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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Nigeria	Namibia	Nigeria
1960	591,465	45,053,782	-	-
1961	603,067	45,989,310	1.96%	2.08%
1962	615,759	46,965,292	2.1%	2.12%
1963	629,589	47,973,575	2.25%	2.15%
1964	644,530	49,012,016	2.37%	2.16%
1965	660,558	50,086,764	2.49%	2.19%
1966	677,655	51,188,234	2.59%	2.2%
1967	696,045	52,293,065	2.71%	2.16%
1968	715,542	53,432,783	2.8%	2.18%
1969	736,120	54,631,914	2.88%	2.24%
1970	757,868	55,893,838	2.95%	2.31%
1971	780,584	57,214,684	3%	2.36%
1972	804,399	58,601,748	3.05%	2.42%
1973	828,928	60,082,139	3.05%	2.53%
1974	854,320	61,679,144	3.06%	2.66%
1975	881,032	63,410,815	3.13%	2.81%
1976	906,566	65,258,009	2.9%	2.91%
1977	931,104	67,234,590	2.71%	3.03%
1978	947,269	69,326,532	1.74%	3.11%
1979	962,825	71,498,242	1.64%	3.13%
1980	981,434	73,764,641	1.93%	3.17%
1981	992,500	76,068,103	1.13%	3.12%
1982	1,010,308	78,378,701	1.79%	3.04%
1983	1,037,511	80,438,260	2.69%	2.63%
1984	1,065,989	82,526,443	2.74%	2.6%
1985	1,096,890	84,897,973	2.9%	2.87%
1986	1,131,081	87,235,953	3.12%	2.75%
1987	1,167,889	89,591,716	3.25%	2.7%
1988	1,209,696	92,020,090	3.58%	2.71%
1989	1,288,947	94,531,014	6.55%	2.73%
1990	1,369,303	97,120,925	6.23%	2.74%
1991	1,415,684	99,720,162	3.39%	2.68%
1992	1,461,322	102,372,770	3.22%	2.66%
1993	1,508,697	105,122,069	3.24%	2.69%
1994	1,556,304	107,935,714	3.16%	2.68%
1995	1,602,170	110,819,428	2.95%	2.67%
1996	1,646,103	113,754,779	2.74%	2.65%
1997	1,689,264	116,754,792	2.62%	2.64%
1998	1,732,745	119,846,254	2.57%	2.65%
1999	1,776,368	123,047,320	2.52%	2.67%
2000	1,818,647	126,382,494	2.38%	2.71%
2001	1,857,048	129,862,595	2.11%	2.75%
2002	1,889,970	133,471,989	1.77%	2.78%
2003	1,917,464	137,202,644	1.45%	2.8%
2004	1,942,082	141,057,045	1.28%	2.81%
2005	1,966,582	145,017,253	1.26%	2.81%
2006	1,991,888	149,077,334	1.29%	2.8%
2007	2,018,600	153,267,261	1.34%	2.81%
2008	2,047,056	157,595,014	1.41%	2.82%
2009	2,077,394	162,049,464	1.48%	2.83%
2010	2,109,811	166,642,886	1.56%	2.83%
2011	2,146,325	171,379,598	1.73%	2.84%
2012	2,194,654	176,200,625	2.25%	2.81%
2013	2,252,508	181,049,443	2.64%	2.75%
2014	2,312,139	185,896,915	2.65%	2.68%
2015	2,374,300	190,671,878	2.69%	2.57%
2016	2,439,213	195,443,700	2.73%	2.5%
2017	2,506,853	200,254,579	2.77%	2.46%
2018	2,577,327	204,938,755	2.81%	2.34%
2019	2,650,494	209,485,641	2.84%	2.22%
2020	2,728,762	213,996,181	2.95%	2.15%
2021	2,810,548	218,529,286	3%	2.12%
2022	2,889,662	223,150,896	2.81%	2.11%
2023	2,963,095	227,882,945	2.54%	2.12%
2024	3,030,131	232,679,478	2.26%	2.1%
2025	3,092,826	237,527,783	2.07%	2.08%
2026	3,153,252	242,431,830	1.95%	2.06%
2027	3,212,910	247,374,258	1.89%	2.04%
2028	3,272,166	252,346,128	1.84%	2.01%
2029	3,330,819	257,352,638	1.79%	1.98%
2030	3,389,961	262,380,975	1.78%	1.95%
2031	3,449,508	267,421,079	1.76%	1.92%
2032	3,508,245	272,483,635	1.7%	1.89%
2033	3,565,349	277,555,116	1.63%	1.86%
2034	3,621,829	282,622,388	1.58%	1.83%
2035	3,678,888	287,685,757	1.58%	1.79%
2036	3,735,939	292,739,390	1.55%	1.76%
2037	3,792,807	297,773,236	1.52%	1.72%
2038	3,850,310	302,782,350	1.52%	1.68%
2039	3,907,182	307,764,754	1.48%	1.65%
2040	3,962,414	312,710,403	1.41%	1.61%
2041	4,017,690	317,607,237	1.4%	1.57%
2042	4,073,359	322,450,302	1.39%	1.52%
2043	4,129,577	327,243,941	1.38%	1.49%
2044	4,186,114	331,983,354	1.37%	1.45%
2045	4,243,359	336,662,502	1.37%	1.41%
2046	4,299,969	341,281,757	1.33%	1.37%
2047	4,355,507	345,844,004	1.29%	1.34%
2048	4,409,459	350,347,757	1.24%	1.3%
2049	4,460,507	354,792,418	1.16%	1.27%
2050	4,512,307	359,185,550	1.16%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.