The latest officially reported population of Nigeria was 232,679,478 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nigeria's population is 241,467,099 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 22.1 times bigger than Tajikistan's.
- Nigeria is ranked the 6th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 3.05% of the world: 2.92% for Nigeria vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Nigeria has had an average growth rate of +2.31% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Nigeria has increased from 145M people to 241M (66.5% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Nigeria is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 477M people compared to the peak of 20.2M people in 2100 for Tajikistan.
Nigeria vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
241467099
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10940854
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| Population rank | 6/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.92% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
6.58 seconds
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
4.2 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
11.8 seconds
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.9 minutes
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -35,202 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13,141 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,796,533 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.1% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 50/197 | 57/197 |
Nigeria and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 45,053,782 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 45,989,310 | 2,181,805 | 2.08% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 46,965,292 | 2,255,026 | 2.12% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 47,973,575 | 2,331,736 | 2.15% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 49,012,016 | 2,411,260 | 2.16% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 50,086,764 | 2,492,998 | 2.19% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 51,188,234 | 2,577,184 | 2.2% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 52,293,065 | 2,664,130 | 2.16% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 53,432,783 | 2,753,848 | 2.18% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 54,631,914 | 2,845,273 | 2.24% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 55,893,838 | 2,936,779 | 2.31% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 57,214,684 | 3,028,837 | 2.36% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 58,601,748 | 3,123,691 | 2.42% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 60,082,139 | 3,222,290 | 2.53% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 61,679,144 | 3,324,499 | 2.66% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 63,410,815 | 3,430,425 | 2.81% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 65,258,009 | 3,540,076 | 2.91% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 67,234,590 | 3,653,265 | 3.03% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 69,326,532 | 3,768,508 | 3.11% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 71,498,242 | 3,882,691 | 3.13% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 73,764,641 | 3,995,256 | 3.17% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 76,068,103 | 4,109,022 | 3.12% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 78,378,701 | 4,227,171 | 3.04% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 80,438,260 | 4,350,874 | 2.63% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 82,526,443 | 4,480,026 | 2.6% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 84,897,973 | 4,619,003 | 2.87% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 87,235,953 | 4,772,139 | 2.75% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 89,591,716 | 4,939,059 | 2.7% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 92,020,090 | 5,114,989 | 2.71% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 94,531,014 | 5,267,249 | 2.73% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 97,120,925 | 5,398,768 | 2.74% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 99,720,162 | 5,541,205 | 2.68% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 102,372,770 | 5,649,400 | 2.66% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 105,122,069 | 5,724,993 | 2.69% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 107,935,714 | 5,825,368 | 2.68% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 110,819,428 | 5,948,584 | 2.67% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 113,754,779 | 6,066,523 | 2.65% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 116,754,792 | 6,139,829 | 2.64% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 119,846,254 | 6,176,397 | 2.65% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 123,047,320 | 6,208,370 | 2.67% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 126,382,494 | 6,284,735 | 2.71% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 129,862,595 | 6,407,377 | 2.75% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 133,471,989 | 6,531,669 | 2.78% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 137,202,644 | 6,658,575 | 2.8% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 141,057,045 | 6,790,547 | 2.81% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 145,017,253 | 6,924,720 | 2.81% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 149,077,334 | 7,057,566 | 2.8% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 153,267,261 | 7,194,477 | 2.81% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 157,595,014 | 7,338,403 | 2.82% | 2% |
| 2009 | 162,049,464 | 7,490,230 | 2.83% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 166,642,886 | 7,652,141 | 2.83% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 171,379,598 | 7,824,785 | 2.84% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 176,200,625 | 8,014,084 | 2.81% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 181,049,443 | 8,216,724 | 2.75% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 185,896,915 | 8,425,552 | 2.68% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 190,671,878 | 8,643,840 | 2.57% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 195,443,700 | 8,865,631 | 2.5% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 200,254,579 | 9,085,946 | 2.46% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 204,938,755 | 9,307,333 | 2.34% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 209,485,641 | 9,529,966 | 2.22% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 213,996,181 | 9,749,310 | 2.15% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 218,529,286 | 9,966,908 | 2.12% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 223,150,896 | 10,182,222 | 2.11% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 227,882,945 | 10,389,799 | 2.12% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 232,679,478 | 10,590,927 | 2.1% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 237,527,783 | 10,786,735 | 2.08% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 242,431,830 | 10,978,598 | 2.06% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 247,374,258 | 11,168,387 | 2.04% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 252,346,128 | 11,356,920 | 2.01% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 257,352,638 | 11,545,276 | 1.98% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 262,380,975 | 11,733,066 | 1.95% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 267,421,079 | 11,920,472 | 1.92% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 272,483,635 | 12,110,150 | 1.89% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 277,555,116 | 12,302,290 | 1.86% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 282,622,388 | 12,496,888 | 1.83% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 287,685,757 | 12,695,586 | 1.79% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 292,739,390 | 12,899,096 | 1.76% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 297,773,236 | 13,104,339 | 1.72% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 302,782,350 | 13,308,237 | 1.68% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 307,764,754 | 13,511,372 | 1.65% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 312,710,403 | 13,713,948 | 1.61% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 317,607,237 | 13,915,192 | 1.57% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 322,450,302 | 14,115,137 | 1.52% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 327,243,941 | 14,311,598 | 1.49% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 331,983,354 | 14,504,865 | 1.45% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 336,662,502 | 14,694,858 | 1.41% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 341,281,757 | 14,879,388 | 1.37% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 345,844,004 | 15,059,869 | 1.34% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 350,347,757 | 15,236,594 | 1.3% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 354,792,418 | 15,408,032 | 1.27% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 359,185,550 | 15,574,643 | 1.24% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Lagos | 15.1M |
| Kano | 4.35M |
| Port Harcourt | 3.32M |
| Ibadan | 2.55M |
| Benin | 1.78M |
| Abuja | 1.69M |
| Onitsha | 1.48M |
| Maiduguri | 1.2M |
| Aba | 1.16M |
| Enugu | 1.03M |
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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Nigeria and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 54.8 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.6:49.4 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 4.48 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 662 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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