India vs Nigeria: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 0.89% a year in India and 2.1% a year in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 1.21 percentage points, or 2.37 times that in India.

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% a year · UN

All years Since 1990 Since 2010

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World Projection

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Latest figures

% a year · UN

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2023	Projected
India	0.89 2023	1.31	113 of 229	-0.51 2100
Nigeria	2.1 2023	2.68	46 of 229	0.02 2100
World	0.87 2023	1.23		-0.13 2100

What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 1984, when it overtook India.
In 2023, India ranked 113 and Nigeria ranked 46 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts India at -0.51% a year and Nigeria at 0.02% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	India	Nigeria	World
2023	0.89	2.1	0.87
2022	0.88	2.1	0.88
2021	0.7	2.09	0.8
2020	0.95	2.11	0.9
2019	1	2.15	1.03
2018	1.08	2.24	1.07
2017	1.11	2.39	1.13
2016	1.21	2.48	1.17
2015	1.17	2.47	1.18
2014	1.22	2.61	1.22
2013	1.31	2.68	1.23
2012	1.36	2.75	1.27
2011	1.39	2.8	1.26
2010	1.44	2.81	1.27
2009	1.47	2.78	1.28
2008	1.43	2.79	1.28
2007	1.45	2.78	1.28
2006	1.56	2.77	1.28
2005	1.57	2.76	1.27
2004	1.7	2.78	1.28
2003	1.71	2.76	1.29
2002	1.76	2.76	1.3
2001	1.87	2.73	1.33
2000	1.88	2.7	1.35
1999	1.88	2.64	1.35
1998	1.92	2.63	1.37
1997	1.95	2.6	1.39
1996	1.98	2.61	1.42
1995	2.01	2.62	1.45
1994	2.01	2.65	1.47
1993	2.08	2.63	1.52
1992	2.12	2.67	1.57
1991	2.14	2.58	1.63
1990	2.2	2.71	1.76
1989	2.23	2.7	1.78
1988	2.24	2.68	1.79
1987	2.26	2.66	1.84
1986	2.3	2.67	1.83
1985	2.31	2.77	1.8
1984	2.34	2.9	1.8
1983	2.35	2.22	1.78
1982	2.33	2.98	1.86
1981	2.34	3.01	1.82
1980	2.36	3.15	1.8
1979	2.41	3.1	1.79
1978	2.24	3.07	1.74
1977	2.37	3.05	1.75
1976	2.35	2.91	1.78
1975	2.36	2.83	1.8
1974	2.37	2.71	1.88
1973	2.23	2.54	1.94
1972	2.27	2.45	1.97
1971	2.12	2.34	1.97
1970	2.32	2.33	2.06
1969	2.12	2.23	2.06
1968	2.11	2.21	2.09
1967	2.19	2.11	2
1966	2.1	2.17	2.04
1965	2.18	2.19	2.09
1964	2.33	2.15	2.16
1963	2.36	2.13	2.28
1962	2.33	2.12	2.11
1961	2.41	2.08	1.67
1960	2.38	2.03	1.58
1959	2.36	1.97	1.73
1958	2.4	1.85	2
1957	2.23	1.91	2.07
1956	2.38	1.9	1.98
1955	2.35	1.88	2.01
1954	2.35	1.87	1.99
1953	2.23	1.83	1.9
1952	2.27	1.87	1.94
1951	2.21	1.9	1.75
1950	2.13	1.88	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	India	Nigeria	World
2024	0.90.6–1.2	2.071.49–2.63	0.86
2025	0.880.55–1.23	2.061.38–2.67	0.84
2026	0.860.5–1.22	2.031.31–2.68	0.83
2027	0.830.43–1.22	21.22–2.7	0.81
2028	0.810.38–1.21	1.981.14–2.71	0.8
2029	0.780.34–1.18	1.951.06–2.75	0.78
2030	0.760.3–1.16	1.921–2.78	0.76
2031	0.730.28–1.15	1.890.97–2.76	0.75
2032	0.70.25–1.13	1.860.89–2.79	0.73
