Nigeria vs Uzbekistan: Population growth rate

Nigeria

2.1%

in 2023

Uzbekistan

2.0%

in 2023

Nigeria rank

50th

Uzbekistan rank

51st

Population growth rate over time

Nigeria currently reports 2.1% against 2.0% in Uzbekistan, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uzbekistan ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 50th and Uzbekistan ranks 51st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.