Population in Nigeria compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	UAE	Nigeria	UAE
1960	45,053,782	131,334	-	-
1961	45,989,310	137,989	2.08%	5.07%
1962	46,965,292	144,946	2.12%	5.04%
1963	47,973,575	152,211	2.15%	5.01%
1964	49,012,016	159,692	2.16%	4.91%
1965	50,086,764	167,103	2.19%	4.64%
1966	51,188,234	173,976	2.2%	4.11%
1967	52,293,065	179,700	2.16%	3.29%
1968	53,432,783	199,416	2.18%	11%
1969	54,631,914	239,660	2.24%	20.2%
1970	55,893,838	286,536	2.31%	19.6%
1971	57,214,684	335,027	2.36%	16.9%
1972	58,601,748	385,014	2.42%	14.9%
1973	60,082,139	436,399	2.53%	13.3%
1974	61,679,144	489,087	2.66%	12.1%
1975	63,410,815	542,856	2.81%	11%
1976	65,258,009	615,866	2.91%	13.4%
1977	67,234,590	710,209	3.03%	15.3%
1978	69,326,532	809,274	3.11%	13.9%
1979	71,498,242	912,010	3.13%	12.7%
1980	73,764,641	1,015,700	3.17%	11.4%
1981	76,068,103	1,099,855	3.12%	8.29%
1982	78,378,701	1,166,370	3.04%	6.05%
1983	80,438,260	1,235,305	2.63%	5.91%
1984	82,526,443	1,305,996	2.6%	5.72%
1985	84,897,973	1,377,911	2.87%	5.51%
1986	87,235,953	1,467,383	2.75%	6.49%
1987	89,591,716	1,574,244	2.7%	7.28%
1988	92,020,090	1,681,788	2.71%	6.83%
1989	94,531,014	1,789,851	2.73%	6.43%
1990	97,120,925	1,898,220	2.74%	6.05%
1991	99,720,162	2,006,626	2.68%	5.71%
1992	102,372,770	2,114,730	2.66%	5.39%
1993	105,122,069	2,222,093	2.69%	5.08%
1994	107,935,714	2,328,188	2.68%	4.77%
1995	110,819,428	2,434,662	2.67%	4.57%
1996	113,754,779	2,597,564	2.65%	6.69%
1997	116,754,792	2,817,410	2.64%	8.46%
1998	119,846,254	3,040,421	2.65%	7.92%
1999	123,047,320	3,266,009	2.67%	7.42%
2000	126,382,494	3,493,575	2.71%	6.97%
2001	129,862,595	3,723,590	2.75%	6.58%
2002	133,471,989	3,956,826	2.78%	6.26%
2003	137,202,644	4,192,457	2.8%	5.96%
2004	141,057,045	4,428,967	2.81%	5.64%
2005	145,017,253	4,664,790	2.81%	5.32%
2006	149,077,334	5,009,100	2.8%	7.38%
2007	153,267,261	5,624,635	2.81%	12.3%
2008	157,595,014	6,302,664	2.82%	12.1%
2009	162,049,464	6,707,058	2.83%	6.42%
2010	166,642,886	6,869,838	2.83%	2.43%
2011	171,379,598	7,104,538	2.84%	3.42%
2012	176,200,625	7,391,448	2.81%	4.04%
2013	181,049,443	7,693,031	2.75%	4.08%
2014	185,896,915	8,059,440	2.68%	4.76%
2015	190,671,878	8,505,237	2.57%	5.53%
2016	195,443,700	8,935,095	2.5%	5.05%
2017	200,254,579	9,223,225	2.46%	3.22%
2018	204,938,755	9,346,701	2.34%	1.34%
2019	209,485,641	9,445,785	2.22%	1.06%
2020	213,996,181	9,401,038	2.15%	-0.47%
2021	218,529,286	9,575,152	2.12%	1.85%
2022	223,150,896	10,074,977	2.11%	5.22%
2023	227,882,945	10,483,751	2.12%	4.06%
2024	232,679,478	10,986,400	2.1%	4.79%
2025	237,527,783	11,304,093	2.08%	2.89%
2026	242,431,830	11,531,926	2.06%	2.02%
2027	247,374,258	11,712,175	2.04%	1.56%
2028	252,346,128	11,868,257	2.01%	1.33%
2029	257,352,638	12,010,111	1.98%	1.2%
2030	262,380,975	12,145,577	1.95%	1.13%
2031	267,421,079	12,281,573	1.92%	1.12%
2032	272,483,635	12,421,758	1.89%	1.14%
2033	277,555,116	12,565,679	1.86%	1.16%
2034	282,622,388	12,712,942	1.83%	1.17%
2035	287,685,757	12,863,015	1.79%	1.18%
2036	292,739,390	13,015,458	1.76%	1.19%
2037	297,773,236	13,169,969	1.72%	1.19%
2038	302,782,350	13,326,337	1.68%	1.19%
2039	307,764,754	13,484,193	1.65%	1.18%
2040	312,710,403	13,643,197	1.61%	1.18%
2041	317,607,237	13,803,349	1.57%	1.17%
2042	322,450,302	13,964,553	1.52%	1.17%
2043	327,243,941	14,126,724	1.49%	1.16%
2044	331,983,354	14,289,828	1.45%	1.15%
2045	336,662,502	14,453,775	1.41%	1.15%
2046	341,281,757	14,619,554	1.37%	1.15%
2047	345,844,004	14,788,991	1.34%	1.16%
2048	350,347,757	14,961,419	1.3%	1.17%
2049	354,792,418	15,135,496	1.27%	1.16%
2050	359,185,550	15,310,628	1.24%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.