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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Uzbekistan	Nigeria	Uzbekistan
1960	45,053,782	8,209,109	-	-
1961	45,989,310	8,517,711	2.08%	3.76%
1962	46,965,292	8,854,368	2.12%	3.95%
1963	47,973,575	9,202,246	2.15%	3.93%
1964	49,012,016	9,557,611	2.16%	3.86%
1965	50,086,764	9,921,681	2.19%	3.81%
1966	51,188,234	10,289,294	2.2%	3.71%
1967	52,293,065	10,659,180	2.16%	3.59%
1968	53,432,783	11,032,155	2.18%	3.5%
1969	54,631,914	11,403,150	2.24%	3.36%
1970	55,893,838	11,762,638	2.31%	3.15%
1971	57,214,684	12,111,511	2.36%	2.97%
1972	58,601,748	12,465,106	2.42%	2.92%
1973	60,082,139	12,831,047	2.53%	2.94%
1974	61,679,144	13,209,011	2.66%	2.95%
1975	63,410,815	13,598,521	2.81%	2.95%
1976	65,258,009	13,998,620	2.91%	2.94%
1977	67,234,590	14,408,822	3.03%	2.93%
1978	69,326,532	14,816,349	3.11%	2.83%
1979	71,498,242	15,215,587	3.13%	2.69%
1980	73,764,641	15,619,936	3.17%	2.66%
1981	76,068,103	16,035,032	3.12%	2.66%
1982	78,378,701	16,462,736	3.04%	2.67%
1983	80,438,260	16,908,400	2.63%	2.71%
1984	82,526,443	17,378,846	2.6%	2.78%
1985	84,897,973	17,875,339	2.87%	2.86%
1986	87,235,953	18,395,621	2.75%	2.91%
1987	89,591,716	18,930,070	2.7%	2.91%
1988	92,020,090	19,460,630	2.71%	2.8%
1989	94,531,014	19,977,183	2.73%	2.65%
1990	97,120,925	20,464,956	2.74%	2.44%
1991	99,720,162	20,962,910	2.68%	2.43%
1992	102,372,770	21,485,090	2.66%	2.49%
1993	105,122,069	21,987,955	2.69%	2.34%
1994	107,935,714	22,463,291	2.68%	2.16%
1995	110,819,428	22,917,589	2.67%	2.02%
1996	113,754,779	23,351,981	2.65%	1.9%
1997	116,754,792	23,758,960	2.64%	1.74%
1998	119,846,254	24,134,929	2.65%	1.58%
1999	123,047,320	24,476,008	2.67%	1.41%
2000	126,382,494	24,787,054	2.71%	1.27%
2001	129,862,595	25,090,283	2.75%	1.22%
2002	133,471,989	25,399,980	2.78%	1.23%
2003	137,202,644	25,711,259	2.8%	1.23%
2004	141,057,045	26,029,350	2.81%	1.24%
2005	145,017,253	26,356,975	2.81%	1.26%
2006	149,077,334	26,699,043	2.8%	1.3%
2007	153,267,261	27,076,008	2.81%	1.41%
2008	157,595,014	27,494,774	2.82%	1.55%
2009	162,049,464	27,939,328	2.83%	1.62%
2010	166,642,886	28,385,506	2.83%	1.6%
2011	171,379,598	28,823,196	2.84%	1.54%
2012	176,200,625	29,261,903	2.81%	1.52%
2013	181,049,443	29,724,065	2.75%	1.58%
2014	185,896,915	30,222,994	2.68%	1.68%
2015	190,671,878	30,749,346	2.57%	1.74%
2016	195,443,700	31,284,568	2.5%	1.74%
2017	200,254,579	31,819,178	2.46%	1.71%
2018	204,938,755	32,373,490	2.34%	1.74%
2019	209,485,641	32,964,701	2.22%	1.83%
2020	213,996,181	33,586,372	2.15%	1.89%
2021	218,529,286	34,243,696	2.12%	1.96%
2022	223,150,896	34,938,955	2.11%	2.03%
2023	227,882,945	35,652,307	2.12%	2.04%
2024	232,679,478	36,361,859	2.1%	1.99%
2025	237,527,783	37,053,425	2.08%	1.9%
2026	242,431,830	37,724,224	2.06%	1.81%
2027	247,374,258	38,376,104	2.04%	1.73%
2028	252,346,128	39,010,995	2.01%	1.65%
2029	257,352,638	39,634,353	1.98%	1.6%
2030	262,380,975	40,248,246	1.95%	1.55%
2031	267,421,079	40,850,310	1.92%	1.5%
2032	272,483,635	41,442,243	1.89%	1.45%
2033	277,555,116	42,026,366	1.86%	1.41%
2034	282,622,388	42,603,253	1.83%	1.37%
2035	287,685,757	43,175,104	1.79%	1.34%
2036	292,739,390	43,744,382	1.76%	1.32%
2037	297,773,236	44,313,638	1.72%	1.3%
2038	302,782,350	44,885,866	1.68%	1.29%
2039	307,764,754	45,461,988	1.65%	1.28%
2040	312,710,403	46,044,151	1.61%	1.28%
2041	317,607,237	46,636,742	1.57%	1.29%
2042	322,450,302	47,240,035	1.52%	1.29%
2043	327,243,941	47,851,671	1.49%	1.29%
2044	331,983,354	48,470,624	1.45%	1.29%
2045	336,662,502	49,096,060	1.41%	1.29%
2046	341,281,757	49,724,395	1.37%	1.28%
2047	345,844,004	50,351,710	1.34%	1.26%
2048	350,347,757	50,975,927	1.3%	1.24%
2049	354,792,418	51,596,108	1.27%	1.22%
2050	359,185,550	52,210,749	1.24%	1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.