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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Palau	Namibia	Palau
1960	591,465	9,328	-	-
1961	603,067	9,555	1.96%	2.43%
1962	615,759	9,793	2.1%	2.49%
1963	629,589	10,037	2.25%	2.49%
1964	644,530	10,292	2.37%	2.54%
1965	660,558	10,547	2.49%	2.48%
1966	677,655	10,805	2.59%	2.45%
1967	696,045	10,988	2.71%	1.69%
1968	715,542	11,080	2.8%	0.84%
1969	736,120	11,159	2.88%	0.71%
1970	757,868	11,368	2.95%	1.87%
1971	780,584	11,759	3%	3.44%
1972	804,399	12,194	3.05%	3.7%
1973	828,928	12,552	3.05%	2.94%
1974	854,320	12,687	3.06%	1.08%
1975	881,032	12,655	3.13%	-0.25%
1976	906,566	12,598	2.9%	-0.45%
1977	931,104	12,525	2.71%	-0.58%
1978	947,269	12,440	1.74%	-0.68%
1979	962,825	12,337	1.64%	-0.83%
1980	981,434	12,271	1.93%	-0.53%
1981	992,500	12,402	1.13%	1.07%
1982	1,010,308	12,694	1.79%	2.35%
1983	1,037,511	13,006	2.69%	2.46%
1984	1,065,989	13,337	2.74%	2.54%
1985	1,096,890	13,688	2.9%	2.63%
1986	1,131,081	14,024	3.12%	2.45%
1987	1,167,889	14,334	3.25%	2.21%
1988	1,209,696	14,645	3.58%	2.17%
1989	1,288,947	14,945	6.55%	2.05%
1990	1,369,303	15,259	6.23%	2.1%
1991	1,415,684	15,614	3.39%	2.33%
1992	1,461,322	15,989	3.22%	2.4%
1993	1,508,697	16,372	3.24%	2.4%
1994	1,556,304	16,770	3.16%	2.43%
1995	1,602,170	17,195	2.95%	2.53%
1996	1,646,103	17,654	2.74%	2.67%
1997	1,689,264	18,108	2.62%	2.57%
1998	1,732,745	18,524	2.57%	2.3%
1999	1,776,368	18,901	2.52%	2.04%
2000	1,818,647	19,178	2.38%	1.47%
2001	1,857,048	19,352	2.11%	0.91%
2002	1,889,970	19,503	1.77%	0.78%
2003	1,917,464	19,659	1.45%	0.8%
2004	1,942,082	19,820	1.28%	0.82%
2005	1,966,582	19,819	1.26%	-0.005%
2006	1,991,888	19,593	1.29%	-1.14%
2007	2,018,600	19,302	1.34%	-1.49%
2008	2,047,056	19,009	1.41%	-1.52%
2009	2,077,394	18,709	1.48%	-1.58%
2010	2,109,811	18,396	1.56%	-1.67%
2011	2,146,325	18,078	1.73%	-1.73%
2012	2,194,654	17,765	2.25%	-1.73%
2013	2,252,508	17,648	2.64%	-0.66%
2014	2,312,139	17,715	2.65%	0.38%
2015	2,374,300	17,770	2.69%	0.31%
2016	2,439,213	17,797	2.73%	0.15%
2017	2,506,853	17,812	2.77%	0.08%
2018	2,577,327	17,814	2.81%	0.01%
2019	2,650,494	17,798	2.84%	-0.09%
2020	2,728,762	17,792	2.95%	-0.03%
2021	2,810,548	17,783	3%	-0.05%
2022	2,889,662	17,759	2.81%	-0.13%
2023	2,963,095	17,727	2.54%	-0.18%
2024	3,030,131	17,695	2.26%	-0.18%
2025	3,092,826	17,663	2.07%	-0.18%
2026	3,153,252	17,618	1.95%	-0.25%
2027	3,212,910	17,564	1.89%	-0.31%
2028	3,272,166	17,504	1.84%	-0.34%
2029	3,330,819	17,436	1.79%	-0.39%
2030	3,389,961	17,376	1.78%	-0.34%
2031	3,449,508	17,299	1.76%	-0.44%
2032	3,508,245	17,228	1.7%	-0.41%
2033	3,565,349	17,163	1.63%	-0.38%
2034	3,621,829	17,092	1.58%	-0.41%
2035	3,678,888	17,012	1.58%	-0.47%
2036	3,735,939	16,940	1.55%	-0.43%
2037	3,792,807	16,858	1.52%	-0.48%
2038	3,850,310	16,779	1.52%	-0.47%
2039	3,907,182	16,689	1.48%	-0.54%
2040	3,962,414	16,604	1.41%	-0.51%
2041	4,017,690	16,510	1.4%	-0.57%
2042	4,073,359	16,403	1.39%	-0.65%
2043	4,129,577	16,302	1.38%	-0.61%
2044	4,186,114	16,202	1.37%	-0.62%
2045	4,243,359	16,097	1.37%	-0.65%
2046	4,299,969	15,977	1.33%	-0.74%
2047	4,355,507	15,863	1.29%	-0.71%
2048	4,409,459	15,749	1.24%	-0.72%
2049	4,460,507	15,632	1.16%	-0.74%
2050	4,512,307	15,515	1.16%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.