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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Ukraine	Nigeria	Ukraine
1960	45,053,782	42,824,093	-	-
1961	45,989,310	43,399,766	2.08%	1.34%
1962	46,965,292	43,943,674	2.12%	1.25%
1963	47,973,575	44,462,372	2.15%	1.18%
1964	49,012,016	44,951,156	2.16%	1.1%
1965	50,086,764	45,386,892	2.19%	0.97%
1966	51,188,234	45,802,519	2.2%	0.92%
1967	52,293,065	46,215,988	2.16%	0.9%
1968	53,432,783	46,614,325	2.18%	0.86%
1969	54,631,914	46,976,256	2.24%	0.78%
1970	55,893,838	47,261,306	2.31%	0.61%
1971	57,214,684	47,573,287	2.36%	0.66%
1972	58,601,748	47,946,893	2.42%	0.79%
1973	60,082,139	48,277,121	2.53%	0.69%
1974	61,679,144	48,576,570	2.66%	0.62%
1975	63,410,815	48,865,229	2.81%	0.59%
1976	65,258,009	49,120,842	2.91%	0.52%
1977	67,234,590	49,336,481	3.03%	0.44%
1978	69,326,532	49,521,243	3.11%	0.37%
1979	71,498,242	49,721,381	3.13%	0.4%
1980	73,764,641	49,955,152	3.17%	0.47%
1981	76,068,103	50,189,281	3.12%	0.47%
1982	78,378,701	50,402,724	3.04%	0.43%
1983	80,438,260	50,637,029	2.63%	0.46%
1984	82,526,443	50,887,599	2.6%	0.49%
1985	84,897,973	51,108,770	2.87%	0.43%
1986	87,235,953	51,318,745	2.75%	0.41%
1987	89,591,716	51,515,732	2.7%	0.38%
1988	92,020,090	51,724,853	2.71%	0.41%
1989	94,531,014	51,917,817	2.73%	0.37%
1990	97,120,925	52,054,092	2.74%	0.26%
1991	99,720,162	52,170,961	2.68%	0.22%
1992	102,372,770	52,323,671	2.66%	0.29%
1993	105,122,069	52,350,126	2.69%	0.05%
1994	107,935,714	52,075,998	2.68%	-0.52%
1995	110,819,428	51,665,539	2.67%	-0.79%
1996	113,754,779	51,226,109	2.65%	-0.85%
1997	116,754,792	50,786,885	2.64%	-0.86%
1998	119,846,254	50,379,731	2.65%	-0.8%
1999	123,047,320	49,976,446	2.67%	-0.8%
2000	126,382,494	49,556,660	2.71%	-0.84%
2001	129,862,595	49,106,855	2.75%	-0.91%
2002	133,471,989	48,677,281	2.78%	-0.87%
2003	137,202,644	48,315,136	2.8%	-0.74%
2004	141,057,045	47,979,507	2.81%	-0.69%
2005	145,017,253	47,585,556	2.81%	-0.82%
2006	149,077,334	47,278,694	2.8%	-0.64%
2007	153,267,261	47,062,798	2.81%	-0.46%
2008	157,595,014	46,819,175	2.82%	-0.52%
2009	162,049,464	46,623,731	2.83%	-0.42%
2010	166,642,886	46,456,003	2.83%	-0.36%
2011	171,379,598	46,307,853	2.84%	-0.32%
2012	176,200,625	46,210,056	2.81%	-0.21%
2013	181,049,443	46,126,770	2.75%	-0.18%
2014	185,896,915	45,972,380	2.68%	-0.33%
2015	190,671,878	45,784,896	2.57%	-0.41%
2016	195,443,700	45,616,832	2.5%	-0.37%
2017	200,254,579	45,436,041	2.46%	-0.4%
2018	204,938,755	45,208,907	2.34%	-0.5%
2019	209,485,641	44,957,458	2.22%	-0.56%
2020	213,996,181	44,680,014	2.15%	-0.62%
2021	218,529,286	44,298,640	2.12%	-0.85%
2022	223,150,896	41,048,766	2.11%	-7.34%
2023	227,882,945	37,732,836	2.12%	-8.08%
2024	232,679,478	37,860,221	2.1%	0.34%
2025	237,527,783	38,980,379	2.08%	2.96%
2026	242,431,830	39,535,850	2.06%	1.43%
2027	247,374,258	39,245,208	2.04%	-0.74%
2028	252,346,128	38,952,086	2.01%	-0.75%
2029	257,352,638	38,654,416	1.98%	-0.76%
2030	262,380,975	38,353,848	1.95%	-0.78%
2031	267,421,079	38,050,624	1.92%	-0.79%
2032	272,483,635	37,746,688	1.89%	-0.8%
2033	277,555,116	37,442,088	1.86%	-0.81%
2034	282,622,388	37,135,839	1.83%	-0.82%
2035	287,685,757	36,828,149	1.79%	-0.83%
2036	292,739,390	36,519,767	1.76%	-0.84%
2037	297,773,236	36,209,679	1.72%	-0.85%
2038	302,782,350	35,897,705	1.68%	-0.86%
2039	307,764,754	35,584,263	1.65%	-0.87%
2040	312,710,403	35,270,911	1.61%	-0.88%
2041	317,607,237	34,957,580	1.57%	-0.89%
2042	322,450,302	34,641,778	1.52%	-0.9%
2043	327,243,941	34,324,132	1.49%	-0.92%
2044	331,983,354	34,004,074	1.45%	-0.93%
2045	336,662,502	33,680,448	1.41%	-0.95%
2046	341,281,757	33,351,499	1.37%	-0.98%
2047	345,844,004	33,017,828	1.34%	-1%
2048	350,347,757	32,680,968	1.3%	-1.02%
2049	354,792,418	32,338,515	1.27%	-1.05%
2050	359,185,550	31,990,136	1.24%	-1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.