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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Switzerland	Namibia	Switzerland
1960	591,465	5,327,827	-	-
1961	603,067	5,434,294	1.96%	2%
1962	615,759	5,573,815	2.1%	2.57%
1963	629,589	5,694,247	2.25%	2.16%
1964	644,530	5,789,228	2.37%	1.67%
1965	660,558	5,856,472	2.49%	1.16%
1966	677,655	5,918,002	2.59%	1.05%
1967	696,045	5,991,785	2.71%	1.25%
1968	715,542	6,067,714	2.8%	1.27%
1969	736,120	6,136,387	2.88%	1.13%
1970	757,868	6,180,877	2.95%	0.73%
1971	780,584	6,213,399	3%	0.53%
1972	804,399	6,260,956	3.05%	0.77%
1973	828,928	6,307,347	3.05%	0.74%
1974	854,320	6,341,405	3.06%	0.54%
1975	881,032	6,338,632	3.13%	-0.04%
1976	906,566	6,302,504	2.9%	-0.57%
1977	931,104	6,281,174	2.71%	-0.34%
1978	947,269	6,281,738	1.74%	0.009%
1979	962,825	6,294,365	1.64%	0.2%
1980	981,434	6,319,408	1.93%	0.4%
1981	992,500	6,354,074	1.13%	0.55%
1982	1,010,308	6,391,309	1.79%	0.59%
1983	1,037,511	6,418,773	2.69%	0.43%
1984	1,065,989	6,441,865	2.74%	0.36%
1985	1,096,890	6,470,365	2.9%	0.44%
1986	1,131,081	6,504,124	3.12%	0.52%
1987	1,167,889	6,545,106	3.25%	0.63%
1988	1,209,696	6,593,386	3.58%	0.74%
1989	1,288,947	6,646,912	6.55%	0.81%
1990	1,369,303	6,715,519	6.23%	1.03%
1991	1,415,684	6,799,978	3.39%	1.26%
1992	1,461,322	6,875,364	3.22%	1.11%
1993	1,508,697	6,938,265	3.24%	0.91%
1994	1,556,304	6,993,795	3.16%	0.8%
1995	1,602,170	7,040,687	2.95%	0.67%
1996	1,646,103	7,071,850	2.74%	0.44%
1997	1,689,264	7,088,906	2.62%	0.24%
1998	1,732,745	7,110,001	2.57%	0.3%
1999	1,776,368	7,143,991	2.52%	0.48%
2000	1,818,647	7,184,250	2.38%	0.56%
2001	1,857,048	7,229,854	2.11%	0.63%
2002	1,889,970	7,284,753	1.77%	0.76%
2003	1,917,464	7,339,001	1.45%	0.74%
2004	1,942,082	7,389,625	1.28%	0.69%
2005	1,966,582	7,437,115	1.26%	0.64%
2006	1,991,888	7,483,934	1.29%	0.63%
2007	2,018,600	7,551,117	1.34%	0.9%
2008	2,047,056	7,647,675	1.41%	1.28%
2009	2,077,394	7,743,831	1.48%	1.26%
2010	2,109,811	7,824,909	1.56%	1.05%
2011	2,146,325	7,912,398	1.73%	1.12%
2012	2,194,654	7,996,861	2.25%	1.07%
2013	2,252,508	8,089,346	2.64%	1.16%
2014	2,312,139	8,188,649	2.65%	1.23%
2015	2,374,300	8,282,396	2.69%	1.14%
2016	2,439,213	8,373,338	2.73%	1.1%
2017	2,506,853	8,451,840	2.77%	0.94%
2018	2,577,327	8,514,329	2.81%	0.74%
2019	2,650,494	8,575,280	2.84%	0.72%
2020	2,728,762	8,638,167	2.95%	0.73%
2021	2,810,548	8,704,546	3%	0.77%
2022	2,889,662	8,777,088	2.81%	0.83%
2023	2,963,095	8,888,093	2.54%	1.26%
2024	3,030,131	9,034,102	2.26%	1.64%
2025	3,092,826	9,080,106	2.07%	0.51%
2026	3,153,252	9,120,994	1.95%	0.45%
2027	3,212,910	9,157,559	1.89%	0.4%
2028	3,272,166	9,190,572	1.84%	0.36%
2029	3,330,819	9,219,373	1.79%	0.31%
2030	3,389,961	9,245,030	1.78%	0.28%
2031	3,449,508	9,269,063	1.76%	0.26%
2032	3,508,245	9,289,991	1.7%	0.23%
2033	3,565,349	9,307,909	1.63%	0.19%
2034	3,621,829	9,324,938	1.58%	0.18%
2035	3,678,888	9,340,145	1.58%	0.16%
2036	3,735,939	9,352,822	1.55%	0.14%
2037	3,792,807	9,364,126	1.52%	0.12%
2038	3,850,310	9,373,988	1.52%	0.11%
2039	3,907,182	9,382,808	1.48%	0.09%
2040	3,962,414	9,392,748	1.41%	0.11%
2041	4,017,690	9,401,829	1.4%	0.1%
2042	4,073,359	9,410,286	1.39%	0.09%
2043	4,129,577	9,418,963	1.38%	0.09%
2044	4,186,114	9,426,166	1.37%	0.08%
2045	4,243,359	9,432,561	1.37%	0.07%
2046	4,299,969	9,438,518	1.33%	0.06%
2047	4,355,507	9,445,091	1.29%	0.07%
2048	4,409,459	9,452,109	1.24%	0.07%
2049	4,460,507	9,457,335	1.16%	0.06%
2050	4,512,307	9,459,997	1.16%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.