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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Norway	Namibia	Norway
1960	591,465	3,581,239	-	-
1961	603,067	3,609,800	1.96%	0.8%
1962	615,759	3,638,918	2.1%	0.81%
1963	629,589	3,666,537	2.25%	0.76%
1964	644,530	3,694,339	2.37%	0.76%
1965	660,558	3,723,168	2.49%	0.78%
1966	677,655	3,753,012	2.59%	0.8%
1967	696,045	3,784,539	2.71%	0.84%
1968	715,542	3,816,486	2.8%	0.84%
1969	736,120	3,847,707	2.88%	0.82%
1970	757,868	3,875,763	2.95%	0.73%
1971	780,584	3,903,039	3%	0.7%
1972	804,399	3,933,004	3.05%	0.77%
1973	828,928	3,960,612	3.05%	0.7%
1974	854,320	3,985,258	3.06%	0.62%
1975	881,032	4,007,313	3.13%	0.55%
1976	906,566	4,026,152	2.9%	0.47%
1977	931,104	4,043,205	2.71%	0.42%
1978	947,269	4,058,671	1.74%	0.38%
1979	962,825	4,072,517	1.64%	0.34%
1980	981,434	4,085,620	1.93%	0.32%
1981	992,500	4,099,702	1.13%	0.34%
1982	1,010,308	4,114,787	1.79%	0.37%
1983	1,037,511	4,128,432	2.69%	0.33%
1984	1,065,989	4,140,099	2.74%	0.28%
1985	1,096,890	4,152,516	2.9%	0.3%
1986	1,131,081	4,167,354	3.12%	0.36%
1987	1,167,889	4,186,905	3.25%	0.47%
1988	1,209,696	4,209,488	3.58%	0.54%
1989	1,288,947	4,226,901	6.55%	0.41%
1990	1,369,303	4,241,473	6.23%	0.34%
1991	1,415,684	4,261,732	3.39%	0.48%
1992	1,461,322	4,286,401	3.22%	0.58%
1993	1,508,697	4,311,991	3.24%	0.6%
1994	1,556,304	4,336,613	3.16%	0.57%
1995	1,602,170	4,359,184	2.95%	0.52%
1996	1,646,103	4,381,336	2.74%	0.51%
1997	1,689,264	4,405,157	2.62%	0.54%
1998	1,732,745	4,431,464	2.57%	0.6%
1999	1,776,368	4,461,913	2.52%	0.69%
2000	1,818,647	4,490,967	2.38%	0.65%
2001	1,857,048	4,513,751	2.11%	0.51%
2002	1,889,970	4,538,159	1.77%	0.54%
2003	1,917,464	4,564,855	1.45%	0.59%
2004	1,942,082	4,591,910	1.28%	0.59%
2005	1,966,582	4,623,291	1.26%	0.68%
2006	1,991,888	4,660,677	1.29%	0.81%
2007	2,018,600	4,709,153	1.34%	1.04%
2008	2,047,056	4,768,212	1.41%	1.25%
2009	2,077,394	4,828,726	1.48%	1.27%
2010	2,109,811	4,889,252	1.56%	1.25%
2011	2,146,325	4,953,088	1.73%	1.31%
2012	2,194,654	5,018,573	2.25%	1.32%
2013	2,252,508	5,079,623	2.64%	1.22%
2014	2,312,139	5,137,232	2.65%	1.13%
2015	2,374,300	5,188,607	2.69%	1%
2016	2,439,213	5,234,519	2.73%	0.88%
2017	2,506,853	5,276,968	2.77%	0.81%
2018	2,577,327	5,311,916	2.81%	0.66%
2019	2,650,494	5,347,896	2.84%	0.68%
2020	2,728,762	5,379,475	2.95%	0.59%
2021	2,810,548	5,408,320	3%	0.54%
2022	2,889,662	5,457,127	2.81%	0.9%
2023	2,963,095	5,519,594	2.54%	1.14%
2024	3,030,131	5,572,272	2.26%	0.95%
2025	3,092,826	5,618,653	2.07%	0.83%
2026	3,153,252	5,648,542	1.95%	0.53%
2027	3,212,910	5,669,085	1.89%	0.36%
2028	3,272,166	5,688,775	1.84%	0.35%
2029	3,330,819	5,707,206	1.79%	0.32%
2030	3,389,961	5,724,586	1.78%	0.3%
2031	3,449,508	5,741,140	1.76%	0.29%
2032	3,508,245	5,756,663	1.7%	0.27%
2033	3,565,349	5,771,048	1.63%	0.25%
2034	3,621,829	5,784,408	1.58%	0.23%
2035	3,678,888	5,796,851	1.58%	0.22%
2036	3,735,939	5,808,721	1.55%	0.2%
2037	3,792,807	5,819,995	1.52%	0.19%
2038	3,850,310	5,830,604	1.52%	0.18%
2039	3,907,182	5,840,493	1.48%	0.17%
2040	3,962,414	5,849,273	1.41%	0.15%
2041	4,017,690	5,857,345	1.4%	0.14%
2042	4,073,359	5,864,766	1.39%	0.13%
2043	4,129,577	5,870,957	1.38%	0.11%
2044	4,186,114	5,876,291	1.37%	0.09%
2045	4,243,359	5,881,391	1.37%	0.09%
2046	4,299,969	5,885,772	1.33%	0.07%
2047	4,355,507	5,889,156	1.29%	0.06%
2048	4,409,459	5,892,131	1.24%	0.05%
2049	4,460,507	5,894,300	1.16%	0.04%
2050	4,512,307	5,895,192	1.16%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.