Population of Namibia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

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The current population of Namibia is 3,047,526 as of October 08, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Namibia is projected at 2,645,805, or 2.65 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Namibia is projected at 2,604,172, or 2.60 million people for the year 2023.

Namibia ranks 145th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Namibia is ranked 43rd 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	514,774	6,012	1.168	0.02
1951	517,780	520,828	6,097	1.171	0.02
1952	523,877	527,153	6,552	1.243	0.02
1953	530,429	533,747	6,637	1.243	0.02
1954	537,066	540,483	6,834	1.264	0.02
1955	543,900	547,430	7,060	1.290	0.02
1956	550,960	554,699	7,478	1.348	0.02
1957	558,438	562,452	8,027	1.427	0.02
1958	566,465	570,845	8,760	1.535	0.02
1959	575,225	580,030	9,611	1.657	0.02
1960	584,836	590,181	10,690	1.811	0.02
1961	595,526	601,424	11,797	1.962	0.02
1962	607,323	613,808	12,971	2.113	0.02
1963	620,294	627,358	14,128	2.252	0.02
1964	634,422	642,054	15,264	2.377	0.02
1965	649,686	657,887	16,402	2.493	0.02
1966	666,088	674,818	17,461	2.588	0.02
1967	683,549	693,063	19,027	2.746	0.02
1968	702,576	712,427	19,702	2.766	0.02
1969	722,278	732,881	21,207	2.894	0.02
1970	743,485	754,467	21,965	2.912	0.02
1971	765,450	776,995	23,090	2.972	0.02
1972	788,540	800,610	24,140	3.015	0.02
1973	812,680	824,918	24,476	2.967	0.02
1974	837,156	850,091	25,869	3.043	0.02
1975	863,025	876,572	27,093	3.091	0.02
1976	890,118	901,840	23,443	2.600	0.02
1977	913,561	926,109	25,095	2.710	0.02
1978	938,656	942,023	6,734	0.715	0.02
1979	945,390	957,334	23,888	2.495	0.02
1980	969,278	975,994	13,431	1.376	0.02
1981	982,709	987,394	9,369	0.949	0.02
1982	992,078	1,005,520	26,885	2.674	0.02
1983	1,018,963	1,033,085	28,245	2.734	0.02
1984	1,047,208	1,061,995	29,573	2.785	0.02
1985	1,076,781	1,093,311	33,060	3.024	0.02
1986	1,109,841	1,127,989	36,297	3.218	0.02
1987	1,146,138	1,165,430	38,585	3.311	0.02
1988	1,184,723	1,207,949	46,452	3.846	0.02
1989	1,231,175	1,288,070	113,790	8.840	0.02
1990	1,344,965	1,369,011	48,092	3.513	0.03
1991	1,393,057	1,415,617	45,120	3.188	0.03
1992	1,438,177	1,461,687	47,020	3.217	0.03
1993	1,485,197	1,509,834	49,275	3.264	0.03
1994	1,534,472	1,558,449	47,954	3.077	0.03
1995	1,582,426	1,605,370	45,889	2.859	0.03
1996	1,628,315	1,650,066	43,503	2.637	0.03
1997	1,671,818	1,693,242	42,848	2.531	0.03
1998	1,714,666	1,735,953	42,574	2.453	0.03
1999	1,757,240	1,778,277	42,075	2.366	0.03
2000	1,799,315	1,819,141	39,652	2.180	0.03
2001	1,838,967	1,856,402	34,871	1.878	0.03
2002	1,873,838	1,888,525	29,374	1.555	0.03
2003	1,903,212	1,915,425	24,426	1.275	0.03
2004	1,927,638	1,939,406	23,535	1.214	0.03
2005	1,951,173	1,962,865	23,384	1.191	0.03
2006	1,974,557	1,986,558	24,002	1.208	0.03
2007	1,998,559	2,011,492	25,865	1.286	0.03
2008	2,024,424	2,038,552	28,255	1.386	0.03
2009	2,052,679	2,067,919	30,481	1.474	0.03
2010	2,083,160	2,099,271	32,221	1.535	0.03
2011	2,115,381	2,132,340	33,919	1.591	0.03
2012	2,149,300	2,167,470	36,340	1.677	0.03
2013	2,185,640	2,204,510	37,740	1.712	0.03
2014	2,223,380	2,243,001	39,242	1.750	0.03
2015	2,262,622	2,282,704	40,164	1.760	0.03
2016	2,302,786	2,323,352	41,132	1.770	0.03
2017	2,343,918	2,364,534	41,231	1.744	0.03
2018	2,385,149	2,405,680	41,063	1.707	0.03
2019	2,426,212	2,446,644	40,865	1.670	0.03
2020	2,467,077	2,489,098	44,042	1.769	0.03
2021	2,511,119	2,530,151	38,063	1.504	0.03

