Population in Namibia compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	New Zealand	Namibia	New Zealand
1960	591,465	2,371,800	-	-
1961	603,067	2,419,700	1.96%	2.02%
1962	615,759	2,482,000	2.1%	2.57%
1963	629,589	2,531,800	2.25%	2.01%
1964	644,530	2,585,400	2.37%	2.12%
1965	660,558	2,628,400	2.49%	1.66%
1966	677,655	2,675,900	2.59%	1.81%
1967	696,045	2,724,100	2.71%	1.8%
1968	715,542	2,748,100	2.8%	0.88%
1969	736,120	2,772,800	2.88%	0.9%
1970	757,868	2,810,700	2.95%	1.37%
1971	780,584	2,853,000	3%	1.5%
1972	804,399	2,903,900	3.05%	1.78%
1973	828,928	2,961,300	3.05%	1.98%
1974	854,320	3,023,700	3.06%	2.11%
1975	881,032	3,083,100	3.13%	1.96%
1976	906,566	3,110,500	2.9%	0.89%
1977	931,104	3,120,200	2.71%	0.31%
1978	947,269	3,121,200	1.74%	0.03%
1979	962,825	3,109,000	1.64%	-0.39%
1980	981,434	3,112,900	1.93%	0.13%
1981	992,500	3,124,900	1.13%	0.39%
1982	1,010,308	3,156,100	1.79%	1%
1983	1,037,511	3,199,300	2.69%	1.37%
1984	1,065,989	3,227,100	2.74%	0.87%
1985	1,096,890	3,247,100	2.9%	0.62%
1986	1,131,081	3,246,300	3.12%	-0.02%
1987	1,167,889	3,274,400	3.25%	0.87%
1988	1,209,696	3,283,400	3.58%	0.27%
1989	1,288,947	3,299,200	6.55%	0.48%
1990	1,369,303	3,329,800	6.23%	0.93%
1991	1,415,684	3,495,100	3.39%	4.96%
1992	1,461,322	3,531,700	3.22%	1.05%
1993	1,508,697	3,572,200	3.24%	1.15%
1994	1,556,304	3,620,000	3.16%	1.34%
1995	1,602,170	3,673,400	2.95%	1.48%
1996	1,646,103	3,732,000	2.74%	1.6%
1997	1,689,264	3,781,300	2.62%	1.32%
1998	1,732,745	3,815,000	2.57%	0.89%
1999	1,776,368	3,835,100	2.52%	0.53%
2000	1,818,647	3,857,700	2.38%	0.59%
2001	1,857,048	3,880,500	2.11%	0.59%
2002	1,889,970	3,948,500	1.77%	1.75%
2003	1,917,464	4,027,200	1.45%	1.99%
2004	1,942,082	4,087,500	1.28%	1.5%
2005	1,966,582	4,133,900	1.26%	1.14%
2006	1,991,888	4,184,600	1.29%	1.23%
2007	2,018,600	4,223,800	1.34%	0.94%
2008	2,047,056	4,259,800	1.41%	0.85%
2009	2,077,394	4,302,600	1.48%	1%
2010	2,109,811	4,350,700	1.56%	1.12%
2011	2,146,325	4,384,000	1.73%	0.77%
2012	2,194,654	4,408,100	2.25%	0.55%
2013	2,252,508	4,442,100	2.64%	0.77%
2014	2,312,139	4,516,500	2.65%	1.67%
2015	2,374,300	4,609,400	2.69%	2.06%
2016	2,439,213	4,714,100	2.73%	2.27%
2017	2,506,853	4,813,600	2.77%	2.11%
2018	2,577,327	4,900,600	2.81%	1.81%
2019	2,650,494	4,970,300	2.84%	1.42%
2020	2,728,762	5,072,400	2.95%	2.05%
2021	2,810,548	5,084,600	3%	0.24%
2022	2,889,662	5,081,700	2.81%	-0.06%
2023	2,963,095	5,200,000	2.54%	2.33%
2024	3,030,131	5,287,500	2.26%	1.68%
2025	3,092,826	5,325,989	2.07%	0.73%
2026	3,153,252	5,362,071	1.95%	0.68%
2027	3,212,910	5,395,933	1.89%	0.63%
2028	3,272,166	5,427,327	1.84%	0.58%
2029	3,330,819	5,456,502	1.79%	0.54%
2030	3,389,961	5,483,630	1.78%	0.5%
2031	3,449,508	5,509,118	1.76%	0.46%
2032	3,508,245	5,533,087	1.7%	0.44%
2033	3,565,349	5,555,912	1.63%	0.41%
2034	3,621,829	5,577,658	1.58%	0.39%
2035	3,678,888	5,598,481	1.58%	0.37%
2036	3,735,939	5,618,949	1.55%	0.37%
2037	3,792,807	5,638,796	1.52%	0.35%
2038	3,850,310	5,658,606	1.52%	0.35%
2039	3,907,182	5,677,983	1.48%	0.34%
2040	3,962,414	5,696,537	1.41%	0.33%
2041	4,017,690	5,715,286	1.4%	0.33%
2042	4,073,359	5,733,881	1.39%	0.33%
2043	4,129,577	5,750,997	1.38%	0.3%
2044	4,186,114	5,766,545	1.37%	0.27%
2045	4,243,359	5,780,970	1.37%	0.25%
2046	4,299,969	5,794,046	1.33%	0.23%
2047	4,355,507	5,805,663	1.29%	0.2%
2048	4,409,459	5,816,692	1.24%	0.19%
2049	4,460,507	5,826,512	1.16%	0.17%
2050	4,512,307	5,836,471	1.16%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Namibia's population will grow by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people with a rank change from 134th to 131st. The population of New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.