Nigeria vs Russia: Population

Nigeria

227.88 million people

in 2023

Russia

145.44 million people

in 2023

Nigeria rank

6th

Russia rank

9th

Population over time

Nigeria currently reports 227.88 million people against 145.44 million people in Russia, a difference of 82.44 million people.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.6 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 6th and Russia ranks 9th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.