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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Vietnam	Namibia	Vietnam
1960	591,465	32,531,933	-	-
1961	603,067	33,409,059	1.96%	2.7%
1962	615,759	34,288,560	2.1%	2.63%
1963	629,589	35,249,101	2.25%	2.8%
1964	644,530	36,201,563	2.37%	2.7%
1965	660,558	37,129,656	2.49%	2.56%
1966	677,655	38,024,836	2.59%	2.41%
1967	696,045	38,895,080	2.71%	2.29%
1968	715,542	39,734,609	2.8%	2.16%
1969	736,120	40,582,096	2.88%	2.13%
1970	757,868	41,475,230	2.95%	2.2%
1971	780,584	42,449,276	3%	2.35%
1972	804,399	43,429,168	3.05%	2.31%
1973	828,928	44,409,861	3.05%	2.26%
1974	854,320	45,413,537	3.06%	2.26%
1975	881,032	46,482,903	3.13%	2.35%
1976	906,566	47,684,931	2.9%	2.59%
1977	931,104	48,954,872	2.71%	2.66%
1978	947,269	50,249,552	1.74%	2.64%
1979	962,825	51,378,211	1.64%	2.25%
1980	981,434	52,490,101	1.93%	2.16%
1981	992,500	53,738,141	1.13%	2.38%
1982	1,010,308	55,011,289	1.79%	2.37%
1983	1,037,511	56,337,921	2.69%	2.41%
1984	1,065,989	57,706,067	2.74%	2.43%
1985	1,096,890	59,060,622	2.9%	2.35%
1986	1,131,081	60,347,048	3.12%	2.18%
1987	1,167,889	61,584,651	3.25%	2.05%
1988	1,209,696	62,843,228	3.58%	2.04%
1989	1,288,947	64,147,348	6.55%	2.08%
1990	1,369,303	65,504,552	6.23%	2.12%
1991	1,415,684	66,891,775	3.39%	2.12%
1992	1,461,322	68,260,337	3.22%	2.05%
1993	1,508,697	69,586,384	3.24%	1.94%
1994	1,556,304	70,854,391	3.16%	1.82%
1995	1,602,170	72,049,940	2.95%	1.69%
1996	1,646,103	73,156,447	2.74%	1.54%
1997	1,689,264	74,226,889	2.62%	1.46%
1998	1,732,745	75,299,660	2.57%	1.45%
1999	1,776,368	76,287,452	2.52%	1.31%
2000	1,818,647	77,154,011	2.38%	1.14%
2001	1,857,048	77,969,361	2.11%	1.06%
2002	1,889,970	78,772,224	1.77%	1.03%
2003	1,917,464	79,563,777	1.45%	1%
2004	1,942,082	80,338,971	1.28%	0.97%
2005	1,966,582	81,088,313	1.26%	0.93%
2006	1,991,888	82,167,897	1.29%	1.33%
2007	2,018,600	83,633,375	1.34%	1.78%
2008	2,047,056	85,175,788	1.41%	1.84%
2009	2,077,394	86,460,018	1.48%	1.51%
2010	2,109,811	87,455,152	1.56%	1.15%
2011	2,146,325	88,468,314	1.73%	1.16%
2012	2,194,654	89,510,356	2.25%	1.18%
2013	2,252,508	90,573,104	2.64%	1.19%
2014	2,312,139	91,679,578	2.65%	1.22%
2015	2,374,300	92,823,254	2.69%	1.25%
2016	2,439,213	94,000,117	2.73%	1.27%
2017	2,506,853	95,176,977	2.77%	1.25%
2018	2,577,327	96,237,319	2.81%	1.11%
2019	2,650,494	97,173,776	2.84%	0.97%
2020	2,728,762	98,079,191	2.95%	0.93%
2021	2,810,548	98,935,098	3%	0.87%
2022	2,889,662	99,680,655	2.81%	0.75%
2023	2,963,095	100,352,192	2.54%	0.67%
2024	3,030,131	100,987,686	2.26%	0.63%
2025	3,092,826	101,598,531	2.07%	0.6%
2026	3,153,252	102,177,434	1.95%	0.57%
2027	3,212,910	102,727,392	1.89%	0.54%
2028	3,272,166	103,255,746	1.84%	0.51%
2029	3,330,819	103,761,151	1.79%	0.49%
2030	3,389,961	104,254,900	1.78%	0.48%
2031	3,449,508	104,737,913	1.76%	0.46%
2032	3,508,245	105,204,401	1.7%	0.45%
2033	3,565,349	105,656,307	1.63%	0.43%
2034	3,621,829	106,097,515	1.58%	0.42%
2035	3,678,888	106,530,671	1.58%	0.41%
2036	3,735,939	106,945,842	1.55%	0.39%
2037	3,792,807	107,346,046	1.52%	0.37%
2038	3,850,310	107,732,019	1.52%	0.36%
2039	3,907,182	108,097,653	1.48%	0.34%
2040	3,962,414	108,437,634	1.41%	0.31%
2041	4,017,690	108,752,199	1.4%	0.29%
2042	4,073,359	109,040,314	1.39%	0.26%
2043	4,129,577	109,292,559	1.38%	0.23%
2044	4,186,114	109,506,274	1.37%	0.2%
2045	4,243,359	109,685,396	1.37%	0.16%
2046	4,299,969	109,827,664	1.33%	0.13%
2047	4,355,507	109,930,243	1.29%	0.09%
2048	4,409,459	109,994,024	1.24%	0.06%
2049	4,460,507	110,018,017	1.16%	0.02%
2050	4,512,307	110,008,910	1.16%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.