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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	United Kingdom	Nigeria	United Kingdom
1960	45,053,782	52,400,000	-	-
1961	45,989,310	52,800,000	2.08%	0.76%
1962	46,965,292	53,250,000	2.12%	0.85%
1963	47,973,575	53,650,000	2.15%	0.75%
1964	49,012,016	54,000,000	2.16%	0.65%
1965	50,086,764	54,348,050	2.19%	0.64%
1966	51,188,234	54,648,500	2.2%	0.55%
1967	52,293,065	54,943,600	2.16%	0.54%
1968	53,432,783	55,211,700	2.18%	0.49%
1969	54,631,914	55,441,750	2.24%	0.42%
1970	55,893,838	55,663,250	2.31%	0.4%
1971	57,214,684	55,896,223	2.36%	0.42%
1972	58,601,748	56,086,065	2.42%	0.34%
1973	60,082,139	56,194,527	2.53%	0.19%
1974	61,679,144	56,229,974	2.66%	0.06%
1975	63,410,815	56,225,800	2.81%	-0.007%
1976	65,258,009	56,211,968	2.91%	-0.02%
1977	67,234,590	56,193,492	3.03%	-0.03%
1978	69,326,532	56,196,504	3.11%	0.005%
1979	71,498,242	56,246,951	3.13%	0.09%
1980	73,764,641	56,314,216	3.17%	0.12%
1981	76,068,103	56,333,829	3.12%	0.03%
1982	78,378,701	56,313,641	3.04%	-0.04%
1983	80,438,260	56,332,848	2.63%	0.03%
1984	82,526,443	56,422,072	2.6%	0.16%
1985	84,897,973	56,550,268	2.87%	0.23%
1986	87,235,953	56,681,396	2.75%	0.23%
1987	89,591,716	56,802,050	2.7%	0.21%
1988	92,020,090	56,928,327	2.71%	0.22%
1989	94,531,014	57,076,711	2.73%	0.26%
1990	97,120,925	57,247,586	2.74%	0.3%
1991	99,720,162	57,424,897	2.68%	0.31%
1992	102,372,770	57,580,402	2.66%	0.27%
1993	105,122,069	57,718,614	2.69%	0.24%
1994	107,935,714	57,865,745	2.68%	0.25%
1995	110,819,428	58,019,030	2.67%	0.26%
1996	113,754,779	58,166,950	2.65%	0.25%
1997	116,754,792	58,316,954	2.64%	0.26%
1998	119,846,254	58,487,141	2.65%	0.29%
1999	123,047,320	58,682,466	2.67%	0.33%
2000	126,382,494	58,892,514	2.71%	0.36%
2001	129,862,595	59,119,673	2.75%	0.39%
2002	133,471,989	59,370,479	2.78%	0.42%
2003	137,202,644	59,647,577	2.8%	0.47%
2004	141,057,045	59,987,905	2.81%	0.57%
2005	145,017,253	60,401,206	2.81%	0.69%
2006	149,077,334	60,846,820	2.8%	0.74%
2007	153,267,261	61,322,463	2.81%	0.78%
2008	157,595,014	61,806,995	2.82%	0.79%
2009	162,049,464	62,276,270	2.83%	0.76%
2010	166,642,886	62,766,365	2.83%	0.79%
2011	171,379,598	63,258,810	2.84%	0.78%
2012	176,200,625	63,711,000	2.81%	0.71%
2013	181,049,443	64,139,000	2.75%	0.67%
2014	185,896,915	64,620,000	2.68%	0.75%
2015	190,671,878	65,088,000	2.57%	0.72%
2016	195,443,700	65,607,000	2.5%	0.8%
2017	200,254,579	65,966,000	2.46%	0.55%
2018	204,938,755	66,289,000	2.34%	0.49%
2019	209,485,641	66,631,000	2.22%	0.52%
2020	213,996,181	66,744,000	2.15%	0.17%
2021	218,529,286	66,984,000	2.12%	0.36%
2022	223,150,896	67,604,000	2.11%	0.93%
2023	227,882,945	68,492,000	2.12%	1.31%
2024	232,679,478	69,226,000	2.1%	1.07%
2025	237,527,783	69,639,673	2.08%	0.6%
2026	242,431,830	70,020,350	2.06%	0.55%
2027	247,374,258	70,382,853	2.04%	0.52%
2028	252,346,128	70,732,699	2.01%	0.5%
2029	257,352,638	71,061,482	1.98%	0.46%
2030	262,380,975	71,377,535	1.95%	0.44%
2031	267,421,079	71,678,351	1.92%	0.42%
2032	272,483,635	71,959,934	1.89%	0.39%
2033	277,555,116	72,234,509	1.86%	0.38%
2034	282,622,388	72,497,650	1.83%	0.36%
2035	287,685,757	72,749,096	1.79%	0.35%
2036	292,739,390	72,990,847	1.76%	0.33%
2037	297,773,236	73,218,850	1.72%	0.31%
2038	302,782,350	73,441,349	1.68%	0.3%
2039	307,764,754	73,658,392	1.65%	0.3%
2040	312,710,403	73,868,334	1.61%	0.29%
2041	317,607,237	74,074,316	1.57%	0.28%
2042	322,450,302	74,275,779	1.52%	0.27%
2043	327,243,941	74,475,035	1.49%	0.27%
2044	331,983,354	74,667,284	1.45%	0.26%
2045	336,662,502	74,848,605	1.41%	0.24%
2046	341,281,757	75,020,949	1.37%	0.23%
2047	345,844,004	75,184,478	1.34%	0.22%
2048	350,347,757	75,337,543	1.3%	0.2%
2049	354,792,418	75,476,141	1.27%	0.18%
2050	359,185,550	75,600,588	1.24%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nigeria increased by 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nigeria gained 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2006 and is 6th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.