Guinea vs Niger

Guinea vs Niger: Population

Population in 2023: 14.4 million people in Guinea and 26.2 million people in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Niger, by 11.8 million people, or 1.82 times that in Guinea.

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Guinea vs Niger: PopulationPopulation in 2023: 14.4 million people in Guinea and 26.2 million people in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Niger, by 11.8 million people, or 1.82 times that in Guinea.
GuineaNigerEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Niger has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Guinea.
  • In 2023, Guinea ranked 75 and Niger ranked 56 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Guinea at 32 million people and Niger at 90.8 million people in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

people · UN

YearGuineaNigerWorld
202314.4 million26.2 million8.09 billion
202214.1 million25.3 million8.02 billion
202113.7 million24.5 million7.95 billion
202013.4 million23.7 million7.89 billion
201913 million23 million7.81 billion
201812.7 million22.2 million7.73 billion
201712.4 million21.4 million7.65 billion
201612.1 million20.7 million7.56 billion
201511.8 million19.9 million7.47 billion
201411.5 million19.2 million7.38 billion
201311.2 million18.5 million7.29 billion
201210.9 million17.8 million7.2 billion
201110.7 million17.2 million7.11 billion
201010.4 million16.6 million7.02 billion
200910.1 million15.9 million6.93 billion
20089.9 million15.4 million6.84 billion
20079.66 million14.8 million6.76 billion
20069.44 million14.3 million6.67 billion
20059.25 million13.8 million6.59 billion
20049.06 million13.3 million6.5 billion
20038.87 million12.8 million6.42 billion
20028.67 million12.4 million6.34 billion
20018.54 million11.9 million6.26 billion
20008.43 million11.5 million6.17 billion
19998.27 million11.1 million6.09 billion
19988.08 million10.7 million6.01 billion
19977.93 million10.4 million5.93 billion
19967.77 million10 million5.84 billion
19957.55 million9.72 million5.76 billion
19947.35 million9.4 million5.68 billion
19937.13 million9.1 million5.59 billion
19926.91 million8.82 million5.51 billion
19916.7 million8.55 million5.42 billion
19906.43 million8.29 million5.33 billion
19896.22 million8.04 million5.23 billion
19886.06 million7.79 million5.14 billion
19875.9 million7.56 million5.05 billion
19865.75 million7.34 million4.96 billion
19855.61 million7.12 million4.87 billion
19845.48 million6.91 million4.78 billion
19835.36 million6.71 million4.7 billion
19825.25 million6.51 million4.61 billion
19815.14 million6.32 million4.53 billion
19805.05 million6.14 million4.45 billion
19794.96 million5.96 million4.37 billion
19784.88 million5.78 million4.29 billion
19774.8 million5.62 million4.22 billion
19764.73 million5.47 million4.14 billion
19754.65 million5.32 million4.07 billion
19744.58 million5.18 million4 billion
19734.51 million5.04 million3.92 billion
19724.43 million4.91 million3.85 billion
19714.36 million4.78 million3.77 billion
19704.28 million4.65 million3.7 billion
19694.2 million4.53 million3.62 billion
19684.12 million4.4 million3.55 billion
19674.04 million4.28 million3.47 billion
19663.96 million4.17 million3.4 billion
19653.89 million4.05 million3.34 billion
19643.82 million3.94 million3.26 billion
19633.75 million3.82 million3.19 billion
19623.68 million3.72 million3.12 billion
19613.62 million3.61 million3.07 billion
19603.56 million3.51 million3.02 billion
19593.5 million3.41 million2.97 billion
19583.44 million3.31 million2.91 billion
19573.38 million3.22 million2.85 billion
19563.32 million3.13 million2.8 billion
19553.27 million3.04 million2.74 billion
19543.22 million2.95 million2.69 billion
