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Historical Values
Year Value
2011 8,260,490 (according to disputed 2008 census; actual number may be as high as 9.28 million) (2008) country comparison to the world: 92
2012 10,625,176 (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
2013 11,090,104 (July 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 77
2014 11,562,695 (July 2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
2015 12,042,910 (July 2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 75
2016 12,530,717 (July 2016 est.) | country comparison to the world: 75
2017 13,026,129 (July 2017 est.) | country comparison to the world: 73
2018 10,204,581 (July 2018 est.)
2019 10,204,581 (July 2018 est.)
2020 10,561,244 (July 2020 est.)
2021 10,984,074 (July 2021 est.)
2022 11,544,905 (2022 est.)
2023 12,118,379 (2023 est.)
2024 total: 12,703,714 male: 6,476,341 female: 6,227,373 (2024 est.)
2025 total: 12,703,714 (2024 est.) male: 6,476,341 female: 6,227,373