Population of Nigeria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	19 Feb 2024

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The current population of Nigeria is 234,042,438 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nigeria is projected at 229,152,217 or 229.15 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Nigeria is projected at 223,804,632 or 223.80 million people for the year 2023.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, and the sixth-most populous country in the world.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nigeria population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	36,835,614	37,189,369	707,510	1.903	1.49
1951	37,543,124	37,903,171	720,095	1.900	1.49
1952	38,263,219	38,624,425	722,412	1.870	1.49
1953	38,985,631	39,347,719	724,175	1.841	1.49
1954	39,709,806	40,082,479	745,346	1.860	1.49
1955	40,455,152	40,839,223	768,142	1.881	1.49
1956	41,223,294	41,616,571	786,554	1.890	1.49
1957	42,009,848	42,413,359	807,022	1.903	1.48
1958	42,816,870	43,214,753	795,766	1.841	1.48
1959	43,612,636	44,044,231	863,190	1.960	1.48
1960	44,475,826	44,928,342	905,031	2.014	1.49
1961	45,380,857	45,855,507	949,301	2.070	1.49
1962	46,330,158	46,821,845	983,374	2.100	1.50
1963	47,313,532	47,822,569	1,018,073	2.129	1.50
1964	48,331,605	48,856,332	1,049,454	2.148	1.50
1965	49,381,059	49,925,799	1,089,480	2.182	1.50
1966	50,470,539	51,020,296	1,099,515	2.155	1.50
1967	51,570,054	52,106,681	1,073,255	2.060	1.50
1968	52,643,309	53,210,119	1,133,620	2.131	1.50
1969	53,776,929	54,360,750	1,167,642	2.148	1.50
1970	54,944,571	55,569,264	1,249,385	2.248	1.50
1971	56,193,956	56,837,614	1,287,316	2.265	1.51
1972	57,481,272	58,173,834	1,385,125	2.381	1.51
1973	58,866,397	59,605,446	1,478,097	2.480	1.52
1974	60,344,494	61,157,931	1,626,875	2.660	1.53
1975	61,971,369	62,851,312	1,759,885	2.800	1.54
1976	63,731,254	64,658,315	1,854,122	2.868	1.56
1977	65,585,376	66,589,655	2,008,559	3.017	1.58
1978	67,593,935	68,633,344	2,078,817	3.029	1.60
1979	69,672,752	70,750,307	2,155,110	3.046	1.62
1980	71,827,862	72,951,439	2,247,155	3.081	1.64
1981	74,075,017	75,175,387	2,200,740	2.928	1.66
1982	76,275,757	77,388,067	2,224,619	2.875	1.68
1983	78,500,376	79,351,586	1,702,419	2.145	1.69
1984	80,202,795	81,337,553	2,269,515	2.790	1.70
1985	82,472,310	83,585,251	2,225,882	2.663	1.72
1986	84,698,192	85,804,185	2,211,985	2.578	1.73
1987	86,910,177	88,044,187	2,268,020	2.576	1.75
1988	89,178,197	90,351,467	2,346,540	2.597	1.76
1989	91,524,737	92,744,064	2,438,655	2.630	1.78
1990	93,963,392	95,214,257	2,501,729	2.628	1.79
1991	96,465,121	97,685,360	2,440,477	2.498	1.81
1992	98,905,598	100,182,045	2,552,894	2.548	1.82
1993	101,458,492	102,775,465	2,633,945	2.563	1.84
1994	104,092,437	105,456,121	2,727,368	2.586	1.86
1995	106,819,805	108,187,610	2,735,609	2.529	1.88
1996	109,555,414	110,956,183	2,801,538	2.525	1.90
1997	112,356,952	113,791,181	2,868,457	2.521	1.93
1998	115,225,409	116,690,527	2,930,237	2.511	1.95
1999	118,155,646	119,695,565	3,079,839	2.573	1.97
2000	121,235,485	122,851,984	3,232,997	2.632	2.00
2001	124,468,482	126,152,678	3,368,393	2.670	2.02
2002	127,836,875	129,583,026	3,492,301	2.695	2.05
2003	131,329,176	133,119,801	3,581,249	2.690	2.08
2004	134,910,425	136,756,848	3,692,845	2.700	2.11
2005	138,603,270	140,490,722	3,774,904	2.687	2.14
2006	142,378,174	144,329,764	3,903,181	2.705	2.17
2007	146,281,355	148,294,028	4,025,346	2.715	2.20
2008	150,306,701	152,382,506	4,151,610	2.725	2.24
2009	154,458,311	156,595,758	4,274,893	2.730	2.27
2010	158,733,204	160,952,853	4,439,299	2.758	2.30
2011	163,172,503	165,463,745	4,582,485	2.770	2.34
2012	167,754,988	170,075,932	4,641,887	2.729	2.37
2013	172,396,875	174,726,123	4,658,497	2.666	2.41
2014	177,055,372	179,379,016	4,647,289	2.591	2.44
2015	181,702,661	183,995,785	4,586,247	2.493	2.48
2016	186,288,908	188,666,931	4,756,046	2.521	2.51
2017	191,044,954	193,495,907	4,901,905	2.533	2.55
2018	195,946,859	198,387,623	4,881,529	2.461	2.58
2019	200,828,388	203,304,492	4,952,207	2.436	2.62
2020	205,780,595	208,327,405	5,093,619	2.445	2.66
