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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nigeria	Zimbabwe	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
1960	45,053,782	3,809,389	-	-
1961	45,989,310	3,930,401	2.08%	3.18%
1962	46,965,292	4,055,959	2.12%	3.19%
1963	47,973,575	4,185,877	2.15%	3.2%
1964	49,012,016	4,320,006	2.16%	3.2%
1965	50,086,764	4,458,462	2.19%	3.2%
1966	51,188,234	4,601,217	2.2%	3.2%
1967	52,293,065	4,748,307	2.16%	3.2%
1968	53,432,783	4,900,440	2.18%	3.2%
1969	54,631,914	5,058,181	2.24%	3.22%
1970	55,893,838	5,215,918	2.31%	3.12%
1971	57,214,684	5,374,712	2.36%	3.04%
1972	58,601,748	5,542,445	2.42%	3.12%
1973	60,082,139	5,720,404	2.53%	3.21%
1974	61,679,144	5,908,328	2.66%	3.29%
1975	63,410,815	6,098,658	2.81%	3.22%
1976	65,258,009	6,287,105	2.91%	3.09%
1977	67,234,590	6,449,512	3.03%	2.58%
1978	69,326,532	6,543,575	3.11%	1.46%
1979	71,498,242	6,647,556	3.13%	1.59%
1980	73,764,641	7,041,303	3.17%	5.92%
1981	76,068,103	7,498,635	3.12%	6.49%
1982	78,378,701	7,796,496	3.04%	3.97%
1983	80,438,260	8,098,404	2.63%	3.87%
1984	82,526,443	8,391,488	2.6%	3.62%
1985	84,897,973	8,686,813	2.87%	3.52%
1986	87,235,953	8,982,578	2.75%	3.4%
1987	89,591,716	9,284,644	2.7%	3.36%
1988	92,020,090	9,583,094	2.71%	3.21%
1989	94,531,014	9,864,798	2.73%	2.94%
1990	97,120,925	10,137,281	2.74%	2.76%
1991	99,720,162	10,404,816	2.68%	2.64%
1992	102,372,770	10,702,700	2.66%	2.86%
1993	105,122,069	10,860,288	2.69%	1.47%
1994	107,935,714	10,873,148	2.68%	0.12%
1995	110,819,428	10,974,599	2.67%	0.93%
1996	113,754,779	11,158,360	2.65%	1.67%
1997	116,754,792	11,369,827	2.64%	1.9%
1998	119,846,254	11,594,297	2.65%	1.97%
1999	123,047,320	11,783,458	2.67%	1.63%
2000	126,382,494	11,892,055	2.71%	0.92%
2001	129,862,595	11,971,901	2.75%	0.67%
2002	133,471,989	12,087,653	2.78%	0.97%
2003	137,202,644	12,232,323	2.8%	1.2%
2004	141,057,045	12,365,896	2.81%	1.09%
2005	145,017,253	12,483,432	2.81%	0.95%
2006	149,077,334	12,636,445	2.8%	1.23%
2007	153,267,261	12,804,058	2.81%	1.33%
2008	157,595,014	12,959,149	2.82%	1.21%
2009	162,049,464	13,142,790	2.83%	1.42%
2010	166,642,886	13,356,548	2.83%	1.63%
2011	171,379,598	13,595,424	2.84%	1.79%
2012	176,200,625	13,817,887	2.81%	1.64%
2013	181,049,443	14,013,808	2.75%	1.42%
2014	185,896,915	14,207,359	2.68%	1.38%
2015	190,671,878	14,399,013	2.57%	1.35%
2016	195,443,700	14,600,294	2.5%	1.4%
2017	200,254,579	14,812,482	2.46%	1.45%
2018	204,938,755	15,034,452	2.34%	1.5%
2019	209,485,641	15,271,368	2.22%	1.58%
2020	213,996,181	15,526,888	2.15%	1.67%
2021	218,529,286	15,797,210	2.12%	1.74%
2022	223,150,896	16,069,056	2.11%	1.72%
2023	227,882,945	16,340,822	2.12%	1.69%
2024	232,679,478	16,634,373	2.1%	1.8%
2025	237,527,783	16,950,805	2.08%	1.9%
2026	242,431,830	17,273,591	2.06%	1.9%
2027	247,374,258	17,600,621	2.04%	1.89%
2028	252,346,128	17,932,015	2.01%	1.88%
2029	257,352,638	18,268,967	1.98%	1.88%
2030	262,380,975	18,610,356	1.95%	1.87%
2031	267,421,079	18,956,207	1.92%	1.86%
2032	272,483,635	19,311,368	1.89%	1.87%
2033	277,555,116	19,675,929	1.86%	1.89%
2034	282,622,388	20,041,125	1.83%	1.86%
2035	287,685,757	20,409,159	1.79%	1.84%
2036	292,739,390	20,778,662	1.76%	1.81%
2037	297,773,236	21,144,748	1.72%	1.76%
2038	302,782,350	21,512,919	1.68%	1.74%
2039	307,764,754	21,881,123	1.65%	1.71%
2040	312,710,403	22,250,123	1.61%	1.69%
2041	317,607,237	22,627,428	1.57%	1.7%
2042	322,450,302	23,000,906	1.52%	1.65%
2043	327,243,941	23,371,301	1.49%	1.61%
2044	331,983,354	23,740,630	1.45%	1.58%
2045	336,662,502	24,102,391	1.41%	1.52%
2046	341,281,757	24,462,491	1.37%	1.49%
2047	345,844,004	24,816,449	1.34%	1.45%
2048	350,347,757	25,168,419	1.3%	1.42%
2049	354,792,418	25,518,513	1.27%	1.39%
2050	359,185,550	25,866,397	1.24%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nigeria increased by 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nigeria gained 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Nigeria was ranked 7th most populous country in 2005 and is 6th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.