Population in Namibia compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Namibia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Vatican	Namibia	Vatican
1960	591,465	-	-	-
1961	603,067	-	1.96%	-
1962	615,759	-	2.1%	-
1963	629,589	-	2.25%	-
1964	644,530	-	2.37%	-
1965	660,558	-	2.49%	-
1966	677,655	-	2.59%	-
1967	696,045	-	2.71%	-
1968	715,542	-	2.8%	-
1969	736,120	-	2.88%	-
1970	757,868	-	2.95%	-
1971	780,584	-	3%	-
1972	804,399	-	3.05%	-
1973	828,928	-	3.05%	-
1974	854,320	-	3.06%	-
1975	881,032	-	3.13%	-
1976	906,566	-	2.9%	-
1977	931,104	-	2.71%	-
1978	947,269	-	1.74%	-
1979	962,825	-	1.64%	-
1980	981,434	-	1.93%	-
1981	992,500	-	1.13%	-
1982	1,010,308	-	1.79%	-
1983	1,037,511	-	2.69%	-
1984	1,065,989	-	2.74%	-
1985	1,096,890	-	2.9%	-
1986	1,131,081	-	3.12%	-
1987	1,167,889	-	3.25%	-
1988	1,209,696	-	3.58%	-
1989	1,288,947	-	6.55%	-
1990	1,369,303	-	6.23%	-
1991	1,415,684	-	3.39%	-
1992	1,461,322	-	3.22%	-
1993	1,508,697	-	3.24%	-
1994	1,556,304	-	3.16%	-
1995	1,602,170	-	2.95%	-
1996	1,646,103	-	2.74%	-
1997	1,689,264	-	2.62%	-
1998	1,732,745	-	2.57%	-
1999	1,776,368	-	2.52%	-
2000	1,818,647	880	2.38%	-
2001	1,857,048	890	2.11%	1.14%
2002	1,889,970	900	1.77%	1.12%
2003	1,917,464	911	1.45%	1.22%
2004	1,942,082	921	1.28%	1.1%
2005	1,966,582	921	1.26%	0%
2006	1,991,888	932	1.29%	1.19%
2007	2,018,600	821	1.34%	-11.9%
2008	2,047,056	824	1.41%	0.37%
2009	2,077,394	826	1.48%	0.24%
2010	2,109,811	829	1.56%	0.36%
2011	2,146,325	832	1.73%	0.36%
2012	2,194,654	836	2.25%	0.48%
2013	2,252,508	839	2.64%	0.36%
2014	2,312,139	842	2.65%	0.36%
2015	2,374,300	1,000	2.69%	18.8%
2016	2,439,213	-	2.73%	0%
2017	2,506,853	1,000	2.77%	0%
2018	2,577,327	-	2.81%	0%
2019	2,650,494	1,000	2.84%	0%
2020	2,728,762	987	2.95%	-1.29%
2021	2,810,548	970	3%	-1.68%
2022	2,889,662	944	2.81%	-2.66%
2023	2,963,095	922	2.54%	-2.34%
2024	3,030,131	933	2.26%	1.2%
2025	3,092,826	939	2.07%	0.59%
2026	3,153,252	952	1.95%	1.37%
2027	3,212,910	974	1.89%	2.32%
2028	3,272,166	985	1.84%	1.13%
2029	3,330,819	983	1.79%	-0.19%
2030	3,389,961	976	1.78%	-0.75%
2031	3,449,508	968	1.76%	-0.75%
2032	3,508,245	968	1.7%	0%
2033	3,565,349	988	1.63%	2.09%
2034	3,621,829	992	1.58%	0.37%
2035	3,678,888	1,000	1.58%	0.74%
2036	3,735,939	998	1.55%	-0.18%
2037	3,792,807	1,003	1.52%	0.55%
2038	3,850,310	1,022	1.52%	1.83%
2039	3,907,182	1,060	1.48%	3.78%
2040	3,962,414	1,095	1.41%	3.3%
2041	4,017,690	1,127	1.4%	2.86%
2042	4,073,359	1,149	1.39%	1.96%
2043	4,129,577	1,169	1.38%	1.76%
2044	4,186,114	1,186	1.37%	1.42%
2045	4,243,359	1,209	1.37%	2.02%
2046	4,299,969	1,224	1.33%	1.22%
2047	4,355,507	1,248	1.29%	1.95%
2048	4,409,459	1,272	1.24%	1.92%
2049	4,460,507	1,296	1.16%	1.88%
2050	4,512,307	1,325	1.16%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Namibia increased by 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Namibia gained 714,691 (a 29.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2006 and is 134th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.