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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Tuvalu	Namibia	Tuvalu
1960	591,465	5,598	-	-
1961	603,067	5,648	1.96%	0.89%
1962	615,759	5,699	2.1%	0.9%
1963	629,589	5,751	2.25%	0.91%
1964	644,530	5,752	2.37%	0.02%
1965	660,558	5,715	2.49%	-0.64%
1966	677,655	5,686	2.59%	-0.51%
1967	696,045	5,652	2.71%	-0.6%
1968	715,542	5,624	2.8%	-0.5%
1969	736,120	5,631	2.88%	0.12%
1970	757,868	5,663	2.95%	0.57%
1971	780,584	5,685	3%	0.39%
1972	804,399	5,692	3.05%	0.12%
1973	828,928	5,681	3.05%	-0.19%
1974	854,320	5,822	3.06%	2.48%
1975	881,032	6,117	3.13%	5.07%
1976	906,566	6,404	2.9%	4.69%
1977	931,104	6,686	2.71%	4.4%
1978	947,269	6,957	1.74%	4.05%
1979	962,825	7,184	1.64%	3.26%
1980	981,434	7,366	1.93%	2.53%
1981	992,500	7,526	1.13%	2.17%
1982	1,010,308	7,664	1.79%	1.83%
1983	1,037,511	7,789	2.69%	1.63%
1984	1,065,989	7,902	2.74%	1.45%
1985	1,096,890	8,046	2.9%	1.82%
1986	1,131,081	8,217	3.12%	2.13%
1987	1,167,889	8,371	3.25%	1.87%
1988	1,209,696	8,518	3.58%	1.76%
1989	1,288,947	8,662	6.55%	1.69%
1990	1,369,303	8,798	6.23%	1.57%
1991	1,415,684	8,928	3.39%	1.48%
1992	1,461,322	9,038	3.22%	1.23%
1993	1,508,697	9,126	3.24%	0.97%
1994	1,556,304	9,207	3.16%	0.89%
1995	1,602,170	9,280	2.95%	0.79%
1996	1,646,103	9,342	2.74%	0.67%
1997	1,689,264	9,400	2.62%	0.62%
1998	1,732,745	9,451	2.57%	0.54%
1999	1,776,368	9,496	2.52%	0.48%
2000	1,818,647	9,544	2.38%	0.51%
2001	1,857,048	9,586	2.11%	0.44%
2002	1,889,970	9,623	1.77%	0.39%
2003	1,917,464	9,695	1.45%	0.75%
2004	1,942,082	9,816	1.28%	1.25%
2005	1,966,582	9,940	1.26%	1.26%
2006	1,991,888	10,056	1.29%	1.17%
2007	2,018,600	10,182	1.34%	1.25%
2008	2,047,056	10,321	1.41%	1.37%
2009	2,077,394	10,461	1.48%	1.36%
2010	2,109,811	10,614	1.56%	1.46%
2011	2,146,325	10,780	1.73%	1.56%
2012	2,194,654	10,934	2.25%	1.43%
2013	2,252,508	11,001	2.64%	0.61%
2014	2,312,139	10,984	2.65%	-0.15%
2015	2,374,300	10,963	2.69%	-0.19%
2016	2,439,213	10,930	2.73%	-0.3%
2017	2,506,853	10,869	2.77%	-0.56%
2018	2,577,327	10,751	2.81%	-1.09%
2019	2,650,494	10,581	2.84%	-1.58%
2020	2,728,762	10,399	2.95%	-1.72%
2021	2,810,548	10,194	3%	-1.97%
2022	2,889,662	9,992	2.81%	-1.98%
2023	2,963,095	9,816	2.54%	-1.76%
2024	3,030,131	9,646	2.26%	-1.73%
2025	3,092,826	9,493	2.07%	-1.58%
2026	3,153,252	9,363	1.95%	-1.37%
2027	3,212,910	9,255	1.89%	-1.15%
2028	3,272,166	9,175	1.84%	-0.87%
2029	3,330,819	9,102	1.79%	-0.79%
2030	3,389,961	9,047	1.78%	-0.6%
2031	3,449,508	9,011	1.76%	-0.4%
2032	3,508,245	8,984	1.7%	-0.3%
2033	3,565,349	8,975	1.63%	-0.1%
2034	3,621,829	8,970	1.58%	-0.06%
2035	3,678,888	8,977	1.58%	0.08%
2036	3,735,939	8,995	1.55%	0.2%
2037	3,792,807	9,017	1.52%	0.24%
2038	3,850,310	9,051	1.52%	0.38%
2039	3,907,182	9,095	1.48%	0.48%
2040	3,962,414	9,143	1.41%	0.53%
2041	4,017,690	9,191	1.4%	0.52%
2042	4,073,359	9,245	1.39%	0.6%
2043	4,129,577	9,308	1.38%	0.68%
2044	4,186,114	9,375	1.37%	0.72%
2045	4,243,359	9,435	1.37%	0.64%
2046	4,299,969	9,502	1.33%	0.71%
2047	4,355,507	9,571	1.29%	0.72%
2048	4,409,459	9,644	1.24%	0.76%
2049	4,460,507	9,712	1.16%	0.71%
2050	4,512,307	9,778	1.16%	0.68%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Tuvalu gained 1,023 people (a 10.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Tuvalu's population decreased by -1,470 (a 13.4% decline).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Tuvalu was ranked 196th in 2005 and still ranked 196th 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 Tuvalu will increase by 3% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th.