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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Syria	Nigeria	Syria
1960	45,053,782	4,673,500	-	-
1961	45,989,310	4,815,466	2.08%	3.04%
1962	46,965,292	4,959,340	2.12%	2.99%
1963	47,973,575	5,110,467	2.15%	3.05%
1964	49,012,016	5,269,087	2.16%	3.1%
1965	50,086,764	5,435,267	2.19%	3.15%
1966	51,188,234	5,609,047	2.2%	3.2%
1967	52,293,065	5,790,198	2.16%	3.23%
1968	53,432,783	5,978,742	2.18%	3.26%
1969	54,631,914	6,175,166	2.24%	3.29%
1970	55,893,838	6,380,609	2.31%	3.33%
1971	57,214,684	6,598,094	2.36%	3.41%
1972	58,601,748	6,826,024	2.42%	3.45%
1973	60,082,139	7,060,321	2.53%	3.43%
1974	61,679,144	7,302,160	2.66%	3.43%
1975	63,410,815	7,554,364	2.81%	3.45%
1976	65,258,009	7,817,320	2.91%	3.48%
1977	67,234,590	8,090,501	3.03%	3.49%
1978	69,326,532	8,372,759	3.11%	3.49%
1979	71,498,242	8,661,909	3.13%	3.45%
1980	73,764,641	8,957,663	3.17%	3.41%
1981	76,068,103	9,260,189	3.12%	3.38%
1982	78,378,701	9,572,511	3.04%	3.37%
1983	80,438,260	9,904,809	2.63%	3.47%
1984	82,526,443	10,258,398	2.6%	3.57%
1985	84,897,973	10,625,672	2.87%	3.58%
1986	87,235,953	11,002,844	2.75%	3.55%
1987	89,591,716	11,388,923	2.7%	3.51%
1988	92,020,090	11,782,264	2.71%	3.45%
1989	94,531,014	12,179,060	2.73%	3.37%
1990	97,120,925	12,579,208	2.74%	3.29%
1991	99,720,162	12,980,821	2.68%	3.19%
1992	102,372,770	13,385,571	2.66%	3.12%
1993	105,122,069	13,795,686	2.69%	3.06%
1994	107,935,714	14,208,583	2.68%	2.99%
1995	110,819,428	14,616,801	2.67%	2.87%
1996	113,754,779	15,018,104	2.65%	2.75%
1997	116,754,792	15,417,542	2.64%	2.66%
1998	119,846,254	15,820,413	2.65%	2.61%
1999	123,047,320	16,228,061	2.67%	2.58%
2000	126,382,494	16,637,888	2.71%	2.53%
2001	129,862,595	17,051,338	2.75%	2.48%
2002	133,471,989	17,468,332	2.78%	2.45%
2003	137,202,644	17,889,296	2.8%	2.41%
2004	141,057,045	18,336,875	2.81%	2.5%
2005	145,017,253	18,814,091	2.81%	2.6%
2006	149,077,334	19,637,022	2.8%	4.37%
2007	153,267,261	20,884,125	2.81%	6.35%
2008	157,595,014	21,636,564	2.82%	3.6%
2009	162,049,464	21,976,969	2.83%	1.57%
2010	166,642,886	22,482,421	2.83%	2.3%
2011	171,379,598	22,878,098	2.84%	1.76%
2012	176,200,625	22,759,763	2.81%	-0.52%
2013	181,049,443	21,666,917	2.75%	-4.8%
2014	185,896,915	20,273,659	2.68%	-6.43%
2015	190,671,878	19,424,618	2.57%	-4.19%
2016	195,443,700	19,193,834	2.5%	-1.19%
2017	200,254,579	19,224,668	2.46%	0.16%
2018	204,938,755	19,577,845	2.34%	1.84%
2019	209,485,641	20,353,534	2.22%	3.96%
2020	213,996,181	21,049,429	2.15%	3.42%
2021	218,529,286	21,628,839	2.12%	2.75%
2022	223,150,896	22,462,173	2.11%	3.85%
2023	227,882,945	23,594,623	2.12%	5.04%
2024	232,679,478	24,672,760	2.1%	4.57%
2025	237,527,783	25,620,422	2.08%	3.84%
2026	242,431,830	26,472,499	2.06%	3.33%
2027	247,374,258	27,261,544	2.04%	2.98%
2028	252,346,128	28,006,558	2.01%	2.73%
2029	257,352,638	28,719,309	1.98%	2.54%
2030	262,380,975	29,395,545	1.95%	2.35%
2031	267,421,079	30,029,824	1.92%	2.16%
2032	272,483,635	30,633,661	1.89%	2.01%
2033	277,555,116	31,212,478	1.86%	1.89%
2034	282,622,388	31,768,138	1.83%	1.78%
2035	287,685,757	32,294,792	1.79%	1.66%
2036	292,739,390	32,788,153	1.76%	1.53%
2037	297,773,236	33,258,407	1.72%	1.43%
2038	302,782,350	33,710,718	1.68%	1.36%
2039	307,764,754	34,131,238	1.65%	1.25%
2040	312,710,403	34,533,185	1.61%	1.18%
2041	317,607,237	34,916,936	1.57%	1.11%
2042	322,450,302	35,279,863	1.52%	1.04%
2043	327,243,941	35,623,325	1.49%	0.97%
2044	331,983,354	35,944,394	1.45%	0.9%
2045	336,662,502	36,265,295	1.41%	0.89%
2046	341,281,757	36,583,260	1.37%	0.88%
2047	345,844,004	36,878,640	1.34%	0.81%
2048	350,347,757	37,171,029	1.3%	0.79%
2049	354,792,418	37,477,690	1.27%	0.83%
2050	359,185,550	37,793,378	1.24%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.