Namibia vs Nigeria: Population growth
Namibia
2.0%
in 2025
Nigeria
2.1%
in 2025
Namibia rank
46th
Nigeria rank
45th
Population growth over time
- Namibia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 2.1% against 2.0% in Namibia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Globally, Namibia ranks 46th and Nigeria ranks 45th of 215 countries.
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About this data
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.