Nigeria vs Pakistan: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Nigeria

94.55 million people

in 2023

Pakistan

91.67 million people

in 2023

Nigeria rank

3rd

Pakistan rank

4th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Nigeria currently reports 94.55 million people against 91.67 million people in Pakistan, a difference of 2.88 million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 3rd and Pakistan ranks 4th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
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. This only includes people aged 0-14.