Israel vs Nigeria

Israel vs Nigeria: Population

Population in 2023: 9.26 million people in Israel and 228 million people in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 219 million people, or 25 times that in Israel.

people · UN

Israel vs Nigeria: PopulationPopulation in 2023: 9.26 million people in Israel and 228 million people in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 219 million people, or 25 times that in Israel.
IsraelNigeriaEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2023, Israel ranked 97 and Nigeria ranked 6 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Israel at 19.8 million people and Nigeria at 477 million people in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

people · UN

YearIsraelNigeriaWorld
20239.26 million228 million8.09 billion
20229.1 million223 million8.02 billion
20218.94 million219 million7.95 billion
20208.8 million214 million7.89 billion
20198.66 million210 million7.81 billion
20188.51 million205 million7.73 billion
20178.36 million200 million7.65 billion
20168.21 million195 million7.56 billion
20158.05 million191 million7.47 billion
20147.9 million186 million7.38 billion
20137.75 million181 million7.29 billion
20127.61 million176 million7.2 billion
20117.47 million171 million7.11 billion
20107.34 million167 million7.02 billion
20097.21 million162 million6.93 billion
20087.08 million158 million6.84 billion
20076.96 million153 million6.76 billion
20066.84 million149 million6.67 billion
20056.73 million145 million6.59 billion
20046.62 million141 million6.5 billion
20036.5 million137 million6.42 billion
20026.39 million134 million6.34 billion
20016.26 million130 million6.26 billion
20006.11 million126 million6.17 billion
19995.95 million123 million6.09 billion
19985.79 million120 million6.01 billion
19975.65 million117 million5.93 billion
19965.5 million114 million5.84 billion
19955.36 million111 million5.76 billion
19945.22 million108 million5.68 billion
19935.09 million105 million5.59 billion
19924.96 million102 million5.51 billion
19914.78 million99.7 million5.42 billion
19904.55 million97.1 million5.33 billion
19894.38 million94.5 million5.23 billion
19884.31 million92 million5.14 billion
19874.24 million89.6 million5.05 billion
19864.17 million87.2 million4.96 billion
19854.11 million84.9 million4.87 billion
19844.03 million82.5 million4.78 billion
19833.96 million80.4 million4.7 billion
19823.88 million78.4 million4.61 billion
19813.8 million76.1 million4.53 billion
19803.72 million73.8 million4.45 billion
19793.64 million71.5 million4.37 billion
19783.56 million69.3 million4.29 billion
19773.48 million67.2 million4.22 billion
19763.4 million65.3 million4.14 billion
19753.32 million63.4 million4.07 billion
19743.24 million61.7 million4 billion
19733.16 million60.1 million3.92 billion
19723.08 million58.6 million3.85 billion
19712.98 million57.2 million3.77 billion
19702.87 million55.9 million3.7 billion
19692.75 million54.6 million3.62 billion
19682.65 million53.4 million3.55 billion
19672.54 million52.3 million3.47 billion
19662.43 million51.2 million3.4 billion
19652.33 million50.1 million3.34 billion
19642.23 million49 million3.26 billion
19632.14 million48 million3.19 billion
19622.04 million47 million3.12 billion
19611.96 million46 million3.07 billion
19601.89 million45.1 million3.02 billion
19591.84 million44.2 million2.97 billion
19581.78 million43.3 million2.91 billion
19571.72 million42.5 million2.85 billion
19561.66 million41.7 million2.8 billion
19551.6 million40.9 million2.74 billion
19541.54 million40.2 million2.69 billion
19531.48 million39.4 million2.63 billion
19521.41 million38.7 million2.58 billion
19511.35 million38 million2.54 billion
19501.29 million37.3 million2.49 billion
19491.23 million36.5 million–
19481.18 million35.8 million–
19471.14 million35.2 million–
19461.1 million34.5 million–
19451.06 million33.9 million–
19441.02 million33.3 million–
1943983,30032.7 million–
1942947,80032.2 million–
1941912,70031.6 million–
1940878,30031.1 million–
1939844,30030.6 million–
1938810,90030.1 million–
1937778,10029.7 million–
1936746,70029.2 million–
1935716,50028.8 million–
1934687,50028.4 million–
1933659,70028 million–
1932633,00027.6 million–
1931609,10027.2 million–
1930588,00026.7 million–
1929569,40026.3 million–
1928553,10025.9 million–
1927539,10025.5 million–
1926525,50025.1 million–
1925512,20024.7 million–
1924499,30024.3 million–
1923486,70024 million–
1922474,40023.6 million–
1921463,80023.2 million–
1920455,00022.9 million–
1919447,80022.7 million–
1918442,20022.4 million–
1917438,20022.2 million–
1916434,20022 million–
1915430,30021.8 million–
1914426,50021.5 million–
1913422,60021.3 million–
1912418,80021.1 million–
1911414,70020.9 million–
1910410,20020.7 million–
1909405,50020.4 million–
1908400,30020.2 million–
