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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Turkey	Nigeria	Turkey
1960	45,053,782	28,329,898	-	-
1961	45,989,310	29,119,238	2.08%	2.79%
1962	46,965,292	29,916,147	2.12%	2.74%
1963	47,973,575	30,726,841	2.15%	2.71%
1964	49,012,016	31,543,072	2.16%	2.66%
1965	50,086,764	32,345,220	2.19%	2.54%
1966	51,188,234	33,177,672	2.2%	2.57%
1967	52,293,065	34,050,421	2.16%	2.63%
1968	53,432,783	34,921,684	2.18%	2.56%
1969	54,631,914	35,787,774	2.24%	2.48%
1970	55,893,838	36,638,465	2.31%	2.38%
1971	57,214,684	37,518,611	2.36%	2.4%
1972	58,601,748	38,430,221	2.42%	2.43%
1973	60,082,139	39,329,533	2.53%	2.34%
1974	61,679,144	40,210,234	2.66%	2.24%
1975	63,410,815	41,053,126	2.81%	2.1%
1976	65,258,009	41,899,984	2.91%	2.06%
1977	67,234,590	42,773,298	3.03%	2.08%
1978	69,326,532	43,645,306	3.11%	2.04%
1979	71,498,242	44,510,429	3.13%	1.98%
1980	73,764,641	45,408,815	3.17%	2.02%
1981	76,068,103	46,321,190	3.12%	2.01%
1982	78,378,701	47,322,096	3.04%	2.16%
1983	80,438,260	48,447,410	2.63%	2.38%
1984	82,526,443	49,574,069	2.6%	2.33%
1985	84,897,973	50,687,115	2.87%	2.25%
1986	87,235,953	51,777,772	2.75%	2.15%
1987	89,591,716	52,843,670	2.7%	2.06%
1988	92,020,090	53,909,626	2.71%	2.02%
1989	94,531,014	54,976,723	2.73%	1.98%
1990	97,120,925	56,015,628	2.74%	1.89%
1991	99,720,162	57,009,887	2.68%	1.77%
1992	102,372,770	57,990,118	2.66%	1.72%
1993	105,122,069	58,999,167	2.69%	1.74%
1994	107,935,714	60,033,836	2.68%	1.75%
1995	110,819,428	61,024,503	2.67%	1.65%
1996	113,754,779	61,951,134	2.65%	1.52%
1997	116,754,792	62,852,966	2.64%	1.46%
1998	119,846,254	63,734,383	2.65%	1.4%
1999	123,047,320	64,591,923	2.67%	1.35%
2000	126,382,494	65,425,961	2.71%	1.29%
2001	129,862,595	66,245,128	2.75%	1.25%
2002	133,471,989	67,048,795	2.78%	1.21%
2003	137,202,644	67,831,730	2.8%	1.17%
2004	141,057,045	68,592,617	2.81%	1.12%
2005	145,017,253	69,329,557	2.81%	1.07%
2006	149,077,334	70,045,349	2.8%	1.03%
2007	153,267,261	70,158,112	2.81%	0.16%
2008	157,595,014	71,051,678	2.82%	1.27%
2009	162,049,464	72,039,206	2.83%	1.39%
2010	166,642,886	73,142,150	2.83%	1.53%
2011	171,379,598	74,223,629	2.84%	1.48%
2012	176,200,625	75,175,827	2.81%	1.28%
2013	181,049,443	76,147,624	2.75%	1.29%
2014	185,896,915	77,181,884	2.68%	1.36%
2015	190,671,878	78,218,479	2.57%	1.34%
2016	195,443,700	79,277,962	2.5%	1.35%
2017	200,254,579	80,312,698	2.46%	1.31%
2018	204,938,755	81,407,204	2.34%	1.36%
2019	209,485,641	82,579,440	2.22%	1.44%
2020	213,996,181	83,384,680	2.15%	0.98%
2021	218,529,286	84,147,318	2.12%	0.91%
2022	223,150,896	84,979,913	2.11%	0.99%
2023	227,882,945	85,325,965	2.12%	0.41%
2024	232,679,478	85,518,661	2.1%	0.23%
2025	237,527,783	85,725,557	2.08%	0.24%
2026	242,431,830	85,960,835	2.06%	0.27%
2027	247,374,258	86,227,115	2.04%	0.31%
2028	252,346,128	86,502,744	2.01%	0.32%
2029	257,352,638	86,771,652	1.98%	0.31%
2030	262,380,975	87,037,680	1.95%	0.31%
2031	267,421,079	87,297,191	1.92%	0.3%
2032	272,483,635	87,537,075	1.89%	0.27%
2033	277,555,116	87,762,403	1.86%	0.26%
2034	282,622,388	87,974,138	1.83%	0.24%
2035	287,685,757	88,172,739	1.79%	0.23%
2036	292,739,390	88,364,318	1.76%	0.22%
2037	297,773,236	88,545,669	1.72%	0.21%
2038	302,782,350	88,707,268	1.68%	0.18%
2039	307,764,754	88,849,956	1.65%	0.16%
2040	312,710,403	88,975,510	1.61%	0.14%
2041	317,607,237	89,083,304	1.57%	0.12%
2042	322,450,302	89,177,769	1.52%	0.11%
2043	327,243,941	89,254,147	1.49%	0.09%
2044	331,983,354	89,311,458	1.45%	0.06%
2045	336,662,502	89,349,806	1.41%	0.04%
2046	341,281,757	89,375,429	1.37%	0.03%
2047	345,844,004	89,383,765	1.34%	0.009%
2048	350,347,757	89,361,174	1.3%	-0.03%
2049	354,792,418	89,306,566	1.27%	-0.06%
2050	359,185,550	89,218,346	1.24%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.