Namibia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	2,549,182	2,567,012	35,661	1.389	0.03
2023	2,584,843	2,604,172	38,658	1.484	0.03
2024	2,623,501	2,645,805	44,607	1.686	0.03
2025	2,668,108	2,690,284	44,351	1.649	0.03
2026	2,712,459	2,734,497	44,077	1.612	0.03
2027	2,756,536	2,778,608	44,145	1.589	0.03
2028	2,800,681	2,822,568	43,773	1.551	0.03
2029	2,844,454	2,866,354	43,801	1.528	0.03
2030	2,888,255	2,910,056	43,602	1.498	0.03
2031	2,931,857	2,953,517	43,319	1.467	0.03
2032	2,975,176	2,996,909	43,466	1.450	0.03
2033	3,018,642	3,040,441	43,599	1.434	0.03
2034	3,062,241	3,084,032	43,582	1.413	0.03
2035	3,105,823	3,127,696	43,746	1.399	0.04
2036	3,149,569	3,171,395	43,652	1.376	0.04
2037	3,193,221	3,215,247	44,053	1.370	0.04
2038	3,237,274	3,259,286	44,024	1.351	0.04
2039	3,281,298	3,303,227	43,857	1.328	0.04
2040	3,325,155	3,347,189	44,069	1.317	0.04
2041	3,369,224	3,391,106	43,763	1.291	0.04
2042	3,412,987	3,434,985	43,996	1.281	0.04
2043	3,456,983	3,478,878	43,789	1.259	0.04
2044	3,500,772	3,522,542	43,540	1.236	0.04
2045	3,544,312	3,566,040	43,456	1.219	0.04
2046	3,587,768	3,609,486	43,436	1.203	0.04
2047	3,631,204	3,652,704	43,000	1.177	0.04
2048	3,674,204	3,695,526	42,644	1.154	0.04
2049	3,716,848	3,737,961	42,227	1.130	0.04
2050	3,759,075	3,779,918	41,686	1.103	0.04
2051	3,800,761	3,821,426	41,330	1.082	0.04
2052	3,842,091	3,862,423	40,663	1.053	0.04
2053	3,882,754	3,902,825	40,141	1.029	0.04
2054	3,922,895	3,942,648	39,507	1.002	0.04
2055	3,962,402	3,981,822	38,840	0.975	0.04
2056	4,001,242	4,020,332	38,181	0.950	0.04
2057	4,039,423	4,058,078	37,310	0.919	0.04
2058	4,076,733	4,095,116	36,766	0.898	0.04
2059	4,113,499	4,131,304	35,610	0.862	0.04
2060	4,149,109	4,166,560	34,902	0.838	0.04
2061	4,184,011	4,201,088	34,155	0.813	0.04
2062	4,218,166	4,235,003	33,674	0.795	0.04
2063	4,251,840	4,268,386	33,093	0.775	0.04
2064	4,284,933	4,300,949	32,032	0.745	0.04
2065	4,316,965	4,332,798	31,666	0.731	0.04
2066	4,348,631	4,364,008	30,755	0.705	0.04
2067	4,379,386	4,394,498	30,223	0.688	0.04
2068	4,409,609	4,424,299	29,380	0.664	0.04
2069	4,438,989	4,453,462	28,945	0.650	0.04
2070	4,467,934	4,482,144	28,419	0.634	0.04
2071	4,496,353	4,510,238	27,769	0.616	0.04
2072	4,524,122	4,537,868	27,493	0.606	0.04
2073	4,551,615	4,564,972	26,715	0.585	0.04
2074	4,578,330	4,591,386	26,111	0.569	0.04
2075	4,604,441	4,617,136	25,390	0.550	0.04
2076	4,629,831	4,642,044	24,426	0.526	0.04
2077	4,654,257	4,666,212	23,911	0.512	0.04
2078	4,678,168	4,689,689	23,041	0.491	0.05
2079	4,701,209	4,712,466	22,513	0.478	0.05
2080	4,723,722	4,734,556	21,668	0.458	0.05
2081	4,745,390	4,755,854	20,928	0.440	0.05
2082	4,766,318	4,776,401	20,166	0.422	0.05
2083	4,786,484	4,796,132	19,296	0.402	0.05
2084	4,805,780	4,815,159	18,759	0.390	0.05
2085	4,824,539	4,833,566	18,055	0.374	0.05
2086	4,842,594	4,851,206	17,224	0.355	0.05
2087	4,859,818	4,867,998	16,359	0.336	0.05
2088	4,876,177	4,884,101	15,848	0.324	0.05
2089	4,892,025	4,899,487	14,924	0.305	0.05
2090	4,906,949	4,914,092	14,285	0.291	0.05
2091	4,921,234	4,927,967	13,466	0.273	0.05
2092	4,934,700	4,940,877	12,353	0.250	0.05
2093	4,947,053	4,952,986	11,866	0.240	0.05
2094	4,958,919	4,964,517	11,197	0.226	0.05
2095	4,970,116	4,975,233	10,233	0.206	0.05
2096	4,980,349	4,985,182	9,667	0.194	0.05
2097	4,990,016	4,994,467	8,902	0.178	0.05
2098	4,998,918	5,003,095	8,354	0.167	0.05
2099	5,007,272	5,011,107	7,670	0.153	0.05
2100	5,014,942	5,018,497	7,110	0.142	0.05