Namibia's population rose from 1.65M in 1996 to 3.09M in 2025.
Namibia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Namibia's population growth fell from 2.7 % in 1996 to 2.0 % in 2025.
Namibia's population density rose from 1.9 in 1994 to 3.6 in 2023.
Namibia's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.7 % in 1996 to 51.2 % in 2025.
Namibia's urbanisation rose from 29.3 % in 1996 to 50.9 % in 2025.
Namibia's urban population rose from 481,933 in 1996 to 1.57M in 2025.
Namibia's rural population rose from 1.16M in 1996 to 1.52M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.0 %50th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.0 %47th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.1 %153rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.1 %172nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs167th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts44th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts170th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts171st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.6 pts48th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts169th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −55.7 %58th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.2 pts126th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +2.0 %106th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs172nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs161st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs186th of 217