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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Namibia	Mauritius	Namibia
1960	680,331	591,465	-	-
1961	680,757	603,067	0.06%	1.96%
1962	700,349	615,759	2.88%	2.1%
1963	718,861	629,589	2.64%	2.25%
1964	736,381	644,530	2.44%	2.37%
1965	753,000	660,558	2.26%	2.49%
1966	768,813	677,655	2.1%	2.59%
1967	783,917	696,045	1.96%	2.71%
1968	798,413	715,542	1.85%	2.8%
1969	812,405	736,120	1.75%	2.88%
1970	826,000	757,868	1.67%	2.95%
1971	839,230	780,584	1.6%	3%
1972	852,053	804,399	1.53%	3.05%
1973	864,819	828,928	1.5%	3.05%
1974	878,042	854,320	1.53%	3.06%
1975	892,000	881,032	1.59%	3.13%
1976	906,507	906,566	1.63%	2.9%
1977	921,379	931,104	1.64%	2.71%
1978	933,499	947,269	1.32%	1.74%
1979	949,888	962,825	1.76%	1.64%
1980	966,039	981,434	1.7%	1.93%
1981	980,462	992,500	1.49%	1.13%
1982	992,521	1,010,308	1.23%	1.79%
1983	1,001,691	1,037,511	0.92%	2.69%
1984	1,012,221	1,065,989	1.05%	2.74%
1985	1,020,528	1,096,890	0.82%	2.9%
1986	1,028,360	1,131,081	0.77%	3.12%
1987	1,036,082	1,167,889	0.75%	3.25%
1988	1,043,239	1,209,696	0.69%	3.58%
1989	1,051,260	1,288,947	0.77%	6.55%
1990	1,058,775	1,369,303	0.71%	6.23%
1991	1,070,266	1,415,684	1.09%	3.39%
1992	1,084,441	1,461,322	1.32%	3.22%
1993	1,097,374	1,508,697	1.19%	3.24%
1994	1,112,846	1,556,304	1.41%	3.16%
1995	1,122,457	1,602,170	0.86%	2.95%
1996	1,133,996	1,646,103	1.03%	2.74%
1997	1,148,284	1,689,264	1.26%	2.62%
1998	1,160,421	1,732,745	1.06%	2.57%
1999	1,175,267	1,776,368	1.28%	2.52%
2000	1,186,873	1,818,647	0.99%	2.38%
2001	1,196,287	1,857,048	0.79%	2.11%
2002	1,204,621	1,889,970	0.7%	1.77%
2003	1,213,370	1,917,464	0.73%	1.45%
2004	1,221,003	1,942,082	0.63%	1.28%
2005	1,228,254	1,966,582	0.59%	1.26%
2006	1,233,996	1,991,888	0.47%	1.29%
2007	1,239,630	2,018,600	0.46%	1.34%
2008	1,244,121	2,047,056	0.36%	1.41%
2009	1,247,429	2,077,394	0.27%	1.48%
2010	1,250,400	2,109,811	0.24%	1.56%
2011	1,252,404	2,146,325	0.16%	1.73%
2012	1,255,882	2,194,654	0.28%	2.25%
2013	1,258,927	2,252,508	0.24%	2.64%
2014	1,261,208	2,312,139	0.18%	2.65%
2015	1,262,879	2,374,300	0.13%	2.69%
2016	1,263,747	2,439,213	0.07%	2.73%
2017	1,264,887	2,506,853	0.09%	2.77%
2018	1,265,577	2,577,327	0.05%	2.81%
2019	1,265,985	2,650,494	0.03%	2.84%
2020	1,266,014	2,728,762	0.002%	2.95%
2021	1,266,334	2,810,548	0.03%	3%
2022	1,262,523	2,889,662	-0.3%	2.81%
2023	1,248,647	2,963,095	-1.1%	2.54%
2024	1,245,779	3,030,131	-0.23%	2.26%
2025	1,242,950	3,092,826	-0.23%	2.07%
2026	1,239,793	3,153,252	-0.25%	1.95%
2027	1,236,435	3,212,910	-0.27%	1.89%
2028	1,232,914	3,272,166	-0.28%	1.84%
2029	1,229,227	3,330,819	-0.3%	1.79%
2030	1,225,457	3,389,961	-0.31%	1.78%
2031	1,221,502	3,449,508	-0.32%	1.76%
2032	1,217,208	3,508,245	-0.35%	1.7%
2033	1,212,606	3,565,349	-0.38%	1.63%
2034	1,207,685	3,621,829	-0.41%	1.58%
2035	1,202,449	3,678,888	-0.43%	1.58%
2036	1,196,894	3,735,939	-0.46%	1.55%
2037	1,191,031	3,792,807	-0.49%	1.52%
2038	1,184,867	3,850,310	-0.52%	1.52%
2039	1,178,313	3,907,182	-0.55%	1.48%
2040	1,171,352	3,962,414	-0.59%	1.41%
2041	1,164,041	4,017,690	-0.62%	1.4%
2042	1,156,420	4,073,359	-0.65%	1.39%
2043	1,148,461	4,129,577	-0.69%	1.38%
2044	1,140,167	4,186,114	-0.72%	1.37%
2045	1,131,600	4,243,359	-0.75%	1.37%
2046	1,122,728	4,299,969	-0.78%	1.33%
2047	1,113,607	4,355,507	-0.81%	1.29%
2048	1,104,261	4,409,459	-0.84%	1.24%
2049	1,094,728	4,460,507	-0.86%	1.16%
2050	1,085,083	4,512,307	-0.88%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th 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) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.