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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Suriname	Namibia	Suriname
1960	591,465	263,918	-	-
1961	603,067	272,791	1.96%	3.36%
1962	615,759	283,912	2.1%	4.08%
1963	629,589	297,034	2.25%	4.62%
1964	644,530	309,041	2.37%	4.04%
1965	660,558	320,000	2.49%	3.55%
1966	677,655	331,135	2.59%	3.48%
1967	696,045	342,679	2.71%	3.49%
1968	715,542	354,616	2.8%	3.48%
1969	736,120	366,906	2.88%	3.47%
1970	757,868	379,442	2.95%	3.42%
1971	780,584	391,932	3%	3.29%
1972	804,399	397,413	3.05%	1.4%
1973	828,928	395,772	3.05%	-0.41%
1974	854,320	393,676	3.06%	-0.53%
1975	881,032	391,170	3.13%	-0.64%
1976	906,566	388,289	2.9%	-0.74%
1977	931,104	385,067	2.71%	-0.83%
1978	947,269	381,502	1.74%	-0.93%
1979	962,825	377,602	1.64%	-1.02%
1980	981,434	375,377	1.93%	-0.59%
1981	992,500	375,459	1.13%	0.02%
1982	1,010,308	376,555	1.79%	0.29%
1983	1,037,511	378,746	2.69%	0.58%
1984	1,065,989	382,193	2.74%	0.91%
1985	1,096,890	386,972	2.9%	1.25%
1986	1,131,081	392,330	3.12%	1.38%
1987	1,167,889	396,911	3.25%	1.17%
1988	1,209,696	402,227	3.58%	1.34%
1989	1,288,947	408,409	6.55%	1.54%
1990	1,369,303	412,493	6.23%	1%
1991	1,415,684	415,013	3.39%	0.61%
1992	1,461,322	417,589	3.22%	0.62%
1993	1,508,697	419,352	3.24%	0.42%
1994	1,556,304	422,375	3.16%	0.72%
1995	1,602,170	429,606	2.95%	1.71%
1996	1,646,103	438,830	2.74%	2.15%
1997	1,689,264	448,067	2.62%	2.1%
1998	1,732,745	457,406	2.57%	2.08%
1999	1,776,368	466,916	2.52%	2.08%
2000	1,818,647	476,643	2.38%	2.08%
2001	1,857,048	486,560	2.11%	2.08%
2002	1,889,970	496,551	1.77%	2.05%
2003	1,917,464	506,414	1.45%	1.99%
2004	1,942,082	513,923	1.28%	1.48%
2005	1,966,582	519,313	1.26%	1.05%
2006	1,991,888	524,997	1.29%	1.09%
2007	2,018,600	531,016	1.34%	1.15%
2008	2,047,056	537,245	1.41%	1.17%
2009	2,077,394	543,568	1.48%	1.18%
2010	2,109,811	549,923	1.56%	1.17%
2011	2,146,325	556,269	1.73%	1.15%
2012	2,194,654	562,633	2.25%	1.14%
2013	2,252,508	569,020	2.64%	1.14%
2014	2,312,139	575,373	2.65%	1.12%
2015	2,374,300	581,627	2.69%	1.09%
2016	2,439,213	587,757	2.73%	1.05%
2017	2,506,853	593,713	2.77%	1.01%
2018	2,577,327	599,513	2.81%	0.98%
2019	2,650,494	605,768	2.84%	1.04%
2020	2,728,762	612,317	2.95%	1.08%
2021	2,810,548	617,896	3%	0.91%
2022	2,889,662	623,164	2.81%	0.85%
2023	2,963,095	628,886	2.54%	0.92%
2024	3,030,131	634,431	2.26%	0.88%
2025	3,092,826	639,852	2.07%	0.85%
2026	3,153,252	645,257	1.95%	0.84%
2027	3,212,910	650,564	1.89%	0.82%
2028	3,272,166	655,783	1.84%	0.8%
2029	3,330,819	660,793	1.79%	0.76%
2030	3,389,961	665,650	1.78%	0.74%
2031	3,449,508	670,421	1.76%	0.72%
2032	3,508,245	675,070	1.7%	0.69%
2033	3,565,349	679,573	1.63%	0.67%
2034	3,621,829	683,911	1.58%	0.64%
2035	3,678,888	688,189	1.58%	0.63%
2036	3,735,939	692,343	1.55%	0.6%
2037	3,792,807	696,213	1.52%	0.56%
2038	3,850,310	699,908	1.52%	0.53%
2039	3,907,182	703,569	1.48%	0.52%
2040	3,962,414	707,156	1.41%	0.51%
2041	4,017,690	710,619	1.4%	0.49%
2042	4,073,359	713,900	1.39%	0.46%
2043	4,129,577	716,999	1.38%	0.43%
2044	4,186,114	719,920	1.37%	0.41%
2045	4,243,359	722,759	1.37%	0.39%
2046	4,299,969	725,322	1.33%	0.35%
2047	4,355,507	727,726	1.29%	0.33%
2048	4,409,459	730,038	1.24%	0.32%
2049	4,460,507	732,021	1.16%	0.27%
2050	4,512,307	733,898	1.16%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Namibia's population will grow by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people with a rank change from 134th to 131st. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.