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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Uganda	Namibia	Uganda
1960	591,465	7,640,973	-	-
1961	603,067	7,862,217	1.96%	2.9%
1962	615,759	8,092,231	2.1%	2.93%
1963	629,589	8,333,663	2.25%	2.98%
1964	644,530	8,586,363	2.37%	3.03%
1965	660,558	8,849,203	2.49%	3.06%
1966	677,655	9,122,864	2.59%	3.09%
1967	696,045	9,408,924	2.71%	3.14%
1968	715,542	9,708,632	2.8%	3.19%
1969	736,120	10,014,858	2.88%	3.15%
1970	757,868	10,321,603	2.95%	3.06%
1971	780,584	10,618,206	3%	2.87%
1972	804,399	10,885,796	3.05%	2.52%
1973	828,928	11,144,236	3.05%	2.37%
1974	854,320	11,424,846	3.06%	2.52%
1975	881,032	11,725,240	3.13%	2.63%
1976	906,566	12,037,294	2.9%	2.66%
1977	931,104	12,359,669	2.71%	2.68%
1978	947,269	12,692,113	1.74%	2.69%
1979	962,825	13,002,163	1.64%	2.44%
1980	981,434	13,275,741	1.93%	2.1%
1981	992,500	13,556,452	1.13%	2.11%
1982	1,010,308	13,873,631	1.79%	2.34%
1983	1,037,511	14,221,881	2.69%	2.51%
1984	1,065,989	14,607,677	2.74%	2.71%
1985	1,096,890	15,023,681	2.9%	2.85%
1986	1,131,081	15,467,579	3.12%	2.95%
1987	1,167,889	15,954,170	3.25%	3.15%
1988	1,209,696	16,470,483	3.58%	3.24%
1989	1,288,947	17,010,698	6.55%	3.28%
1990	1,369,303	17,569,897	6.23%	3.29%
1991	1,415,684	18,155,901	3.39%	3.34%
1992	1,461,322	18,785,032	3.22%	3.47%
1993	1,508,697	19,445,161	3.24%	3.51%
1994	1,556,304	20,108,801	3.16%	3.41%
1995	1,602,170	20,665,667	2.95%	2.77%
1996	1,646,103	21,231,550	2.74%	2.74%
1997	1,689,264	21,856,046	2.62%	2.94%
1998	1,732,745	22,515,806	2.57%	3.02%
1999	1,776,368	23,257,281	2.52%	3.29%
2000	1,818,647	24,000,150	2.38%	3.19%
2001	1,857,048	24,745,676	2.11%	3.11%
2002	1,889,970	25,532,870	1.77%	3.18%
2003	1,917,464	26,352,124	1.45%	3.21%
2004	1,942,082	27,154,515	1.28%	3.04%
2005	1,966,582	27,963,289	1.26%	2.98%
2006	1,991,888	28,794,003	1.29%	2.97%
2007	2,018,600	29,653,430	1.34%	2.98%
2008	2,047,056	30,539,553	1.41%	2.99%
2009	2,077,394	31,451,151	1.48%	2.98%
2010	2,109,811	32,390,802	1.56%	2.99%
2011	2,146,325	33,354,543	1.73%	2.98%
2012	2,194,654	34,337,438	2.25%	2.95%
2013	2,252,508	35,337,042	2.64%	2.91%
2014	2,312,139	36,395,539	2.65%	3%
2015	2,374,300	37,531,446	2.69%	3.12%
2016	2,439,213	38,799,152	2.73%	3.38%
2017	2,506,853	40,177,388	2.77%	3.55%
2018	2,577,327	41,565,831	2.81%	3.46%
2019	2,650,494	42,999,637	2.84%	3.45%
2020	2,728,762	44,457,152	2.95%	3.39%
2021	2,810,548	45,910,930	3%	3.27%
2022	2,889,662	47,312,719	2.81%	3.05%
2023	2,963,095	48,656,601	2.54%	2.84%
2024	3,030,131	50,015,092	2.26%	2.79%
2025	3,092,826	51,384,895	2.07%	2.74%
2026	3,153,252	52,761,471	1.95%	2.68%
2027	3,212,910	54,144,274	1.89%	2.62%
2028	3,272,166	55,532,564	1.84%	2.56%
2029	3,330,819	56,922,797	1.79%	2.5%
2030	3,389,961	58,312,944	1.78%	2.44%
2031	3,449,508	59,703,537	1.76%	2.38%
2032	3,508,245	61,089,060	1.7%	2.32%
2033	3,565,349	62,464,116	1.63%	2.25%
2034	3,621,829	63,833,872	1.58%	2.19%
2035	3,678,888	65,205,570	1.58%	2.15%
2036	3,735,939	66,573,737	1.55%	2.1%
2037	3,792,807	67,942,634	1.52%	2.06%
2038	3,850,310	69,312,210	1.52%	2.02%
2039	3,907,182	70,669,875	1.48%	1.96%
2040	3,962,414	72,020,414	1.41%	1.91%
2041	4,017,690	73,372,658	1.4%	1.88%
2042	4,073,359	74,730,004	1.39%	1.85%
2043	4,129,577	76,090,991	1.38%	1.82%
2044	4,186,114	77,449,517	1.37%	1.79%
2045	4,243,359	78,797,995	1.37%	1.74%
2046	4,299,969	80,139,174	1.33%	1.7%
2047	4,355,507	81,478,503	1.29%	1.67%
2048	4,409,459	82,812,102	1.24%	1.64%
2049	4,460,507	84,130,056	1.16%	1.59%
2050	4,512,307	85,431,202	1.16%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.