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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Senegal	Namibia	Senegal
1960	591,465	3,340,907	-	-
1961	603,067	3,436,375	1.96%	2.86%
1962	615,759	3,534,686	2.1%	2.86%
1963	629,589	3,635,876	2.25%	2.86%
1964	644,530	3,740,535	2.37%	2.88%
1965	660,558	3,849,788	2.49%	2.92%
1966	677,655	3,964,299	2.59%	2.97%
1967	696,045	4,083,870	2.71%	3.02%
1968	715,542	4,207,587	2.8%	3.03%
1969	736,120	4,334,974	2.88%	3.03%
1970	757,868	4,466,328	2.95%	3.03%
1971	780,584	4,601,864	3%	3.03%
1972	804,399	4,741,631	3.05%	3.04%
1973	828,928	4,885,181	3.05%	3.03%
1974	854,320	5,029,437	3.06%	2.95%
1975	881,032	5,170,810	3.13%	2.81%
1976	906,566	5,308,564	2.9%	2.66%
1977	931,104	5,439,549	2.71%	2.47%
1978	947,269	5,568,096	1.74%	2.36%
1979	962,825	5,702,895	1.64%	2.42%
1980	981,434	5,845,638	1.93%	2.5%
1981	992,500	5,997,160	1.13%	2.59%
1982	1,010,308	6,156,961	1.79%	2.66%
1983	1,037,511	6,324,504	2.69%	2.72%
1984	1,065,989	6,499,364	2.74%	2.76%
1985	1,096,890	6,683,287	2.9%	2.83%
1986	1,131,081	6,878,192	3.12%	2.92%
1987	1,167,889	7,081,530	3.25%	2.96%
1988	1,209,696	7,289,618	3.58%	2.94%
1989	1,288,947	7,502,207	6.55%	2.92%
1990	1,369,303	7,720,523	6.23%	2.91%
1991	1,415,684	7,943,085	3.39%	2.88%
1992	1,461,322	8,168,395	3.22%	2.84%
1993	1,508,697	8,396,288	3.24%	2.79%
1994	1,556,304	8,624,078	3.16%	2.71%
1995	1,602,170	8,848,101	2.95%	2.6%
1996	1,646,103	9,067,014	2.74%	2.47%
1997	1,689,264	9,283,495	2.62%	2.39%
1998	1,732,745	9,502,952	2.57%	2.36%
1999	1,776,368	9,730,887	2.52%	2.4%
2000	1,818,647	9,968,260	2.38%	2.44%
2001	1,857,048	10,212,942	2.11%	2.45%
2002	1,889,970	10,466,214	1.77%	2.48%
2003	1,917,464	10,721,176	1.45%	2.44%
2004	1,942,082	10,975,704	1.28%	2.37%
2005	1,966,582	11,235,472	1.26%	2.37%
2006	1,991,888	11,500,094	1.29%	2.36%
2007	2,018,600	11,770,344	1.34%	2.35%
2008	2,047,056	12,048,959	1.41%	2.37%
2009	2,077,394	12,337,389	1.48%	2.39%
2010	2,109,811	12,635,413	1.56%	2.42%
2011	2,146,325	12,958,897	1.73%	2.56%
2012	2,194,654	13,310,495	2.25%	2.71%
2013	2,252,508	13,710,849	2.64%	3.01%
2014	2,312,139	14,152,102	2.65%	3.22%
2015	2,374,300	14,593,331	2.69%	3.12%
2016	2,439,213	15,034,521	2.73%	3.02%
2017	2,506,853	15,475,002	2.77%	2.93%
2018	2,577,327	15,914,498	2.81%	2.84%
2019	2,650,494	16,352,922	2.84%	2.75%
2020	2,728,762	16,789,219	2.95%	2.67%
2021	2,810,548	17,220,867	3%	2.57%
2022	2,889,662	17,651,103	2.81%	2.5%
2023	2,963,095	18,077,573	2.54%	2.42%
2024	3,030,131	18,501,984	2.26%	2.35%
2025	3,092,826	18,931,964	2.07%	2.32%
2026	3,153,252	19,366,546	1.95%	2.3%
2027	3,212,910	19,807,242	1.89%	2.28%
2028	3,272,166	20,254,562	1.84%	2.26%
2029	3,330,819	20,706,628	1.79%	2.23%
2030	3,389,961	21,163,189	1.78%	2.2%
2031	3,449,508	21,623,709	1.76%	2.18%
2032	3,508,245	22,085,928	1.7%	2.14%
2033	3,565,349	22,548,831	1.63%	2.1%
2034	3,621,829	23,012,018	1.58%	2.05%
2035	3,678,888	23,476,591	1.58%	2.02%
2036	3,735,939	23,942,221	1.55%	1.98%
2037	3,792,807	24,407,574	1.52%	1.94%
2038	3,850,310	24,872,512	1.52%	1.9%
2039	3,907,182	25,335,991	1.48%	1.86%
2040	3,962,414	25,797,506	1.41%	1.82%
2041	4,017,690	26,257,464	1.4%	1.78%
2042	4,073,359	26,716,424	1.39%	1.75%
2043	4,129,577	27,174,896	1.38%	1.72%
2044	4,186,114	27,632,997	1.37%	1.69%
2045	4,243,359	28,089,695	1.37%	1.65%
2046	4,299,969	28,546,280	1.33%	1.63%
2047	4,355,507	29,002,001	1.29%	1.6%
2048	4,409,459	29,457,233	1.24%	1.57%
2049	4,460,507	29,911,840	1.16%	1.54%
2050	4,512,307	30,364,944	1.16%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Namibia's population will grow by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people with a rank change from 134th to 131st. The population of Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.