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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Vanuatu	Namibia	Vanuatu
1960	591,465	64,431	-	-
1961	603,067	66,264	1.96%	2.84%
1962	615,759	68,174	2.1%	2.88%
1963	629,589	70,159	2.25%	2.91%
1964	644,530	72,219	2.37%	2.94%
1965	660,558	74,358	2.49%	2.96%
1966	677,655	76,590	2.59%	3%
1967	696,045	78,921	2.71%	3.04%
1968	715,542	81,314	2.8%	3.03%
1969	736,120	83,755	2.88%	3%
1970	757,868	86,266	2.95%	3%
1971	780,584	88,862	3%	3.01%
1972	804,399	91,562	3.05%	3.04%
1973	828,928	94,362	3.05%	3.06%
1974	854,320	97,260	3.06%	3.07%
1975	881,032	100,269	3.13%	3.09%
1976	906,566	103,388	2.9%	3.11%
1977	931,104	106,618	2.71%	3.12%
1978	947,269	109,963	1.74%	3.14%
1979	962,825	113,040	1.64%	2.8%
1980	981,434	115,660	1.93%	2.32%
1981	992,500	118,249	1.13%	2.24%
1982	1,010,308	121,035	1.79%	2.36%
1983	1,037,511	123,998	2.69%	2.45%
1984	1,065,989	127,109	2.74%	2.51%
1985	1,096,890	130,356	2.9%	2.55%
1986	1,131,081	133,720	3.12%	2.58%
1987	1,167,889	137,187	3.25%	2.59%
1988	1,209,696	140,756	3.58%	2.6%
1989	1,288,947	144,393	6.55%	2.58%
1990	1,369,303	148,063	6.23%	2.54%
1991	1,415,684	151,793	3.39%	2.52%
1992	1,461,322	155,608	3.22%	2.51%
1993	1,508,697	159,463	3.24%	2.48%
1994	1,556,304	163,314	3.16%	2.41%
1995	1,602,170	167,137	2.95%	2.34%
1996	1,646,103	170,911	2.74%	2.26%
1997	1,689,264	174,626	2.62%	2.17%
1998	1,732,745	178,313	2.57%	2.11%
1999	1,776,368	182,048	2.52%	2.09%
2000	1,818,647	186,281	2.38%	2.33%
2001	1,857,048	191,031	2.11%	2.55%
2002	1,889,970	195,863	1.77%	2.53%
2003	1,917,464	200,746	1.45%	2.49%
2004	1,942,082	205,711	1.28%	2.47%
2005	1,966,582	210,760	1.26%	2.45%
2006	1,991,888	215,923	1.29%	2.45%
2007	2,018,600	221,276	1.34%	2.48%
2008	2,047,056	226,896	1.41%	2.54%
2009	2,077,394	232,731	1.48%	2.57%
2010	2,109,811	238,248	1.56%	2.37%
2011	2,146,325	243,474	1.73%	2.19%
2012	2,194,654	248,883	2.25%	2.22%
2013	2,252,508	254,482	2.64%	2.25%
2014	2,312,139	260,240	2.65%	2.26%
2015	2,374,300	266,101	2.69%	2.25%
2016	2,439,213	272,087	2.73%	2.25%
2017	2,506,853	278,507	2.77%	2.36%
2018	2,577,327	285,259	2.81%	2.42%
2019	2,650,494	291,985	2.84%	2.36%
2020	2,728,762	298,858	2.95%	2.35%
2021	2,810,548	305,868	3%	2.35%
2022	2,889,662	313,046	2.81%	2.35%
2023	2,963,095	320,409	2.54%	2.35%
2024	3,030,131	327,777	2.26%	2.3%
2025	3,092,826	335,169	2.07%	2.26%
2026	3,153,252	342,565	1.95%	2.21%
2027	3,212,910	349,970	1.89%	2.16%
2028	3,272,166	357,397	1.84%	2.12%
2029	3,330,819	364,883	1.79%	2.09%
2030	3,389,961	372,429	1.78%	2.07%
2031	3,449,508	380,015	1.76%	2.04%
2032	3,508,245	387,657	1.7%	2.01%
2033	3,565,349	395,366	1.63%	1.99%
2034	3,621,829	403,188	1.58%	1.98%
2035	3,678,888	411,061	1.58%	1.95%
2036	3,735,939	419,006	1.55%	1.93%
2037	3,792,807	427,031	1.52%	1.92%
2038	3,850,310	435,150	1.52%	1.9%
2039	3,907,182	443,311	1.48%	1.88%
2040	3,962,414	451,509	1.41%	1.85%
2041	4,017,690	459,733	1.4%	1.82%
2042	4,073,359	468,003	1.39%	1.8%
2043	4,129,577	476,308	1.38%	1.77%
2044	4,186,114	484,636	1.37%	1.75%
2045	4,243,359	492,989	1.37%	1.72%
2046	4,299,969	501,316	1.33%	1.69%
2047	4,355,507	509,621	1.29%	1.66%
2048	4,409,459	517,889	1.24%	1.62%
2049	4,460,507	526,138	1.16%	1.59%
2050	4,512,307	534,374	1.16%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.