🇳🇦Namibia

Windhoek

Africa

Lower middle income

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Population

3.1M

2.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.21

births/woman

Life Expectancy

67.5y

GDP / capita

$4.9K

Pop. Growth

2.05%

Net Migration

1.9K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Namibia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇦🇴Angola42.5K(37.4%)

+12%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe16.1K(14.1%)

+11%

🇩🇪

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male1.5MTotal 3.1M1.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

11.2

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇿🇦South Africa9.4K(8.3%)

+11%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.4.6K(4.0%)

+30%

🇨🇳China3.5K(3.0%)

+11%

🇿🇲Zambia3.4K(3.0%)

+11%

🇬🇧United Kingdom1.9K(1.7%)

+11%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.1.2K(1.1%)

+11%

🇰🇪Kenya1.2K(1.1%)

+11%

🇹🇿Tanzania1.2K(1.1%)

+11%

🇺🇸United States1.2K(1.0%)

+11%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Namibia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Namibia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇿🇦South Africa34.3K(84.9%)

−17%

🇦🇺Australia1.9K(4.7%)

+72%

🇧🇼Botswana1K(2.6%)

+22%

🇿🇲Zambia1K(2.5%)

+63%

🇦🇴Angola917(2.3%)

+25%

🇹🇿Tanzania622(1.5%)

+1%

🇫🇮Finland179(0.4%)

+159%

🇩🇰Denmark114(0.3%)

+100%

🇳🇴Norway110(0.3%)

+36%

🇮🇸Iceland65(0.2%)

+81%

🇰🇪Kenya55(0.1%)

−18%

🇭🇺Hungary29(0.1%)

+314%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024