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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Namibia	India	Namibia
1960	435,990,338	591,465	-	-
1961	446,564,729	603,067	2.43%	1.96%
1962	457,283,090	615,759	2.4%	2.1%
1963	468,138,575	629,589	2.37%	2.25%
1964	479,229,598	644,530	2.37%	2.37%
1965	490,140,146	660,558	2.28%	2.49%
1966	500,740,247	677,655	2.16%	2.59%
1967	511,606,372	696,045	2.17%	2.71%
1968	522,716,889	715,542	2.17%	2.8%
1969	533,880,544	736,120	2.14%	2.88%
1970	545,864,268	757,868	2.24%	2.95%
1971	558,096,387	780,584	2.24%	3%
1972	570,482,142	804,399	2.22%	3.05%
1973	583,465,598	828,928	2.28%	3.05%
1974	597,041,391	854,320	2.33%	3.06%
1975	611,309,535	881,032	2.39%	3.13%
1976	625,861,883	906,566	2.38%	2.9%
1977	640,801,103	931,104	2.39%	2.71%
1978	655,728,229	947,269	2.33%	1.74%
1979	671,155,747	962,825	2.35%	1.64%
1980	687,354,025	981,434	2.41%	1.93%
1981	703,696,250	992,500	2.38%	1.13%
1982	720,313,473	1,010,308	2.36%	1.79%
1983	737,372,681	1,037,511	2.37%	2.69%
1984	754,875,449	1,065,989	2.37%	2.74%
1985	772,647,793	1,096,890	2.35%	2.9%
1986	790,689,978	1,131,081	2.34%	3.12%
1987	808,931,270	1,167,889	2.31%	3.25%
1988	827,342,990	1,209,696	2.28%	3.58%
1989	846,039,529	1,288,947	2.26%	6.55%
1990	864,972,221	1,369,303	2.24%	6.23%
1991	883,927,600	1,415,684	2.19%	3.39%
1992	902,957,070	1,461,322	2.15%	3.22%
1993	922,118,387	1,508,697	2.12%	3.24%
1994	941,163,767	1,556,304	2.07%	3.16%
1995	960,301,044	1,602,170	2.03%	2.95%
1996	979,678,458	1,646,103	2.02%	2.74%
1997	999,133,762	1,689,264	1.99%	2.62%
1998	1,018,665,080	1,732,745	1.95%	2.57%
1999	1,038,225,823	1,776,368	1.92%	2.52%
2000	1,057,922,733	1,818,647	1.9%	2.38%
2001	1,077,898,575	1,857,048	1.89%	2.11%
2002	1,097,600,380	1,889,970	1.83%	1.77%
2003	1,116,803,006	1,917,464	1.75%	1.45%
2004	1,135,991,513	1,942,082	1.72%	1.28%
2005	1,154,676,322	1,966,582	1.64%	1.26%
2006	1,172,878,890	1,991,888	1.58%	1.29%
2007	1,190,676,021	2,018,600	1.52%	1.34%
2008	1,207,930,964	2,047,056	1.45%	1.41%
2009	1,225,524,753	2,077,394	1.46%	1.48%
2010	1,243,481,564	2,109,811	1.47%	1.56%
2011	1,261,224,954	2,146,325	1.43%	1.73%
2012	1,278,674,502	2,194,654	1.38%	2.25%
2013	1,295,829,511	2,252,508	1.34%	2.64%
2014	1,312,277,191	2,312,139	1.27%	2.65%
2015	1,328,024,498	2,374,300	1.2%	2.69%
2016	1,343,944,296	2,439,213	1.2%	2.73%
2017	1,359,657,400	2,506,853	1.17%	2.77%
2018	1,374,659,064	2,577,327	1.1%	2.81%
2019	1,389,030,312	2,650,494	1.05%	2.84%
2020	1,402,617,695	2,728,762	0.98%	2.95%
2021	1,414,203,896	2,810,548	0.83%	3%
2022	1,425,423,212	2,889,662	0.79%	2.81%
2023	1,438,069,596	2,963,095	0.89%	2.54%
2024	1,450,935,791	3,030,131	0.89%	2.26%
2025	1,463,865,531	3,092,826	0.89%	2.07%
2026	1,476,625,576	3,153,252	0.87%	1.95%
2027	1,489,164,679	3,212,910	0.85%	1.89%
2028	1,501,432,748	3,272,166	0.82%	1.84%
2029	1,513,423,737	3,330,819	0.8%	1.79%
2030	1,525,138,852	3,389,961	0.77%	1.78%
2031	1,536,540,604	3,449,508	0.75%	1.76%
2032	1,547,607,126	3,508,245	0.72%	1.7%
2033	1,558,324,087	3,565,349	0.69%	1.63%
2034	1,568,688,356	3,621,829	0.67%	1.58%
2035	1,578,694,799	3,678,888	0.64%	1.58%
2036	1,588,325,366	3,735,939	0.61%	1.55%
2037	1,597,537,009	3,792,807	0.58%	1.52%
2038	1,606,300,646	3,850,310	0.55%	1.52%
2039	1,614,639,243	3,907,182	0.52%	1.48%
2040	1,622,580,052	3,962,414	0.49%	1.41%
2041	1,630,119,374	4,017,690	0.46%	1.4%
2042	1,637,235,363	4,073,359	0.44%	1.39%
2043	1,643,915,269	4,129,577	0.41%	1.38%
2044	1,650,186,610	4,186,114	0.38%	1.37%
2045	1,656,067,585	4,243,359	0.36%	1.37%
2046	1,661,548,400	4,299,969	0.33%	1.33%
2047	1,666,628,151	4,355,507	0.31%	1.29%
2048	1,671,309,727	4,409,459	0.28%	1.24%
2049	1,675,619,893	4,460,507	0.26%	1.16%
2050	1,679,589,268	4,512,307	0.24%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.