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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Switzerland	Nigeria	Switzerland
1960	45,053,782	5,327,827	-	-
1961	45,989,310	5,434,294	2.08%	2%
1962	46,965,292	5,573,815	2.12%	2.57%
1963	47,973,575	5,694,247	2.15%	2.16%
1964	49,012,016	5,789,228	2.16%	1.67%
1965	50,086,764	5,856,472	2.19%	1.16%
1966	51,188,234	5,918,002	2.2%	1.05%
1967	52,293,065	5,991,785	2.16%	1.25%
1968	53,432,783	6,067,714	2.18%	1.27%
1969	54,631,914	6,136,387	2.24%	1.13%
1970	55,893,838	6,180,877	2.31%	0.73%
1971	57,214,684	6,213,399	2.36%	0.53%
1972	58,601,748	6,260,956	2.42%	0.77%
1973	60,082,139	6,307,347	2.53%	0.74%
1974	61,679,144	6,341,405	2.66%	0.54%
1975	63,410,815	6,338,632	2.81%	-0.04%
1976	65,258,009	6,302,504	2.91%	-0.57%
1977	67,234,590	6,281,174	3.03%	-0.34%
1978	69,326,532	6,281,738	3.11%	0.009%
1979	71,498,242	6,294,365	3.13%	0.2%
1980	73,764,641	6,319,408	3.17%	0.4%
1981	76,068,103	6,354,074	3.12%	0.55%
1982	78,378,701	6,391,309	3.04%	0.59%
1983	80,438,260	6,418,773	2.63%	0.43%
1984	82,526,443	6,441,865	2.6%	0.36%
1985	84,897,973	6,470,365	2.87%	0.44%
1986	87,235,953	6,504,124	2.75%	0.52%
1987	89,591,716	6,545,106	2.7%	0.63%
1988	92,020,090	6,593,386	2.71%	0.74%
1989	94,531,014	6,646,912	2.73%	0.81%
1990	97,120,925	6,715,519	2.74%	1.03%
1991	99,720,162	6,799,978	2.68%	1.26%
1992	102,372,770	6,875,364	2.66%	1.11%
1993	105,122,069	6,938,265	2.69%	0.91%
1994	107,935,714	6,993,795	2.68%	0.8%
1995	110,819,428	7,040,687	2.67%	0.67%
1996	113,754,779	7,071,850	2.65%	0.44%
1997	116,754,792	7,088,906	2.64%	0.24%
1998	119,846,254	7,110,001	2.65%	0.3%
1999	123,047,320	7,143,991	2.67%	0.48%
2000	126,382,494	7,184,250	2.71%	0.56%
2001	129,862,595	7,229,854	2.75%	0.63%
2002	133,471,989	7,284,753	2.78%	0.76%
2003	137,202,644	7,339,001	2.8%	0.74%
2004	141,057,045	7,389,625	2.81%	0.69%
2005	145,017,253	7,437,115	2.81%	0.64%
2006	149,077,334	7,483,934	2.8%	0.63%
2007	153,267,261	7,551,117	2.81%	0.9%
2008	157,595,014	7,647,675	2.82%	1.28%
2009	162,049,464	7,743,831	2.83%	1.26%
2010	166,642,886	7,824,909	2.83%	1.05%
2011	171,379,598	7,912,398	2.84%	1.12%
2012	176,200,625	7,996,861	2.81%	1.07%
2013	181,049,443	8,089,346	2.75%	1.16%
2014	185,896,915	8,188,649	2.68%	1.23%
2015	190,671,878	8,282,396	2.57%	1.14%
2016	195,443,700	8,373,338	2.5%	1.1%
2017	200,254,579	8,451,840	2.46%	0.94%
2018	204,938,755	8,514,329	2.34%	0.74%
2019	209,485,641	8,575,280	2.22%	0.72%
2020	213,996,181	8,638,167	2.15%	0.73%
2021	218,529,286	8,704,546	2.12%	0.77%
2022	223,150,896	8,777,088	2.11%	0.83%
2023	227,882,945	8,888,093	2.12%	1.26%
2024	232,679,478	9,034,102	2.1%	1.64%
2025	237,527,783	9,080,106	2.08%	0.51%
2026	242,431,830	9,120,994	2.06%	0.45%
2027	247,374,258	9,157,559	2.04%	0.4%
2028	252,346,128	9,190,572	2.01%	0.36%
2029	257,352,638	9,219,373	1.98%	0.31%
2030	262,380,975	9,245,030	1.95%	0.28%
2031	267,421,079	9,269,063	1.92%	0.26%
2032	272,483,635	9,289,991	1.89%	0.23%
2033	277,555,116	9,307,909	1.86%	0.19%
2034	282,622,388	9,324,938	1.83%	0.18%
2035	287,685,757	9,340,145	1.79%	0.16%
2036	292,739,390	9,352,822	1.76%	0.14%
2037	297,773,236	9,364,126	1.72%	0.12%
2038	302,782,350	9,373,988	1.68%	0.11%
2039	307,764,754	9,382,808	1.65%	0.09%
2040	312,710,403	9,392,748	1.61%	0.11%
2041	317,607,237	9,401,829	1.57%	0.1%
2042	322,450,302	9,410,286	1.52%	0.09%
2043	327,243,941	9,418,963	1.49%	0.09%
2044	331,983,354	9,426,166	1.45%	0.08%
2045	336,662,502	9,432,561	1.41%	0.07%
2046	341,281,757	9,438,518	1.37%	0.06%
2047	345,844,004	9,445,091	1.34%	0.07%
2048	350,347,757	9,452,109	1.3%	0.07%
2049	354,792,418	9,457,335	1.27%	0.06%
2050	359,185,550	9,459,997	1.24%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.