2033	0.680.2–1.11	1.830.83–2.78	0.72
2034	0.650.18–1.08	1.790.8–2.79	0.7
2035	0.620.15–1.05	1.760.76–2.82	0.69
2036	0.590.12–1.02	1.720.72–2.81	0.67
2037	0.560.08–1	1.690.67–2.77	0.65
2038	0.530.04–0.98	1.650.63–2.72	0.64
2039	0.50.03–0.93	1.610.63–2.72	0.62
2040	0.48-0.01–0.91	1.580.63–2.68	0.61
2041	0.45-0.02–0.9	1.530.55–2.62	0.59
2042	0.42-0.06–0.84	1.490.55–2.64	0.57
2043	0.39-0.1–0.83	1.460.51–2.62	0.56
2044	0.37-0.12–0.82	1.420.46–2.58	0.54
2045	0.34-0.14–0.81	1.380.4–2.52	0.52
2046	0.32-0.17–0.77	1.350.38–2.47	0.5
2047	0.29-0.2–0.74	1.310.35–2.47	0.48
2048	0.27-0.23–0.73	1.280.31–2.41	0.46
2049	0.25-0.24–0.72	1.250.3–2.41	0.44
2050	0.23-0.27–0.72	1.220.24–2.4	0.42
2051	0.21-0.32–0.71	1.190.18–2.39	0.4
2052	0.19-0.36–0.7	1.160.18–2.43	0.38
2053	0.17-0.38–0.69	1.130.17–2.44	0.36
2054	0.14-0.42–0.69	1.10.11–2.44	0.34
2055	0.13-0.45–0.69	1.070.09–2.41	0.33
2056	0.11-0.49–0.67	1.040.02–2.39	0.31
2057	0.09-0.52–0.66	1.01-0.02–2.4	0.3
2058	0.07-0.56–0.67	0.99-0.03–2.39	0.28
2059	0.05-0.59–0.64	0.96-0.06–2.41	0.27
2060	0.03-0.64–0.62	0.94-0.07–2.39	0.25
2061	0.01-0.65–0.62	0.91-0.07–2.37	0.24
2062	-0.01-0.66–0.6	0.89-0.12–2.37	0.23
2063	-0.03-0.72–0.6	0.86-0.16–2.35	0.22
2064	-0.05-0.77–0.59	0.84-0.2–2.35	0.21
2065	-0.07-0.8–0.59	0.81-0.23–2.28	0.2
2066	-0.09-0.82–0.59	0.78-0.27–2.29	0.19
2067	-0.11-0.84–0.56	0.76-0.3–2.28	0.18
2068	-0.13-0.89–0.51	0.73-0.31–2.26	0.17
2069	-0.15-0.89–0.51	0.71-0.35–2.25	0.16
2070	-0.17-0.94–0.51	0.68-0.39–2.21	0.15
2071	-0.19-0.99–0.49	0.65-0.4–2.19	0.14
2072	-0.21-1.02–0.47	0.63-0.45–2.14	0.13
2073	-0.23-1.04–0.47	0.6-0.44–2.08	0.12
2074	-0.25-1.06–0.44	0.57-0.48–2.11	0.1
2075	-0.27-1.1–0.42	0.55-0.56–2.08	0.09
2076	-0.28-1.14–0.41	0.52-0.65–2.02	0.08
2077	-0.3-1.17–0.41	0.5-0.65–2.02	0.07
2078	-0.31-1.2–0.42	0.47-0.68–1.94	0.06
2079	-0.33-1.21–0.42	0.45-0.71–1.93	0.05
2080	-0.34-1.25–0.43	0.42-0.74–1.92	0.04
2081	-0.36-1.27–0.44	0.39-0.8–1.88	0.03
2082	-0.37-1.29–0.41	0.37-0.84–1.92	0.02
2083	-0.38-1.34–0.4	0.35-0.85–1.94	0.01
2084	-0.4-1.37–0.41	0.32-0.89–1.92	-0
2085	-0.41-1.35–0.46	0.3-0.93–1.93	-0.01
2086	-0.42-1.4–0.43	0.28-0.94–1.9	-0.02
2087	-0.43-1.43–0.42	0.25-1–1.88	-0.03
2088	-0.44-1.45–0.44	0.23-1.06–1.85	-0.04
2089	-0.45-1.48–0.46	0.21-1.12–1.84	-0.05
2090	-0.46-1.51–0.47	0.19-1.12–1.86	-0.05
2091	-0.46-1.54–0.48	0.17-1.16–1.88	-0.06
2092	-0.47-1.59–0.46	0.15-1.19–1.82	-0.07
2093	-0.48-1.6–0.46	0.13-1.24–1.86	-0.07
2094	-0.48-1.62–0.45	0.11-1.29–1.79	-0.08
2095	-0.49-1.65–0.49	0.1-1.32–1.82	-0.09
2096	-0.49-1.67–0.49	0.09-1.35–1.79	-0.1
2097	-0.5-1.67–0.5	0.07-1.35–1.8	-0.11
2098	-0.5-1.7–0.48	0.06-1.35–1.8	-0.11
2099	-0.51-1.67–0.46	0.04-1.35–1.79	-0.12
2100	-0.51-1.68–0.44	0.02-1.36–1.8	-0.13

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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