Population of Nigeria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Nigeria is 223,372,413 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nigeria is projected at 211,400,708 or 211.401 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Nigeria is projected at 206,139,589 or 206.140 million people for the year 2020. Nigeria ranks number 7th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Nigeria is ranked 1st among 58 countries in Africa.

Nigeria's population will be increased year by year. The Nigeria population is projected to reach 262.98 million in 2030 and increase further to 401.32 million in 2050 and 732.94 million by 2100. Nigeria accounts for 2.7 percent of the world population. However, its global share will be increasing by 1.5% in 1950 and is projected to increase at 6.7% by 2100.

Nigeria was at 13th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 3rd in 2100.

Nigeria population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	206,139,589	5,175,990	2.58	2.6
2021	211,400,708	5,261,119	2.55	2.7
2022	216,746,934	5,346,226	2.53	2.7
2023	222,182,396	5,435,462	2.51	2.8
2024	227,713,024	5,530,628	2.49	2.8
2025	233,343,112	5,630,088	2.47	2.9
2026	239,073,298	5,730,186	2.46	2.9
2027	244,902,212	5,828,914	2.44	2.9
2028	250,829,706	5,927,494	2.42	3.0
2029	256,855,082	6,025,376	2.40	3.0
2030	262,977,337	6,122,255	2.38	3.1
2031	269,195,372	6,218,035	2.36	3.1
2032	275,507,679	6,312,307	2.34	3.2
2033	281,912,046	6,404,367	2.32	3.2
2034	288,405,817	6,493,771	2.30	3.3
2035	294,986,051	6,580,234	2.28	3.3
2036	301,649,982	6,663,931	2.26	3.4
2037	308,394,393	6,744,411	2.24	3.4
2038	315,215,086	6,820,693	2.21	3.5
2039	322,107,378	6,892,292	2.19	3.5
2040	329,066,615	6,959,237	2.16	3.6
2041	336,089,727	7,023,112	2.13	3.6
2042	343,172,762	7,083,035	2.11	3.7
2043	350,308,995	7,136,233	2.08	3.7
2044	357,490,777	7,181,782	2.05	3.8
2045	364,711,807	7,221,030	2.02	3.8
2046	371,966,867	7,255,060	1.99	3.9
2047	379,253,709	7,286,842	1.96	4.0
2048	386,572,809	7,319,100	1.93	4.0
2049	393,926,389	7,353,580	1.90	4.1
2050	401,315,000	7,388,611	1.88	4.1
2051	408,736,950	7,421,950	1.85	4.2
2052	416,187,349	7,450,399	1.82	4.2
2053	423,659,648	7,472,299	1.80	4.3
2054	431,145,772	7,486,124	1.77	4.3
2055	438,639,114	7,493,342	1.74	4.4
2056	446,135,245	7,496,131	1.71	4.5
2057	453,632,500	7,497,255	1.68	4.5
2058	461,130,414	7,497,914	1.65	4.6
2059	468,629,813	7,499,399	1.63	4.6
2060	476,130,398	7,500,585	1.60	4.7
2061	483,629,662	7,499,264	1.58	4.7
2062	491,123,361	7,493,699	1.55	4.8
2063	498,607,393	7,484,032	1.52	4.9
2064	506,076,996	7,469,603	1.50	4.9
2065	513,527,738	7,450,742	1.47	5.0
2066	520,955,829	7,428,091	1.45	5.0
2067	528,358,015	7,402,186	1.42	5.1
2068	535,730,857	7,372,842	1.40	5.1
2069	543,071,035	7,340,178	1.37	5.2
2070	550,374,955	7,303,920	1.34	5.3
2071	557,638,523	7,263,568	1.32	5.3
2072	564,857,366	7,218,843	1.29	5.4
2073	572,027,253	7,169,887	1.27	5.4
2074	579,143,831	7,116,578	1.24	5.5
2075	586,202,598	7,058,767	1.22	5.5
2076	593,199,975	6,997,377	1.19	5.6
2077	600,131,273	6,931,298	1.17	5.7
2078	606,989,549	6,858,276	1.14	5.7
2079	613,766,878	6,777,329	1.12	5.8
2080	620,456,675	6,689,797	1.09	5.8
2081	627,054,688	6,598,013	1.06	5.9
2082	633,558,481	6,503,793	1.04	5.9
2083	639,965,680	6,407,199	1.01	6.0
2084	646,274,700	6,309,020	0.99	6.0
2085	652,484,055	6,209,355	0.96	6.1
2086	658,591,334	6,107,279	0.94	6.1
2087	664,594,517	6,003,183	0.91	6.2
2088	670,493,211	5,898,694	0.89	6.2
2089	676,287,596	5,794,385	0.86	6.3
2090	681,977,623	5,690,027	0.84	6.3
2091	687,562,619	5,584,996	0.82	6.4
2092	693,041,456	5,478,837	0.80	6.4
2093	698,412,751	5,371,295	0.78	6.4
2094	703,675,207	5,262,456	0.75	6.5
2095	708,827,845	5,152,638	0.73	6.5
2096	713,870,118	5,042,273	0.71	6.6
2097	718,801,969	4,931,851	0.69	6.6
2098	723,623,804	4,821,835	0.67	6.7
2099	728,336,551	4,712,747	0.65	6.7
2100	732,941,597	4,605,046	0.63	6.7

