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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	United States	Nigeria	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	45,053,782	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	45,989,310	183,691,481	2.08%	1.67%
1962	46,965,292	186,537,737	2.12%	1.55%
1963	47,973,575	189,241,798	2.15%	1.45%
1964	49,012,016	191,888,791	2.16%	1.4%
1965	50,086,764	194,302,963	2.19%	1.26%
1966	51,188,234	196,560,338	2.2%	1.16%
1967	52,293,065	198,712,056	2.16%	1.09%
1968	53,432,783	200,706,052	2.18%	1%
1969	54,631,914	202,676,946	2.24%	0.98%
1970	55,893,838	205,052,174	2.31%	1.17%
1971	57,214,684	207,660,677	2.36%	1.27%
1972	58,601,748	209,896,021	2.42%	1.08%
1973	60,082,139	211,908,788	2.53%	0.96%
1974	61,679,144	213,853,928	2.66%	0.92%
1975	63,410,815	215,973,199	2.81%	0.99%
1976	65,258,009	218,035,164	2.91%	0.95%
1977	67,234,590	220,239,425	3.03%	1.01%
1978	69,326,532	222,584,545	3.11%	1.06%
1979	71,498,242	225,055,487	3.13%	1.11%
1980	73,764,641	226,542,250	3.17%	0.66%
1981	76,068,103	229,465,744	3.12%	1.29%
1982	78,378,701	231,664,432	3.04%	0.96%
1983	80,438,260	233,792,014	2.63%	0.92%
1984	82,526,443	235,824,908	2.6%	0.87%
1985	84,897,973	237,923,734	2.87%	0.89%
1986	87,235,953	240,132,831	2.75%	0.93%
1987	89,591,716	242,288,936	2.7%	0.9%
1988	92,020,090	244,499,004	2.71%	0.91%
1989	94,531,014	246,819,222	2.73%	0.95%
1990	97,120,925	250,131,894	2.74%	1.34%
1991	99,720,162	253,492,503	2.68%	1.34%
1992	102,372,770	256,894,189	2.66%	1.34%
1993	105,122,069	260,255,352	2.69%	1.31%
1994	107,935,714	263,435,673	2.68%	1.22%
1995	110,819,428	266,557,091	2.67%	1.18%
1996	113,754,779	269,667,391	2.65%	1.17%
1997	116,754,792	272,911,760	2.64%	1.2%
1998	119,846,254	276,115,288	2.65%	1.17%
1999	123,047,320	279,294,713	2.67%	1.15%
2000	126,382,494	282,162,411	2.71%	1.03%
2001	129,862,595	284,968,955	2.75%	0.99%
2002	133,471,989	287,625,193	2.78%	0.93%
2003	137,202,644	290,107,933	2.8%	0.86%
2004	141,057,045	292,805,298	2.81%	0.93%
2005	145,017,253	295,516,599	2.81%	0.93%
2006	149,077,334	298,379,912	2.8%	0.97%
2007	153,267,261	301,231,207	2.81%	0.96%
2008	157,595,014	304,093,966	2.82%	0.95%
2009	162,049,464	306,771,529	2.83%	0.88%
2010	166,642,886	309,327,143	2.83%	0.83%
2011	171,379,598	311,583,481	2.84%	0.73%
2012	176,200,625	313,877,662	2.81%	0.74%
2013	181,049,443	316,059,947	2.75%	0.7%
2014	185,896,915	318,386,329	2.68%	0.74%
2015	190,671,878	320,738,994	2.57%	0.74%
2016	195,443,700	323,071,755	2.5%	0.73%
2017	200,254,579	325,122,128	2.46%	0.63%
2018	204,938,755	326,838,199	2.34%	0.53%
2019	209,485,641	328,329,953	2.22%	0.46%
2020	213,996,181	331,526,933	2.15%	0.97%
2021	218,529,286	331,893,745	2.12%	0.11%
2022	223,150,896	333,271,411	2.11%	0.42%
2023	227,882,945	334,914,895	2.12%	0.49%
2024	232,679,478	340,110,988	2.1%	1.55%
2025	237,527,783	341,931,772	2.08%	0.54%
2026	242,431,830	343,664,369	2.06%	0.51%
2027	247,374,258	345,331,185	2.04%	0.49%
2028	252,346,128	346,981,137	2.01%	0.48%
2029	257,352,638	348,601,982	1.98%	0.47%
2030	262,380,975	350,176,974	1.95%	0.45%
2031	267,421,079	351,725,612	1.92%	0.44%
2032	272,483,635	353,249,060	1.89%	0.43%
2033	277,555,116	354,749,644	1.86%	0.42%
2034	282,622,388	356,234,239	1.83%	0.42%
2035	287,685,757	357,694,316	1.79%	0.41%
2036	292,739,390	359,119,002	1.76%	0.4%
2037	297,773,236	360,517,853	1.72%	0.39%
2038	302,782,350	361,895,407	1.68%	0.38%
2039	307,764,754	363,229,908	1.65%	0.37%
2040	312,710,403	364,512,364	1.61%	0.35%
2041	317,607,237	365,753,139	1.57%	0.34%
2042	322,450,302	366,969,419	1.52%	0.33%
2043	327,243,941	368,146,925	1.49%	0.32%
2044	331,983,354	369,258,123	1.45%	0.3%
2045	336,662,502	370,318,770	1.41%	0.29%
2046	341,281,757	371,328,255	1.37%	0.27%
2047	345,844,004	372,299,116	1.34%	0.26%
2048	350,347,757	373,230,539	1.3%	0.25%
2049	354,792,418	374,119,803	1.27%	0.24%
2050	359,185,550	374,986,259	1.24%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.