Population of Namibia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Namibia is 2,691,589 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Namibia is projected at 2,587,344 or 2.587 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Namibia is projected at 2,540,905 or 2.541 million people for the year 2020. Namibia ranks number 143th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Namibia is ranked 41st among 58 countries in Africa.

Namibia's population will be increased year by year. The Namibia population is projected to reach 3.01 million in 2030 and increase to 3.98 million in 2050 and 5.37 million by 2100. Namibia accounts for 0.033 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.021% in 1956 and is projected to increase by 0.049% by 2100.

Namibia was at 145th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline to 129th in 2100.

Namibia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	2,540,905	46,375	1.86	0.033
2021	2,587,344	46,439	1.83	0.033
2022	2,633,874	46,530	1.80	0.033
2023	2,680,490	46,616	1.77	0.033
2024	2,727,258	46,768	1.74	0.034
2025	2,774,200	46,942	1.72	0.034
2026	2,821,271	47,071	1.70	0.034
2027	2,868,439	47,168	1.67	0.034
2028	2,915,722	47,283	1.65	0.035
2029	2,963,188	47,466	1.63	0.035
2030	3,010,871	47,683	1.61	0.035
2031	3,058,774	47,903	1.59	0.035
2032	3,106,878	48,104	1.57	0.036
2033	3,155,163	48,285	1.55	0.036
2034	3,203,619	48,456	1.54	0.036
2035	3,252,235	48,616	1.52	0.037
2036	3,300,986	48,751	1.50	0.037
2037	3,349,858	48,872	1.48	0.037
2038	3,398,828	48,970	1.46	0.037
2039	3,447,878	49,050	1.44	0.038
2040	3,496,970	49,092	1.42	0.038
2041	3,546,078	49,108	1.40	0.038
2042	3,595,153	49,075	1.38	0.039
2043	3,644,166	49,013	1.36	0.039
2044	3,693,068	48,902	1.34	0.039
2045	3,741,831	48,763	1.32	0.039
2046	3,790,408	48,577	1.30	0.040
2047	3,838,739	48,331	1.28	0.040
2048	3,886,723	47,984	1.25	0.040
2049	3,934,216	47,493	1.22	0.041
2050	3,981,130	46,914	1.19	0.041
2051	4,027,400	46,270	1.16	0.041
2052	4,073,009	45,609	1.13	0.041
2053	4,117,900	44,891	1.10	0.042
2054	4,162,037	44,137	1.07	0.042
2055	4,205,403	43,366	1.04	0.042
2056	4,247,933	42,530	1.01	0.042
2057	4,289,641	41,708	0.98	0.043
2058	4,330,554	40,913	0.95	0.043
2059	4,370,732	40,178	0.93	0.043
2060	4,410,217	39,485	0.90	0.043
2061	4,449,023	38,806	0.88	0.044
2062	4,487,127	38,104	0.86	0.044
2063	4,524,510	37,383	0.83	0.044
2064	4,561,122	36,612	0.81	0.044
2065	4,596,967	35,845	0.79	0.045
2066	4,632,015	35,048	0.76	0.045
2067	4,666,286	34,271	0.74	0.045
2068	4,699,806	33,520	0.72	0.045
2069	4,732,593	32,787	0.70	0.045
2070	4,764,675	32,082	0.68	0.046
2071	4,796,052	31,377	0.66	0.046
2072	4,826,719	30,667	0.64	0.046
2073	4,856,679	29,960	0.62	0.046
2074	4,885,949	29,270	0.60	0.046
2075	4,914,540	28,591	0.59	0.046
2076	4,942,452	27,912	0.57	0.047
2077	4,969,663	27,211	0.55	0.047
2078	4,996,146	26,483	0.53	0.047
2079	5,021,861	25,715	0.51	0.047
2080	5,046,746	24,885	0.50	0.047
2081	5,070,802	24,056	0.48	0.047
2082	5,094,035	23,233	0.46	0.048
2083	5,116,439	22,404	0.44	0.048
2084	5,138,019	21,580	0.42	0.048
2085	5,158,793	20,774	0.40	0.048
2086	5,178,760	19,967	0.39	0.048
2087	5,197,912	19,152	0.37	0.048
2088	5,216,248	18,336	0.35	0.048
2089	5,233,767	17,519	0.34	0.048
2090	5,250,466	16,699	0.32	0.049
2091	5,266,348	15,882	0.30	0.049
2092	5,281,417	15,069	0.29	0.049
2093	5,295,683	14,266	0.27	0.049
2094	5,309,150	13,467	0.25	0.049
2095	5,321,825	12,675	0.24	0.049
2096	5,333,719	11,894	0.22	0.049
2097	5,344,827	11,108	0.21	0.049
2098	5,355,177	10,350	0.19	0.049
2099	5,364,760	9,583	0.18	0.049
2100	5,373,588	8,828	0.16	0.049

