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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Zambia	Nigeria	Zambia
1960	45,053,782	3,153,729	-	-
1961	45,989,310	3,254,086	2.08%	3.18%
1962	46,965,292	3,358,099	2.12%	3.2%
1963	47,973,575	3,465,907	2.15%	3.21%
1964	49,012,016	3,577,017	2.16%	3.21%
1965	50,086,764	3,692,086	2.19%	3.22%
1966	51,188,234	3,812,003	2.2%	3.25%
1967	52,293,065	3,936,343	2.16%	3.26%
1968	53,432,783	4,065,593	2.18%	3.28%
1969	54,631,914	4,197,116	2.24%	3.24%
1970	55,893,838	4,321,718	2.31%	2.97%
1971	57,214,684	4,442,525	2.36%	2.8%
1972	58,601,748	4,569,309	2.42%	2.85%
1973	60,082,139	4,702,693	2.53%	2.92%
1974	61,679,144	4,842,746	2.66%	2.98%
1975	63,410,815	4,990,086	2.81%	3.04%
1976	65,258,009	5,143,842	2.91%	3.08%
1977	67,234,590	5,302,480	3.03%	3.08%
1978	69,326,532	5,465,374	3.11%	3.07%
1979	71,498,242	5,631,728	3.13%	3.04%
1980	73,764,641	5,802,833	3.17%	3.04%
1981	76,068,103	5,983,289	3.12%	3.11%
1982	78,378,701	6,178,637	3.04%	3.26%
1983	80,438,260	6,381,038	2.63%	3.28%
1984	82,526,443	6,580,490	2.6%	3.13%
1985	84,897,973	6,780,953	2.87%	3.05%
1986	87,235,953	6,986,471	2.75%	3.03%
1987	89,591,716	7,191,282	2.7%	2.93%
1988	92,020,090	7,391,440	2.71%	2.78%
1989	94,531,014	7,589,216	2.73%	2.68%
1990	97,120,925	7,786,169	2.74%	2.6%
1991	99,720,162	7,981,650	2.68%	2.51%
1992	102,372,770	8,176,680	2.66%	2.44%
1993	105,122,069	8,373,921	2.69%	2.41%
1994	107,935,714	8,576,269	2.68%	2.42%
1995	110,819,428	8,785,763	2.67%	2.44%
1996	113,754,779	9,004,053	2.65%	2.48%
1997	116,754,792	9,237,063	2.64%	2.59%
1998	119,846,254	9,482,408	2.65%	2.66%
1999	123,047,320	9,740,005	2.67%	2.72%
2000	126,382,494	10,017,631	2.71%	2.85%
2001	129,862,595	10,325,185	2.75%	3.07%
2002	133,471,989	10,647,949	2.78%	3.13%
2003	137,202,644	10,983,595	2.8%	3.15%
2004	141,057,045	11,338,198	2.81%	3.23%
2005	145,017,253	11,718,819	2.81%	3.36%
2006	149,077,334	12,129,553	2.8%	3.5%
2007	153,267,261	12,565,085	2.81%	3.59%
2008	157,595,014	13,021,324	2.82%	3.63%
2009	162,049,464	13,490,389	2.83%	3.6%
2010	166,642,886	13,965,594	2.83%	3.52%
2011	171,379,598	14,437,796	2.84%	3.38%
2012	176,200,625	14,913,629	2.81%	3.3%
2013	181,049,443	15,398,997	2.75%	3.25%
2014	185,896,915	15,895,315	2.68%	3.22%
2015	190,671,878	16,399,089	2.57%	3.17%
2016	195,443,700	16,914,423	2.5%	3.14%
2017	200,254,579	17,441,320	2.46%	3.12%
2018	204,938,755	17,973,569	2.34%	3.05%
2019	209,485,641	18,513,839	2.22%	3.01%
2020	213,996,181	19,059,395	2.15%	2.95%
2021	218,529,286	19,603,607	2.12%	2.86%
2022	223,150,896	20,152,938	2.11%	2.8%
2023	227,882,945	20,723,965	2.12%	2.83%
2024	232,679,478	21,314,956	2.1%	2.85%
2025	237,527,783	21,913,869	2.08%	2.81%
2026	242,431,830	22,521,905	2.06%	2.77%
2027	247,374,258	23,138,716	2.04%	2.74%
2028	252,346,128	23,761,368	2.01%	2.69%
2029	257,352,638	24,389,681	1.98%	2.64%
2030	262,380,975	25,024,887	1.95%	2.6%
2031	267,421,079	25,666,496	1.92%	2.56%
2032	272,483,635	26,311,946	1.89%	2.51%
2033	277,555,116	26,960,073	1.86%	2.46%
2034	282,622,388	27,611,621	1.83%	2.42%
2035	287,685,757	28,266,887	1.79%	2.37%
2036	292,739,390	28,925,103	1.76%	2.33%
2037	297,773,236	29,583,482	1.72%	2.28%
2038	302,782,350	30,240,549	1.68%	2.22%
2039	307,764,754	30,895,586	1.65%	2.17%
2040	312,710,403	31,550,394	1.61%	2.12%
2041	317,607,237	32,204,340	1.57%	2.07%
2042	322,450,302	32,856,596	1.52%	2.03%
2043	327,243,941	33,510,500	1.49%	1.99%
2044	331,983,354	34,165,920	1.45%	1.96%
2045	336,662,502	34,821,101	1.41%	1.92%
2046	341,281,757	35,475,795	1.37%	1.88%
2047	345,844,004	36,129,270	1.34%	1.84%
2048	350,347,757	36,782,260	1.3%	1.81%
2049	354,792,418	37,434,667	1.27%	1.77%
2050	359,185,550	38,083,369	1.24%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.