Demographics of Namibia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Namibia is projected at 2.59 million, up by 1.83% compared with 2.54 million in 2020. Namibia is ranked 143rd in terms of population and 59th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 70.28 thousand births in Namibia in 2021. That is 193 per day, which is ranked 123rd. The crude birth rate is 27.17 per 1000 people. There are 19.6 thousand deaths in Namibia in 2021. That is 54 per day, which is ranked 142nd. The crude death rate is 7.57 per 1000 people.

1.46 million people are living in urban areas, which is 53.01% of Namibia population. Namibia is ranked 151st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Namibia in 2021 is 94.12 males per 100 females. There are 1.25 million males and 1.33 million females in Namibia. The percentage of female population is 51.51% compare to 48.49% male population. Namibia has 78.34 thousand more females than males. Namibia is at 33rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Namibia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	514,378	-
1955	567,846	2.1
1960	634,138	2.33
1965	716,588	2.55
1970	817,474	2.88
1975	947,925	2.71
1980	1,057,723	2.16
1985	1,198,149	3.09
1990	1,432,899	3.38
1995	1,627,866	2.26
2000	1,794,583	1.74
2005	1,938,316	1.6
2010	2,118,877	1.82
2015	2,314,901	1.82
2016	2,358,044	1.86
2017	2,402,623	1.89
2018	2,448,300	1.9
2019	2,494,524	1.89
2020	2,540,916	1.86
2021	2,587,344	1.83

Total
Crude

Namibia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	12,785	22,626	24.57	43.44
1955	12,464	24,325	21.88	42.77
1960	12,039	26,802	18.93	42.17
1965	11,753	29,967	16.35	41.77
1970	11,980	35,471	14.54	43.04
1975	12,041	40,994	12.79	43.56
1980	12,055	44,333	11.33	41.80
1985	12,050	48,690	9.94	40.05
1990	12,122	53,806	8.55	37.80
1995	15,672	56,550	9.61	34.77
2000	22,746	55,216	12.69	30.87
2005	27,022	57,113	13.89	29.32
2010	23,957	64,566	11.34	30.45
2015	20,162	69,342	8.67	29.90
2020	19,660	70,276	7.73	27.66
2021	19,599	70,282	7.57	27.17

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Namibia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	65,067	420,207	-	13.408
1955	83,453	454,061	5.19	15.526
1960	107,909	494,635	5.33	17.909
1965	136,750	545,801	4.88	20.035
1970	173,960	606,424	4.97	22.292
1975	213,999	690,840	3.95	23.651
1980	253,837	758,835	3.35	25.066
1985	302,761	845,541	4.35	26.366
1990	391,253	1,023,439	5.02	27.656
1995	493,517	1,161,842	4.78	29.813
2000	614,845	1,284,412	3.89	32.373
2005	744,428	1,287,768	3.88	36.632
2010	904,380	1,268,790	4.23	41.616
2015	1,137,588	1,287,973	4.70	46.900
2020	1,403,099	1,293,438	4.05	52.033
2021	1,458,300	1,292,950	3.93	53.005

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Namibia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	168,419	167,736	336,155	12.99	100.407
05-09	161,761	161,902	323,663	12.51	99.913
10-14	144,409	144,941	289,350	11.18	99.633
15-19	123,649	124,821	248,470	9.60	99.061
20-24	120,196	123,003	243,199	9.40	97.718
25-29	113,462	118,058	231,520	8.95	96.107
30-34	99,063	104,000	203,063	7.85	95.253
35-39	80,239	84,955	165,194	6.38	94.449
40-44	65,121	69,485	134,606	5.20	93.720
45-49	52,626	57,763	110,389	4.27	91.107
50-54	39,075	46,328	85,403	3.30	84.344
55-59	30,348	39,077	69,425	2.68	77.662
60-64	21,994	31,328	53,322	2.06	70.206
65-69	14,224	23,261	37,485	1.45	61.150
70-74	9,349	15,475	24,824	0.96	60.414
75-79	6,096	10,698	16,794	0.65	56.983
80-84	3,105	6,422	9,527	0.37	48.349
85-89	1,102	2,761	3,863	0.15	39.913
90-94	243	751	994	0.04	32.357
95-99	20	76	96	0.00	26.316
100+	0	2	2	0.00	0.000
Total	1,254,501	1,332,843	2,587,344		94.122