Namibia vs Sweden: Annual change in population

Namibia

73,434 people

in 2023

Sweden

64,158 people

in 2023

Namibia rank

99th

Sweden rank

102nd

Annual change in population over time

Namibia currently reports 73,434 people against 64,158 people in Sweden, a difference of 9,276 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sweden ahead.

Namibia ranks 99th and Sweden ranks 102nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in population
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,228 data points, 1951–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual change in population, calculated as the difference between population on 1 July of consecutive years.