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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Taiwan	Nigeria	Taiwan
1960	45,053,782	-	-	-
1961	45,989,310	11,030,385	2.08%	-
1962	46,965,292	11,392,513	2.12%	3.28%
1963	47,973,575	11,762,101	2.15%	3.24%
1964	49,012,016	12,137,143	2.16%	3.19%
1965	50,086,764	12,511,863	2.19%	3.09%
1966	51,188,234	12,874,153	2.2%	2.9%
1967	52,293,065	13,210,344	2.16%	2.61%
1968	53,432,783	13,548,537	2.18%	2.56%
1969	54,631,914	14,068,984	2.24%	3.84%
1970	55,893,838	14,582,944	2.31%	3.65%
1971	57,214,684	14,913,564	2.36%	2.27%
1972	58,601,748	15,220,495	2.42%	2.06%
1973	60,082,139	15,505,121	2.53%	1.87%
1974	61,679,144	15,784,817	2.66%	1.8%
1975	63,410,815	16,075,128	2.81%	1.84%
1976	65,258,009	16,401,413	2.91%	2.03%
1977	67,234,590	16,730,895	3.03%	2.01%
1978	69,326,532	17,042,272	3.11%	1.86%
1979	71,498,242	17,372,779	3.13%	1.94%
1980	73,764,641	17,704,538	3.17%	1.91%
1981	76,068,103	18,029,982	3.12%	1.84%
1982	78,378,701	18,354,855	3.04%	1.8%
1983	80,438,260	18,653,146	2.63%	1.63%
1984	82,526,443	18,929,866	2.6%	1.48%
1985	84,897,973	19,191,510	2.87%	1.38%
1986	87,235,953	19,411,454	2.75%	1.15%
1987	89,591,716	19,617,046	2.7%	1.06%
1988	92,020,090	19,839,704	2.71%	1.14%
1989	94,531,014	20,055,492	2.73%	1.09%
1990	97,120,925	20,278,946	2.74%	1.11%
1991	99,720,162	20,503,568	2.68%	1.11%
1992	102,372,770	20,704,227	2.66%	0.98%
1993	105,122,069	20,899,019	2.69%	0.94%
1994	107,935,714	21,086,645	2.68%	0.9%
1995	110,819,428	21,267,653	2.67%	0.86%
1996	113,754,779	21,441,432	2.65%	0.82%
1997	116,754,792	21,634,124	2.64%	0.9%
1998	119,846,254	21,835,703	2.65%	0.93%
1999	123,047,320	22,010,489	2.67%	0.8%
2000	126,382,494	22,184,530	2.71%	0.79%
2001	129,862,595	22,341,120	2.75%	0.71%
2002	133,471,989	22,463,172	2.78%	0.55%
2003	137,202,644	22,562,663	2.8%	0.44%
2004	141,057,045	22,646,836	2.81%	0.37%
2005	145,017,253	22,729,753	2.81%	0.37%
2006	149,077,334	22,823,455	2.8%	0.41%
2007	153,267,261	22,917,444	2.81%	0.41%
2008	157,595,014	22,997,696	2.82%	0.35%
2009	162,049,464	23,078,402	2.83%	0.35%
2010	166,642,886	23,140,948	2.83%	0.27%
2011	171,379,598	23,193,518	2.84%	0.23%
2012	176,200,625	23,270,367	2.81%	0.33%
2013	181,049,443	23,344,670	2.75%	0.32%
2014	185,896,915	23,403,635	2.68%	0.25%
2015	190,671,878	23,462,914	2.57%	0.25%
2016	195,443,700	23,515,945	2.5%	0.23%
2017	200,254,579	23,555,522	2.46%	0.17%
2018	204,938,755	23,580,080	2.34%	0.1%
2019	209,485,641	23,596,027	2.22%	0.07%
2020	213,996,181	23,582,179	2.15%	-0.06%
2021	218,529,286	23,468,275	2.12%	-0.48%
2022	223,150,896	23,319,977	2.11%	-0.63%
2023	227,882,945	23,342,541	2.12%	0.1%
2024	232,679,478	23,410,331	2.1%	0.29%
2025	237,527,783	23,308,308	2.08%	-0.44%
2026	242,431,830	23,205,944	2.06%	-0.44%
2027	247,374,258	23,102,120	2.04%	-0.45%
2028	252,346,128	22,996,693	2.01%	-0.46%
2029	257,352,638	22,890,335	1.98%	-0.46%
2030	262,380,975	22,781,040	1.95%	-0.48%
2031	267,421,079	22,667,327	1.92%	-0.5%
2032	272,483,635	22,549,689	1.89%	-0.52%
2033	277,555,116	22,428,721	1.86%	-0.54%
2034	282,622,388	22,302,402	1.83%	-0.56%
2035	287,685,757	22,170,689	1.79%	-0.59%
2036	292,739,390	22,034,775	1.76%	-0.61%
2037	297,773,236	21,893,029	1.72%	-0.64%
2038	302,782,350	21,746,001	1.68%	-0.67%
2039	307,764,754	21,594,236	1.65%	-0.7%
2040	312,710,403	21,436,947	1.61%	-0.73%
2041	317,607,237	21,274,187	1.57%	-0.76%
2042	322,450,302	21,105,682	1.52%	-0.79%
2043	327,243,941	20,932,105	1.49%	-0.82%
2044	331,983,354	20,754,623	1.45%	-0.85%
2045	336,662,502	20,571,741	1.41%	-0.88%
2046	341,281,757	20,384,903	1.37%	-0.91%
2047	345,844,004	20,194,425	1.34%	-0.93%
2048	350,347,757	19,999,753	1.3%	-0.96%
2049	354,792,418	19,801,293	1.27%	-0.99%
2050	359,185,550	19,598,997	1.24%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.