What is the difference in population between Lithuania and Namibia?

109,000 people, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Namibia?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lithuania vs Namibia: Population

Lithuania

2.85 million people

in 2023

Namibia

2.96 million people

in 2023

Lithuania rank

142nd

Namibia rank

140th

Population over time

Lithuania
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 2.96 million people against 2.85 million people in Lithuania, a difference of 109,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.

Lithuania ranks 142nd and Namibia ranks 140th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 29 and Namibia in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lithuania	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	77,578 people	93,535 people	15,957 people	Namibia
1100s	81,661 people	100,464 people	18,803 people	Namibia
1200s	85,959 people	107,906 people	21,947 people	Namibia
1300s	90,483 people	115,899 people	25,416 people	Namibia
1400s	95,245 people	124,484 people	29,239 people	Namibia
1500s	100,258 people	133,705 people	33,447 people	Namibia
1600s	105,535 people	143,609 people	38,074 people	Namibia
1700s	111,090 people	154,247 people	43,157 people	Namibia
1710s	129,605 people	161,148 people	31,543 people	Namibia
1720s	151,205 people	168,386 people	17,181 people	Namibia
1730s	176,406 people	175,979 people	427 people	Lithuania
1740s	205,808 people	183,945 people	21,863 people	Lithuania
1750s	240,109 people	192,304 people	47,805 people	Lithuania
1760s	280,127 people	201,078 people	79,049 people	Lithuania
1770s	326,815 people	210,288 people	116,527 people	Lithuania
1780s	381,285 people	219,958 people	161,327 people	Lithuania
1790s	444,832 people	230,112 people	214,720 people	Lithuania
1800s	778,655 people	215,817 people	562,838 people	Lithuania
1810s	778,885 people	188,899 people	589,986 people	Lithuania
1820s	833,619 people	165,309 people	668,309 people	Lithuania
1830s	964,300 people	144,666 people	819,635 people	Lithuania
1840s	1.12 million people	126,655 people	990,022 people	Lithuania
1850s	1.29 million people	123,761 people	1.17 million people	Lithuania
1860s	1.50 million people	137,812 people	1.36 million people	Lithuania
1870s	1.74 million people	153,722 people	1.58 million people	Lithuania
1880s	2.01 million people	171,454 people	1.84 million people	Lithuania
1890s	2.33 million people	191,244 people	2.14 million people	Lithuania
1900s	2.70 million people	219,630 people	2.48 million people	Lithuania
1910s	2.59 million people	259,443 people	2.33 million people	Lithuania
1920s	2.33 million people	311,167 people	2.02 million people	Lithuania
1930s	2.44 million people	381,471 people	2.05 million people	Lithuania
1940s	2.50 million people	463,750 people	2.03 million people	Lithuania
1950s	2.57 million people	545,140 people	2.02 million people	Lithuania
1960s	2.94 million people	657,040 people	2.29 million people	Lithuania
1970s	3.28 million people	865,497 people	2.41 million people	Lithuania
1980s	3.56 million people	1.10 million people	2.46 million people	Lithuania
1990s	3.63 million people	1.58 million people	2.05 million people	Lithuania
2000s	3.34 million people	1.95 million people	1.39 million people	Lithuania
2010s	2.92 million people	2.36 million people	564,431 people	Lithuania
2020s	2.82 million people	2.85 million people	32,700 people	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Lithuania or Namibia?: Namibia, at 2.96 million people against 2.85 million people in Lithuania as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Lithuania and Namibia?: 109,000 people, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Namibia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Lithuania and Namibia rank globally for population?: Lithuania ranks 142nd and Namibia ranks 140th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.