Population in Namibia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Sri Lanka	Namibia	Sri Lanka
1960	591,465	9,661,389	-	-
1961	603,067	9,899,372	1.96%	2.46%
1962	615,759	10,143,754	2.1%	2.47%
1963	629,589	10,395,040	2.25%	2.48%
1964	644,530	10,653,397	2.37%	2.49%
1965	660,558	10,916,965	2.49%	2.47%
1966	677,655	11,183,928	2.59%	2.45%
1967	696,045	11,457,328	2.71%	2.44%
1968	715,542	11,736,088	2.8%	2.43%
1969	736,120	12,013,858	2.88%	2.37%
1970	757,868	12,287,110	2.95%	2.27%
1971	780,584	12,551,910	3%	2.16%
1972	804,399	12,809,205	3.05%	2.05%
1973	828,928	13,060,916	3.05%	1.97%
1974	854,320	13,305,693	3.06%	1.87%
1975	881,032	13,548,984	3.13%	1.83%
1976	906,566	13,796,770	2.9%	1.83%
1977	931,104	14,049,371	2.71%	1.83%
1978	947,269	14,310,128	1.74%	1.86%
1979	962,825	14,579,614	1.64%	1.88%
1980	981,434	14,847,974	1.93%	1.84%
1981	992,500	15,099,414	1.13%	1.69%
1982	1,010,308	15,286,567	1.79%	1.24%
1983	1,037,511	15,388,794	2.69%	0.67%
1984	1,065,989	15,441,860	2.74%	0.34%
1985	1,096,890	15,544,154	2.9%	0.66%
1986	1,131,081	15,731,256	3.12%	1.2%
1987	1,167,889	15,916,576	3.25%	1.18%
1988	1,209,696	16,078,621	3.58%	1.02%
1989	1,288,947	16,248,557	6.55%	1.06%
1990	1,369,303	16,352,458	6.23%	0.64%
1991	1,415,684	16,475,354	3.39%	0.75%
1992	1,461,322	16,739,284	3.22%	1.6%
1993	1,508,697	17,025,918	3.24%	1.71%
1994	1,556,304	17,275,773	3.16%	1.47%
1995	1,602,170	17,564,068	2.95%	1.67%
1996	1,646,103	17,905,018	2.74%	1.94%
1997	1,689,264	18,248,200	2.62%	1.92%
1998	1,732,745	18,596,003	2.57%	1.91%
1999	1,776,368	18,944,731	2.52%	1.88%
2000	1,818,647	19,293,054	2.38%	1.84%
2001	1,857,048	19,600,362	2.11%	1.59%
2002	1,889,970	19,805,752	1.77%	1.05%
2003	1,917,464	19,951,521	1.45%	0.74%
2004	1,942,082	20,087,605	1.28%	0.68%
2005	1,966,582	20,216,524	1.26%	0.64%
2006	1,991,888	20,352,411	1.29%	0.67%
2007	2,018,600	20,492,545	1.34%	0.69%
2008	2,047,056	20,629,378	1.41%	0.67%
2009	2,077,394	20,756,435	1.48%	0.62%
2010	2,109,811	20,879,089	1.56%	0.59%
2011	2,146,325	21,009,048	1.73%	0.62%
2012	2,194,654	21,169,458	2.25%	0.76%
2013	2,252,508	20,585,000	2.64%	-2.76%
2014	2,312,139	20,778,000	2.65%	0.94%
2015	2,374,300	20,970,000	2.69%	0.92%
2016	2,439,213	21,209,000	2.73%	1.14%
2017	2,506,853	21,453,000	2.77%	1.15%
2018	2,577,327	21,670,000	2.81%	1.01%
2019	2,650,494	21,803,000	2.84%	0.61%
2020	2,728,762	21,919,000	2.95%	0.53%
2021	2,810,548	22,156,000	3%	1.08%
2022	2,889,662	22,181,000	2.81%	0.11%
2023	2,963,095	22,037,000	2.54%	-0.65%
2024	3,030,131	21,916,000	2.26%	-0.55%
2025	3,092,826	22,035,440	2.07%	0.54%
2026	3,153,252	22,148,172	1.95%	0.51%
2027	3,212,910	22,255,601	1.89%	0.49%
2028	3,272,166	22,357,682	1.84%	0.46%
2029	3,330,819	22,453,922	1.79%	0.43%
2030	3,389,961	22,546,245	1.78%	0.41%
2031	3,449,508	22,635,106	1.76%	0.39%
2032	3,508,245	22,720,118	1.7%	0.38%
2033	3,565,349	22,802,043	1.63%	0.36%
2034	3,621,829	22,879,527	1.58%	0.34%
2035	3,678,888	22,952,739	1.58%	0.32%
2036	3,735,939	23,022,027	1.55%	0.3%
2037	3,792,807	23,088,877	1.52%	0.29%
2038	3,850,310	23,152,480	1.52%	0.28%
2039	3,907,182	23,211,633	1.48%	0.26%
2040	3,962,414	23,265,986	1.41%	0.23%
2041	4,017,690	23,315,260	1.4%	0.21%
2042	4,073,359	23,359,578	1.39%	0.19%
2043	4,129,577	23,398,752	1.38%	0.17%
2044	4,186,114	23,433,096	1.37%	0.15%
2045	4,243,359	23,464,943	1.37%	0.14%
2046	4,299,969	23,492,738	1.33%	0.12%
2047	4,355,507	23,512,629	1.29%	0.08%
2048	4,409,459	23,525,953	1.24%	0.06%
2049	4,460,507	23,533,940	1.16%	0.03%
2050	4,512,307	23,538,230	1.16%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.