2021	210,874,214	213,401,323	5,054,217	2.369	2.70

Nigeria population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	215,928,431	218,541,212	5,225,561	2.391	2.74
2023	221,153,992	223,804,632	5,301,280	2.369	2.78
2024	226,455,272	229,152,217	5,393,889	2.354	2.82
2025	231,849,161	234,573,603	5,448,884	2.323	2.86
2026	237,298,045	240,054,483	5,512,876	2.297	2.90
2027	242,810,921	245,599,161	5,576,481	2.271	2.95
2028	248,387,402	251,201,204	5,627,605	2.240	2.99
2029	254,015,007	256,866,062	5,702,109	2.220	3.03
2030	259,717,116	262,580,426	5,726,620	2.181	3.07
2031	265,443,736	268,333,202	5,778,931	2.154	3.11
2032	271,222,667	274,119,414	5,793,493	2.114	3.16
2033	277,016,160	279,925,063	5,817,807	2.078	3.20
2034	282,833,967	285,756,014	5,844,094	2.045	3.24
2035	288,678,061	291,591,598	5,827,074	1.998	3.28
2036	294,505,135	297,416,662	5,823,055	1.958	3.33
2037	300,328,190	303,246,595	5,836,811	1.925	3.37
2038	306,165,001	309,097,424	5,864,846	1.897	3.41
2039	312,029,847	314,949,915	5,840,136	1.854	3.45
2040	317,869,983	320,779,660	5,819,355	1.814	3.49
2041	323,689,338	326,599,329	5,819,982	1.782	3.53
2042	329,509,320	332,393,067	5,767,494	1.735	3.57
2043	335,276,814	338,154,157	5,754,686	1.702	3.61
2044	341,031,500	343,902,355	5,741,709	1.670	3.65
2045	346,773,209	349,603,702	5,660,985	1.619	3.69
2046	352,434,194	355,245,595	5,622,801	1.583	3.73
2047	358,056,995	360,853,520	5,593,051	1.550	3.77
2048	363,650,046	366,429,556	5,559,020	1.517	3.81
2049	369,209,066	371,960,240	5,502,347	1.479	3.85
2050	374,711,413	377,459,883	5,496,940	1.456	3.89
2051	380,208,353	382,907,203	5,397,700	1.410	3.93
2052	385,606,053	388,269,433	5,326,761	1.372	3.96
2053	390,932,814	393,553,039	5,240,450	1.332	4.00
2054	396,173,264	398,765,112	5,183,697	1.300	4.04
2055	401,356,961	403,930,803	5,147,684	1.274	4.08
2056	406,504,645	409,057,341	5,105,393	1.248	4.11
2057	411,610,038	414,134,702	5,049,328	1.219	4.15
2058	416,659,366	419,146,599	4,974,466	1.187	4.19
2059	421,633,832	424,079,002	4,890,340	1.153	4.22
2060	426,524,172	428,942,394	4,836,443	1.128	4.26
2061	431,360,615	433,771,126	4,821,022	1.111	4.30
2062	436,181,637	438,585,987	4,808,701	1.096	4.33
2063	440,990,338	443,332,357	4,684,038	1.057	4.37
2064	445,674,376	447,986,080	4,623,409	1.032	4.40
2065	450,297,785	452,547,705	4,499,841	0.994	4.44
2066	454,797,626	456,994,203	4,393,154	0.961	4.47
2067	459,190,780	461,366,335	4,351,111	0.943	4.51
2068	463,541,891	465,665,250	4,246,718	0.912	4.54
2069	467,788,609	469,857,518	4,137,817	0.881	4.57
2070	471,926,426	473,939,499	4,026,146	0.850	4.60
2071	475,952,572	477,911,999	3,918,855	0.820	4.63
2072	479,871,427	481,808,242	3,873,630	0.804	4.66
2073	483,745,057	485,629,571	3,769,028	0.776	4.69
2074	487,514,085	489,350,340	3,672,511	0.750	4.72
2075	491,186,596	492,948,645	3,524,099	0.715	4.75
2076	494,710,695	496,424,780	3,428,169	0.691	4.78
2077	498,138,864	499,794,399	3,311,070	0.662	4.81
2078	501,449,934	503,044,220	3,188,572	0.634	4.84
2079	504,638,506	506,183,389	3,089,766	0.610	4.86
2080	507,728,272	509,211,428	2,966,313	0.583	4.89
2081	510,694,585	512,127,701	2,866,232	0.560	4.91
2082	513,560,817	514,937,044	2,752,453	0.535	4.94
2083	516,313,270	517,626,997	2,627,454	0.508	4.96
2084	518,940,724	520,211,231	2,541,015	0.488	4.99
2085	521,481,739	522,685,448	2,407,417	0.461	5.01
2086	523,889,156	525,017,922	2,257,531	0.430	5.03
2087	526,146,687	527,226,385	2,159,397	0.410	5.05
2088	528,306,084	529,328,742	2,045,315	0.386	5.08
2089	530,351,399	531,318,166	1,933,533	0.364	5.10
2090	532,284,932	533,192,461	1,815,059	0.340	5.12
2091	534,099,991	534,963,916	1,727,850	0.323	5.13
2092	535,827,841	536,636,123	1,616,565	0.301	5.15
2093	537,444,406	538,189,204	1,489,596	0.277	5.17
2094	538,934,002	539,633,792	1,399,579	0.259	5.19
2095	540,333,581	540,970,120	1,273,078	0.235	5.20
2096	541,606,659	542,202,605	1,191,891	0.220	5.22
2097	542,798,550	543,330,974	1,064,848	0.196	5.23
2098	543,863,398	544,348,046	969,295	0.178	5.25
2099	544,832,693	545,269,101	872,817	0.160	5.26
2100	545,705,510	546,091,662	772,305	0.141	5.28