1907394,90020 million–
1906389,60019.8 million–
1905384,30019.6 million–
1904379,10019.4 million–
1903374,00019.2 million–
1902369,00019 million–
1901364,10018.8 million–
1900359,30018.7 million–
1899354,60018.5 million–
1898350,10018.4 million–
1897345,70018.3 million–
1896341,40018.1 million–
1895337,10018 million–
1894332,90017.9 million–
1893328,70017.8 million–
1892324,60017.6 million–
1891320,60017.5 million–
1890316,60017.4 million–
1889312,80017.3 million–
1888309,00017.1 million–
1887305,30017 million–
1886301,70016.9 million–
1885298,10016.7 million–
1884294,50016.6 million–
1883291,00016.5 million–
1882287,50016.4 million–
1881284,60016.2 million–
1880282,10016.1 million–
1879280,20016 million–
1878278,80015.9 million–
1877277,80015.8 million–
1876276,90015.7 million–
1875275,90015.6 million–
1874275,00015.5 million–
1873274,10015.4 million–
1872273,10015.3 million–
1871271,40015.2 million–
1870269,00015.1 million–
1869265,80015 million–
1868262,00014.9 million–
1867257,40014.8 million–
1866252,90014.8 million–
1865248,50014.7 million–
1864244,10014.6 million–
1863239,90014.5 million–
1862235,70014.4 million–
1861232,00014.3 million–
1860228,80014.3 million–
1859226,10014.2 million–
1858223,90014.1 million–
1857222,10014 million–
1856220,30014 million–
1855218,50013.9 million–
1854216,80013.8 million–
1853215,10013.8 million–
1852213,40013.7 million–
1851212,00013.6 million–
1850211,00013.5 million–
1849210,30013.5 million–
1848210,00013.4 million–
1847210,00013.4 million–
1846210,00013.3 million–
1845210,00013.3 million–
1844210,00013.2 million–
1843210,00013.2 million–
1842210,00013.1 million–
1841210,00013.1 million–
1840210,00013 million–
1839210,00013 million–
1838210,00012.9 million–
1837210,00012.9 million–
1836210,00012.9 million–
1835210,00012.8 million–
1834210,00012.8 million–
1833210,00012.7 million–
1832210,00012.7 million–
1831210,00012.6 million–
1830210,00012.6 million–
1829210,00012.5 million–
1828210,00012.5 million–
1827210,00012.4 million–
1826210,00012.4 million–
1825210,00012.3 million–
1824210,00012.3 million–
1823210,00012.2 million–
1822210,00012.2 million–
1821210,00012.2 million–
1820210,00012.1 million–
1819210,00012.1 million–
1818210,00012.1 million–
1817210,00012.1 million–
1816210,00012.1 million–
1815210,00012.1 million–
1814210,00012.1 million–
1813210,00012.1 million–
1812210,00012.1 million–
1811210,00012.1 million–
1810210,00012.1 million–
1809210,00012.1 million–
1808210,00012.1 million–
1807210,00012.1 million–
1806210,00012.1 million–
1805210,00012.1 million–
1804210,00012.1 million–
1803210,00012.1 million–
1802210,00012.1 million–
1801210,00012.1 million–
1800210,00012.1 million–
  • 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearIsraelNigeriaWorld
20249.39 million9.34 million–9.44 million233 million232 million–233 million8.16 billion
20259.52 million9.36 million–9.68 million238 million235 million–240 million8.23 billion
20269.65 million9.35 million–9.94 million242 million239 million–246 million8.3 billion
20279.78 million9.33 million–10.2 million247 million242 million–252 million8.37 billion
20289.91 million9.31 million–10.5 million252 million245 million–259 million8.44 billion
202910 million9.28 million–10.9 million257 million248 million–266 million8.5 billion
203010.2 million9.22 million–11.2 million262 million251 million–273 million8.57 billion
203110.3 million9.15 million–11.6 million267 million253 million–281 million8.63 billion
203210.5 million9.05 million–12 million273 million256 million–288 million8.7 billion
203310.6 million8.96 million–12.3 million278 million258 million–296 million8.76 billion
203410.7 million8.89 million–12.7 million283 million261 million–304 million8.82 billion
203510.9 million8.83 million–13.2 million288 million263 million–313 million8.89 billion
203611 million8.73 million–13.5 million293 million265 million–321 million8.95 billion
203711.1 million8.64 million–14 million298 million268 million–330 million9.01 billion
203811.3 million8.58 million–14.5 million303 million270 million–339 million9.06 billion
203911.4 million8.47 million–15 million308 million272 million–348 million9.12 billion
204011.6 million8.38 million–15.5 million313 million274 million–357 million9.18 billion
204111.7 million8.29 million–16.1 million318 million276 million–366 million9.23 billion
204211.9 million8.17 million–16.6 million323 million278 million–375 million9.29 billion
204312 million8.03 million–17.1 million327 million280 million–385 million9.34 billion
204412.2 million7.88 million–17.7 million332 million282 million–394 million9.39 billion
204512.3 million7.75 million–18.4 million337 million284 million–403 million9.44 billion
204612.5 million7.65 million–19 million341 million286 million–413 million9.49 billion