19533.16 million2.86 million2.63 billion
19523.11 million2.77 million2.58 billion
19513.06 million2.69 million2.54 billion
19503.01 million2.6 million2.49 billion
19492.93 million2.51 million–
19482.88 million2.46 million–
19472.83 million2.42 million–
19462.78 million2.38 million–
19452.73 million2.34 million–
19442.68 million2.3 million–
19432.63 million2.26 million–
19422.59 million2.22 million–
19412.54 million2.19 million–
19402.5 million2.16 million–
19392.46 million2.12 million–
19382.43 million2.1 million–
19372.39 million2.07 million–
19362.36 million2.04 million–
19352.33 million2.02 million–
19342.3 million1.99 million–
19332.27 million1.96 million–
19322.23 million1.94 million–
19312.2 million1.91 million–
19302.17 million1.89 million–
19292.14 million1.86 million–
19282.1 million1.84 million–
19272.07 million1.81 million–
19262.03 million1.79 million–
19252 million1.76 million–
19241.96 million1.74 million–
19231.93 million1.71 million–
19221.9 million1.69 million–
19211.87 million1.67 million–
19201.85 million1.65 million–
19191.82 million1.63 million–
19181.81 million1.62 million–
19171.79 million1.61 million–
19161.77 million1.59 million–
19151.76 million1.57 million–
19141.74 million1.56 million–
19131.72 million1.54 million–
19121.71 million1.53 million–
19111.69 million1.51 million–
19101.67 million1.49 million–
19091.66 million1.48 million–
19081.64 million1.46 million–
19071.63 million1.44 million–
19061.62 million1.42 million–
19051.6 million1.4 million–
19041.59 million1.39 million–
19031.57 million1.37 million–
19021.56 million1.35 million–
19011.55 million1.33 million–
19001.53 million1.32 million–
18991.52 million1.31 million–
18981.51 million1.3 million–
18971.5 million1.29 million–
18961.49 million1.28 million–
18951.48 million1.28 million–
18941.47 million1.27 million–
18931.46 million1.26 million–
18921.45 million1.25 million–
18911.44 million1.25 million–
18901.43 million1.24 million–
18891.42 million1.23 million–
18881.4 million1.22 million–
18871.39 million1.22 million–
18861.38 million1.21 million–
18851.37 million1.2 million–
18841.36 million1.19 million–
18831.34 million1.19 million–
18821.33 million1.18 million–
18811.32 million1.17 million–
18801.31 million1.16 million–
18791.3 million1.16 million–
18781.28 million1.15 million–
18771.27 million1.14 million–
18761.26 million1.14 million–
18751.25 million1.13 million–
18741.24 million1.12 million–
18731.23 million1.12 million–
18721.22 million1.11 million–
18711.21 million1.1 million–
18701.2 million1.1 million–
18691.19 million1.09 million–
18681.18 million1.08 million–
18671.17 million1.08 million–
18661.16 million1.07 million–
18651.15 million1.07 million–
18641.14 million1.06 million–
18631.13 million1.06 million–
18621.12 million1.05 million–
18611.11 million1.05 million–
18601.1 million1.04 million–
18591.1 million1.04 million–
18581.09 million1.03 million–
18571.08 million1.03 million–
18561.07 million1.02 million–
18551.07 million1.02 million–
18541.06 million1.01 million–
18531.05 million1.01 million–
18521.04 million1.01 million–
18511.04 million1 million–
18501.03 million998,500–
18491.03 million993,300–
18481.03 million988,100–
18471.02 million983,000–
18461.02 million977,800–
18451.02 million972,700–
18441.02 million967,600–
18431.02 million962,600–
18421.02 million957,500–
18411.02 million952,500–
18401.01 million947,500–
18391.01 million942,600–
18381.01 million937,600–
18371.01 million932,700–
18361.01 million927,900–
18351.01 million923,000–
18341.01 million918,200–
18331 million913,400–
18321 million908,600–
18311 million903,800–
1830998,600899,100–
1829997,200894,600–
1828995,700890,400–
1827994,200886,300–
1826992,700882,600–
1825991,300879,000–
1824989,800875,700–
1823988,300872,600–
