Population in Namibia compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Solomon Islands	Namibia	Solomon Islands
1960	591,465	139,688	-	-
1961	603,067	142,912	1.96%	2.31%
1962	615,759	146,201	2.1%	2.3%
1963	629,589	149,589	2.25%	2.32%
1964	644,530	153,085	2.37%	2.34%
1965	660,558	156,686	2.49%	2.35%
1966	677,655	160,393	2.59%	2.37%
1967	696,045	164,245	2.71%	2.4%
1968	715,542	168,282	2.8%	2.46%
1969	736,120	172,476	2.88%	2.49%
1970	757,868	176,579	2.95%	2.38%
1971	780,584	180,637	3%	2.3%
1972	804,399	184,994	3.05%	2.41%
1973	828,928	189,774	3.05%	2.58%
1974	854,320	195,041	3.06%	2.78%
1975	881,032	200,744	3.13%	2.92%
1976	906,566	207,194	2.9%	3.21%
1977	931,104	214,418	2.71%	3.49%
1978	947,269	222,029	1.74%	3.55%
1979	962,825	229,953	1.64%	3.57%
1980	981,434	238,135	1.93%	3.56%
1981	992,500	246,555	1.13%	3.54%
1982	1,010,308	255,200	1.79%	3.51%
1983	1,037,511	264,068	2.69%	3.47%
1984	1,065,989	273,163	2.74%	3.44%
1985	1,096,890	282,455	2.9%	3.4%
1986	1,131,081	291,842	3.12%	3.32%
1987	1,167,889	301,414	3.25%	3.28%
1988	1,209,696	311,265	3.58%	3.27%
1989	1,288,947	321,282	6.55%	3.22%
1990	1,369,303	331,435	6.23%	3.16%
1991	1,415,684	341,738	3.39%	3.11%
1992	1,461,322	352,205	3.22%	3.06%
1993	1,508,697	362,839	3.24%	3.02%
1994	1,556,304	373,675	3.16%	2.99%
1995	1,602,170	384,733	2.95%	2.96%
1996	1,646,103	396,009	2.74%	2.93%
1997	1,689,264	407,474	2.62%	2.9%
1998	1,732,745	419,071	2.57%	2.85%
1999	1,776,368	430,500	2.52%	2.73%
2000	1,818,647	440,469	2.38%	2.32%
2001	1,857,048	449,125	2.11%	1.97%
2002	1,889,970	457,671	1.77%	1.9%
2003	1,917,464	466,154	1.45%	1.85%
2004	1,942,082	474,611	1.28%	1.81%
2005	1,966,582	483,080	1.26%	1.78%
2006	1,991,888	491,594	1.29%	1.76%
2007	2,018,600	500,156	1.34%	1.74%
2008	2,047,056	508,790	1.41%	1.73%
2009	2,077,394	518,141	1.48%	1.84%
2010	2,109,811	532,968	1.56%	2.86%
2011	2,146,325	552,945	1.73%	3.75%
2012	2,194,654	573,606	2.25%	3.74%
2013	2,252,508	594,945	2.64%	3.72%
2014	2,312,139	616,908	2.65%	3.69%
2015	2,374,300	639,415	2.69%	3.65%
2016	2,439,213	662,379	2.73%	3.59%
2017	2,506,853	685,672	2.77%	3.52%
2018	2,577,327	709,101	2.81%	3.42%
2019	2,650,494	728,147	2.84%	2.69%
2020	2,728,762	744,498	2.95%	2.25%
2021	2,810,548	762,591	3%	2.43%
2022	2,889,662	781,066	2.81%	2.42%
2023	2,963,095	800,005	2.54%	2.42%
2024	3,030,131	819,198	2.26%	2.4%
2025	3,092,826	838,646	2.07%	2.37%
2026	3,153,252	858,283	1.95%	2.34%
2027	3,212,910	878,097	1.89%	2.31%
2028	3,272,166	898,073	1.84%	2.27%
2029	3,330,819	918,152	1.79%	2.24%
2030	3,389,961	938,340	1.78%	2.2%
2031	3,449,508	958,614	1.76%	2.16%
2032	3,508,245	978,977	1.7%	2.12%
2033	3,565,349	999,314	1.63%	2.08%
2034	3,621,829	1,019,534	1.58%	2.02%
2035	3,678,888	1,039,655	1.58%	1.97%
2036	3,735,939	1,059,521	1.55%	1.91%
2037	3,792,807	1,079,088	1.52%	1.85%
2038	3,850,310	1,098,284	1.52%	1.78%
2039	3,907,182	1,117,085	1.48%	1.71%
2040	3,962,414	1,135,445	1.41%	1.64%
2041	4,017,690	1,153,450	1.4%	1.59%
2042	4,073,359	1,171,334	1.39%	1.55%
2043	4,129,577	1,189,113	1.38%	1.52%
2044	4,186,114	1,206,729	1.37%	1.48%
2045	4,243,359	1,224,188	1.37%	1.45%
2046	4,299,969	1,241,491	1.33%	1.41%
2047	4,355,507	1,258,611	1.29%	1.38%
2048	4,409,459	1,275,579	1.24%	1.35%
2049	4,460,507	1,292,414	1.16%	1.32%
2050	4,512,307	1,309,098	1.16%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.