Population in Namibia compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Netherlands	Namibia	Netherlands
1960	591,465	11,486,631	-	-
1961	603,067	11,638,712	1.96%	1.32%
1962	615,759	11,805,689	2.1%	1.43%
1963	629,589	11,965,966	2.25%	1.36%
1964	644,530	12,127,120	2.37%	1.35%
1965	660,558	12,294,732	2.49%	1.38%
1966	677,655	12,456,251	2.59%	1.31%
1967	696,045	12,598,201	2.71%	1.14%
1968	715,542	12,729,721	2.8%	1.04%
1969	736,120	12,877,984	2.88%	1.16%
1970	757,868	13,038,526	2.95%	1.25%
1971	780,584	13,194,497	3%	1.2%
1972	804,399	13,328,593	3.05%	1.02%
1973	828,928	13,439,322	3.05%	0.83%
1974	854,320	13,545,056	3.06%	0.79%
1975	881,032	13,666,335	3.13%	0.9%
1976	906,566	13,774,037	2.9%	0.79%
1977	931,104	13,856,185	2.71%	0.6%
1978	947,269	13,941,700	1.74%	0.62%
1979	962,825	14,038,270	1.64%	0.69%
1980	981,434	14,149,800	1.93%	0.79%
1981	992,500	14,247,208	1.13%	0.69%
1982	1,010,308	14,312,690	1.79%	0.46%
1983	1,037,511	14,367,070	2.69%	0.38%
1984	1,065,989	14,424,211	2.74%	0.4%
1985	1,096,890	14,491,632	2.9%	0.47%
1986	1,131,081	14,572,278	3.12%	0.56%
1987	1,167,889	14,665,037	3.25%	0.64%
1988	1,209,696	14,760,094	3.58%	0.65%
1989	1,288,947	14,848,907	6.55%	0.6%
1990	1,369,303	14,951,510	6.23%	0.69%
1991	1,415,684	15,069,798	3.39%	0.79%
1992	1,461,322	15,184,166	3.22%	0.76%
1993	1,508,697	15,290,368	3.24%	0.7%
1994	1,556,304	15,382,838	3.16%	0.6%
1995	1,602,170	15,459,006	2.95%	0.5%
1996	1,646,103	15,530,498	2.74%	0.46%
1997	1,689,264	15,610,650	2.62%	0.52%
1998	1,732,745	15,707,209	2.57%	0.62%
1999	1,776,368	15,812,088	2.52%	0.67%
2000	1,818,647	15,925,513	2.38%	0.72%
2001	1,857,048	16,046,180	2.11%	0.76%
2002	1,889,970	16,148,929	1.77%	0.64%
2003	1,917,464	16,225,302	1.45%	0.47%
2004	1,942,082	16,281,779	1.28%	0.35%
2005	1,966,582	16,319,868	1.26%	0.23%
2006	1,991,888	16,346,101	1.29%	0.16%
2007	2,018,600	16,381,696	1.34%	0.22%
2008	2,047,056	16,445,593	1.41%	0.39%
2009	2,077,394	16,530,388	1.48%	0.52%
2010	2,109,811	16,615,394	1.56%	0.51%
2011	2,146,325	16,693,074	1.73%	0.47%
2012	2,194,654	16,754,962	2.25%	0.37%
2013	2,252,508	16,804,432	2.64%	0.3%
2014	2,312,139	16,865,008	2.65%	0.36%
2015	2,374,300	16,939,923	2.69%	0.44%
2016	2,439,213	17,030,314	2.73%	0.53%
2017	2,506,853	17,131,296	2.77%	0.59%
2018	2,577,327	17,231,624	2.81%	0.59%
2019	2,650,494	17,344,874	2.84%	0.66%
2020	2,728,762	17,441,500	2.95%	0.56%
2021	2,810,548	17,533,044	3%	0.52%
2022	2,889,662	17,700,982	2.81%	0.96%
2023	2,963,095	17,877,117	2.54%	1%
2024	3,030,131	17,994,237	2.26%	0.66%
2025	3,092,826	18,110,800	2.07%	0.65%
2026	3,153,252	18,211,436	1.95%	0.56%
2027	3,212,910	18,299,531	1.89%	0.48%
2028	3,272,166	18,379,573	1.84%	0.44%
2029	3,330,819	18,452,044	1.79%	0.39%
2030	3,389,961	18,515,913	1.78%	0.35%
2031	3,449,508	18,571,934	1.76%	0.3%
2032	3,508,245	18,621,087	1.7%	0.26%
2033	3,565,349	18,664,975	1.63%	0.24%
2034	3,621,829	18,702,456	1.58%	0.2%
2035	3,678,888	18,733,223	1.58%	0.16%
2036	3,735,939	18,760,054	1.55%	0.14%
2037	3,792,807	18,781,793	1.52%	0.12%
2038	3,850,310	18,798,283	1.52%	0.09%
2039	3,907,182	18,810,276	1.48%	0.06%
2040	3,962,414	18,817,745	1.41%	0.04%
2041	4,017,690	18,820,870	1.4%	0.02%
2042	4,073,359	18,819,607	1.39%	-0.007%
2043	4,129,577	18,815,261	1.38%	-0.02%
2044	4,186,114	18,807,564	1.37%	-0.04%
2045	4,243,359	18,797,005	1.37%	-0.06%
2046	4,299,969	18,785,724	1.33%	-0.06%
2047	4,355,507	18,771,651	1.29%	-0.07%
2048	4,409,459	18,754,325	1.24%	-0.09%
2049	4,460,507	18,735,299	1.16%	-0.1%
2050	4,512,307	18,714,579	1.16%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Namibia's population will grow by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people with a rank change from 134th to 131st. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.