Population in Namibia compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Saudi Arabia	Namibia	Saudi Arabia
1960	591,465	2,435,403	-	-
1961	603,067	2,526,347	1.96%	3.73%
1962	615,759	2,620,910	2.1%	3.74%
1963	629,589	2,719,341	2.25%	3.76%
1964	644,530	2,821,968	2.37%	3.77%
1965	660,558	2,928,771	2.49%	3.78%
1966	677,655	3,039,887	2.59%	3.79%
1967	696,045	3,157,242	2.71%	3.86%
1968	715,542	3,282,711	2.8%	3.97%
1969	736,120	3,417,114	2.88%	4.09%
1970	757,868	3,562,470	2.95%	4.25%
1971	780,584	3,724,031	3%	4.54%
1972	804,399	3,905,722	3.05%	4.88%
1973	828,928	4,106,344	3.05%	5.14%
1974	854,320	4,323,632	3.06%	5.29%
1975	881,032	4,556,287	3.13%	5.38%
1976	906,566	4,807,933	2.9%	5.52%
1977	931,104	5,083,048	2.71%	5.72%
1978	947,269	5,381,902	1.74%	5.88%
1979	962,825	5,703,698	1.64%	5.98%
1980	981,434	6,047,997	1.93%	6.04%
1981	992,500	6,420,551	1.13%	6.16%
1982	1,010,308	6,824,486	1.79%	6.29%
1983	1,037,511	7,252,941	2.69%	6.28%
1984	1,065,989	7,697,307	2.74%	6.13%
1985	1,096,890	8,151,779	2.9%	5.9%
1986	1,131,081	8,628,639	3.12%	5.85%
1987	1,167,889	9,130,194	3.25%	5.81%
1988	1,209,696	9,629,165	3.58%	5.47%
1989	1,288,947	10,128,394	6.55%	5.18%
1990	1,369,303	10,640,691	6.23%	5.06%
1991	1,415,684	11,160,744	3.39%	4.89%
1992	1,461,322	11,686,676	3.22%	4.71%
1993	1,508,697	12,215,862	3.24%	4.53%
1994	1,556,304	12,750,040	3.16%	4.37%
1995	1,602,170	13,289,245	2.95%	4.23%
1996	1,646,103	13,831,009	2.74%	4.08%
1997	1,689,264	14,374,943	2.62%	3.93%
1998	1,732,745	14,922,185	2.57%	3.81%
1999	1,776,368	15,472,075	2.52%	3.69%
2000	1,818,647	16,177,722	2.38%	4.56%
2001	1,857,048	17,041,397	2.11%	5.34%
2002	1,889,970	17,910,910	1.77%	5.1%
2003	1,917,464	18,786,767	1.45%	4.89%
2004	1,942,082	19,669,480	1.28%	4.7%
2005	1,966,582	20,559,890	1.26%	4.53%
2006	1,991,888	21,459,144	1.29%	4.37%
2007	2,018,600	22,368,313	1.34%	4.24%
2008	2,047,056	23,287,877	1.41%	4.11%
2009	2,077,394	24,217,654	1.48%	3.99%
2010	2,109,811	23,978,487	1.56%	-0.99%
2011	2,146,325	25,091,867	1.73%	4.64%
2012	2,194,654	26,168,861	2.25%	4.29%
2013	2,252,508	27,624,004	2.64%	5.56%
2014	2,312,139	28,309,273	2.65%	2.48%
2015	2,374,300	29,816,382	2.69%	5.32%
2016	2,439,213	30,954,198	2.73%	3.82%
2017	2,506,853	30,977,355	2.77%	0.07%
2018	2,577,327	30,196,281	2.81%	-2.52%
2019	2,650,494	30,063,799	2.84%	-0.44%
2020	2,728,762	31,552,510	2.95%	4.95%
2021	2,810,548	30,784,383	3%	-2.43%
2022	2,889,662	32,175,224	2.81%	4.52%
2023	2,963,095	33,702,731	2.54%	4.75%
2024	3,030,131	35,300,280	2.26%	4.74%
2025	3,092,826	35,927,625	2.07%	1.78%
2026	3,153,252	36,550,694	1.95%	1.73%
2027	3,212,910	37,167,513	1.89%	1.69%
2028	3,272,166	37,775,810	1.84%	1.64%
2029	3,330,819	38,364,377	1.79%	1.56%
2030	3,389,961	38,918,375	1.78%	1.44%
2031	3,449,508	39,450,880	1.76%	1.37%
2032	3,508,245	39,983,934	1.7%	1.35%
2033	3,565,349	40,517,599	1.63%	1.33%
2034	3,621,829	41,052,423	1.58%	1.32%
2035	3,678,888	41,588,429	1.58%	1.31%
2036	3,735,939	42,125,184	1.55%	1.29%
2037	3,792,807	42,661,908	1.52%	1.27%
2038	3,850,310	43,198,420	1.52%	1.26%
2039	3,907,182	43,734,316	1.48%	1.24%
2040	3,962,414	44,269,571	1.41%	1.22%
2041	4,017,690	44,804,338	1.4%	1.21%
2042	4,073,359	45,338,111	1.39%	1.19%
2043	4,129,577	45,870,896	1.38%	1.18%
2044	4,186,114	46,403,116	1.37%	1.16%
2045	4,243,359	46,934,822	1.37%	1.15%
2046	4,299,969	47,465,267	1.33%	1.13%
2047	4,355,507	47,993,976	1.29%	1.11%
2048	4,409,459	48,521,364	1.24%	1.1%
2049	4,460,507	49,047,461	1.16%	1.08%
2050	4,512,307	49,572,202	1.16%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.