Nigeria vs United States: Population

Nigeria

227.88 million people

in 2023

United States

343.48 million people

in 2023

Nigeria rank

6th

United States rank

3rd

Population over time

United States currently reports 343.48 million people against 227.88 million people in Nigeria, a difference of 115.59 million people.

That makes United States's figure about 1.5 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 6th and United States ranks 3rd 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.