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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Tanzania	Namibia	Tanzania
1960	591,465	9,901,419	-	-
1961	603,067	10,187,886	1.96%	2.89%
1962	615,759	10,487,756	2.1%	2.94%
1963	629,589	10,799,528	2.25%	2.97%
1964	644,530	11,127,826	2.37%	3.04%
1965	660,558	11,470,728	2.49%	3.08%
1966	677,655	11,827,459	2.59%	3.11%
1967	696,045	12,200,109	2.71%	3.15%
1968	715,542	12,602,076	2.8%	3.29%
1969	736,120	13,036,700	2.88%	3.45%
1970	757,868	13,492,677	2.95%	3.5%
1971	780,584	13,971,451	3%	3.55%
1972	804,399	14,479,308	3.05%	3.63%
1973	828,928	15,010,101	3.05%	3.67%
1974	854,320	15,561,630	3.06%	3.67%
1975	881,032	16,138,361	3.13%	3.71%
1976	906,566	16,736,211	2.9%	3.7%
1977	931,104	17,352,929	2.71%	3.68%
1978	947,269	17,976,566	1.74%	3.59%
1979	962,825	18,592,038	1.64%	3.42%
1980	981,434	19,189,769	1.93%	3.21%
1981	992,500	19,784,703	1.13%	3.1%
1982	1,010,308	20,398,571	1.79%	3.1%
1983	1,037,511	21,079,874	2.69%	3.34%
1984	1,065,989	21,779,066	2.74%	3.32%
1985	1,096,890	22,501,693	2.9%	3.32%
1986	1,131,081	23,258,959	3.12%	3.37%
1987	1,167,889	24,030,378	3.25%	3.32%
1988	1,209,696	24,769,686	3.58%	3.08%
1989	1,288,947	25,438,759	6.55%	2.7%
1990	1,369,303	26,110,207	6.23%	2.64%
1991	1,415,684	26,780,436	3.39%	2.57%
1992	1,461,322	27,457,588	3.22%	2.53%
1993	1,508,697	28,332,692	3.24%	3.19%
1994	1,556,304	29,442,356	3.16%	3.92%
1995	1,602,170	30,383,497	2.95%	3.2%
1996	1,646,103	30,945,762	2.74%	1.85%
1997	1,689,264	31,578,089	2.62%	2.04%
1998	1,732,745	32,420,458	2.57%	2.67%
1999	1,776,368	33,300,330	2.52%	2.71%
2000	1,818,647	34,260,139	2.38%	2.88%
2001	1,857,048	35,198,299	2.11%	2.74%
2002	1,889,970	36,121,304	1.77%	2.62%
2003	1,917,464	37,089,555	1.45%	2.68%
2004	1,942,082	38,109,668	1.28%	2.75%
2005	1,966,582	39,182,076	1.26%	2.81%
2006	1,991,888	40,294,902	1.29%	2.84%
2007	2,018,600	41,435,512	1.34%	2.83%
2008	2,047,056	42,570,728	1.41%	2.74%
2009	2,077,394	43,633,982	1.48%	2.5%
2010	2,109,811	44,758,488	1.56%	2.58%
2011	2,146,325	46,029,367	1.73%	2.84%
2012	2,194,654	47,374,260	2.25%	2.92%
2013	2,252,508	48,824,128	2.64%	3.06%
2014	2,312,139	50,351,512	2.65%	3.13%
2015	2,374,300	52,020,962	2.69%	3.32%
2016	2,439,213	53,824,013	2.73%	3.47%
2017	2,506,853	55,652,890	2.77%	3.4%
2018	2,577,327	57,437,145	2.81%	3.21%
2019	2,650,494	59,174,891	2.84%	3.03%
2020	2,728,762	60,972,798	2.95%	3.04%
2021	2,810,548	62,830,412	3%	3.05%
2022	2,889,662	64,711,821	2.81%	2.99%
2023	2,963,095	66,617,606	2.54%	2.95%
2024	3,030,131	68,560,157	2.26%	2.92%
2025	3,092,826	70,545,858	2.07%	2.9%
2026	3,153,252	72,563,773	1.95%	2.86%
2027	3,212,910	74,604,804	1.89%	2.81%
2028	3,272,166	76,670,483	1.84%	2.77%
2029	3,330,819	78,773,192	1.79%	2.74%
2030	3,389,961	80,913,118	1.78%	2.72%
2031	3,449,508	83,087,927	1.76%	2.69%
2032	3,508,245	85,293,126	1.7%	2.65%
2033	3,565,349	87,520,491	1.63%	2.61%
2034	3,621,829	89,788,673	1.58%	2.59%
2035	3,678,888	92,091,418	1.58%	2.56%
2036	3,735,939	94,420,808	1.55%	2.53%
2037	3,792,807	96,775,766	1.52%	2.49%
2038	3,850,310	99,156,465	1.52%	2.46%
2039	3,907,182	101,567,525	1.48%	2.43%
2040	3,962,414	103,999,350	1.41%	2.39%
2041	4,017,690	106,448,475	1.4%	2.35%
2042	4,073,359	108,926,272	1.39%	2.33%
2043	4,129,577	111,433,788	1.38%	2.3%
2044	4,186,114	113,966,263	1.37%	2.27%
2045	4,243,359	116,525,463	1.37%	2.25%
2046	4,299,969	119,109,670	1.33%	2.22%
2047	4,355,507	121,721,018	1.29%	2.19%
2048	4,409,459	124,351,294	1.24%	2.16%
2049	4,460,507	126,981,394	1.16%	2.12%
2050	4,512,307	129,621,083	1.16%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.