Demographics of Namibia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date31 May 2024

There are 1.28 million males and 1.37 million females in Namibia. The percentage of the male population is 48.24%, compared to 51.76% of the female population. Namibia has 93k more females than males. The sex ratio in Namibia in 2024 will be 93.203 males per 100 females. Namibia is in the 38th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Namibia population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950514,7741.17
1955547,4301.29
1960590,1811.81
1965657,8872.49
1970754,4672.91
1975876,5723.09
1980975,9941.38
19851,093,3113.02
19901,369,0113.51
19951,605,3702.86
20001,819,1412.18
20051,962,8651.19
20102,099,2711.53
20152,282,7041.76
20202,489,0981.77
20212,530,1511.50
20222,567,0121.39
20232,604,1721.48
20242,645,8051.69
  • Total
  • Crude

Namibia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195011,62521,72822.49042.035
195511,35222,94620.65041.739
196010,80124,72118.24741.765
196510,57028,29516.04742.955
197010,77232,98014.27243.694
197510,85038,50312.37243.901
198011,44039,90911.63040.573
198511,04942,01810.11338.459
199011,37155,4978.31040.556
199515,26055,4539.52434.610
200023,09857,03712.71831.405
200525,48357,06512.95429.009
201023,27664,01411.06230.423
201520,76169,5179.07730.394
202021,11269,4448.47527.876
202127,11969,48610.70927.439
202229,43169,15711.45726.921
202326,63869,21510.22126.558
202420,66269,0377.80426.074
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Namibia

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195065,067420,20713.408
195583,453454,06115.526
1960107,909494,63517.909
1965136,750545,80120.035
1970173,960606,42422.292
1975213,999690,84023.651
1980253,837758,83525.066
1985302,761845,54126.366
1990391,2531,023,43927.656
1995493,5171,161,84229.813
2000614,8451,284,41232.373
2005744,4281,287,76836.632
2010904,3801,268,79041.616
20151,137,5881,287,97346.900
20201,403,0991,293,43852.033
20211,458,3001,292,95053.005
20221,513,9741,291,95553.956
20231,570,0771,290,51654.886
20241,626,6041,288,72455.795
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Namibia population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 167,321 166,381 333,702 12.61 100.565
05-09 161,804 162,114 323,918 12.24 99.809
10-14 147,292 149,604 296,897 11.22 98.455
15-19 124,539 127,725 252,264 9.53 97.506
20-24 114,119 117,467 231,586 8.75 97.150
25-29 110,574 114,724 225,298 8.52 96.383
30-34 108,066 114,255 222,321 8.40 94.583
35-39 81,606 88,029 169,636 6.41 92.704
40-44 63,862 69,844 133,706 5.05 91.435
45-49 55,141 61,200 116,341 4.40 90.100
50-54 44,712 52,349 97,061 3.67 85.411
55-59 34,881 44,242 79,123 2.99 78.841
60-64 24,712 34,183 58,895 2.23 72.293
65-69 16,688 25,688 42,376 1.60 64.964
70-74 10,748 18,689 29,436 1.11 57.510
75-79 6,221 11,887 18,108 0.68 52.334
80-84 2,873 6,652 9,524 0.36 43.190
85-89 922 2,955 3,878 0.15 31.201
90-94 231 1,092 1,323 0.05 21.154
95-99 44 309 353 0.01 14.239
100+ 4 56 59 0.00 7.143
Total 1,276,360 1,369,445 2,645,805 93.203