Namibia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	514,384	-	-	0.020
1951	523,969	9,585	1.86	0.020
1952	534,162	10,193	1.95	0.020
1953	544,903	10,741	2.01	0.020
1954	556,138	11,235	2.06	0.020
1955	567,847	11,709	2.11	0.020
1956	580,023	12,176	2.14	0.021
1957	592,692	12,669	2.18	0.021
1958	605,900	13,208	2.23	0.021
1959	619,697	13,797	2.28	0.021
1960	634,142	14,445	2.33	0.021
1961	649,279	15,137	2.39	0.021
1962	665,115	15,836	2.44	0.021
1963	681,637	16,522	2.48	0.021
1964	698,796	17,159	2.52	0.021
1965	716,584	17,788	2.55	0.021
1966	734,867	18,283	2.55	0.022
1967	753,688	18,821	2.56	0.022
1968	773,422	19,734	2.62	0.022
1969	794,588	21,166	2.74	0.022
1970	817,469	22,881	2.88	0.022
1971	842,354	24,885	3.04	0.022
1972	868,958	26,604	3.16	0.023
1973	896,266	27,308	3.14	0.023
1974	922,903	26,637	2.97	0.023
1975	947,921	25,018	2.71	0.023
1976	971,121	23,200	2.45	0.023
1977	992,956	21,835	2.25	0.023
1978	1,014,057	21,101	2.13	0.024
1979	1,035,381	21,324	2.10	0.024
1980	1,057,727	22,346	2.16	0.024
1981	1,080,941	23,214	2.19	0.024
1982	1,105,104	24,163	2.24	0.024
1983	1,131,632	26,528	2.40	0.024
1984	1,162,279	30,647	2.71	0.024
1985	1,198,148	35,869	3.09	0.025
1986	1,239,928	41,780	3.49	0.025
1987	1,286,797	46,869	3.78	0.025
1988	1,336,536	49,739	3.87	0.026
1989	1,386,010	49,474	3.70	0.026
1990	1,432,905	46,895	3.38	0.027
1991	1,476,388	43,483	3.03	0.027
1992	1,516,958	40,570	2.75	0.028
1993	1,555,101	38,143	2.51	0.028
1994	1,591,822	36,721	2.36	0.028
1995	1,627,865	36,043	2.26	0.028
1996	1,663,378	35,513	2.18	0.029
1997	1,698,032	34,654	2.08	0.029
1998	1,731,639	33,607	1.98	0.029
1999	1,763,859	32,220	1.86	0.029
2000	1,794,571	30,712	1.74	0.029
2001	1,823,672	29,101	1.62	0.029
2002	1,851,523	27,851	1.53	0.029
2003	1,879,117	27,594	1.49	0.029
2004	1,907,745	28,628	1.52	0.030
2005	1,938,320	30,575	1.60	0.030
2006	1,971,317	32,997	1.70	0.030
2007	2,006,514	35,197	1.79	0.030
2008	2,043,394	36,880	1.84	0.030
2009	2,081,044	37,650	1.84	0.030
2010	2,118,874	37,830	1.82	0.030
2011	2,156,698	37,824	1.79	0.031
2012	2,194,783	38,085	1.77	0.031
2013	2,233,508	38,725	1.76	0.031
2014	2,273,423	39,915	1.79	0.031
2015	2,314,904	41,481	1.82	0.031
2016	2,358,044	43,140	1.86	0.032
2017	2,402,633	44,589	1.89	0.032
2018	2,448,301	45,668	1.90	0.032
2019	2,494,530	46,229	1.89	0.032