Population in Namibia compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	UAE	Namibia	UAE
1960	591,465	131,334	-	-
1961	603,067	137,989	1.96%	5.07%
1962	615,759	144,946	2.1%	5.04%
1963	629,589	152,211	2.25%	5.01%
1964	644,530	159,692	2.37%	4.91%
1965	660,558	167,103	2.49%	4.64%
1966	677,655	173,976	2.59%	4.11%
1967	696,045	179,700	2.71%	3.29%
1968	715,542	199,416	2.8%	11%
1969	736,120	239,660	2.88%	20.2%
1970	757,868	286,536	2.95%	19.6%
1971	780,584	335,027	3%	16.9%
1972	804,399	385,014	3.05%	14.9%
1973	828,928	436,399	3.05%	13.3%
1974	854,320	489,087	3.06%	12.1%
1975	881,032	542,856	3.13%	11%
1976	906,566	615,866	2.9%	13.4%
1977	931,104	710,209	2.71%	15.3%
1978	947,269	809,274	1.74%	13.9%
1979	962,825	912,010	1.64%	12.7%
1980	981,434	1,015,700	1.93%	11.4%
1981	992,500	1,099,855	1.13%	8.29%
1982	1,010,308	1,166,370	1.79%	6.05%
1983	1,037,511	1,235,305	2.69%	5.91%
1984	1,065,989	1,305,996	2.74%	5.72%
1985	1,096,890	1,377,911	2.9%	5.51%
1986	1,131,081	1,467,383	3.12%	6.49%
1987	1,167,889	1,574,244	3.25%	7.28%
1988	1,209,696	1,681,788	3.58%	6.83%
1989	1,288,947	1,789,851	6.55%	6.43%
1990	1,369,303	1,898,220	6.23%	6.05%
1991	1,415,684	2,006,626	3.39%	5.71%
1992	1,461,322	2,114,730	3.22%	5.39%
1993	1,508,697	2,222,093	3.24%	5.08%
1994	1,556,304	2,328,188	3.16%	4.77%
1995	1,602,170	2,434,662	2.95%	4.57%
1996	1,646,103	2,597,564	2.74%	6.69%
1997	1,689,264	2,817,410	2.62%	8.46%
1998	1,732,745	3,040,421	2.57%	7.92%
1999	1,776,368	3,266,009	2.52%	7.42%
2000	1,818,647	3,493,575	2.38%	6.97%
2001	1,857,048	3,723,590	2.11%	6.58%
2002	1,889,970	3,956,826	1.77%	6.26%
2003	1,917,464	4,192,457	1.45%	5.96%
2004	1,942,082	4,428,967	1.28%	5.64%
2005	1,966,582	4,664,790	1.26%	5.32%
2006	1,991,888	5,009,100	1.29%	7.38%
2007	2,018,600	5,624,635	1.34%	12.3%
2008	2,047,056	6,302,664	1.41%	12.1%
2009	2,077,394	6,707,058	1.48%	6.42%
2010	2,109,811	6,869,838	1.56%	2.43%
2011	2,146,325	7,104,538	1.73%	3.42%
2012	2,194,654	7,391,448	2.25%	4.04%
2013	2,252,508	7,693,031	2.64%	4.08%
2014	2,312,139	8,059,440	2.65%	4.76%
2015	2,374,300	8,505,237	2.69%	5.53%
2016	2,439,213	8,935,095	2.73%	5.05%
2017	2,506,853	9,223,225	2.77%	3.22%
2018	2,577,327	9,346,701	2.81%	1.34%
2019	2,650,494	9,445,785	2.84%	1.06%
2020	2,728,762	9,401,038	2.95%	-0.47%
2021	2,810,548	9,575,152	3%	1.85%
2022	2,889,662	10,074,977	2.81%	5.22%
2023	2,963,095	10,483,751	2.54%	4.06%
2024	3,030,131	10,986,400	2.26%	4.79%
2025	3,092,826	11,304,093	2.07%	2.89%
2026	3,153,252	11,531,926	1.95%	2.02%
2027	3,212,910	11,712,175	1.89%	1.56%
2028	3,272,166	11,868,257	1.84%	1.33%
2029	3,330,819	12,010,111	1.79%	1.2%
2030	3,389,961	12,145,577	1.78%	1.13%
2031	3,449,508	12,281,573	1.76%	1.12%
2032	3,508,245	12,421,758	1.7%	1.14%
2033	3,565,349	12,565,679	1.63%	1.16%
2034	3,621,829	12,712,942	1.58%	1.17%
2035	3,678,888	12,863,015	1.58%	1.18%
2036	3,735,939	13,015,458	1.55%	1.19%
2037	3,792,807	13,169,969	1.52%	1.19%
2038	3,850,310	13,326,337	1.52%	1.19%
2039	3,907,182	13,484,193	1.48%	1.18%
2040	3,962,414	13,643,197	1.41%	1.18%
2041	4,017,690	13,803,349	1.4%	1.17%
2042	4,073,359	13,964,553	1.39%	1.17%
2043	4,129,577	14,126,724	1.38%	1.16%
2044	4,186,114	14,289,828	1.37%	1.15%
2045	4,243,359	14,453,775	1.37%	1.15%
2046	4,299,969	14,619,554	1.33%	1.15%
2047	4,355,507	14,788,991	1.29%	1.16%
2048	4,409,459	14,961,419	1.24%	1.17%
2049	4,460,507	15,135,496	1.16%	1.16%
2050	4,512,307	15,310,628	1.16%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.