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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Thailand	Nigeria	Thailand
1960	45,053,782	26,851,747	-	-
1961	45,989,310	27,650,334	2.08%	2.97%
1962	46,965,292	28,481,040	2.12%	3%
1963	47,973,575	29,342,322	2.15%	3.02%
1964	49,012,016	30,232,141	2.16%	3.03%
1965	50,086,764	31,149,337	2.19%	3.03%
1966	51,188,234	32,086,071	2.2%	3.01%
1967	52,293,065	33,037,801	2.16%	2.97%
1968	53,432,783	34,002,560	2.18%	2.92%
1969	54,631,914	34,973,782	2.24%	2.86%
1970	55,893,838	35,954,408	2.31%	2.8%
1971	57,214,684	36,937,387	2.36%	2.73%
1972	58,601,748	37,933,929	2.42%	2.7%
1973	60,082,139	38,947,787	2.53%	2.67%
1974	61,679,144	39,952,891	2.66%	2.58%
1975	63,410,815	40,940,005	2.81%	2.47%
1976	65,258,009	41,896,504	2.91%	2.34%
1977	67,234,590	42,843,974	3.03%	2.26%
1978	69,326,532	43,788,976	3.11%	2.21%
1979	71,498,242	44,718,434	3.13%	2.12%
1980	73,764,641	45,650,022	3.17%	2.08%
1981	76,068,103	46,575,855	3.12%	2.03%
1982	78,378,701	47,494,577	3.04%	1.97%
1983	80,438,260	48,423,309	2.63%	1.96%
1984	82,526,443	49,351,708	2.6%	1.92%
1985	84,897,973	50,270,753	2.87%	1.86%
1986	87,235,953	51,177,834	2.75%	1.8%
1987	89,591,716	52,074,105	2.7%	1.75%
1988	92,020,090	52,969,595	2.71%	1.72%
1989	94,531,014	53,848,956	2.73%	1.66%
1990	97,120,925	54,738,329	2.74%	1.65%
1991	99,720,162	55,637,434	2.68%	1.64%
1992	102,372,770	56,528,834	2.66%	1.6%
1993	105,122,069	57,408,198	2.69%	1.56%
1994	107,935,714	58,260,854	2.68%	1.49%
1995	110,819,428	59,098,232	2.67%	1.44%
1996	113,754,779	59,920,064	2.65%	1.39%
1997	116,754,792	60,724,584	2.64%	1.34%
1998	119,846,254	61,522,630	2.65%	1.31%
1999	123,047,320	62,299,043	2.67%	1.26%
2000	126,382,494	63,007,815	2.71%	1.14%
2001	129,862,595	63,651,141	2.75%	1.02%
2002	133,471,989	64,266,437	2.78%	0.97%
2003	137,202,644	64,868,166	2.8%	0.94%
2004	141,057,045	65,452,047	2.81%	0.9%
2005	145,017,253	66,017,420	2.81%	0.86%
2006	149,077,334	66,567,687	2.8%	0.83%
2007	153,267,261	67,102,394	2.81%	0.8%
2008	157,595,014	67,619,830	2.82%	0.77%
2009	162,049,464	68,121,080	2.83%	0.74%
2010	166,642,886	68,579,447	2.83%	0.67%
2011	171,379,598	69,007,208	2.84%	0.62%
2012	176,200,625	69,436,098	2.81%	0.62%
2013	181,049,443	69,845,114	2.75%	0.59%
2014	185,896,915	70,216,367	2.68%	0.53%
2015	190,671,878	70,540,795	2.57%	0.46%
2016	195,443,700	70,859,841	2.5%	0.45%
2017	200,254,579	71,160,187	2.46%	0.42%
2018	204,938,755	71,376,079	2.34%	0.3%
2019	209,485,641	71,522,271	2.22%	0.2%
2020	213,996,181	71,641,484	2.15%	0.17%
2021	218,529,286	71,727,332	2.12%	0.12%
2022	223,150,896	71,735,329	2.11%	0.01%
2023	227,882,945	71,702,435	2.12%	-0.05%
2024	232,679,478	71,668,011	2.1%	-0.05%
2025	237,527,783	71,619,867	2.08%	-0.07%
2026	242,431,830	71,559,621	2.06%	-0.08%
2027	247,374,258	71,488,156	2.04%	-0.1%
2028	252,346,128	71,406,996	2.01%	-0.11%
2029	257,352,638	71,316,195	1.98%	-0.13%
2030	262,380,975	71,215,017	1.95%	-0.14%
2031	267,421,079	71,104,025	1.92%	-0.16%
2032	272,483,635	70,982,286	1.89%	-0.17%
2033	277,555,116	70,847,947	1.86%	-0.19%
2034	282,622,388	70,701,651	1.83%	-0.21%
2035	287,685,757	70,540,884	1.79%	-0.23%
2036	292,739,390	70,366,496	1.76%	-0.25%
2037	297,773,236	70,180,031	1.72%	-0.26%
2038	302,782,350	69,979,034	1.68%	-0.29%
2039	307,764,754	69,763,928	1.65%	-0.31%
2040	312,710,403	69,535,003	1.61%	-0.33%
2041	317,607,237	69,288,477	1.57%	-0.35%
2042	322,450,302	69,025,348	1.52%	-0.38%
2043	327,243,941	68,748,075	1.49%	-0.4%
2044	331,983,354	68,456,533	1.45%	-0.42%
2045	336,662,502	68,150,148	1.41%	-0.45%
2046	341,281,757	67,827,309	1.37%	-0.47%
2047	345,844,004	67,489,358	1.34%	-0.5%
2048	350,347,757	67,136,737	1.3%	-0.52%
2049	354,792,418	66,767,316	1.27%	-0.55%
2050	359,185,550	66,382,732	1.24%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.