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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Somalia	Namibia	Somalia
1960	591,465	2,876,331	-	-
1961	603,067	2,952,054	1.96%	2.63%
1962	615,759	3,030,091	2.1%	2.64%
1963	629,589	3,110,361	2.25%	2.65%
1964	644,530	3,192,796	2.37%	2.65%
1965	660,558	3,277,874	2.49%	2.66%
1966	677,655	3,365,106	2.59%	2.66%
1967	696,045	3,454,537	2.71%	2.66%
1968	715,542	3,546,590	2.8%	2.66%
1969	736,120	3,641,015	2.88%	2.66%
1970	757,868	3,738,448	2.95%	2.68%
1971	780,584	3,837,691	3%	2.65%
1972	804,399	3,939,436	3.05%	2.65%
1973	828,928	4,045,592	3.05%	2.69%
1974	854,320	4,151,842	3.06%	2.63%
1975	881,032	4,257,535	3.13%	2.55%
1976	906,566	4,365,812	2.9%	2.54%
1977	931,104	4,484,050	2.71%	2.71%
1978	947,269	4,814,892	1.74%	7.38%
1979	962,825	5,449,117	1.64%	13.2%
1980	981,434	5,936,154	1.93%	8.94%
1981	992,500	5,982,849	1.13%	0.79%
1982	1,010,308	6,003,840	1.79%	0.35%
1983	1,037,511	6,198,430	2.69%	3.24%
1984	1,065,989	6,428,389	2.74%	3.71%
1985	1,096,890	6,693,289	2.9%	4.12%
1986	1,131,081	6,974,788	3.12%	4.21%
1987	1,167,889	7,228,302	3.25%	3.63%
1988	1,209,696	7,235,360	3.58%	0.1%
1989	1,288,947	7,114,817	6.55%	-1.67%
1990	1,369,303	7,082,811	6.23%	-0.45%
1991	1,415,684	6,813,760	3.39%	-3.8%
1992	1,461,322	6,495,107	3.22%	-4.68%
1993	1,508,697	6,681,399	3.24%	2.87%
1994	1,556,304	7,026,797	3.16%	5.17%
1995	1,602,170	7,285,007	2.95%	3.67%
1996	1,646,103	7,554,474	2.74%	3.7%
1997	1,689,264	7,824,525	2.62%	3.57%
1998	1,732,745	8,155,417	2.57%	4.23%
1999	1,776,368	8,492,059	2.52%	4.13%
2000	1,818,647	8,838,713	2.38%	4.08%
2001	1,857,048	9,198,493	2.11%	4.07%
2002	1,889,970	9,550,063	1.77%	3.82%
2003	1,917,464	9,909,157	1.45%	3.76%
2004	1,942,082	10,280,998	1.28%	3.75%
2005	1,966,582	10,644,228	1.26%	3.53%
2006	1,991,888	10,975,502	1.29%	3.11%
2007	2,018,600	11,322,582	1.34%	3.16%
2008	2,047,056	11,663,084	1.41%	3.01%
2009	2,077,394	11,961,201	1.48%	2.56%
2010	2,109,811	12,261,756	1.56%	2.51%
2011	2,146,325	12,348,830	1.73%	0.71%
2012	2,194,654	12,461,160	2.25%	0.91%
2013	2,252,508	12,869,594	2.64%	3.28%
2014	2,312,139	13,339,491	2.65%	3.65%
2015	2,374,300	13,806,963	2.69%	3.5%
2016	2,439,213	14,348,740	2.73%	3.92%
2017	2,506,853	14,916,629	2.77%	3.96%
2018	2,577,327	15,452,487	2.81%	3.59%
2019	2,650,494	16,030,971	2.84%	3.74%
2020	2,728,762	16,651,191	2.95%	3.87%
2021	2,810,548	17,271,431	3%	3.72%
2022	2,889,662	17,801,897	2.81%	3.07%
2023	2,963,095	18,358,615	2.54%	3.13%
2024	3,030,131	19,009,151	2.26%	3.54%
2025	3,092,826	19,654,737	2.07%	3.4%
2026	3,153,252	20,305,905	1.95%	3.31%
2027	3,212,910	20,959,056	1.89%	3.22%
2028	3,272,166	21,601,810	1.84%	3.07%
2029	3,330,819	22,247,714	1.79%	2.99%
2030	3,389,961	22,915,042	1.78%	3%
2031	3,449,508	23,589,793	1.76%	2.94%
2032	3,508,245	24,258,789	1.7%	2.84%
2033	3,565,349	24,921,830	1.63%	2.73%
2034	3,621,829	25,593,666	1.58%	2.7%
2035	3,678,888	26,294,943	1.58%	2.74%
2036	3,735,939	27,009,199	1.55%	2.72%
2037	3,792,807	27,731,170	1.52%	2.67%
2038	3,850,310	28,455,755	1.52%	2.61%
2039	3,907,182	29,167,897	1.48%	2.5%
2040	3,962,414	29,896,286	1.41%	2.5%
2041	4,017,690	30,635,956	1.4%	2.47%
2042	4,073,359	31,350,028	1.39%	2.33%
2043	4,129,577	32,057,980	1.38%	2.26%
2044	4,186,114	32,780,417	1.37%	2.25%
2045	4,243,359	33,510,163	1.37%	2.23%
2046	4,299,969	34,248,030	1.33%	2.2%
2047	4,355,507	34,996,366	1.29%	2.19%
2048	4,409,459	35,743,960	1.24%	2.14%
2049	4,460,507	36,474,683	1.16%	2.04%
2050	4,512,307	37,206,497	1.16%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.