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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Suriname	Nigeria	Suriname
1960	45,053,782	263,918	-	-
1961	45,989,310	272,791	2.08%	3.36%
1962	46,965,292	283,912	2.12%	4.08%
1963	47,973,575	297,034	2.15%	4.62%
1964	49,012,016	309,041	2.16%	4.04%
1965	50,086,764	320,000	2.19%	3.55%
1966	51,188,234	331,135	2.2%	3.48%
1967	52,293,065	342,679	2.16%	3.49%
1968	53,432,783	354,616	2.18%	3.48%
1969	54,631,914	366,906	2.24%	3.47%
1970	55,893,838	379,442	2.31%	3.42%
1971	57,214,684	391,932	2.36%	3.29%
1972	58,601,748	397,413	2.42%	1.4%
1973	60,082,139	395,772	2.53%	-0.41%
1974	61,679,144	393,676	2.66%	-0.53%
1975	63,410,815	391,170	2.81%	-0.64%
1976	65,258,009	388,289	2.91%	-0.74%
1977	67,234,590	385,067	3.03%	-0.83%
1978	69,326,532	381,502	3.11%	-0.93%
1979	71,498,242	377,602	3.13%	-1.02%
1980	73,764,641	375,377	3.17%	-0.59%
1981	76,068,103	375,459	3.12%	0.02%
1982	78,378,701	376,555	3.04%	0.29%
1983	80,438,260	378,746	2.63%	0.58%
1984	82,526,443	382,193	2.6%	0.91%
1985	84,897,973	386,972	2.87%	1.25%
1986	87,235,953	392,330	2.75%	1.38%
1987	89,591,716	396,911	2.7%	1.17%
1988	92,020,090	402,227	2.71%	1.34%
1989	94,531,014	408,409	2.73%	1.54%
1990	97,120,925	412,493	2.74%	1%
1991	99,720,162	415,013	2.68%	0.61%
1992	102,372,770	417,589	2.66%	0.62%
1993	105,122,069	419,352	2.69%	0.42%
1994	107,935,714	422,375	2.68%	0.72%
1995	110,819,428	429,606	2.67%	1.71%
1996	113,754,779	438,830	2.65%	2.15%
1997	116,754,792	448,067	2.64%	2.1%
1998	119,846,254	457,406	2.65%	2.08%
1999	123,047,320	466,916	2.67%	2.08%
2000	126,382,494	476,643	2.71%	2.08%
2001	129,862,595	486,560	2.75%	2.08%
2002	133,471,989	496,551	2.78%	2.05%
2003	137,202,644	506,414	2.8%	1.99%
2004	141,057,045	513,923	2.81%	1.48%
2005	145,017,253	519,313	2.81%	1.05%
2006	149,077,334	524,997	2.8%	1.09%
2007	153,267,261	531,016	2.81%	1.15%
2008	157,595,014	537,245	2.82%	1.17%
2009	162,049,464	543,568	2.83%	1.18%
2010	166,642,886	549,923	2.83%	1.17%
2011	171,379,598	556,269	2.84%	1.15%
2012	176,200,625	562,633	2.81%	1.14%
2013	181,049,443	569,020	2.75%	1.14%
2014	185,896,915	575,373	2.68%	1.12%
2015	190,671,878	581,627	2.57%	1.09%
2016	195,443,700	587,757	2.5%	1.05%
2017	200,254,579	593,713	2.46%	1.01%
2018	204,938,755	599,513	2.34%	0.98%
2019	209,485,641	605,768	2.22%	1.04%
2020	213,996,181	612,317	2.15%	1.08%
2021	218,529,286	617,896	2.12%	0.91%
2022	223,150,896	623,164	2.11%	0.85%
2023	227,882,945	628,886	2.12%	0.92%
2024	232,679,478	634,431	2.1%	0.88%
2025	237,527,783	639,852	2.08%	0.85%
2026	242,431,830	645,257	2.06%	0.84%
2027	247,374,258	650,564	2.04%	0.82%
2028	252,346,128	655,783	2.01%	0.8%
2029	257,352,638	660,793	1.98%	0.76%
2030	262,380,975	665,650	1.95%	0.74%
2031	267,421,079	670,421	1.92%	0.72%
2032	272,483,635	675,070	1.89%	0.69%
2033	277,555,116	679,573	1.86%	0.67%
2034	282,622,388	683,911	1.83%	0.64%
2035	287,685,757	688,189	1.79%	0.63%
2036	292,739,390	692,343	1.76%	0.6%
2037	297,773,236	696,213	1.72%	0.56%
2038	302,782,350	699,908	1.68%	0.53%
2039	307,764,754	703,569	1.65%	0.52%
2040	312,710,403	707,156	1.61%	0.51%
2041	317,607,237	710,619	1.57%	0.49%
2042	322,450,302	713,900	1.52%	0.46%
2043	327,243,941	716,999	1.49%	0.43%
2044	331,983,354	719,920	1.45%	0.41%
2045	336,662,502	722,759	1.41%	0.39%
2046	341,281,757	725,322	1.37%	0.35%
2047	345,844,004	727,726	1.34%	0.33%
2048	350,347,757	730,038	1.3%	0.32%
2049	354,792,418	732,021	1.27%	0.27%
2050	359,185,550	733,898	1.24%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.