Nigeria population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	37,859,748	-	-	1.5
1951	38,424,141	564,393	1.49	1.5
1952	39,035,444	611,303	1.59	1.5
1953	39,686,163	650,719	1.67	1.5
1954	40,370,852	684,689	1.73	1.5
1955	41,086,100	715,248	1.77	1.5
1956	41,830,614	744,514	1.81	1.5
1957	42,605,124	774,510	1.85	1.5
1958	43,412,097	806,973	1.89	1.5
1959	44,255,330	843,233	1.94	1.5
1960	45,138,458	883,128	2.00	1.5
1961	46,063,563	925,105	2.05	1.5
1962	47,029,822	966,259	2.10	1.5
1963	48,032,934	1,003,112	2.13	1.5
1964	49,066,760	1,033,826	2.15	1.5
1965	50,127,921	1,061,161	2.16	1.5
1966	51,217,973	1,090,052	2.17	1.5
1967	52,342,233	1,124,260	2.20	1.5
1968	53,506,196	1,163,963	2.22	1.5
1969	54,717,039	1,210,843	2.26	1.5
1970	55,982,144	1,265,105	2.31	1.5
1971	57,296,983	1,314,839	2.35	1.5
1972	58,665,808	1,368,825	2.39	1.5
1973	60,114,625	1,448,817	2.47	1.5
1974	61,677,177	1,562,552	2.60	1.5
1975	63,374,298	1,697,121	2.75	1.6
1976	65,221,378	1,847,080	2.91	1.6
1977	67,203,128	1,981,750	3.04	1.6
1978	69,271,917	2,068,789	3.08	1.6
1979	71,361,131	2,089,214	3.02	1.6
1980	73,423,633	2,062,502	2.89	1.6
1981	75,440,502	2,016,869	2.75	1.7
1982	77,427,546	1,987,044	2.63	1.7
1983	79,414,840	1,987,294	2.57	1.7
1984	81,448,755	2,033,915	2.56	1.7
1985	83,562,785	2,114,030	2.60	1.7
1986	85,766,399	2,203,614	2.64	1.7
1987	88,048,032	2,281,633	2.66	1.7
1988	90,395,271	2,347,239	2.67	1.8
1989	92,788,027	2,392,756	2.65	1.8
1990	95,212,450	2,424,423	2.61	1.8
1991	97,667,632	2,455,182	2.58	1.8
1992	100,161,710	2,494,078	2.55	1.8
1993	102,700,753	2,539,043	2.53	1.8
1994	105,293,700	2,592,947	2.52	1.9
1995	107,948,335	2,654,635	2.52	1.9
1996	110,668,794	2,720,459	2.52	1.9
1997	113,457,663	2,788,869	2.52	1.9
1998	116,319,759	2,862,096	2.52	1.9
1999	119,260,063	2,940,304	2.53	2.0
2000	122,283,850	3,023,787	2.54	2.0
2001	125,394,046	3,110,196	2.54	2.0
2002	128,596,076	3,202,030	2.55	2.0
2003	131,900,631	3,304,555	2.57	2.1
2004	135,320,422	3,419,791	2.59	2.1
2005	138,865,016	3,544,594	2.62	2.1
2006	142,538,308	3,673,292	2.65	2.2
2007	146,339,977	3,801,669	2.67	2.2
2008	150,269,623	3,929,646	2.69	2.2
2009	154,324,933	4,055,310	2.70	2.2
2010	158,503,197	4,178,264	2.71	2.3
2011	162,805,077	4,301,880	2.71	2.3
2012	167,228,794	4,423,717	2.72	2.3
2013	171,765,816	4,537,022	2.71	2.4
2014	176,404,934	4,639,118	2.70	2.4
2015	181,137,448	4,732,514	2.68	2.5
2016	185,960,241	4,822,793	2.66	2.5
2017	190,873,244	4,913,003	2.64	2.5
2018	195,874,683	5,001,439	2.62	2.6
2019	200,963,599	5,088,916	2.60	2.6