Namibia vs Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has about the same population as Namibia: 3,184,835 vs 3,092,816, a gap of 92,019. Namibia is growing faster (+2.05% vs −0.55% a year), adding about 63,329 people a year against −17,637. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Namibia would overtake Puerto Rico in about 1 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2026) — a projection, not a forecast. Puerto Rico is the older society: 25.3% aged 65+ against 3.8% in Namibia, while Namibia has more children (36.7% under 15 vs 11.2%). Puerto Rico is 100.4× as densely populated (361.2 vs 3.6 people per km²). People in Puerto Rico live 14.4 years longer on average (81.9 vs 67.5). GDP per capita is 8.3× higher in Puerto Rico ($40,620 vs $4,876).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Namibia) and 2025 (Puerto Rico); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Namibia vs Puerto Rico — side by side
 Namibia |  Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,092,8162025 | 3,184,8352025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.05%2025 | −0.55%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 25.92024 | 5.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 10.32024 |
| Children per woman | 3.212024 | 0.922024 |
| Life expectancy | 67.5 yrs2024 | 81.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 36.7%2025 | 11.2%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.8%2025 | 25.3%2025 |
| Density | 3.6 /km²2023 | 361.2 /km²2023 |
| Area | 824,290 km²2023 | 8,870 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 50.9%2025 | 94.3%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +1,8662025 | +5,4952025 |
| GDP per capita | $4,8762025 | $40,6202025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #136 | #134 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Namibia: 5.2× from 1960 to 2025; Puerto Rico: 1.4× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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