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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Namibia	Zimbabwe	Namibia	Zimbabwe
1960	591,465	3,809,389	-	-
1961	603,067	3,930,401	1.96%	3.18%
1962	615,759	4,055,959	2.1%	3.19%
1963	629,589	4,185,877	2.25%	3.2%
1964	644,530	4,320,006	2.37%	3.2%
1965	660,558	4,458,462	2.49%	3.2%
1966	677,655	4,601,217	2.59%	3.2%
1967	696,045	4,748,307	2.71%	3.2%
1968	715,542	4,900,440	2.8%	3.2%
1969	736,120	5,058,181	2.88%	3.22%
1970	757,868	5,215,918	2.95%	3.12%
1971	780,584	5,374,712	3%	3.04%
1972	804,399	5,542,445	3.05%	3.12%
1973	828,928	5,720,404	3.05%	3.21%
1974	854,320	5,908,328	3.06%	3.29%
1975	881,032	6,098,658	3.13%	3.22%
1976	906,566	6,287,105	2.9%	3.09%
1977	931,104	6,449,512	2.71%	2.58%
1978	947,269	6,543,575	1.74%	1.46%
1979	962,825	6,647,556	1.64%	1.59%
1980	981,434	7,041,303	1.93%	5.92%
1981	992,500	7,498,635	1.13%	6.49%
1982	1,010,308	7,796,496	1.79%	3.97%
1983	1,037,511	8,098,404	2.69%	3.87%
1984	1,065,989	8,391,488	2.74%	3.62%
1985	1,096,890	8,686,813	2.9%	3.52%
1986	1,131,081	8,982,578	3.12%	3.4%
1987	1,167,889	9,284,644	3.25%	3.36%
1988	1,209,696	9,583,094	3.58%	3.21%
1989	1,288,947	9,864,798	6.55%	2.94%
1990	1,369,303	10,137,281	6.23%	2.76%
1991	1,415,684	10,404,816	3.39%	2.64%
1992	1,461,322	10,702,700	3.22%	2.86%
1993	1,508,697	10,860,288	3.24%	1.47%
1994	1,556,304	10,873,148	3.16%	0.12%
1995	1,602,170	10,974,599	2.95%	0.93%
1996	1,646,103	11,158,360	2.74%	1.67%
1997	1,689,264	11,369,827	2.62%	1.9%
1998	1,732,745	11,594,297	2.57%	1.97%
1999	1,776,368	11,783,458	2.52%	1.63%
2000	1,818,647	11,892,055	2.38%	0.92%
2001	1,857,048	11,971,901	2.11%	0.67%
2002	1,889,970	12,087,653	1.77%	0.97%
2003	1,917,464	12,232,323	1.45%	1.2%
2004	1,942,082	12,365,896	1.28%	1.09%
2005	1,966,582	12,483,432	1.26%	0.95%
2006	1,991,888	12,636,445	1.29%	1.23%
2007	2,018,600	12,804,058	1.34%	1.33%
2008	2,047,056	12,959,149	1.41%	1.21%
2009	2,077,394	13,142,790	1.48%	1.42%
2010	2,109,811	13,356,548	1.56%	1.63%
2011	2,146,325	13,595,424	1.73%	1.79%
2012	2,194,654	13,817,887	2.25%	1.64%
2013	2,252,508	14,013,808	2.64%	1.42%
2014	2,312,139	14,207,359	2.65%	1.38%
2015	2,374,300	14,399,013	2.69%	1.35%
2016	2,439,213	14,600,294	2.73%	1.4%
2017	2,506,853	14,812,482	2.77%	1.45%
2018	2,577,327	15,034,452	2.81%	1.5%
2019	2,650,494	15,271,368	2.84%	1.58%
2020	2,728,762	15,526,888	2.95%	1.67%
2021	2,810,548	15,797,210	3%	1.74%
2022	2,889,662	16,069,056	2.81%	1.72%
2023	2,963,095	16,340,822	2.54%	1.69%
2024	3,030,131	16,634,373	2.26%	1.8%
2025	3,092,826	16,950,805	2.07%	1.9%
2026	3,153,252	17,273,591	1.95%	1.9%
2027	3,212,910	17,600,621	1.89%	1.89%
2028	3,272,166	17,932,015	1.84%	1.88%
2029	3,330,819	18,268,967	1.79%	1.88%
2030	3,389,961	18,610,356	1.78%	1.87%
2031	3,449,508	18,956,207	1.76%	1.86%
2032	3,508,245	19,311,368	1.7%	1.87%
2033	3,565,349	19,675,929	1.63%	1.89%
2034	3,621,829	20,041,125	1.58%	1.86%
2035	3,678,888	20,409,159	1.58%	1.84%
2036	3,735,939	20,778,662	1.55%	1.81%
2037	3,792,807	21,144,748	1.52%	1.76%
2038	3,850,310	21,512,919	1.52%	1.74%
2039	3,907,182	21,881,123	1.48%	1.71%
2040	3,962,414	22,250,123	1.41%	1.69%
2041	4,017,690	22,627,428	1.4%	1.7%
2042	4,073,359	23,000,906	1.39%	1.65%
2043	4,129,577	23,371,301	1.38%	1.61%
2044	4,186,114	23,740,630	1.37%	1.58%
2045	4,243,359	24,102,391	1.37%	1.52%
2046	4,299,969	24,462,491	1.33%	1.49%
2047	4,355,507	24,816,449	1.29%	1.45%
2048	4,409,459	25,168,419	1.24%	1.42%
2049	4,460,507	25,518,513	1.16%	1.39%
2050	4,512,307	25,866,397	1.16%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Namibia increased by 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Namibia gained 767,064 (a 32.3% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Namibia was ranked 143rd most populous country in 2005 and is 134th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.