Population in Namibia compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Seychelles	Namibia	Seychelles
1960	591,465	41,700	-	-
1961	603,067	42,889	1.96%	2.85%
1962	615,759	44,042	2.1%	2.69%
1963	629,589	45,176	2.25%	2.57%
1964	644,530	46,322	2.37%	2.54%
1965	660,558	47,500	2.49%	2.54%
1966	677,655	48,699	2.59%	2.52%
1967	696,045	49,911	2.71%	2.49%
1968	715,542	51,134	2.8%	2.45%
1969	736,120	52,365	2.88%	2.41%
1970	757,868	53,600	2.95%	2.36%
1971	780,584	54,695	3%	2.04%
1972	804,399	56,029	3.05%	2.44%
1973	828,928	56,892	3.05%	1.54%
1974	854,320	57,937	3.06%	1.84%
1975	881,032	59,292	3.13%	2.34%
1976	906,566	60,504	2.9%	2.04%
1977	931,104	61,786	2.71%	2.12%
1978	947,269	62,150	1.74%	0.59%
1979	962,825	62,686	1.64%	0.86%
1980	981,434	63,261	1.93%	0.92%
1981	992,500	64,035	1.13%	1.22%
1982	1,010,308	64,413	1.79%	0.59%
1983	1,037,511	64,335	2.69%	-0.12%
1984	1,065,989	64,717	2.74%	0.59%
1985	1,096,890	65,244	2.9%	0.81%
1986	1,131,081	65,652	3.12%	0.63%
1987	1,167,889	68,499	3.25%	4.34%
1988	1,209,696	68,755	3.58%	0.37%
1989	1,288,947	69,167	6.55%	0.6%
1990	1,369,303	69,507	6.23%	0.49%
1991	1,415,684	70,439	3.39%	1.34%
1992	1,461,322	70,763	3.22%	0.46%
1993	1,508,697	72,253	3.24%	2.11%
1994	1,556,304	74,205	3.16%	2.7%
1995	1,602,170	75,304	2.95%	1.48%
1996	1,646,103	76,417	2.74%	1.48%
1997	1,689,264	77,319	2.62%	1.18%
1998	1,732,745	78,846	2.57%	1.97%
1999	1,776,368	80,410	2.52%	1.98%
2000	1,818,647	81,131	2.38%	0.9%
2001	1,857,048	81,202	2.11%	0.09%
2002	1,889,970	83,723	1.77%	3.1%
2003	1,917,464	82,781	1.45%	-1.13%
2004	1,942,082	82,475	1.28%	-0.37%
2005	1,966,582	82,858	1.26%	0.46%
2006	1,991,888	84,600	1.29%	2.1%
2007	2,018,600	85,033	1.34%	0.51%
2008	2,047,056	86,956	1.41%	2.26%
2009	2,077,394	87,298	1.48%	0.39%
2010	2,109,811	89,770	1.56%	2.83%
2011	2,146,325	87,441	1.73%	-2.59%
2012	2,194,654	88,303	2.25%	0.99%
2013	2,252,508	89,949	2.64%	1.86%
2014	2,312,139	91,359	2.65%	1.57%
2015	2,374,300	93,419	2.69%	2.25%
2016	2,439,213	94,677	2.73%	1.35%
2017	2,506,853	95,843	2.77%	1.23%
2018	2,577,327	96,762	2.81%	0.96%
2019	2,650,494	97,625	2.84%	0.89%
2020	2,728,762	98,462	2.95%	0.86%
2021	2,810,548	99,258	3%	0.81%
2022	2,889,662	119,878	2.81%	20.8%
2023	2,963,095	119,773	2.54%	-0.09%
2024	3,030,131	121,354	2.26%	1.32%
2025	3,092,826	123,549	2.07%	1.81%
2026	3,153,252	125,581	1.95%	1.64%
2027	3,212,910	127,380	1.89%	1.43%
2028	3,272,166	128,883	1.84%	1.18%
2029	3,330,819	130,011	1.79%	0.87%
2030	3,389,961	130,635	1.78%	0.48%
2031	3,449,508	130,989	1.76%	0.27%
2032	3,508,245	131,305	1.7%	0.24%
2033	3,565,349	131,578	1.63%	0.21%
2034	3,621,829	131,816	1.58%	0.18%
2035	3,678,888	132,027	1.58%	0.16%
2036	3,735,939	132,202	1.55%	0.13%
2037	3,792,807	132,348	1.52%	0.11%
2038	3,850,310	132,467	1.52%	0.09%
2039	3,907,182	132,552	1.48%	0.06%
2040	3,962,414	132,631	1.41%	0.06%
2041	4,017,690	132,681	1.4%	0.04%
2042	4,073,359	132,700	1.39%	0.01%
2043	4,129,577	132,698	1.38%	-0.001%
2044	4,186,114	132,665	1.37%	-0.03%
2045	4,243,359	132,613	1.37%	-0.04%
2046	4,299,969	132,531	1.33%	-0.06%
2047	4,355,507	132,415	1.29%	-0.09%
2048	4,409,459	132,264	1.24%	-0.11%
2049	4,460,507	132,085	1.16%	-0.14%
2050	4,512,307	131,885	1.16%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.