550,597	2.16%	3.46%
1968	53,432,783	10,917,999	2.18%	3.48%
1969	54,631,914	11,298,936	2.24%	3.49%
1970	55,893,838	11,695,771	2.31%	3.51%
1971	57,214,684	12,105,539	2.36%	3.5%
1972	58,601,748	12,527,856	2.42%	3.49%
1973	60,082,139	13,049,315	2.53%	4.16%
1974	61,679,144	13,580,723	2.66%	4.07%
1975	63,410,815	14,064,798	2.81%	3.56%
1976	65,258,009	14,569,716	2.91%	3.59%
1977	67,234,590	15,086,614	3.03%	3.55%
1978	69,326,532	15,695,003	3.11%	4.03%
1979	71,498,242	16,355,352	3.13%	4.21%
1980	73,764,641	17,058,905	3.17%	4.3%
1981	76,068,103	17,780,572	3.12%	4.23%
1982	78,378,701	18,486,645	3.04%	3.97%
1983	80,438,260	19,109,770	2.63%	3.37%
1984	82,526,443	19,546,528	2.6%	2.29%
1985	84,897,973	19,905,872	2.87%	1.84%
1986	87,235,953	20,288,238	2.75%	1.92%
1987	89,591,716	20,704,904	2.7%	2.05%
1988	92,020,090	21,138,431	2.71%	2.09%
1989	94,531,014	21,578,022	2.73%	2.08%
1990	97,120,925	22,021,481	2.74%	2.06%
1991	99,720,162	22,470,676	2.68%	2.04%
1992	102,372,770	22,927,355	2.66%	2.03%
1993	105,122,069	23,445,592	2.69%	2.26%
1994	107,935,714	24,043,948	2.68%	2.55%
1995	110,819,428	24,672,143	2.67%	2.61%
1996	113,754,779	25,231,528	2.65%	2.27%
1997	116,754,792	25,799,821	2.64%	2.25%
1998	119,846,254	26,458,999	2.65%	2.55%
1999	123,047,320	27,130,613	2.67%	2.54%
2000	126,382,494	27,816,745	2.71%	2.53%
2001	129,862,595	28,516,770	2.75%	2.52%
2002	133,471,989	29,228,727	2.78%	2.5%
2003	137,202,644	29,896,035	2.8%	2.28%
2004	141,057,045	30,556,637	2.81%	2.21%
2005	145,017,253	31,262,444	2.81%	2.31%
2006	149,077,334	31,992,435	2.8%	2.34%
2007	153,267,261	32,764,135	2.81%	2.41%
2008	157,595,014	33,623,980	2.82%	2.62%
2009	162,049,464	34,569,113	2.83%	2.81%
2010	166,642,886	35,414,399	2.83%	2.45%
2011	171,379,598	36,140,806	2.84%	2.05%
2012	176,200,625	36,923,178	2.81%	2.16%
2013	181,049,443	37,785,849	2.75%	2.34%
2014	185,896,915	38,823,318	2.68%	2.75%
2015	190,671,878	40,024,431	2.57%	3.09%
2016	195,443,700	41,259,892	2.5%	3.09%
2017	200,254,579	42,714,306	2.46%	3.53%
2018	204,938,755	44,230,596	2.34%	3.55%
2019	209,485,641	45,548,175	2.22%	2.98%
2020	213,996,181	46,789,231	2.15%	2.72%
2021	218,529,286	48,066,924	2.12%	2.73%
2022	223,150,896	49,383,346	2.11%	2.74%
2023	227,882,945	50,042,791	2.12%	1.34%
2024	232,679,478	50,448,963	2.1%	0.81%
2025	237,527,783	51,662,152	2.08%	2.4%
2026	242,431,830	53,282,718	2.06%	3.14%
2027	247,374,258	54,724,215	2.04%	2.71%
2028	252,346,128	55,993,833	2.01%	2.32%
2029	257,352,638	57,275,443	1.98%	2.29%
2030	262,380,975	58,571,624	1.95%	2.26%
2031	267,421,079	59,872,936	1.92%	2.22%
2032	272,483,635	61,179,476	1.89%	2.18%
2033	277,555,116	62,497,205	1.86%	2.15%
2034	282,622,388	63,822,356	1.83%	2.12%
2035	287,685,757	65,148,317	1.79%	2.08%
2036	292,739,390	66,470,018	1.76%	2.03%
2037	297,773,236	67,791,240	1.72%	1.99%
2038	302,782,350	69,107,712	1.68%	1.94%
2039	307,764,754	70,416,631	1.65%	1.89%
2040	312,710,403	71,730,604	1.61%	1.87%
2041	317,607,237	73,056,213	1.57%	1.85%
2042	322,450,302	74,387,562	1.52%	1.82%
2043	327,243,941	75,723,670	1.49%	1.8%
2044	331,983,354	77,066,454	1.45%	1.77%
2045	336,662,502	78,415,205	1.41%	1.75%
2046	341,281,757	79,767,271	1.37%	1.72%
2047	345,844,004	81,115,241	1.34%	1.69%
2048	350,347,757	82,463,202	1.3%	1.66%
2049	354,792,418	83,828,356	1.27%	1.66%
2050	359,185,550	85,206,384	1.24%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.