Brazil vs Nigeria: Has the population peaked?

Brazil

211.14 million people

in 2023

Nigeria

227.88 million people

in 2023

Brazil rank

7th

Nigeria rank

6th

Has the population peaked? over time

Nigeria currently reports 227.88 million people against 211.14 million people in Brazil, a difference of 16.74 million people.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 6th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
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: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.