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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Niger	Namibia	Niger
1960	591,465	3,505,050	-	-
1961	603,067	3,608,162	1.96%	2.94%
1962	615,759	3,714,520	2.1%	2.95%
1963	629,589	3,823,873	2.25%	2.94%
1964	644,530	3,935,814	2.37%	2.93%
1965	660,558	4,049,695	2.49%	2.89%
1966	677,655	4,165,544	2.59%	2.86%
1967	696,045	4,283,590	2.71%	2.83%
1968	715,542	4,403,637	2.8%	2.8%
1969	736,120	4,525,725	2.88%	2.77%
1970	757,868	4,650,275	2.95%	2.75%
1971	780,584	4,776,225	3%	2.71%
1972	804,399	4,904,845	3.05%	2.69%
1973	828,928	5,037,865	3.05%	2.71%
1974	854,320	5,174,953	3.06%	2.72%
1975	881,032	5,317,019	3.13%	2.75%
1976	906,566	5,464,962	2.9%	2.78%
1977	931,104	5,619,716	2.71%	2.83%
1978	947,269	5,782,932	1.74%	2.9%
1979	962,825	5,955,556	1.64%	2.99%
1980	981,434	6,135,971	1.93%	3.03%
1981	992,500	6,322,006	1.13%	3.03%
1982	1,010,308	6,512,732	1.79%	3.02%
1983	1,037,511	6,708,644	2.69%	3.01%
1984	1,065,989	6,909,971	2.74%	3%
1985	1,096,890	7,118,457	2.9%	3.02%
1986	1,131,081	7,335,811	3.12%	3.05%
1987	1,167,889	7,561,150	3.25%	3.07%
1988	1,209,696	7,793,748	3.58%	3.08%
1989	1,288,947	8,034,780	6.55%	3.09%
1990	1,369,303	8,286,059	6.23%	3.13%
1991	1,415,684	8,546,900	3.39%	3.15%
1992	1,461,322	8,817,633	3.22%	3.17%
1993	1,508,697	9,100,789	3.24%	3.21%
1994	1,556,304	9,398,258	3.16%	3.27%
1995	1,602,170	9,714,529	2.95%	3.37%
1996	1,646,103	10,044,852	2.74%	3.4%
1997	1,689,264	10,383,969	2.62%	3.38%
1998	1,732,745	10,741,413	2.57%	3.44%
1999	1,776,368	11,117,411	2.52%	3.5%
2000	1,818,647	11,509,630	2.38%	3.53%
2001	1,857,048	11,920,647	2.11%	3.57%
2002	1,889,970	12,349,144	1.77%	3.59%
2003	1,917,464	12,796,984	1.45%	3.63%
2004	1,942,082	13,265,836	1.28%	3.66%
2005	1,966,582	13,756,192	1.26%	3.7%
2006	1,991,888	14,268,581	1.29%	3.72%
2007	2,018,600	14,803,610	1.34%	3.75%
2008	2,047,056	15,361,915	1.41%	3.77%
2009	2,077,394	15,943,675	1.48%	3.79%
2010	2,109,811	16,548,835	1.56%	3.8%
2011	2,146,325	17,176,283	1.73%	3.79%
2012	2,194,654	17,836,769	2.25%	3.85%
2013	2,252,508	18,519,898	2.64%	3.83%
2014	2,312,139	19,215,909	2.65%	3.76%
2015	2,374,300	19,939,498	2.69%	3.77%
2016	2,439,213	20,685,753	2.73%	3.74%
2017	2,506,853	21,435,446	2.77%	3.62%
2018	2,577,327	22,188,069	2.81%	3.51%
2019	2,650,494	22,947,757	2.84%	3.42%
2020	2,728,762	23,717,613	2.95%	3.35%
2021	2,810,548	24,502,140	3%	3.31%
2022	2,889,662	25,311,973	2.81%	3.31%
2023	2,963,095	26,159,867	2.54%	3.35%
2024	3,030,131	27,032,412	2.26%	3.34%
2025	3,092,826	27,917,825	2.07%	3.28%
2026	3,153,252	28,814,872	1.95%	3.21%
2027	3,212,910	29,723,688	1.89%	3.15%
2028	3,272,166	30,643,561	1.84%	3.09%
2029	3,330,819	31,575,091	1.79%	3.04%
2030	3,389,961	32,518,069	1.78%	2.99%
2031	3,449,508	33,469,616	1.76%	2.93%
2032	3,508,245	34,428,638	1.7%	2.87%
2033	3,565,349	35,397,029	1.63%	2.81%
2034	3,621,829	36,372,374	1.58%	2.76%
2035	3,678,888	37,353,462	1.58%	2.7%
2036	3,735,939	38,340,142	1.55%	2.64%
2037	3,792,807	39,330,372	1.52%	2.58%
2038	3,850,310	40,323,460	1.52%	2.52%
2039	3,907,182	41,318,407	1.48%	2.47%
2040	3,962,414	42,316,733	1.41%	2.42%
2041	4,017,690	43,319,236	1.4%	2.37%
2042	4,073,359	44,326,115	1.39%	2.32%
2043	4,129,577	45,337,248	1.38%	2.28%
2044	4,186,114	46,353,160	1.37%	2.24%
2045	4,243,359	47,374,113	1.37%	2.2%
2046	4,299,969	48,397,993	1.33%	2.16%
2047	4,355,507	49,423,853	1.29%	2.12%
2048	4,409,459	50,452,202	1.24%	2.08%
2049	4,460,507	51,482,559	1.16%	2.04%
2050	4,512,307	52,513,870	1.16%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. Niger was ranked 64th in 2006 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.