Nigeria vs South Africa: Population growth (annual %)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Population growth (annual %) was 2.08, compared to South Africa's 1.25. That makes Nigeria's value 66.7% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #49 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 2.08
- Year-over-year
- -0.7%
- 10-year change
- -21.2%
- Peak
- 2.80 (2011)
- Trough
- 2.08 (2024)
South Africa
Rank #87 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 1.25
- Year-over-year
- -5.9%
- 10-year change
- -24.8%
- Peak
- 2.01 (2015)
- Trough
- 0.65 (2017)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.GROW), CC BY 4.0.