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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Namibia	Liberia	Namibia
1960	1,139,522	591,465	-	-
1961	1,167,717	603,067	2.47%	1.96%
1962	1,197,039	615,759	2.51%	2.1%
1963	1,227,414	629,589	2.54%	2.25%
1964	1,258,745	644,530	2.55%	2.37%
1965	1,291,156	660,558	2.57%	2.49%
1966	1,324,383	677,655	2.57%	2.59%
1967	1,358,435	696,045	2.57%	2.71%
1968	1,393,530	715,542	2.58%	2.8%
1969	1,429,605	736,120	2.59%	2.88%
1970	1,466,676	757,868	2.59%	2.95%
1971	1,504,077	780,584	2.55%	3%
1972	1,542,670	804,399	2.57%	3.05%
1973	1,583,588	828,928	2.65%	3.05%
1974	1,626,362	854,320	2.7%	3.06%
1975	1,670,913	881,032	2.74%	3.13%
1976	1,717,060	906,566	2.76%	2.9%
1977	1,766,019	931,104	2.85%	2.71%
1978	1,818,247	947,269	2.96%	1.74%
1979	1,872,713	962,825	3%	1.64%
1980	1,929,253	981,434	3.02%	1.93%
1981	1,986,867	992,500	2.99%	1.13%
1982	2,045,073	1,010,308	2.93%	1.79%
1983	2,107,113	1,037,511	3.03%	2.69%
1984	2,173,312	1,065,989	3.14%	2.74%
1985	2,240,539	1,096,890	3.09%	2.9%
1986	2,308,511	1,131,081	3.03%	3.12%
1987	2,377,229	1,167,889	2.98%	3.25%
1988	2,446,941	1,209,696	2.93%	3.58%
1989	2,517,858	1,288,947	2.9%	6.55%
1990	2,223,667	1,369,303	-11.7%	6.23%
1991	1,956,518	1,415,684	-12%	3.39%
1992	2,072,461	1,461,322	5.93%	3.22%
1993	2,155,126	1,508,697	3.99%	3.24%
1994	2,149,928	1,556,304	-0.24%	3.16%
1995	2,169,162	1,602,170	0.89%	2.95%
1996	2,232,289	1,646,103	2.91%	2.74%
1997	2,412,989	1,689,264	8.09%	2.62%
1998	2,670,124	1,732,745	10.7%	2.57%
1999	2,821,684	1,776,368	5.68%	2.52%
2000	2,928,117	1,818,647	3.77%	2.38%
2001	3,015,338	1,857,048	2.98%	2.11%
2002	3,094,782	1,889,970	2.63%	1.77%
2003	3,119,532	1,917,464	0.8%	1.45%
2004	3,156,892	1,942,082	1.2%	1.28%
2005	3,301,015	1,966,582	4.57%	1.26%
2006	3,490,787	1,991,888	5.75%	1.29%
2007	3,669,050	2,018,600	5.11%	1.34%
2008	3,821,003	2,047,056	4.14%	1.41%
2009	3,943,028	2,077,394	3.19%	1.48%
2010	4,058,890	2,109,811	2.94%	1.56%
2011	4,221,178	2,146,325	4%	1.73%
2012	4,373,043	2,194,654	3.6%	2.25%
2013	4,470,239	2,252,508	2.22%	2.64%
2014	4,564,293	2,312,139	2.1%	2.65%
2015	4,659,431	2,374,300	2.08%	2.69%
2016	4,755,608	2,439,213	2.06%	2.73%
2017	4,848,925	2,506,853	1.96%	2.77%
2018	4,944,726	2,577,327	1.98%	2.81%
2019	5,043,721	2,650,494	2%	2.84%
2020	5,149,463	2,728,762	2.1%	2.95%
2021	5,259,323	2,810,548	2.13%	3%
2022	5,373,294	2,889,662	2.17%	2.81%
2023	5,493,031	2,963,095	2.23%	2.54%
2024	5,612,817	3,030,131	2.18%	2.26%
2025	5,731,211	3,092,826	2.11%	2.07%
2026	5,853,958	3,153,252	2.14%	1.95%
2027	5,986,805	3,212,910	2.27%	1.89%
2028	6,118,769	3,272,166	2.2%	1.84%
2029	6,245,093	3,330,819	2.06%	1.79%
2030	6,366,293	3,389,961	1.94%	1.78%
2031	6,486,749	3,449,508	1.89%	1.76%
2032	6,614,257	3,508,245	1.97%	1.7%
2033	6,744,927	3,565,349	1.98%	1.63%
2034	6,873,688	3,621,829	1.91%	1.58%
2035	7,003,567	3,678,888	1.89%	1.58%
2036	7,142,326	3,735,939	1.98%	1.55%
2037	7,278,759	3,792,807	1.91%	1.52%
2038	7,408,720	3,850,310	1.79%	1.52%
2039	7,545,510	3,907,182	1.85%	1.48%
2040	7,681,693	3,962,414	1.8%	1.41%
2041	7,817,089	4,017,690	1.76%	1.4%
2042	7,954,182	4,073,359	1.75%	1.39%
2043	8,077,173	4,129,577	1.55%	1.38%
2044	8,194,136	4,186,114	1.45%	1.37%
2045	8,310,657	4,243,359	1.42%	1.37%
2046	8,428,924	4,299,969	1.42%	1.33%
2047	8,552,033	4,355,507	1.46%	1.29%
2048	8,673,963	4,409,459	1.43%	1.24%
2049	8,795,838	4,460,507	1.41%	1.16%
2050	8,910,539	4,512,307	1.3%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.