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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Vietnam	Nigeria	Vietnam
1960	45,053,782	32,531,933	-	-
1961	45,989,310	33,409,059	2.08%	2.7%
1962	46,965,292	34,288,560	2.12%	2.63%
1963	47,973,575	35,249,101	2.15%	2.8%
1964	49,012,016	36,201,563	2.16%	2.7%
1965	50,086,764	37,129,656	2.19%	2.56%
1966	51,188,234	38,024,836	2.2%	2.41%
1967	52,293,065	38,895,080	2.16%	2.29%
1968	53,432,783	39,734,609	2.18%	2.16%
1969	54,631,914	40,582,096	2.24%	2.13%
1970	55,893,838	41,475,230	2.31%	2.2%
1971	57,214,684	42,449,276	2.36%	2.35%
1972	58,601,748	43,429,168	2.42%	2.31%
1973	60,082,139	44,409,861	2.53%	2.26%
1974	61,679,144	45,413,537	2.66%	2.26%
1975	63,410,815	46,482,903	2.81%	2.35%
1976	65,258,009	47,684,931	2.91%	2.59%
1977	67,234,590	48,954,872	3.03%	2.66%
1978	69,326,532	50,249,552	3.11%	2.64%
1979	71,498,242	51,378,211	3.13%	2.25%
1980	73,764,641	52,490,101	3.17%	2.16%
1981	76,068,103	53,738,141	3.12%	2.38%
1982	78,378,701	55,011,289	3.04%	2.37%
1983	80,438,260	56,337,921	2.63%	2.41%
1984	82,526,443	57,706,067	2.6%	2.43%
1985	84,897,973	59,060,622	2.87%	2.35%
1986	87,235,953	60,347,048	2.75%	2.18%
1987	89,591,716	61,584,651	2.7%	2.05%
1988	92,020,090	62,843,228	2.71%	2.04%
1989	94,531,014	64,147,348	2.73%	2.08%
1990	97,120,925	65,504,552	2.74%	2.12%
1991	99,720,162	66,891,775	2.68%	2.12%
1992	102,372,770	68,260,337	2.66%	2.05%
1993	105,122,069	69,586,384	2.69%	1.94%
1994	107,935,714	70,854,391	2.68%	1.82%
1995	110,819,428	72,049,940	2.67%	1.69%
1996	113,754,779	73,156,447	2.65%	1.54%
1997	116,754,792	74,226,889	2.64%	1.46%
1998	119,846,254	75,299,660	2.65%	1.45%
1999	123,047,320	76,287,452	2.67%	1.31%
2000	126,382,494	77,154,011	2.71%	1.14%
2001	129,862,595	77,969,361	2.75%	1.06%
2002	133,471,989	78,772,224	2.78%	1.03%
2003	137,202,644	79,563,777	2.8%	1%
2004	141,057,045	80,338,971	2.81%	0.97%
2005	145,017,253	81,088,313	2.81%	0.93%
2006	149,077,334	82,167,897	2.8%	1.33%
2007	153,267,261	83,633,375	2.81%	1.78%
2008	157,595,014	85,175,788	2.82%	1.84%
2009	162,049,464	86,460,018	2.83%	1.51%
2010	166,642,886	87,455,152	2.83%	1.15%
2011	171,379,598	88,468,314	2.84%	1.16%
2012	176,200,625	89,510,356	2.81%	1.18%
2013	181,049,443	90,573,104	2.75%	1.19%
2014	185,896,915	91,679,578	2.68%	1.22%
2015	190,671,878	92,823,254	2.57%	1.25%
2016	195,443,700	94,000,117	2.5%	1.27%
2017	200,254,579	95,176,977	2.46%	1.25%
2018	204,938,755	96,237,319	2.34%	1.11%
2019	209,485,641	97,173,776	2.22%	0.97%
2020	213,996,181	98,079,191	2.15%	0.93%
2021	218,529,286	98,935,098	2.12%	0.87%
2022	223,150,896	99,680,655	2.11%	0.75%
2023	227,882,945	100,352,192	2.12%	0.67%
2024	232,679,478	100,987,686	2.1%	0.63%
2025	237,527,783	101,598,531	2.08%	0.6%
2026	242,431,830	102,177,434	2.06%	0.57%
2027	247,374,258	102,727,392	2.04%	0.54%
2028	252,346,128	103,255,746	2.01%	0.51%
2029	257,352,638	103,761,151	1.98%	0.49%
2030	262,380,975	104,254,900	1.95%	0.48%
2031	267,421,079	104,737,913	1.92%	0.46%
2032	272,483,635	105,204,401	1.89%	0.45%
2033	277,555,116	105,656,307	1.86%	0.43%
2034	282,622,388	106,097,515	1.83%	0.42%
2035	287,685,757	106,530,671	1.79%	0.41%
2036	292,739,390	106,945,842	1.76%	0.39%
2037	297,773,236	107,346,046	1.72%	0.37%
2038	302,782,350	107,732,019	1.68%	0.36%
2039	307,764,754	108,097,653	1.65%	0.34%
2040	312,710,403	108,437,634	1.61%	0.31%
2041	317,607,237	108,752,199	1.57%	0.29%
2042	322,450,302	109,040,314	1.52%	0.26%
2043	327,243,941	109,292,559	1.49%	0.23%
2044	331,983,354	109,506,274	1.45%	0.2%
2045	336,662,502	109,685,396	1.41%	0.16%
2046	341,281,757	109,827,664	1.37%	0.13%
2047	345,844,004	109,930,243	1.34%	0.09%
2048	350,347,757	109,994,024	1.3%	0.06%
2049	354,792,418	110,018,017	1.27%	0.02%
2050	359,185,550	110,008,910	1.24%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.