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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	United States	Namibia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	591,465	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	603,067	183,691,481	1.96%	1.67%
1962	615,759	186,537,737	2.1%	1.55%
1963	629,589	189,241,798	2.25%	1.45%
1964	644,530	191,888,791	2.37%	1.4%
1965	660,558	194,302,963	2.49%	1.26%
1966	677,655	196,560,338	2.59%	1.16%
1967	696,045	198,712,056	2.71%	1.09%
1968	715,542	200,706,052	2.8%	1%
1969	736,120	202,676,946	2.88%	0.98%
1970	757,868	205,052,174	2.95%	1.17%
1971	780,584	207,660,677	3%	1.27%
1972	804,399	209,896,021	3.05%	1.08%
1973	828,928	211,908,788	3.05%	0.96%
1974	854,320	213,853,928	3.06%	0.92%
1975	881,032	215,973,199	3.13%	0.99%
1976	906,566	218,035,164	2.9%	0.95%
1977	931,104	220,239,425	2.71%	1.01%
1978	947,269	222,584,545	1.74%	1.06%
1979	962,825	225,055,487	1.64%	1.11%
1980	981,434	226,542,250	1.93%	0.66%
1981	992,500	229,465,744	1.13%	1.29%
1982	1,010,308	231,664,432	1.79%	0.96%
1983	1,037,511	233,792,014	2.69%	0.92%
1984	1,065,989	235,824,908	2.74%	0.87%
1985	1,096,890	237,923,734	2.9%	0.89%
1986	1,131,081	240,132,831	3.12%	0.93%
1987	1,167,889	242,288,936	3.25%	0.9%
1988	1,209,696	244,499,004	3.58%	0.91%
1989	1,288,947	246,819,222	6.55%	0.95%
1990	1,369,303	250,131,894	6.23%	1.34%
1991	1,415,684	253,492,503	3.39%	1.34%
1992	1,461,322	256,894,189	3.22%	1.34%
1993	1,508,697	260,255,352	3.24%	1.31%
1994	1,556,304	263,435,673	3.16%	1.22%
1995	1,602,170	266,557,091	2.95%	1.18%
1996	1,646,103	269,667,391	2.74%	1.17%
1997	1,689,264	272,911,760	2.62%	1.2%
1998	1,732,745	276,115,288	2.57%	1.17%
1999	1,776,368	279,294,713	2.52%	1.15%
2000	1,818,647	282,162,411	2.38%	1.03%
2001	1,857,048	284,968,955	2.11%	0.99%
2002	1,889,970	287,625,193	1.77%	0.93%
2003	1,917,464	290,107,933	1.45%	0.86%
2004	1,942,082	292,805,298	1.28%	0.93%
2005	1,966,582	295,516,599	1.26%	0.93%
2006	1,991,888	298,379,912	1.29%	0.97%
2007	2,018,600	301,231,207	1.34%	0.96%
2008	2,047,056	304,093,966	1.41%	0.95%
2009	2,077,394	306,771,529	1.48%	0.88%
2010	2,109,811	309,327,143	1.56%	0.83%
2011	2,146,325	311,583,481	1.73%	0.73%
2012	2,194,654	313,877,662	2.25%	0.74%
2013	2,252,508	316,059,947	2.64%	0.7%
2014	2,312,139	318,386,329	2.65%	0.74%
2015	2,374,300	320,738,994	2.69%	0.74%
2016	2,439,213	323,071,755	2.73%	0.73%
2017	2,506,853	325,122,128	2.77%	0.63%
2018	2,577,327	326,838,199	2.81%	0.53%
2019	2,650,494	328,329,953	2.84%	0.46%
2020	2,728,762	331,526,933	2.95%	0.97%
2021	2,810,548	331,893,745	3%	0.11%
2022	2,889,662	333,271,411	2.81%	0.42%
2023	2,963,095	334,914,895	2.54%	0.49%
2024	3,030,131	340,110,988	2.26%	1.55%
2025	3,092,826	341,931,772	2.07%	0.54%
2026	3,153,252	343,664,369	1.95%	0.51%
2027	3,212,910	345,331,185	1.89%	0.49%
2028	3,272,166	346,981,137	1.84%	0.48%
2029	3,330,819	348,601,982	1.79%	0.47%
2030	3,389,961	350,176,974	1.78%	0.45%
2031	3,449,508	351,725,612	1.76%	0.44%
2032	3,508,245	353,249,060	1.7%	0.43%
2033	3,565,349	354,749,644	1.63%	0.42%
2034	3,621,829	356,234,239	1.58%	0.42%
2035	3,678,888	357,694,316	1.58%	0.41%
2036	3,735,939	359,119,002	1.55%	0.4%
2037	3,792,807	360,517,853	1.52%	0.39%
2038	3,850,310	361,895,407	1.52%	0.38%
2039	3,907,182	363,229,908	1.48%	0.37%
2040	3,962,414	364,512,364	1.41%	0.35%
2041	4,017,690	365,753,139	1.4%	0.34%
2042	4,073,359	366,969,419	1.39%	0.33%
2043	4,129,577	368,146,925	1.38%	0.32%
2044	4,186,114	369,258,123	1.37%	0.3%
2045	4,243,359	370,318,770	1.37%	0.29%
2046	4,299,969	371,328,255	1.33%	0.27%
2047	4,355,507	372,299,116	1.29%	0.26%
2048	4,409,459	373,230,539	1.24%	0.25%
2049	4,460,507	374,119,803	1.16%	0.24%
2050	4,512,307	374,986,259	1.16%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.