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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Tanzania	Nigeria	Tanzania
1960	45,053,782	9,901,419	-	-
1961	45,989,310	10,187,886	2.08%	2.89%
1962	46,965,292	10,487,756	2.12%	2.94%
1963	47,973,575	10,799,528	2.15%	2.97%
1964	49,012,016	11,127,826	2.16%	3.04%
1965	50,086,764	11,470,728	2.19%	3.08%
1966	51,188,234	11,827,459	2.2%	3.11%
1967	52,293,065	12,200,109	2.16%	3.15%
1968	53,432,783	12,602,076	2.18%	3.29%
1969	54,631,914	13,036,700	2.24%	3.45%
1970	55,893,838	13,492,677	2.31%	3.5%
1971	57,214,684	13,971,451	2.36%	3.55%
1972	58,601,748	14,479,308	2.42%	3.63%
1973	60,082,139	15,010,101	2.53%	3.67%
1974	61,679,144	15,561,630	2.66%	3.67%
1975	63,410,815	16,138,361	2.81%	3.71%
1976	65,258,009	16,736,211	2.91%	3.7%
1977	67,234,590	17,352,929	3.03%	3.68%
1978	69,326,532	17,976,566	3.11%	3.59%
1979	71,498,242	18,592,038	3.13%	3.42%
1980	73,764,641	19,189,769	3.17%	3.21%
1981	76,068,103	19,784,703	3.12%	3.1%
1982	78,378,701	20,398,571	3.04%	3.1%
1983	80,438,260	21,079,874	2.63%	3.34%
1984	82,526,443	21,779,066	2.6%	3.32%
1985	84,897,973	22,501,693	2.87%	3.32%
1986	87,235,953	23,258,959	2.75%	3.37%
1987	89,591,716	24,030,378	2.7%	3.32%
1988	92,020,090	24,769,686	2.71%	3.08%
1989	94,531,014	25,438,759	2.73%	2.7%
1990	97,120,925	26,110,207	2.74%	2.64%
1991	99,720,162	26,780,436	2.68%	2.57%
1992	102,372,770	27,457,588	2.66%	2.53%
1993	105,122,069	28,332,692	2.69%	3.19%
1994	107,935,714	29,442,356	2.68%	3.92%
1995	110,819,428	30,383,497	2.67%	3.2%
1996	113,754,779	30,945,762	2.65%	1.85%
1997	116,754,792	31,578,089	2.64%	2.04%
1998	119,846,254	32,420,458	2.65%	2.67%
1999	123,047,320	33,300,330	2.67%	2.71%
2000	126,382,494	34,260,139	2.71%	2.88%
2001	129,862,595	35,198,299	2.75%	2.74%
2002	133,471,989	36,121,304	2.78%	2.62%
2003	137,202,644	37,089,555	2.8%	2.68%
2004	141,057,045	38,109,668	2.81%	2.75%
2005	145,017,253	39,182,076	2.81%	2.81%
2006	149,077,334	40,294,902	2.8%	2.84%
2007	153,267,261	41,435,512	2.81%	2.83%
2008	157,595,014	42,570,728	2.82%	2.74%
2009	162,049,464	43,633,982	2.83%	2.5%
2010	166,642,886	44,758,488	2.83%	2.58%
2011	171,379,598	46,029,367	2.84%	2.84%
2012	176,200,625	47,374,260	2.81%	2.92%
2013	181,049,443	48,824,128	2.75%	3.06%
2014	185,896,915	50,351,512	2.68%	3.13%
2015	190,671,878	52,020,962	2.57%	3.32%
2016	195,443,700	53,824,013	2.5%	3.47%
2017	200,254,579	55,652,890	2.46%	3.4%
2018	204,938,755	57,437,145	2.34%	3.21%
2019	209,485,641	59,174,891	2.22%	3.03%
2020	213,996,181	60,972,798	2.15%	3.04%
2021	218,529,286	62,830,412	2.12%	3.05%
2022	223,150,896	64,711,821	2.11%	2.99%
2023	227,882,945	66,617,606	2.12%	2.95%
2024	232,679,478	68,560,157	2.1%	2.92%
2025	237,527,783	70,545,858	2.08%	2.9%
2026	242,431,830	72,563,773	2.06%	2.86%
2027	247,374,258	74,604,804	2.04%	2.81%
2028	252,346,128	76,670,483	2.01%	2.77%
2029	257,352,638	78,773,192	1.98%	2.74%
2030	262,380,975	80,913,118	1.95%	2.72%
2031	267,421,079	83,087,927	1.92%	2.69%
2032	272,483,635	85,293,126	1.89%	2.65%
2033	277,555,116	87,520,491	1.86%	2.61%
2034	282,622,388	89,788,673	1.83%	2.59%
2035	287,685,757	92,091,418	1.79%	2.56%
2036	292,739,390	94,420,808	1.76%	2.53%
2037	297,773,236	96,775,766	1.72%	2.49%
2038	302,782,350	99,156,465	1.68%	2.46%
2039	307,764,754	101,567,525	1.65%	2.43%
2040	312,710,403	103,999,350	1.61%	2.39%
2041	317,607,237	106,448,475	1.57%	2.35%
2042	322,450,302	108,926,272	1.52%	2.33%
2043	327,243,941	111,433,788	1.49%	2.3%
2044	331,983,354	113,966,263	1.45%	2.27%
2045	336,662,502	116,525,463	1.41%	2.25%
2046	341,281,757	119,109,670	1.37%	2.22%
2047	345,844,004	121,721,018	1.34%	2.19%
2048	350,347,757	124,351,294	1.3%	2.16%
2049	354,792,418	126,981,394	1.27%	2.12%
2050	359,185,550	129,621,083	1.24%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.