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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Tonga	Nigeria	Tonga
1960	45,053,782	66,170	-	-
1961	45,989,310	68,037	2.08%	2.82%
1962	46,965,292	69,940	2.12%	2.8%
1963	47,973,575	71,885	2.15%	2.78%
1964	49,012,016	73,879	2.16%	2.77%
1965	50,086,764	75,924	2.19%	2.77%
1966	51,188,234	78,002	2.2%	2.74%
1967	52,293,065	79,814	2.16%	2.32%
1968	53,432,783	81,353	2.18%	1.93%
1969	54,631,914	82,885	2.24%	1.88%
1970	55,893,838	84,401	2.31%	1.83%
1971	57,214,684	85,896	2.36%	1.77%
1972	58,601,748	87,356	2.42%	1.7%
1973	60,082,139	88,805	2.53%	1.66%
1974	61,679,144	90,683	2.66%	2.11%
1975	63,410,815	93,017	2.81%	2.57%
1976	65,258,009	95,325	2.91%	2.48%
1977	67,234,590	96,725	3.03%	1.47%
1978	69,326,532	97,204	3.11%	0.5%
1979	71,498,242	97,544	3.13%	0.35%
1980	73,764,641	97,769	3.17%	0.23%
1981	76,068,103	97,909	3.12%	0.14%
1982	78,378,701	97,980	3.04%	0.07%
1983	80,438,260	97,998	2.63%	0.02%
1984	82,526,443	97,990	2.6%	-0.008%
1985	84,897,973	97,984	2.87%	-0.006%
1986	87,235,953	98,010	2.75%	0.03%
1987	89,591,716	98,376	2.7%	0.37%
1988	92,020,090	98,969	2.71%	0.6%
1989	94,531,014	99,403	2.73%	0.44%
1990	97,120,925	99,700	2.74%	0.3%
1991	99,720,162	99,895	2.68%	0.2%
1992	102,372,770	100,022	2.66%	0.13%
1993	105,122,069	100,103	2.69%	0.08%
1994	107,935,714	100,166	2.68%	0.06%
1995	110,819,428	100,225	2.67%	0.06%
1996	113,754,779	100,275	2.65%	0.05%
1997	116,754,792	100,674	2.64%	0.4%
1998	119,846,254	101,388	2.65%	0.71%
1999	123,047,320	102,046	2.67%	0.65%
2000	126,382,494	102,677	2.71%	0.62%
2001	129,862,595	103,288	2.75%	0.6%
2002	133,471,989	103,874	2.78%	0.57%
2003	137,202,644	104,464	2.8%	0.57%
2004	141,057,045	105,071	2.81%	0.58%
2005	145,017,253	105,671	2.81%	0.57%
2006	149,077,334	106,253	2.8%	0.55%
2007	153,267,261	106,726	2.81%	0.45%
2008	157,595,014	107,020	2.82%	0.28%
2009	162,049,464	107,203	2.83%	0.17%
2010	166,642,886	107,400	2.83%	0.18%
2011	171,379,598	107,570	2.84%	0.16%
2012	176,200,625	107,460	2.81%	-0.1%
2013	181,049,443	107,078	2.75%	-0.36%
2014	185,896,915	106,609	2.68%	-0.44%
2015	190,671,878	106,095	2.57%	-0.48%
2016	195,443,700	105,524	2.5%	-0.54%
2017	200,254,579	105,356	2.46%	-0.16%
2018	204,938,755	105,567	2.34%	0.2%
2019	209,485,641	105,669	2.22%	0.1%
2020	213,996,181	105,704	2.15%	0.03%
2021	218,529,286	105,490	2.12%	-0.2%
2022	223,150,896	105,042	2.11%	-0.42%
2023	227,882,945	104,597	2.12%	-0.42%
2024	232,679,478	104,175	2.1%	-0.4%
2025	237,527,783	103,744	2.08%	-0.41%
2026	242,431,830	103,290	2.06%	-0.44%
2027	247,374,258	102,899	2.04%	-0.38%
2028	252,346,128	102,568	2.01%	-0.32%
2029	257,352,638	102,280	1.98%	-0.28%
2030	262,380,975	102,069	1.95%	-0.21%
2031	267,421,079	101,927	1.92%	-0.14%
2032	272,483,635	101,837	1.89%	-0.09%
2033	277,555,116	101,807	1.86%	-0.03%
2034	282,622,388	101,806	1.83%	-0.001%
2035	287,685,757	101,833	1.79%	0.03%
2036	292,739,390	101,895	1.76%	0.06%
2037	297,773,236	101,993	1.72%	0.1%
2038	302,782,350	102,173	1.68%	0.18%
2039	307,764,754	102,367	1.65%	0.19%
2040	312,710,403	102,568	1.61%	0.2%
2041	317,607,237	102,805	1.57%	0.23%
2042	322,450,302	103,038	1.52%	0.23%
2043	327,243,941	103,306	1.49%	0.26%
2044	331,983,354	103,612	1.45%	0.3%
2045	336,662,502	103,928	1.41%	0.3%
2046	341,281,757	104,232	1.37%	0.29%
2047	345,844,004	104,502	1.34%	0.26%
2048	350,347,757	104,744	1.3%	0.23%
2049	354,792,418	104,975	1.27%	0.22%
2050	359,185,550	105,193	1.24%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.