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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Namibia	Mozambique	Namibia
1960	6,713,695	591,465	-	-
1961	6,834,936	603,067	1.81%	1.96%
1962	6,969,364	615,759	1.97%	2.1%
1963	7,109,828	629,589	2.02%	2.25%
1964	7,255,061	644,530	2.04%	2.37%
1965	7,406,421	660,558	2.09%	2.49%
1966	7,562,990	677,655	2.11%	2.59%
1967	7,724,550	696,045	2.14%	2.71%
1968	7,892,613	715,542	2.18%	2.8%
1969	8,066,951	736,120	2.21%	2.88%
1970	8,250,506	757,868	2.28%	2.95%
1971	8,456,317	780,584	2.49%	3%
1972	8,692,935	804,399	2.8%	3.05%
1973	8,954,242	828,928	3.01%	3.05%
1974	9,236,093	854,320	3.15%	3.06%
1975	9,540,817	881,032	3.3%	3.13%
1976	9,867,209	906,566	3.42%	2.9%
1977	10,224,975	931,104	3.63%	2.71%
1978	10,618,250	947,269	3.85%	1.74%
1979	11,028,809	962,825	3.87%	1.64%
1980	11,336,221	981,434	2.79%	1.93%
1981	11,568,127	992,500	2.05%	1.13%
1982	11,824,370	1,010,308	2.22%	1.79%
1983	12,073,822	1,037,511	2.11%	2.69%
1984	12,315,954	1,065,989	2.01%	2.74%
1985	12,548,949	1,096,890	1.89%	2.9%
1986	12,770,578	1,131,081	1.77%	3.12%
1987	12,822,574	1,167,889	0.41%	3.25%
1988	12,800,558	1,209,696	-0.17%	3.58%
1989	12,906,842	1,288,947	0.83%	6.55%
1990	13,094,537	1,369,303	1.45%	6.23%
1991	13,352,090	1,415,684	1.97%	3.39%
1992	13,613,316	1,461,322	1.96%	3.22%
1993	14,051,192	1,508,697	3.22%	3.24%
1994	15,033,853	1,556,304	6.99%	3.16%
1995	15,960,530	1,602,170	6.16%	2.95%
1996	16,492,480	1,646,103	3.33%	2.74%
1997	16,949,982	1,689,264	2.77%	2.62%
1998	17,340,464	1,732,745	2.3%	2.57%
1999	17,734,506	1,776,368	2.27%	2.52%
2000	18,129,653	1,818,647	2.23%	2.38%
2001	18,537,729	1,857,048	2.25%	2.11%
2002	18,958,338	1,889,970	2.27%	1.77%
2003	19,392,475	1,917,464	2.29%	1.45%
2004	19,840,313	1,942,082	2.31%	1.28%
2005	20,304,569	1,966,582	2.34%	1.26%
2006	20,787,087	1,991,888	2.38%	1.29%
2007	21,287,635	2,018,600	2.41%	1.34%
2008	21,819,036	2,047,056	2.5%	1.41%
2009	22,391,745	2,077,394	2.62%	1.48%
2010	22,999,235	2,109,811	2.71%	1.56%
2011	23,649,039	2,146,325	2.83%	1.73%
2012	24,337,846	2,194,654	2.91%	2.25%
2013	25,051,611	2,252,508	2.93%	2.64%
2014	25,788,475	2,312,139	2.94%	2.65%
2015	26,547,572	2,374,300	2.94%	2.69%
2016	27,337,105	2,439,213	2.97%	2.73%
2017	28,166,393	2,506,853	3.03%	2.77%
2018	29,018,644	2,577,327	3.03%	2.81%
2019	29,884,380	2,650,494	2.98%	2.84%
2020	30,783,688	2,728,762	3.01%	2.95%
2021	31,707,800	2,810,548	3%	3%
2022	32,656,246	2,889,662	2.99%	2.81%
2023	33,635,160	2,963,095	3%	2.54%
2024	34,631,766	3,030,131	2.96%	2.26%
2025	35,631,656	3,092,826	2.89%	2.07%
2026	36,639,853	3,153,252	2.83%	1.95%
2027	37,668,656	3,212,910	2.81%	1.89%
2028	38,714,097	3,272,166	2.78%	1.84%
2029	39,774,947	3,330,819	2.74%	1.79%
2030	40,846,749	3,389,961	2.69%	1.78%
2031	41,931,250	3,449,508	2.66%	1.76%
2032	43,032,887	3,508,245	2.63%	1.7%
2033	44,144,533	3,565,349	2.58%	1.63%
2034	45,273,522	3,621,829	2.56%	1.58%
2035	46,411,774	3,678,888	2.51%	1.58%
2036	47,548,671	3,735,939	2.45%	1.55%
2037	48,684,563	3,792,807	2.39%	1.52%
2038	49,822,039	3,850,310	2.34%	1.52%
2039	50,971,124	3,907,182	2.31%	1.48%
2040	52,124,215	3,962,414	2.26%	1.41%
2041	53,271,004	4,017,690	2.2%	1.4%
2042	54,423,407	4,073,359	2.16%	1.39%
2043	55,574,711	4,129,577	2.12%	1.38%
2044	56,716,585	4,186,114	2.05%	1.37%
2045	57,851,787	4,243,359	2%	1.37%
2046	58,981,102	4,299,969	1.95%	1.33%
2047	60,117,587	4,355,507	1.93%	1.29%
2048	61,254,584	4,409,459	1.89%	1.24%
2049	62,397,018	4,460,507	1.87%	1.16%
2050	63,530,955	4,512,307	1.82%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mozambique gained 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2006 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.