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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Sudan	Namibia	Sudan
1960	591,465	8,364,489	-	-
1961	603,067	8,634,941	1.96%	3.23%
1962	615,759	8,919,028	2.1%	3.29%
1963	629,589	9,218,077	2.25%	3.35%
1964	644,530	9,531,109	2.37%	3.4%
1965	660,558	9,858,030	2.49%	3.43%
1966	677,655	10,197,578	2.59%	3.44%
1967	696,045	10,550,597	2.71%	3.46%
1968	715,542	10,917,999	2.8%	3.48%
1969	736,120	11,298,936	2.88%	3.49%
1970	757,868	11,695,771	2.95%	3.51%
1971	780,584	12,105,539	3%	3.5%
1972	804,399	12,527,856	3.05%	3.49%
1973	828,928	13,049,315	3.05%	4.16%
1974	854,320	13,580,723	3.06%	4.07%
1975	881,032	14,064,798	3.13%	3.56%
1976	906,566	14,569,716	2.9%	3.59%
1977	931,104	15,086,614	2.71%	3.55%
1978	947,269	15,695,003	1.74%	4.03%
1979	962,825	16,355,352	1.64%	4.21%
1980	981,434	17,058,905	1.93%	4.3%
1981	992,500	17,780,572	1.13%	4.23%
1982	1,010,308	18,486,645	1.79%	3.97%
1983	1,037,511	19,109,770	2.69%	3.37%
1984	1,065,989	19,546,528	2.74%	2.29%
1985	1,096,890	19,905,872	2.9%	1.84%
1986	1,131,081	20,288,238	3.12%	1.92%
1987	1,167,889	20,704,904	3.25%	2.05%
1988	1,209,696	21,138,431	3.58%	2.09%
1989	1,288,947	21,578,022	6.55%	2.08%
1990	1,369,303	22,021,481	6.23%	2.06%
1991	1,415,684	22,470,676	3.39%	2.04%
1992	1,461,322	22,927,355	3.22%	2.03%
1993	1,508,697	23,445,592	3.24%	2.26%
1994	1,556,304	24,043,948	3.16%	2.55%
1995	1,602,170	24,672,143	2.95%	2.61%
1996	1,646,103	25,231,528	2.74%	2.27%
1997	1,689,264	25,799,821	2.62%	2.25%
1998	1,732,745	26,458,999	2.57%	2.55%
1999	1,776,368	27,130,613	2.52%	2.54%
2000	1,818,647	27,816,745	2.38%	2.53%
2001	1,857,048	28,516,770	2.11%	2.52%
2002	1,889,970	29,228,727	1.77%	2.5%
2003	1,917,464	29,896,035	1.45%	2.28%
2004	1,942,082	30,556,637	1.28%	2.21%
2005	1,966,582	31,262,444	1.26%	2.31%
2006	1,991,888	31,992,435	1.29%	2.34%
2007	2,018,600	32,764,135	1.34%	2.41%
2008	2,047,056	33,623,980	1.41%	2.62%
2009	2,077,394	34,569,113	1.48%	2.81%
2010	2,109,811	35,414,399	1.56%	2.45%
2011	2,146,325	36,140,806	1.73%	2.05%
2012	2,194,654	36,923,178	2.25%	2.16%
2013	2,252,508	37,785,849	2.64%	2.34%
2014	2,312,139	38,823,318	2.65%	2.75%
2015	2,374,300	40,024,431	2.69%	3.09%
2016	2,439,213	41,259,892	2.73%	3.09%
2017	2,506,853	42,714,306	2.77%	3.53%
2018	2,577,327	44,230,596	2.81%	3.55%
2019	2,650,494	45,548,175	2.84%	2.98%
2020	2,728,762	46,789,231	2.95%	2.72%
2021	2,810,548	48,066,924	3%	2.73%
2022	2,889,662	49,383,346	2.81%	2.74%
2023	2,963,095	50,042,791	2.54%	1.34%
2024	3,030,131	50,448,963	2.26%	0.81%
2025	3,092,826	51,662,152	2.07%	2.4%
2026	3,153,252	53,282,718	1.95%	3.14%
2027	3,212,910	54,724,215	1.89%	2.71%
2028	3,272,166	55,993,833	1.84%	2.32%
2029	3,330,819	57,275,443	1.79%	2.29%
2030	3,389,961	58,571,624	1.78%	2.26%
2031	3,449,508	59,872,936	1.76%	2.22%
2032	3,508,245	61,179,476	1.7%	2.18%
2033	3,565,349	62,497,205	1.63%	2.15%
2034	3,621,829	63,822,356	1.58%	2.12%
2035	3,678,888	65,148,317	1.58%	2.08%
2036	3,735,939	66,470,018	1.55%	2.03%
2037	3,792,807	67,791,240	1.52%	1.99%
2038	3,850,310	69,107,712	1.52%	1.94%
2039	3,907,182	70,416,631	1.48%	1.89%
2040	3,962,414	71,730,604	1.41%	1.87%
2041	4,017,690	73,056,213	1.4%	1.85%
2042	4,073,359	74,387,562	1.39%	1.82%
2043	4,129,577	75,723,670	1.38%	1.8%
2044	4,186,114	77,066,454	1.37%	1.77%
2045	4,243,359	78,415,205	1.37%	1.75%
2046	4,299,969	79,767,271	1.33%	1.72%
2047	4,355,507	81,115,241	1.29%	1.69%
2048	4,409,459	82,463,202	1.24%	1.66%
2049	4,460,507	83,828,356	1.16%	1.66%
2050	4,512,307	85,206,384	1.16%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.