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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Rwanda	Namibia	Rwanda
1960	591,465	3,022,294	-	-
1961	603,067	3,106,779	1.96%	2.8%
1962	615,759	3,186,025	2.1%	2.55%
1963	629,589	3,258,890	2.25%	2.29%
1964	644,530	3,334,834	2.37%	2.33%
1965	660,558	3,423,210	2.49%	2.65%
1966	677,655	3,521,626	2.59%	2.87%
1967	696,045	3,629,577	2.71%	3.07%
1968	715,542	3,744,010	2.8%	3.15%
1969	736,120	3,861,271	2.88%	3.13%
1970	757,868	3,980,669	2.95%	3.09%
1971	780,584	4,100,044	3%	3%
1972	804,399	4,220,335	3.05%	2.93%
1973	828,928	4,345,047	3.05%	2.96%
1974	854,320	4,474,228	3.06%	2.97%
1975	881,032	4,607,728	3.13%	2.98%
1976	906,566	4,745,954	2.9%	3%
1977	931,104	4,888,240	2.71%	3%
1978	947,269	5,035,171	1.74%	3.01%
1979	962,825	5,189,541	1.64%	3.07%
1980	981,434	5,353,259	1.93%	3.15%
1981	992,500	5,527,230	1.13%	3.25%
1982	1,010,308	5,711,549	1.79%	3.33%
1983	1,037,511	5,905,311	2.69%	3.39%
1984	1,065,989	6,107,627	2.74%	3.43%
1985	1,096,890	6,317,228	2.9%	3.43%
1986	1,131,081	6,531,881	3.12%	3.4%
1987	1,167,889	6,749,493	3.25%	3.33%
1988	1,209,696	6,968,071	3.58%	3.24%
1989	1,288,947	7,184,706	6.55%	3.11%
1990	1,369,303	7,375,307	6.23%	2.65%
1991	1,415,684	7,526,966	3.39%	2.06%
1992	1,461,322	7,683,266	3.22%	2.08%
1993	1,508,697	7,981,132	3.24%	3.88%
1994	1,556,304	6,792,352	3.16%	-14.9%
1995	1,602,170	5,674,118	2.95%	-16.5%
1996	1,646,103	6,708,764	2.74%	18.2%
1997	1,689,264	7,755,238	2.62%	15.6%
1998	1,732,745	8,081,681	2.57%	4.21%
1999	1,776,368	8,147,912	2.52%	0.82%
2000	1,818,647	8,213,931	2.38%	0.81%
2001	1,857,048	8,287,094	2.11%	0.89%
2002	1,889,970	8,400,180	1.77%	1.36%
2003	1,917,464	8,586,875	1.45%	2.22%
2004	1,942,082	8,816,844	1.28%	2.68%
2005	1,966,582	9,054,528	1.26%	2.7%
2006	1,991,888	9,299,246	1.29%	2.7%
2007	2,018,600	9,549,933	1.34%	2.7%
2008	2,047,056	9,804,269	1.41%	2.66%
2009	2,077,394	10,060,432	1.48%	2.61%
2010	2,109,811	10,317,553	1.56%	2.56%
2011	2,146,325	10,573,733	1.73%	2.48%
2012	2,194,654	10,829,901	2.25%	2.42%
2013	2,252,508	11,093,340	2.64%	2.43%
2014	2,312,139	11,364,757	2.65%	2.45%
2015	2,374,300	11,640,022	2.69%	2.42%
2016	2,439,213	11,919,183	2.73%	2.4%
2017	2,506,853	12,202,060	2.77%	2.37%
2018	2,577,327	12,487,996	2.81%	2.34%
2019	2,650,494	12,776,103	2.84%	2.31%
2020	2,728,762	13,065,837	2.95%	2.27%
2021	2,810,548	13,355,260	3%	2.22%
2022	2,889,662	13,651,030	2.81%	2.21%
2023	2,963,095	13,954,471	2.54%	2.22%
2024	3,030,131	14,256,567	2.26%	2.16%
2025	3,092,826	14,569,343	2.07%	2.19%
2026	3,153,252	14,889,694	1.95%	2.2%
2027	3,212,910	15,214,324	1.89%	2.18%
2028	3,272,166	15,536,461	1.84%	2.12%
2029	3,330,819	15,844,649	1.79%	1.98%
2030	3,389,961	16,154,698	1.78%	1.96%
2031	3,449,508	16,473,106	1.76%	1.97%
2032	3,508,245	16,771,820	1.7%	1.81%
2033	3,565,349	17,073,475	1.63%	1.8%
2034	3,621,829	17,402,250	1.58%	1.93%
2035	3,678,888	17,746,315	1.58%	1.98%
2036	3,735,939	18,076,769	1.55%	1.86%
2037	3,792,807	18,395,838	1.52%	1.77%
2038	3,850,310	18,729,778	1.52%	1.82%
2039	3,907,182	19,076,783	1.48%	1.85%
2040	3,962,414	19,440,762	1.41%	1.91%
2041	4,017,690	19,806,170	1.4%	1.88%
2042	4,073,359	20,153,979	1.39%	1.76%
2043	4,129,577	20,500,826	1.38%	1.72%
2044	4,186,114	20,837,079	1.37%	1.64%
2045	4,243,359	21,152,650	1.37%	1.51%
2046	4,299,969	21,459,144	1.33%	1.45%
2047	4,355,507	21,764,578	1.29%	1.42%
2048	4,409,459	22,086,112	1.24%	1.48%
2049	4,460,507	22,403,887	1.16%	1.44%
2050	4,512,307	22,707,896	1.16%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.