Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Namibia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Namibia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Namibia	Guinea-Bissau	Namibia
1960	577,633	591,465	-	-
1961	582,532	603,067	0.85%	1.96%
1962	589,474	615,759	1.19%	2.1%
1963	594,418	629,589	0.84%	2.25%
1964	588,543	644,530	-0.99%	2.37%
1965	575,005	660,558	-2.3%	2.49%
1966	566,908	677,655	-1.41%	2.59%
1967	569,011	696,045	0.37%	2.71%
1968	578,170	715,542	1.61%	2.8%
1969	581,610	736,120	0.59%	2.88%
1970	584,403	757,868	0.48%	2.95%
1971	586,221	780,584	0.31%	3%
1972	586,620	804,399	0.07%	3.05%
1973	592,808	828,928	1.05%	3.05%
1974	613,338	854,320	3.46%	3.06%
1975	650,966	881,032	6.13%	3.13%
1976	694,191	906,566	6.64%	2.9%
1977	741,789	931,104	6.86%	2.71%
1978	791,694	947,269	6.73%	1.74%
1979	819,867	962,825	3.56%	1.64%
1980	829,303	981,434	1.15%	1.93%
1981	842,432	992,500	1.58%	1.13%
1982	855,891	1,010,308	1.6%	1.79%
1983	869,592	1,037,511	1.6%	2.69%
1984	883,519	1,065,989	1.6%	2.74%
1985	897,697	1,096,890	1.6%	2.9%
1986	912,126	1,131,081	1.61%	3.12%
1987	926,862	1,167,889	1.62%	3.25%
1988	942,061	1,209,696	1.64%	3.58%
1989	957,789	1,288,947	1.67%	6.55%
1990	973,669	1,369,303	1.66%	6.23%
1991	994,639	1,415,684	2.15%	3.39%
1992	1,024,356	1,461,322	2.99%	3.22%
1993	1,058,745	1,508,697	3.36%	3.24%
1994	1,092,031	1,556,304	3.14%	3.16%
1995	1,119,949	1,602,170	2.56%	2.95%
1996	1,143,535	1,646,103	2.11%	2.74%
1997	1,165,545	1,689,264	1.92%	2.62%
1998	1,187,473	1,732,745	1.88%	2.57%
1999	1,210,206	1,776,368	1.91%	2.52%
2000	1,234,741	1,818,647	2.03%	2.38%
2001	1,261,273	1,857,048	2.15%	2.11%
2002	1,289,307	1,889,970	2.22%	1.77%
2003	1,318,806	1,917,464	2.29%	1.45%
2004	1,349,563	1,942,082	2.33%	1.28%
2005	1,381,585	1,966,582	2.37%	1.26%
2006	1,415,303	1,991,888	2.44%	1.29%
2007	1,450,986	2,018,600	2.52%	1.34%
2008	1,488,054	2,047,056	2.55%	1.41%
2009	1,526,377	2,077,394	2.58%	1.48%
2010	1,566,347	2,109,811	2.62%	1.56%
2011	1,608,076	2,146,325	2.66%	1.73%
2012	1,651,417	2,194,654	2.7%	2.25%
2013	1,695,973	2,252,508	2.7%	2.64%
2014	1,741,122	2,312,139	2.66%	2.65%
2015	1,786,457	2,374,300	2.6%	2.69%
2016	1,831,893	2,439,213	2.54%	2.73%
2017	1,877,072	2,506,853	2.47%	2.77%
2018	1,922,168	2,577,327	2.4%	2.81%
2019	1,967,696	2,650,494	2.37%	2.84%
2020	2,013,255	2,728,762	2.32%	2.95%
2021	2,058,841	2,810,548	2.26%	3%
2022	2,105,529	2,889,662	2.27%	2.81%
2023	2,153,339	2,963,095	2.27%	2.54%
2024	2,201,352	3,030,131	2.23%	2.26%
2025	2,249,512	3,092,826	2.19%	2.07%
2026	2,297,807	3,153,252	2.15%	1.95%
2027	2,346,190	3,212,910	2.11%	1.89%
2028	2,394,226	3,272,166	2.05%	1.84%
2029	2,441,574	3,330,819	1.98%	1.79%
2030	2,488,931	3,389,961	1.94%	1.78%
2031	2,536,893	3,449,508	1.93%	1.76%
2032	2,585,565	3,508,245	1.92%	1.7%
2033	2,634,701	3,565,349	1.9%	1.63%
2034	2,683,078	3,621,829	1.84%	1.58%
2035	2,730,136	3,678,888	1.75%	1.58%
2036	2,777,887	3,735,939	1.75%	1.55%
2037	2,826,159	3,792,807	1.74%	1.52%
2038	2,873,929	3,850,310	1.69%	1.52%
2039	2,921,973	3,907,182	1.67%	1.48%
2040	2,969,699	3,962,414	1.63%	1.41%
2041	3,016,537	4,017,690	1.58%	1.4%
2042	3,063,161	4,073,359	1.55%	1.39%
2043	3,109,927	4,129,577	1.53%	1.38%
2044	3,156,704	4,186,114	1.5%	1.37%
2045	3,204,242	4,243,359	1.51%	1.37%
2046	3,251,465	4,299,969	1.47%	1.33%
2047	3,298,563	4,355,507	1.45%	1.29%
2048	3,345,853	4,409,459	1.43%	1.24%
2049	3,392,557	4,460,507	1.4%	1.16%
2050	3,438,597	4,512,307	1.36%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.