1822986,900869,700–
1821985,700867,100–
1820984,800864,700–
1819984,300862,500–
1818984,000860,500–
1817984,000858,800–
1816984,000857,300–
1815984,000856,000–
1814984,000854,900–
1813984,000854,000–
1812984,000853,400–
1811984,000853,000–
1810984,000852,700–
1809984,000852,700–
1808984,000852,700–
1807984,000852,700–
1806984,000852,700–
1805984,000852,700–
1804984,000852,700–
1803984,000852,700–
1802984,000852,700–
1801984,000852,700–
1800984,000852,700–
  • 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearGuineaNigerWorld
202414.8 million14.7 million–14.8 million27 million27 million–27.1 million8.16 billion
202515.1 million14.9 million–15.3 million27.9 million27.7 million–28.1 million8.23 billion
202615.4 million15.1 million–15.8 million28.8 million28.5 million–29.1 million8.3 billion
202715.8 million15.2 million–16.3 million29.7 million29.2 million–30.2 million8.37 billion
202816.1 million15.4 million–16.8 million30.6 million29.9 million–31.3 million8.44 billion
202916.5 million15.6 million–17.3 million31.6 million30.5 million–32.5 million8.5 billion
203016.8 million15.7 million–17.8 million32.5 million31.2 million–33.6 million8.57 billion
203117.2 million15.9 million–18.3 million33.5 million31.8 million–34.8 million8.63 billion
203217.5 million16 million–18.9 million34.4 million32.5 million–36.1 million8.7 billion
203317.8 million16.2 million–19.4 million35.4 million33 million–37.3 million8.76 billion
203418.2 million16.3 million–19.9 million36.4 million33.6 million–38.6 million8.82 billion
203518.5 million16.5 million–20.4 million37.4 million34.2 million–40 million8.89 billion
203618.8 million16.7 million–20.9 million38.3 million34.7 million–41.3 million8.95 billion
203719.2 million16.8 million–21.4 million39.3 million35.3 million–42.8 million9.01 billion
203819.5 million16.9 million–22 million40.3 million35.8 million–44.2 million9.06 billion
203919.8 million17 million–22.5 million41.3 million36.4 million–45.7 million9.12 billion
204020.2 million17.2 million–23.1 million42.3 million36.9 million–47.3 million9.18 billion
204120.5 million17.3 million–23.6 million43.3 million37.3 million–48.8 million9.23 billion
204220.8 million17.4 million–24.2 million44.3 million37.8 million–50.3 million9.29 billion
204321.2 million17.5 million–24.8 million45.3 million38.3 million–51.9 million9.34 billion
204421.5 million17.6 million–25.5 million46.4 million38.7 million–53.5 million9.39 billion
204521.8 million17.8 million–26 million47.4 million39.2 million–55.2 million9.44 billion
204622.1 million17.9 million–26.6 million48.4 million39.7 million–56.9 million9.49 billion
204722.5 million18.1 million–27.3 million49.4 million40.2 million–58.7 million9.54 billion
204822.8 million18.2 million–27.9 million50.5 million40.7 million–60.5 million9.58 billion
204923.1 million18.3 million–28.6 million51.5 million41.1 million–62.4 million9.62 billion
205023.4 million18.4 million–29.2 million52.5 million41.6 million–64.2 million9.66 billion
205123.7 million18.5 million–29.9 million53.6 million42.1 million–66 million9.7 billion
205224 million18.6 million–30.6 million54.6 million42.5 million–67.9 million9.74 billion
205324.3 million18.7 million–31.4 million55.6 million43 million–70 million9.78 billion
205424.6 million18.8 million–32.1 million56.6 million43.5 million–72.1 million9.81 billion
205524.9 million19 million–32.8 million57.7 million44 million–74.2 million9.85 billion
205625.2 million19.1 million–33.5 million58.7 million44.4 million–76.3 million9.88 billion
205725.5 million19.1 million–34.3 million59.7 million44.8 million–78.4 million9.91 billion
205825.8 million19.1 million–35.1 million60.7 million45.3 million–80.6 million9.94 billion
205926.1 million19.2 million–35.9 million61.7 million45.6 million–82.8 million9.96 billion
