Guinea vs Niger: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 2.45% a year in Guinea and 3.31% a year in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Niger, by 0.86 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Guinea.

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% a year · UN

GuineaNigerUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Niger has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Guinea.
In 2023, Guinea ranked 27 and Niger ranked 8 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Guinea at 0.07% a year and Niger at 0.37% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Guinea	Niger	World
2023	2.45	3.31	0.87
2022	2.48	3.28	0.88
2021	2.49	3.22	0.8
2020	2.53	3.29	0.9
2019	2.58	3.31	1.03
2018	2.55	3.42	1.07
2017	2.54	3.48	1.13
2016	2.57	3.65	1.17
2015	2.56	3.71	1.18
2014	2.5	3.69	1.22
2013	2.46	3.69	1.23
2012	2.43	3.83	1.27
2011	2.48	3.72	1.26
2010	2.47	3.73	1.27
2009	2.44	3.72	1.28
2008	2.44	3.71	1.28
2007	2.4	3.69	1.28
2006	2.23	3.67	1.28
2005	1.95	3.65	1.27
2004	2.05	3.61	1.28
2003	2.23	3.58	1.29
2002	2.26	3.54	1.3
2001	0.85	3.52	1.33
2000	1.78	3.5	1.35
1999	2.15	3.44	1.35
1998	2.33	3.44	1.37
1997	1.42	3.32	1.39
1996	2.7	3.32	1.42
1995	2.96	3.37	1.45
1994	2.62	3.25	1.47
1993	3.39	3.19	1.52
1992	2.7	3.14	1.57
1991	3.7	3.1	1.63
1990	4.32	3.1	1.76
1989	2.57	3.06	1.78
1988	2.62	3.03	1.79
1987	2.61	3.03	1.84
1986	2.53	3.02	1.83
1985	2.41	2.99	1.8
1984	2.29	2.95	1.8
1983	2.15	2.96	1.78
1982	2.08	2.97	1.86
1981	1.94	2.98	1.82
1980	1.82	2.99	1.8
1979	1.7	2.98	1.79
1978	1.61	2.91	1.74
1977	1.56	2.82	1.75
1976	1.55	2.77	1.78
1975	1.57	2.72	1.8
1974	1.61	2.69	1.88
1973	1.66	2.68	1.94
1972	1.7	2.68	1.97
1971	1.76	2.64	1.97
1970	1.84	2.71	2.06
1969	1.91	2.72	2.06
1968	1.93	2.75	2.09
1967	1.91	2.78	2
1966	1.89	2.81	2.04
1965	1.85	2.83	2.09
1964	1.83	2.87	2.16
1963	1.8	2.9	2.28
1962	1.78	2.91	2.11
1961	1.76	2.91	1.67
1960	1.74	2.89	1.58
1959	1.72	2.87	1.73
1958	1.7	2.86	2
1957	1.69	2.86	2.07
1956	1.67	2.88	1.98
1955	1.65	2.93	2.01
1954	1.64	2.99	1.99
1953	1.63	3.06	1.9
1952	1.62	3.15	1.94
1951	1.61	3.24	1.75
1950	1.61	3.34	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Guinea	Niger	World
2024	2.351.36–3.27	3.262.78–3.65	0.86
2025	2.271.14–3.32	3.192.65–3.66	0.84
2026	2.211–3.34	3.142.53–3.64	0.83
2027	2.170.93–3.31	3.082.43–3.64	0.81
2028	2.120.77–3.28	3.022.29–3.63	0.8
2029	2.060.75–3.22	2.972.15–3.61	0.78
2030	2.040.7–3.3	2.922.02–3.57	0.76
2031	1.980.6–3.27	2.851.91–3.54	0.75
2032	1.930.67–3.12	2.81.82–3.54	0.73
2033	1.880.54–3.15	2.751.72–3.5	0.72
2034	1.820.49–3.08	2.691.65–3.49	0.7
2035	1.80.52–3.08	2.641.58–3.48	0.69
2036	1.790.42–3.1	2.581.48–3.46	0.67
