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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Zambia	Namibia	Zambia
1960	591,465	3,153,729	-	-
1961	603,067	3,254,086	1.96%	3.18%
1962	615,759	3,358,099	2.1%	3.2%
1963	629,589	3,465,907	2.25%	3.21%
1964	644,530	3,577,017	2.37%	3.21%
1965	660,558	3,692,086	2.49%	3.22%
1966	677,655	3,812,003	2.59%	3.25%
1967	696,045	3,936,343	2.71%	3.26%
1968	715,542	4,065,593	2.8%	3.28%
1969	736,120	4,197,116	2.88%	3.24%
1970	757,868	4,321,718	2.95%	2.97%
1971	780,584	4,442,525	3%	2.8%
1972	804,399	4,569,309	3.05%	2.85%
1973	828,928	4,702,693	3.05%	2.92%
1974	854,320	4,842,746	3.06%	2.98%
1975	881,032	4,990,086	3.13%	3.04%
1976	906,566	5,143,842	2.9%	3.08%
1977	931,104	5,302,480	2.71%	3.08%
1978	947,269	5,465,374	1.74%	3.07%
1979	962,825	5,631,728	1.64%	3.04%
1980	981,434	5,802,833	1.93%	3.04%
1981	992,500	5,983,289	1.13%	3.11%
1982	1,010,308	6,178,637	1.79%	3.26%
1983	1,037,511	6,381,038	2.69%	3.28%
1984	1,065,989	6,580,490	2.74%	3.13%
1985	1,096,890	6,780,953	2.9%	3.05%
1986	1,131,081	6,986,471	3.12%	3.03%
1987	1,167,889	7,191,282	3.25%	2.93%
1988	1,209,696	7,391,440	3.58%	2.78%
1989	1,288,947	7,589,216	6.55%	2.68%
1990	1,369,303	7,786,169	6.23%	2.6%
1991	1,415,684	7,981,650	3.39%	2.51%
1992	1,461,322	8,176,680	3.22%	2.44%
1993	1,508,697	8,373,921	3.24%	2.41%
1994	1,556,304	8,576,269	3.16%	2.42%
1995	1,602,170	8,785,763	2.95%	2.44%
1996	1,646,103	9,004,053	2.74%	2.48%
1997	1,689,264	9,237,063	2.62%	2.59%
1998	1,732,745	9,482,408	2.57%	2.66%
1999	1,776,368	9,740,005	2.52%	2.72%
2000	1,818,647	10,017,631	2.38%	2.85%
2001	1,857,048	10,325,185	2.11%	3.07%
2002	1,889,970	10,647,949	1.77%	3.13%
2003	1,917,464	10,983,595	1.45%	3.15%
2004	1,942,082	11,338,198	1.28%	3.23%
2005	1,966,582	11,718,819	1.26%	3.36%
2006	1,991,888	12,129,553	1.29%	3.5%
2007	2,018,600	12,565,085	1.34%	3.59%
2008	2,047,056	13,021,324	1.41%	3.63%
2009	2,077,394	13,490,389	1.48%	3.6%
2010	2,109,811	13,965,594	1.56%	3.52%
2011	2,146,325	14,437,796	1.73%	3.38%
2012	2,194,654	14,913,629	2.25%	3.3%
2013	2,252,508	15,398,997	2.64%	3.25%
2014	2,312,139	15,895,315	2.65%	3.22%
2015	2,374,300	16,399,089	2.69%	3.17%
2016	2,439,213	16,914,423	2.73%	3.14%
2017	2,506,853	17,441,320	2.77%	3.12%
2018	2,577,327	17,973,569	2.81%	3.05%
2019	2,650,494	18,513,839	2.84%	3.01%
2020	2,728,762	19,059,395	2.95%	2.95%
2021	2,810,548	19,603,607	3%	2.86%
2022	2,889,662	20,152,938	2.81%	2.8%
2023	2,963,095	20,723,965	2.54%	2.83%
2024	3,030,131	21,314,956	2.26%	2.85%
2025	3,092,826	21,913,869	2.07%	2.81%
2026	3,153,252	22,521,905	1.95%	2.77%
2027	3,212,910	23,138,716	1.89%	2.74%
2028	3,272,166	23,761,368	1.84%	2.69%
2029	3,330,819	24,389,681	1.79%	2.64%
2030	3,389,961	25,024,887	1.78%	2.6%
2031	3,449,508	25,666,496	1.76%	2.56%
2032	3,508,245	26,311,946	1.7%	2.51%
2033	3,565,349	26,960,073	1.63%	2.46%
2034	3,621,829	27,611,621	1.58%	2.42%
2035	3,678,888	28,266,887	1.58%	2.37%
2036	3,735,939	28,925,103	1.55%	2.33%
2037	3,792,807	29,583,482	1.52%	2.28%
2038	3,850,310	30,240,549	1.52%	2.22%
2039	3,907,182	30,895,586	1.48%	2.17%
2040	3,962,414	31,550,394	1.41%	2.12%
2041	4,017,690	32,204,340	1.4%	2.07%
2042	4,073,359	32,856,596	1.39%	2.03%
2043	4,129,577	33,510,500	1.38%	1.99%
2044	4,186,114	34,165,920	1.37%	1.96%
2045	4,243,359	34,821,101	1.37%	1.92%
2046	4,299,969	35,475,795	1.33%	1.88%
2047	4,355,507	36,129,270	1.29%	1.84%
2048	4,409,459	36,782,260	1.24%	1.81%
2049	4,460,507	37,434,667	1.16%	1.77%
2050	4,512,307	38,083,369	1.16%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.