206026.3 million19.2 million–36.7 million62.7 million45.9 million–85 million9.99 billion
206126.6 million19.3 million–37.5 million63.7 million46.3 million–87.2 million10 billion
206226.9 million19.3 million–38.3 million64.7 million46.5 million–89.4 million10 billion
206327.1 million19.3 million–39 million65.7 million46.8 million–91.9 million10.1 billion
206427.4 million19.3 million–39.9 million66.6 million47 million–94.3 million10.1 billion
206527.6 million19.3 million–40.8 million67.6 million47.3 million–96.7 million10.1 billion
206627.8 million19.3 million–41.6 million68.5 million47.5 million–99.2 million10.1 billion
206728.1 million19.4 million–42.5 million69.5 million47.8 million–102 million10.1 billion
206828.3 million19.4 million–43.2 million70.4 million48 million–104 million10.2 billion
206928.5 million19.4 million–44 million71.3 million48.2 million–107 million10.2 billion
207028.7 million19.4 million–44.9 million72.2 million48.3 million–109 million10.2 billion
207128.9 million19.3 million–45.9 million73 million48.4 million–112 million10.2 billion
207229.1 million19.2 million–46.8 million73.9 million48.5 million–115 million10.2 billion
207329.3 million19.1 million–47.6 million74.8 million48.6 million–118 million10.2 billion
207429.5 million19.1 million–48.4 million75.6 million48.6 million–120 million10.2 billion
207529.7 million19.1 million–49.1 million76.4 million48.7 million–123 million10.3 billion
207629.8 million19.1 million–50 million77.2 million48.6 million–126 million10.3 billion
207730 million19 million–51 million78 million48.6 million–129 million10.3 billion
207830.1 million19 million–51.8 million78.8 million48.6 million–132 million10.3 billion
207930.3 million18.9 million–52.7 million79.5 million48.7 million–135 million10.3 billion
208030.4 million18.9 million–53.8 million80.2 million48.7 million–138 million10.3 billion
208130.6 million18.8 million–54.7 million80.9 million48.7 million–141 million10.3 billion
208230.7 million18.7 million–55.7 million81.6 million48.6 million–144 million10.3 billion
208330.9 million18.7 million–56.7 million82.3 million48.4 million–146 million10.3 billion
208431 million18.5 million–57.8 million83 million48.3 million–150 million10.3 billion
208531.1 million18.4 million–59 million83.6 million48.3 million–153 million10.3 billion
208631.2 million18.3 million–60.3 million84.2 million48.3 million–156 million10.3 billion
208731.3 million18.1 million–61.2 million84.8 million48.3 million–159 million10.3 billion
208831.4 million18 million–61.8 million85.4 million48.1 million–162 million10.3 billion
208931.5 million18 million–62.7 million86 million48 million–165 million10.3 billion
209031.5 million17.9 million–64 million86.5 million47.9 million–168 million10.3 billion
209131.6 million17.7 million–65.1 million87 million47.8 million–171 million10.3 billion
209231.7 million17.6 million–66.1 million87.5 million47.6 million–174 million10.3 billion
209331.7 million17.5 million–67.2 million88 million47.5 million–178 million10.3 billion
209431.8 million17.4 million–68.2 million88.5 million47.2 million–181 million10.2 billion
209531.8 million17.2 million–69.1 million88.9 million47 million–185 million10.2 billion
209631.9 million17.1 million–70.2 million89.3 million46.9 million–188 million10.2 billion
209731.9 million17 million–71.3 million89.7 million46.8 million–191 million10.2 billion
209832 million17 million–72.4 million90.1 million46.5 million–195 million10.2 billion
209932 million16.7 million–73.5 million90.5 million46.3 million–198 million10.2 billion
210032 million16.5 million–74.6 million90.8 million46.1 million–202 million10.2 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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