204712.6 million7.55 million–19.6 million346 million288 million–423 million9.54 billion
204812.8 million7.49 million–20.1 million350 million290 million–432 million9.58 billion
204912.9 million7.48 million–20.7 million355 million292 million–442 million9.62 billion
205013.1 million7.39 million–21.4 million359 million294 million–452 million9.66 billion
205113.2 million7.26 million–22 million364 million295 million–461 million9.7 billion
205213.4 million7.13 million–22.8 million368 million296 million–471 million9.74 billion
205313.6 million7.04 million–23.4 million372 million297 million–481 million9.78 billion
205413.7 million6.94 million–24 million376 million298 million–492 million9.81 billion
205513.9 million6.82 million–25 million380 million299 million–503 million9.85 billion
205614 million6.78 million–26.1 million384 million300 million–514 million9.88 billion
205714.2 million6.72 million–27.1 million388 million300 million–526 million9.91 billion
205814.3 million6.62 million–27.9 million392 million300 million–540 million9.94 billion
205914.5 million6.57 million–28.7 million396 million300 million–553 million9.96 billion
206014.6 million6.52 million–29.6 million400 million301 million–567 million9.99 billion
206114.7 million6.49 million–30.7 million404 million301 million–580 million10 billion
206214.9 million6.43 million–31.7 million407 million302 million–593 million10 billion
206315 million6.36 million–32.8 million411 million302 million–606 million10.1 billion
206415.2 million6.29 million–33.8 million414 million303 million–619 million10.1 billion
206515.3 million6.2 million–34.7 million418 million303 million–632 million10.1 billion
206615.4 million6.05 million–35.4 million421 million302 million–645 million10.1 billion
206715.6 million5.95 million–36.3 million424 million301 million–658 million10.1 billion
206815.7 million5.94 million–37.2 million427 million301 million–671 million10.2 billion
206915.9 million5.87 million–38.2 million431 million301 million–683 million10.2 billion
207016 million5.78 million–39.5 million434 million300 million–695 million10.2 billion
207116.1 million5.66 million–41.1 million436 million299 million–708 million10.2 billion
207216.3 million5.52 million–42.4 million439 million299 million–721 million10.2 billion
207316.4 million5.4 million–43.4 million442 million298 million–736 million10.2 billion
207416.5 million5.33 million–44.3 million445 million297 million–752 million10.2 billion
207516.7 million5.3 million–45.2 million447 million296 million–766 million10.3 billion
207616.8 million5.23 million–46.2 million449 million294 million–781 million10.3 billion
207716.9 million5.11 million–47.6 million452 million292 million–797 million10.3 billion
207817.1 million5.04 million–48.9 million454 million291 million–813 million10.3 billion
207917.2 million5.04 million–49.9 million456 million290 million–829 million10.3 billion
208017.4 million5.06 million–50.8 million458 million289 million–840 million10.3 billion
208117.5 million4.97 million–52.2 million460 million288 million–853 million10.3 billion
208217.7 million4.8 million–54.2 million462 million288 million–869 million10.3 billion
208317.8 million4.72 million–56.6 million463 million286 million–881 million10.3 billion
208417.9 million4.66 million–58.4 million465 million284 million–893 million10.3 billion
208518.1 million4.57 million–59.2 million466 million283 million–908 million10.3 billion
208618.2 million4.49 million–59.9 million468 million282 million–921 million10.3 billion
208718.3 million4.41 million–61 million469 million281 million–933 million10.3 billion
208818.4 million4.31 million–62.4 million470 million279 million–948 million10.3 billion
208918.6 million4.19 million–64.4 million471 million277 million–965 million10.3 billion
209018.7 million4.08 million–66.8 million472 million275 million–981 million10.3 billion
209118.8 million3.92 million–69.1 million473 million274 million–998 million10.3 billion
209218.9 million3.72 million–71.5 million474 million272 million–1.01 billion10.3 billion
209319 million3.63 million–73.6 million474 million270 million–1.02 billion10.3 billion
209419.1 million3.61 million–75.1 million475 million269 million–1.04 billion10.2 billion
209519.3 million3.53 million–76.4 million475 million267 million–1.06 billion10.2 billion
209619.4 million3.4 million–77.7 million476 million265 million–1.08 billion10.2 billion
209719.5 million3.38 million–79.2 million476 million262 million–1.09 billion10.2 billion
209819.6 million3.37 million–81.6 million476 million260 million–1.11 billion10.2 billion
209919.7 million3.26 million–83.8 million477 million257 million–1.13 billion10.2 billion
210019.8 million3.09 million–85.8 million477 million256 million–1.14 billion10.2 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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