Demographics of Namibia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	31 May 2024

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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.

Namibia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	514,774	1.17
1955	547,430	1.29
1960	590,181	1.81
1965	657,887	2.49
1970	754,467	2.91
1975	876,572	3.09
1980	975,994	1.38
1985	1,093,311	3.02
1990	1,369,011	3.51
1995	1,605,370	2.86
2000	1,819,141	2.18
2005	1,962,865	1.19
2010	2,099,271	1.53
2015	2,282,704	1.76
2020	2,489,098	1.77
2021	2,530,151	1.50
2022	2,567,012	1.39
2023	2,604,172	1.48
2024	2,645,805	1.69

Population
Growth

Namibia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	11,625	21,728	22.490	42.035
1955	11,352	22,946	20.650	41.739
1960	10,801	24,721	18.247	41.765
1965	10,570	28,295	16.047	42.955
1970	10,772	32,980	14.272	43.694
1975	10,850	38,503	12.372	43.901
1980	11,440	39,909	11.630	40.573
1985	11,049	42,018	10.113	38.459
1990	11,371	55,497	8.310	40.556
1995	15,260	55,453	9.524	34.610
2000	23,098	57,037	12.718	31.405
2005	25,483	57,065	12.954	29.009
2010	23,276	64,014	11.062	30.423
2015	20,761	69,517	9.077	30.394
2020	21,112	69,444	8.475	27.876
2021	27,119	69,486	10.709	27.439
2022	29,431	69,157	11.457	26.921
2023	26,638	69,215	10.221	26.558
2024	20,662	69,037	7.804	26.074

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Namibia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	65,067	420,207	13.408
1955	83,453	454,061	15.526
1960	107,909	494,635	17.909
1965	136,750	545,801	20.035
1970	173,960	606,424	22.292
1975	213,999	690,840	23.651
1980	253,837	758,835	25.066
1985	302,761	845,541	26.366
1990	391,253	1,023,439	27.656
1995	493,517	1,161,842	29.813
2000	614,845	1,284,412	32.373
2005	744,428	1,287,768	36.632
2010	904,380	1,268,790	41.616
2015	1,137,588	1,287,973	46.900
2020	1,403,099	1,293,438	52.033
2021	1,458,300	1,292,950	53.005
2022	1,513,974	1,291,955	53.956
2023	1,570,077	1,290,516	54.886
2024	1,626,604	1,288,724	55.795

Population
Urbanization

Namibia population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio