Population of Namibia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	10 Mar 2025

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The current population of Namibia is 3,082,187 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Namibia is projected at 3,092,816, or 3.09 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Namibia is projected at 3,030,131, or 3.03 million people, for the year 2024.

Namibia ranks 138th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Namibia is ranked 41st among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Namibia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	511,768	514,591	5,646	1.097	0.0206
1951	517,414	520,391	5,954	1.144	0.0205
1952	523,368	526,634	6,532	1.240	0.0204
1953	529,900	533,230	6,659	1.249	0.0202
1954	536,559	540,015	6,912	1.280	0.0201
1955	543,471	547,082	7,221	1.320	0.0200
1956	550,692	554,558	7,731	1.394	0.0198
1957	558,423	562,591	8,336	1.482	0.0197
1958	566,759	571,335	9,152	1.602	0.0196
1959	575,911	580,919	10,017	1.724	0.0196
1960	585,928	591,465	11,073	1.872	0.0196
1961	597,001	603,067	12,131	2.012	0.0197
1962	609,132	615,759	13,254	2.153	0.0197
1963	622,386	629,589	14,406	2.288	0.0197
1964	636,792	644,530	15,477	2.401	0.0197
1965	652,269	660,558	16,578	2.510	0.0198
1966	668,847	677,655	17,617	2.600	0.0199
1967	686,464	696,045	19,162	2.753	0.0200
1968	705,626	715,542	19,831	2.772	0.0202
1969	725,457	736,120	21,325	2.897	0.0203
1970	746,782	757,868	22,172	2.926	0.0205
1971	768,954	780,584	23,260	2.980	0.0207
1972	792,214	804,399	24,369	3.030	0.0209
1973	816,583	828,928	24,690	2.979	0.0211
1974	841,273	854,320	26,094	3.055	0.0214
1975	867,367	881,032	27,330	3.102	0.0216
1976	894,697	906,566	23,738	2.619	0.0219
1977	918,435	931,104	25,338	2.721	0.0221
1978	943,773	947,269	6,992	0.738	0.0221
1979	950,765	962,825	24,120	2.505	0.0220
1980	974,885	981,434	13,099	1.335	0.0221
1981	987,984	992,500	9,033	0.910	0.0219
1982	997,017	1,010,308	26,583	2.631	0.0219
1983	1,023,600	1,037,511	27,822	2.682	0.0221
1984	1,051,422	1,065,989	29,135	2.733	0.0223
1985	1,080,557	1,096,890	32,666	2.978	0.0225
1986	1,113,223	1,131,081	35,715	3.158	0.0228
1987	1,148,938	1,167,889	37,901	3.246	0.0231
1988	1,186,839	1,209,696	45,714	3.779	0.0235
1989	1,232,553	1,288,947	112,789	8.756	0.0246
1990	1,345,342	1,369,303	47,921	3.500	0.0257
1991	1,393,263	1,415,684	44,841	3.168	0.0261
1992	1,438,104	1,461,322	46,436	3.178	0.0265
1993	1,484,540	1,508,697	48,315	3.203	0.0270
1994	1,532,855	1,556,304	46,898	3.014	0.0274
1995	1,579,753	1,602,170	44,835	2.799	0.0278
1996	1,624,588	1,646,103	43,031	2.614	0.0282
1997	1,667,619	1,689,264	43,289	2.563	0.0285
1998	1,710,908	1,732,745	43,673	2.521	0.0288
1999	1,754,581	1,776,368	43,574	2.453	0.0292
2000	1,798,155	1,818,647	40,984	2.254	0.0295
2001	1,839,139	1,857,048	35,818	1.929	0.0297
2002	1,874,957	1,889,970	30,027	1.589	0.0298
2003	1,904,984	1,917,464	24,959	1.302	0.0299
2004	1,929,943	1,942,082	24,278	1.250	0.0299
2005	1,954,221	1,966,582	24,721	1.257	0.0299
2006	1,978,942	1,991,888	25,891	1.300	0.0299
2007	2,004,833	2,018,600	27,534	1.364	0.0299
2008	2,032,367	2,047,056	29,378	1.435	0.0299
2009	2,061,745	2,077,394	31,297	1.507	0.0300
2010	2,093,042	2,109,811	33,537	1.590	0.0300
2011	2,126,579	2,146,325	39,492	1.840	0.0302
2012	2,166,071	2,194,654	57,166	2.605	0.0305
2013	2,223,237	2,252,508	58,541	2.599	0.0309
2014	2,281,778	2,312,139	60,721	2.626	0.0313
2015	2,342,499	2,374,300	63,601	2.679	0.0318
2016	2,406,100	2,439,213	66,226	2.715	0.0323
2017	2,472,326	2,506,853	69,054	2.755	0.0328
2018	2,541,380	2,577,327	71,893	2.790	0.0333
2019	2,613,273	2,650,494	74,443	2.809	0.0339
2020	2,687,716	2,728,762	82,091	3.009	0.0346
2021	2,769,807	2,810,548	81,481	2.899	0.0353
2022	2,851,288	2,889,662	76,749	2.656	0.0360
2023	2,928,037	2,963,095	70,116	2.366	0.0366

Namibia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	2,998,153	3,030,131	63,956	2.111	0.0371
2025	3,062,109	3,092,816	61,415	1.986	0.0376
2026	3,123,524	3,153,246	59,444	1.885	0.0380
2027	3,182,968	3,212,905	59,873	1.864	0.0384
2028	3,242,841	3,272,163	58,644	1.792	0.0388
2029	3,301,485	3,330,805	58,641	1.761	0.0392
2030	3,360,126	3,389,958	59,664	1.760	0.0396
2031	3,419,790	3,449,496	59,412	1.722	0.0400
2032	3,479,202	3,508,237	58,070	1.655	0.0403
2033	3,537,272	3,565,341	56,139	1.575	0.0407
2034	3,593,411	3,621,821	56,820	1.569	0.0410
2035	3,650,231	3,678,880	57,297	1.557	0.0414
2036	3,707,528	3,735,930	56,805	1.521	0.0418
2037	3,764,333	3,792,796	56,925	1.501	0.0421
2038	3,821,258	3,850,301	58,086	1.509	0.0425
2039	3,879,344	3,907,180	55,673	1.425	0.0428
2040	3,935,017	3,962,405	54,776	1.382	0.0432
2041	3,989,793	4,017,678	55,771	1.388	0.0435
2042	4,045,564	4,073,357	55,586	1.365	0.0439
2043	4,101,150	4,129,570	56,840	1.376	0.0442
2044	4,157,990	4,186,104	56,228	1.343	0.0446
2045	4,214,218	4,243,350	58,263	1.373	0.0450
2046	4,272,481	4,299,961	54,960	1.278	0.0453
2047	4,327,441	4,355,498	56,114	1.288	0.0457
2048	4,383,555	4,409,449	51,789	1.175	0.0460
2049	4,435,344	4,460,502	50,315	1.128	0.0464
2050	4,485,659	4,512,301	53,283	1.181	0.0467
2051	4,538,942	4,564,906	51,928	1.138	0.0470
2052	4,590,870	4,616,271	50,803	1.101	0.0474
2053	4,641,673	4,666,786	50,226	1.076	0.0477
2054	4,691,899	4,716,094	48,390	1.026	0.0481
2055	4,740,289	4,764,872	49,165	1.032	0.0484
2056	4,789,454	4,812,927	46,947	0.975	0.0487
2057	4,836,401	4,859,148	45,494	0.936	0.0490
2058	4,881,895	4,904,467	45,145	0.920	0.0494
2059	4,927,040	4,948,806	43,532	0.880	0.0497
2060	4,970,572	4,992,780	44,417	0.890	0.0500
2061	5,014,989	5,035,412	40,846	0.811	0.0503
2062	5,055,835	5,076,029	40,389	0.796	0.0506
2063	5,096,224	5,115,886	39,324	0.769	0.0509
2064	5,135,548	5,153,864	36,633	0.711	0.0511
2065	5,172,181	5,189,914	35,466	0.683	0.0514
2066	5,207,647	5,226,207	37,120	0.710	0.0516
2067	5,244,767	5,262,698	35,861	0.681	0.0519
2068	5,280,628	5,297,729	34,202	0.646	0.0522
2069	5,314,830	5,330,812	31,964	0.600	0.0524
2070	5,346,794	5,361,952	30,316	0.565	0.0526
2071	5,377,110	5,392,094	29,968	0.556	0.0528
2072	5,407,078	5,421,639	29,121	0.537	0.0531
2073	5,436,199	5,449,975	27,551	0.506	0.0533
2074	5,463,750	5,478,137	28,775	0.525	0.0535
2075	5,492,525	5,507,229	29,408	0.534	0.0537
2076	5,521,933	5,535,422	26,979	0.487	0.0540
2077	5,548,912	5,561,882	25,941	0.466	0.0542
2078	5,574,853	5,587,412	25,117	0.450	0.0544
2079	5,599,970	5,611,420	22,900	0.408	0.0546
2080	5,622,870	5,635,057	24,374	0.433	0.0548
2081	5,647,244	5,658,708	22,927	0.405	0.0550
2082	5,670,171	5,680,542	20,741	0.365	0.0552
2083	5,690,912	5,700,529	19,235	0.337	0.0554
2084	5,710,147	5,719,149	18,004	0.315	0.0556
2085	5,728,151	5,736,757	17,213	0.300	0.0558
2086	5,745,364	5,754,869	19,010	0.330	0.0559
2087	5,764,374	5,772,717	16,686	0.289	0.0561
2088	5,781,060	5,788,735	15,351	0.265	0.0563
2089	5,796,411	5,803,190	13,559	0.234	0.0565
2090	5,809,970	5,817,169	14,398	0.248	0.0566
2091	5,824,368	5,830,570	12,404	0.213	0.0568
2092	5,836,772	5,842,812	12,080	0.207	0.0570
2093	5,848,852	5,854,301	10,897	0.186	0.0571
2094	5,859,749	5,863,779	8,061	0.137	0.0572
2095	5,867,810	5,871,653	7,685	0.131	0.0574
2096	5,875,495	5,877,535	4,080	0.069	0.0575
2097	5,879,575	5,881,977	4,805	0.082	0.0576
2098	5,884,380	5,887,092	5,423	0.092	0.0577
2099	5,889,803	5,892,539	5,472	0.093	0.0578
2100	5,895,275	5,897,944	5,338	0.091	0.0579