Nigeria vs South Africa: Population, total
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Population, total was 232.68M, compared to South Africa's 64.01M. That makes Nigeria's value 263.5% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #6 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 232.68M
- Year-over-year
- +2.1%
- 10-year change
- +25.2%
- Peak
- 232.68M (2024)
- Trough
- 145.02M (2005)
South Africa
Rank #24 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 64.01M
- Year-over-year
- +1.3%
- 10-year change
- +15.1%
- Peak
- 64.01M (2024)
- Trough
- 49.49M (2005)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.