Population in Australia compared to Namibia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Namibia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Namibia	Australia	Namibia
1960	10,276,477	591,465	-	-
1961	10,483,000	603,067	2.01%	1.96%
1962	10,742,000	615,759	2.47%	2.1%
1963	10,950,000	629,589	1.94%	2.25%
1964	11,167,000	644,530	1.98%	2.37%
1965	11,388,000	660,558	1.98%	2.49%
1966	11,651,000	677,655	2.31%	2.59%
1967	11,799,000	696,045	1.27%	2.71%
1968	12,009,000	715,542	1.78%	2.8%
1969	12,263,000	736,120	2.12%	2.88%
1970	12,507,000	757,868	1.99%	2.95%
1971	12,937,000	780,584	3.44%	3%
1972	13,177,000	804,399	1.86%	3.05%
1973	13,380,000	828,928	1.54%	3.05%
1974	13,723,000	854,320	2.56%	3.06%
1975	13,893,000	881,032	1.24%	3.13%
1976	14,033,000	906,566	1.01%	2.9%
1977	14,192,000	931,104	1.13%	2.71%
1978	14,358,000	947,269	1.17%	1.74%
1979	14,514,000	962,825	1.09%	1.64%
1980	14,692,000	981,434	1.23%	1.93%
1981	14,923,260	992,500	1.57%	1.13%
1982	15,184,247	1,010,308	1.75%	1.79%
1983	15,393,472	1,037,511	1.38%	2.69%
1984	15,579,391	1,065,989	1.21%	2.74%
1985	15,788,312	1,096,890	1.34%	2.9%
1986	16,018,350	1,131,081	1.46%	3.12%
1987	16,263,874	1,167,889	1.53%	3.25%
1988	16,532,164	1,209,696	1.65%	3.58%
1989	16,814,416	1,288,947	1.71%	6.55%
1990	17,065,128	1,369,303	1.49%	6.23%
1991	17,284,036	1,415,684	1.28%	3.39%
1992	17,478,635	1,461,322	1.13%	3.22%
1993	17,634,808	1,508,697	0.89%	3.24%
1994	17,805,468	1,556,304	0.97%	3.16%
1995	18,004,882	1,602,170	1.12%	2.95%
1996	18,224,767	1,646,103	1.22%	2.74%
1997	18,423,037	1,689,264	1.09%	2.62%
1998	18,607,584	1,732,745	1%	2.57%
1999	18,812,264	1,776,368	1.1%	2.52%
2000	19,028,802	1,818,647	1.15%	2.38%
2001	19,274,701	1,857,048	1.29%	2.11%
2002	19,495,210	1,889,970	1.14%	1.77%
2003	19,720,737	1,917,464	1.16%	1.45%
2004	19,932,722	1,942,082	1.07%	1.28%
2005	20,176,844	1,966,582	1.22%	1.26%
2006	20,450,966	1,991,888	1.36%	1.29%
2007	20,827,622	2,018,600	1.84%	1.34%
2008	21,249,199	2,047,056	2.02%	1.41%
2009	21,691,653	2,077,394	2.08%	1.48%
2010	22,031,750	2,109,811	1.57%	1.56%
2011	22,340,024	2,146,325	1.4%	1.73%
2012	22,733,465	2,194,654	1.76%	2.25%
2013	23,128,129	2,252,508	1.74%	2.64%
2014	23,475,686	2,312,139	1.5%	2.65%
2015	23,815,995	2,374,300	1.45%	2.69%
2016	24,190,907	2,439,213	1.57%	2.73%
2017	24,592,588	2,506,853	1.66%	2.77%
2018	24,963,258	2,577,327	1.51%	2.81%
2019	25,334,826	2,650,494	1.49%	2.84%
2020	25,649,248	2,728,762	1.24%	2.95%
2021	25,685,412	2,810,548	0.14%	3%
2022	26,014,399	2,889,662	1.28%	2.81%
2023	26,652,777	2,963,095	2.45%	2.54%
2024	27,204,809	3,030,131	2.07%	2.26%
2025	27,470,426	3,092,826	0.98%	2.07%
2026	27,728,157	3,153,252	0.94%	1.95%
2027	27,979,877	3,212,910	0.91%	1.89%
2028	28,228,958	3,272,166	0.89%	1.84%
2029	28,471,054	3,330,819	0.86%	1.79%
2030	28,707,292	3,389,961	0.83%	1.78%
2031	28,940,769	3,449,508	0.81%	1.76%
2032	29,169,013	3,508,245	0.79%	1.7%
2033	29,392,748	3,565,349	0.77%	1.63%
2034	29,614,137	3,621,829	0.75%	1.58%
2035	29,835,307	3,678,888	0.75%	1.58%
2036	30,056,752	3,735,939	0.74%	1.55%
2037	30,273,692	3,792,807	0.72%	1.52%
2038	30,488,994	3,850,310	0.71%	1.52%
2039	30,703,245	3,907,182	0.7%	1.48%
2040	30,916,122	3,962,414	0.69%	1.41%
2041	31,132,858	4,017,690	0.7%	1.4%
2042	31,352,893	4,073,359	0.71%	1.39%
2043	31,572,750	4,129,577	0.7%	1.38%
2044	31,790,565	4,186,114	0.69%	1.37%
2045	32,009,555	4,243,359	0.69%	1.37%
2046	32,232,946	4,299,969	0.7%	1.33%
2047	32,452,651	4,355,507	0.68%	1.29%
2048	32,672,016	4,409,459	0.68%	1.24%
2049	32,891,546	4,460,507	0.67%	1.16%
2050	33,105,190	4,512,307	0.65%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.