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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Namibia	Eritrea	Namibia
1960	972,547	591,465	-	-
1961	995,573	603,067	2.37%	1.96%
1962	1,019,788	615,759	2.43%	2.1%
1963	1,045,092	629,589	2.48%	2.25%
1964	1,071,287	644,530	2.51%	2.37%
1965	1,098,335	660,558	2.52%	2.49%
1966	1,124,957	677,655	2.42%	2.59%
1967	1,152,339	696,045	2.43%	2.71%
1968	1,181,737	715,542	2.55%	2.8%
1969	1,212,005	736,120	2.56%	2.88%
1970	1,243,453	757,868	2.59%	2.95%
1971	1,276,154	780,584	2.63%	3%
1972	1,309,235	804,399	2.59%	3.05%
1973	1,342,669	828,928	2.55%	3.05%
1974	1,375,688	854,320	2.46%	3.06%
1975	1,408,210	881,032	2.36%	3.13%
1976	1,443,807	906,566	2.53%	2.9%
1977	1,482,565	931,104	2.68%	2.71%
1978	1,522,378	947,269	2.69%	1.74%
1979	1,563,332	962,825	2.69%	1.64%
1980	1,605,797	981,434	2.72%	1.93%
1981	1,649,939	992,500	2.75%	1.13%
1982	1,695,461	1,010,308	2.76%	1.79%
1983	1,736,160	1,037,511	2.4%	2.69%
1984	1,771,730	1,065,989	2.05%	2.74%
1985	1,807,816	1,096,890	2.04%	2.9%
1986	1,845,164	1,131,081	2.07%	3.12%
1987	1,888,669	1,167,889	2.36%	3.25%
1988	1,938,255	1,209,696	2.63%	3.58%
1989	1,987,017	1,288,947	2.52%	6.55%
1990	2,032,737	1,369,303	2.3%	6.23%
1991	1,919,571	1,415,684	-5.57%	3.39%
1992	1,798,748	1,461,322	-6.29%	3.22%
1993	1,856,006	1,508,697	3.18%	3.24%
1994	1,913,915	1,556,304	3.12%	3.16%
1995	2,025,267	1,602,170	5.82%	2.95%
1996	2,128,464	1,646,103	5.1%	2.74%
1997	2,152,135	1,689,264	1.11%	2.62%
1998	2,180,419	1,732,745	1.31%	2.57%
1999	2,212,780	1,776,368	1.48%	2.52%
2000	2,247,031	1,818,647	1.55%	2.38%
2001	2,312,079	1,857,048	2.89%	2.11%
2002	2,392,978	1,889,970	3.5%	1.77%
2003	2,493,903	1,917,464	4.22%	1.45%
2004	2,598,284	1,942,082	4.19%	1.28%
2005	2,661,215	1,966,582	2.42%	1.26%
2006	2,703,502	1,991,888	1.59%	1.29%
2007	2,743,222	2,018,600	1.47%	1.34%
2008	2,816,327	2,047,056	2.66%	1.41%
2009	2,887,885	2,077,394	2.54%	1.48%
2010	2,945,186	2,109,811	1.98%	1.56%
2011	2,998,485	2,146,325	1.81%	1.73%
2012	3,036,988	2,194,654	1.28%	2.25%
2013	3,074,360	2,252,508	1.23%	2.64%
2014	3,095,173	2,312,139	0.68%	2.65%
2015	3,105,546	2,374,300	0.34%	2.69%
2016	3,124,698	2,439,213	0.62%	2.73%
2017	3,150,347	2,506,853	0.82%	2.77%
2018	3,192,760	2,577,327	1.35%	2.81%
2019	3,240,194	2,650,494	1.49%	2.84%
2020	3,291,271	2,728,762	1.58%	2.95%
2021	3,350,183	2,810,548	1.79%	3%
2022	3,409,447	2,889,662	1.77%	2.81%
2023	3,470,390	2,963,095	1.79%	2.54%
2024	3,535,603	3,030,131	1.88%	2.26%
2025	3,606,996	3,092,826	2.02%	2.07%
2026	3,682,659	3,153,252	2.1%	1.95%
2027	3,760,368	3,212,910	2.11%	1.89%
2028	3,840,135	3,272,166	2.12%	1.84%
2029	3,920,467	3,330,819	2.09%	1.79%
2030	4,002,671	3,389,961	2.1%	1.78%
2031	4,085,037	3,449,508	2.06%	1.76%
2032	4,166,507	3,508,245	1.99%	1.7%
2033	4,249,501	3,565,349	1.99%	1.63%
2034	4,334,727	3,621,829	2.01%	1.58%
2035	4,420,915	3,678,888	1.99%	1.58%
2036	4,509,755	3,735,939	2.01%	1.55%
2037	4,601,933	3,792,807	2.04%	1.52%
2038	4,692,340	3,850,310	1.96%	1.52%
2039	4,780,469	3,907,182	1.88%	1.48%
2040	4,868,668	3,962,414	1.84%	1.41%
2041	4,954,481	4,017,690	1.76%	1.4%
2042	5,039,298	4,073,359	1.71%	1.39%
2043	5,124,256	4,129,577	1.69%	1.38%
2044	5,207,858	4,186,114	1.63%	1.37%
2045	5,292,756	4,243,359	1.63%	1.37%
2046	5,375,963	4,299,969	1.57%	1.33%
2047	5,456,488	4,355,507	1.5%	1.29%
2048	5,537,538	4,409,459	1.49%	1.24%
2049	5,617,348	4,460,507	1.44%	1.16%
2050	5,696,052	4,512,307	1.4%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.