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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Sweden	Namibia	Sweden
1960	591,465	7,484,656	-	-
1961	603,067	7,519,998	1.96%	0.47%
1962	615,759	7,561,588	2.1%	0.55%
1963	629,589	7,604,328	2.25%	0.57%
1964	644,530	7,661,354	2.37%	0.75%
1965	660,558	7,733,853	2.49%	0.95%
1966	677,655	7,807,797	2.59%	0.96%
1967	696,045	7,867,931	2.71%	0.77%
1968	715,542	7,912,273	2.8%	0.56%
1969	736,120	7,968,072	2.88%	0.71%
1970	757,868	8,042,801	2.95%	0.94%
1971	780,584	8,098,334	3%	0.69%
1972	804,399	8,122,300	3.05%	0.3%
1973	828,928	8,136,312	3.05%	0.17%
1974	854,320	8,159,955	3.06%	0.29%
1975	881,032	8,192,437	3.13%	0.4%
1976	906,566	8,222,286	2.9%	0.36%
1977	931,104	8,251,540	2.71%	0.36%
1978	947,269	8,275,599	1.74%	0.29%
1979	962,825	8,293,678	1.64%	0.22%
1980	981,434	8,310,531	1.93%	0.2%
1981	992,500	8,320,503	1.13%	0.12%
1982	1,010,308	8,325,263	1.79%	0.06%
1983	1,037,511	8,329,033	2.69%	0.05%
1984	1,065,989	8,336,605	2.74%	0.09%
1985	1,096,890	8,350,386	2.9%	0.17%
1986	1,131,081	8,369,829	3.12%	0.23%
1987	1,167,889	8,397,804	3.25%	0.33%
1988	1,209,696	8,436,489	3.58%	0.46%
1989	1,288,947	8,492,964	6.55%	0.67%
1990	1,369,303	8,558,835	6.23%	0.78%
1991	1,415,684	8,617,375	3.39%	0.68%
1992	1,461,322	8,668,067	3.22%	0.59%
1993	1,508,697	8,718,561	3.24%	0.58%
1994	1,556,304	8,780,745	3.16%	0.71%
1995	1,602,170	8,826,939	2.95%	0.53%
1996	1,646,103	8,840,998	2.74%	0.16%
1997	1,689,264	8,846,062	2.62%	0.06%
1998	1,732,745	8,850,974	2.57%	0.06%
1999	1,776,368	8,857,874	2.52%	0.08%
2000	1,818,647	8,872,109	2.38%	0.16%
2001	1,857,048	8,895,960	2.11%	0.27%
2002	1,889,970	8,924,958	1.77%	0.33%
2003	1,917,464	8,958,229	1.45%	0.37%
2004	1,942,082	8,993,531	1.28%	0.39%
2005	1,966,582	9,029,572	1.26%	0.4%
2006	1,991,888	9,080,505	1.29%	0.56%
2007	2,018,600	9,148,092	1.34%	0.74%
2008	2,047,056	9,219,637	1.41%	0.78%
2009	2,077,394	9,298,515	1.48%	0.86%
2010	2,109,811	9,378,126	1.56%	0.86%
2011	2,146,325	9,449,213	1.73%	0.76%
2012	2,194,654	9,519,374	2.25%	0.74%
2013	2,252,508	9,600,379	2.64%	0.85%
2014	2,312,139	9,696,110	2.65%	1%
2015	2,374,300	9,799,186	2.69%	1.06%
2016	2,439,213	9,923,085	2.73%	1.26%
2017	2,506,853	10,057,698	2.77%	1.36%
2018	2,577,327	10,175,214	2.81%	1.17%
2019	2,650,494	10,278,887	2.84%	1.02%
2020	2,728,762	10,353,442	2.95%	0.73%
2021	2,810,548	10,415,811	3%	0.6%
2022	2,889,662	10,486,941	2.81%	0.68%
2023	2,963,095	10,536,632	2.54%	0.47%
2024	3,030,131	10,569,709	2.26%	0.31%
2025	3,092,826	10,619,177	2.07%	0.47%
2026	3,153,252	10,663,427	1.95%	0.42%
2027	3,212,910	10,703,497	1.89%	0.38%
2028	3,272,166	10,740,420	1.84%	0.34%
2029	3,330,819	10,773,692	1.79%	0.31%
2030	3,389,961	10,803,699	1.78%	0.28%
2031	3,449,508	10,830,583	1.76%	0.25%
2032	3,508,245	10,855,855	1.7%	0.23%
2033	3,565,349	10,880,544	1.63%	0.23%
2034	3,621,829	10,903,924	1.58%	0.21%
2035	3,678,888	10,926,433	1.58%	0.21%
2036	3,735,939	10,949,062	1.55%	0.21%
2037	3,792,807	10,971,259	1.52%	0.2%
2038	3,850,310	10,993,203	1.52%	0.2%
2039	3,907,182	11,015,926	1.48%	0.21%
2040	3,962,414	11,039,663	1.41%	0.22%
2041	4,017,690	11,063,604	1.4%	0.22%
2042	4,073,359	11,088,299	1.39%	0.22%
2043	4,129,577	11,113,927	1.38%	0.23%
2044	4,186,114	11,139,125	1.37%	0.23%
2045	4,243,359	11,163,492	1.37%	0.22%
2046	4,299,969	11,186,803	1.33%	0.21%
2047	4,355,507	11,209,183	1.29%	0.2%
2048	4,409,459	11,230,526	1.24%	0.19%
2049	4,460,507	11,250,663	1.16%	0.18%
2050	4,512,307	11,269,877	1.16%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.