2037	1.740.41–3.06	2.521.45–3.43	0.65
2038	1.710.39–3.03	2.471.4–3.38	0.64
2039	1.690.33–2.98	2.411.33–3.33	0.62
2040	1.680.29–3.01	2.371.25–3.3	0.61
2041	1.630.27–3.04	2.321.22–3.26	0.59
2042	1.60.21–2.94	2.281.17–3.23	0.57
2043	1.570.16–2.88	2.231.16–3.22	0.56
2044	1.510.17–2.84	2.21.12–3.2	0.54
2045	1.490.19–2.83	2.161.08–3.19	0.52
2046	1.460.06–2.82	2.121.07–3.1	0.5
2047	1.420.09–2.84	2.081.06–3.1	0.48
2048	1.380.03–2.72	2.040.99–3.08	0.46
2049	1.35-0.04–2.74	20.97–3.08	0.44
2050	1.34-0.07–2.79	1.970.93–3.06	0.42
2051	1.31-0.12–2.87	1.930.91–3.03	0.4
2052	1.28-0.02–2.77	1.890.87–3.02	0.38
2053	1.27-0.04–2.78	1.860.86–2.99	0.36
2054	1.2-0.17–2.75	1.820.81–2.96	0.34
2055	1.18-0.19–2.78	1.780.79–2.95	0.33
2056	1.15-0.2–2.7	1.740.74–2.94	0.31
2057	1.11-0.27–2.64	1.70.7–2.94	0.3
2058	1.09-0.31–2.68	1.660.65–2.89	0.28
2059	1.04-0.35–2.62	1.620.6–2.91	0.27
2060	1-0.44–2.57	1.580.55–2.91	0.25
2061	0.98-0.38–2.68	1.550.53–2.88	0.24
2062	0.95-0.42–2.61	1.510.48–2.85	0.23
2063	0.93-0.57–2.61	1.470.46–2.8	0.22
2064	0.89-0.55–2.6	1.440.41–2.77	0.21
2065	0.86-0.59–2.49	1.40.38–2.73	0.2
2066	0.83-0.56–2.5	1.370.35–2.71	0.19
2067	0.81-0.63–2.44	1.330.31–2.68	0.18
2068	0.78-0.62–2.49	1.290.27–2.66	0.17
2069	0.75-0.72–2.46	1.260.25–2.65	0.16
2070	0.71-0.8–2.4	1.220.21–2.64	0.15
2071	0.69-0.85–2.43	1.190.16–2.65	0.14
2072	0.66-0.85–2.36	1.160.11–2.59	0.13
2073	0.63-1.04–2.24	1.120.06–2.57	0.12
2074	0.61-1.05–2.38	1.090.03–2.53	0.1
2075	0.6-0.92–2.39	1.060–2.53	0.09
2076	0.56-0.92–2.35	1.03-0.05–2.51	0.08
2077	0.53-1.06–2.24	0.99-0.08–2.54	0.07
2078	0.51-1.05–2.29	0.96-0.12–2.5	0.06
2079	0.5-1.14–2.38	0.93-0.15–2.47	0.05
2080	0.46-1.3–2.31	0.9-0.2–2.42	0.04
2081	0.47-1.12–2.29	0.87-0.24–2.4	0.03
2082	0.42-1.26–2.19	0.84-0.27–2.38	0.02
2083	0.41-1.24–2.22	0.81-0.33–2.36	0.01
2084	0.38-1.28–2.23	0.78-0.35–2.36	-0
2085	0.37-1.28–2.24	0.75-0.43–2.31	-0.01
2086	0.33-1.44–2.22	0.72-0.46–2.28	-0.02
2087	0.29-1.43–2.17	0.69-0.51–2.28	-0.03
2088	0.28-1.42–2.2	0.67-0.57–2.26	-0.04
2089	0.26-1.4–2.12	0.64-0.57–2.2	-0.05
2090	0.23-1.45–2.18	0.61-0.62–2.24	-0.05
2091	0.2-1.58–2.13	0.59-0.65–2.21	-0.06
2092	0.21-1.57–2.19	0.56-0.69–2.19	-0.07
2093	0.18-1.59–2.16	0.54-0.71–2.16	-0.07
2094	0.16-1.51–2.15	0.51-0.74–2.15	-0.08
2095	0.13-1.69–2.13	0.49-0.8–2.2	-0.09
2096	0.13-1.78–2.08	0.46-0.83–2.15	-0.1
2097	0.12-1.73–2.11	0.44-0.88–2.12	-0.11
2098	0.11-1.65–2.02	0.41-0.86–2.13	-0.11
2099	0.09-1.74–2.07	0.39-0.93–2.11	-0.12
2100	0.07-1.82–2.03	0.37-0.96–2.08	-0.13

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How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
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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