Population in Namibia compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	South Sudan	Namibia	South Sudan
1960	591,465	2,931,559	-	-
1961	603,067	2,976,724	1.96%	1.54%
1962	615,759	3,024,308	2.1%	1.6%
1963	629,589	3,072,669	2.25%	1.6%
1964	644,530	3,129,918	2.37%	1.86%
1965	660,558	3,189,835	2.49%	1.91%
1966	677,655	3,236,423	2.59%	1.46%
1967	696,045	3,277,648	2.71%	1.27%
1968	715,542	3,321,528	2.8%	1.34%
1969	736,120	3,365,533	2.88%	1.32%
1970	757,868	3,409,614	2.95%	1.31%
1971	780,584	3,468,646	3%	1.73%
1972	804,399	3,542,497	3.05%	2.13%
1973	828,928	3,627,383	3.05%	2.4%
1974	854,320	3,723,259	3.06%	2.64%
1975	881,032	3,821,494	3.13%	2.64%
1976	906,566	3,921,910	2.9%	2.63%
1977	931,104	4,024,032	2.71%	2.6%
1978	947,269	4,127,657	1.74%	2.58%
1979	962,825	4,232,605	1.64%	2.54%
1980	981,434	4,339,030	1.93%	2.51%
1981	992,500	4,447,272	1.13%	2.49%
1982	1,010,308	4,557,686	1.79%	2.48%
1983	1,037,511	4,661,574	2.69%	2.28%
1984	1,065,989	4,750,627	2.74%	1.91%
1985	1,096,890	4,834,296	2.9%	1.76%
1986	1,131,081	4,921,240	3.12%	1.8%
1987	1,167,889	4,962,395	3.25%	0.84%
1988	1,209,696	4,848,029	3.58%	-2.3%
1989	1,288,947	4,713,229	6.55%	-2.78%
1990	1,369,303	4,737,633	6.23%	0.52%
1991	1,415,684	4,836,677	3.39%	2.09%
1992	1,461,322	4,909,749	3.22%	1.51%
1993	1,508,697	4,956,002	3.24%	0.94%
1994	1,556,304	5,071,184	3.16%	2.32%
1995	1,602,170	5,225,836	2.95%	3.05%
1996	1,646,103	5,356,925	2.74%	2.51%
1997	1,689,264	5,509,136	2.62%	2.84%
1998	1,732,745	5,620,068	2.57%	2.01%
1999	1,776,368	5,771,628	2.52%	2.7%
2000	1,818,647	6,032,267	2.38%	4.52%
2001	1,857,048	6,308,391	2.11%	4.58%
2002	1,889,970	6,596,806	1.77%	4.57%
2003	1,917,464	6,903,127	1.45%	4.64%
2004	1,942,082	7,233,041	1.28%	4.78%
2005	1,966,582	7,590,143	1.26%	4.94%
2006	1,991,888	7,976,526	1.29%	5.09%
2007	2,018,600	8,388,788	1.34%	5.17%
2008	2,047,056	8,817,647	1.41%	5.11%
2009	2,077,394	9,243,556	1.48%	4.83%
2010	2,109,811	9,745,953	1.56%	5.44%
2011	2,146,325	10,288,109	1.73%	5.56%
2012	2,194,654	10,756,240	2.25%	4.55%
2013	2,252,508	11,166,275	2.64%	3.81%
2014	2,312,139	11,235,073	2.65%	0.62%
2015	2,374,300	11,107,561	2.69%	-1.13%
2016	2,439,213	10,830,102	2.73%	-2.5%
2017	2,506,853	10,259,154	2.77%	-5.27%
2018	2,577,327	10,122,977	2.81%	-1.33%
2019	2,650,494	10,423,384	2.84%	2.97%
2020	2,728,762	10,698,467	2.95%	2.64%
2021	2,810,548	10,865,780	3%	1.56%
2022	2,889,662	11,021,177	2.81%	1.43%
2023	2,963,095	11,483,374	2.54%	4.19%
2024	3,030,131	11,943,408	2.26%	4.01%
2025	3,092,826	12,188,793	2.07%	2.05%
2026	3,153,252	12,436,036	1.95%	2.03%
2027	3,212,910	12,687,301	1.89%	2.02%
2028	3,272,166	12,941,503	1.84%	2%
2029	3,330,819	13,198,080	1.79%	1.98%
2030	3,389,961	13,457,446	1.78%	1.97%
2031	3,449,508	13,725,413	1.76%	1.99%
2032	3,508,245	13,996,343	1.7%	1.97%
2033	3,565,349	14,261,762	1.63%	1.9%
2034	3,621,829	14,527,550	1.58%	1.86%
2035	3,678,888	14,798,602	1.58%	1.87%
2036	3,735,939	15,070,098	1.55%	1.83%
2037	3,792,807	15,335,700	1.52%	1.76%
2038	3,850,310	15,595,968	1.52%	1.7%
2039	3,907,182	15,850,696	1.48%	1.63%
2040	3,962,414	16,101,470	1.41%	1.58%
2041	4,017,690	16,350,149	1.4%	1.54%
2042	4,073,359	16,593,361	1.39%	1.49%
2043	4,129,577	16,829,209	1.38%	1.42%
2044	4,186,114	17,060,176	1.37%	1.37%
2045	4,243,359	17,286,412	1.37%	1.33%
2046	4,299,969	17,509,693	1.33%	1.29%
2047	4,355,507	17,728,331	1.29%	1.25%
2048	4,409,459	17,938,437	1.24%	1.19%
2049	4,460,507	18,142,893	1.16%	1.14%
2050	4,512,307	18,341,968	1.16%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.