Population growth in Namibia

From 1960 to 2016 the population of Namibia increased from 602,544.00 to 2.48 million people. This is a growth by 311.5 percent in 56 years. The highest increase in Namibia was recorded in 1988 with 4.55%. The smallest increase in 2004 with 1.14%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 145.3 percent.

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Population development in Namibia since 1960

(Data in millions of inhabitants)



JahrPopulation
Namibia		ChangeBirthrateDeathrate Population
World		Change
19610.62 M2.45 %  3,075 M1.35 %
19620.63 M2.49 %  3,128 M1.72 %
19630.65 M2.53 %  3,193 M2.07 %
19640.67 M2.56 %  3,258 M2.05 %
19650.68 M2.60 %  3,325 M2.05 %
19660.70 M2.61 %  3,395 M2.10 %
19670.72 M2.62 %  3,464 M2.05 %
19680.74 M2.67 %  3,535 M2.03 %
19690.76 M2.78 %  3,609 M2.11 %
19700.78 M2.90 %  3,685 M2.09 %
19710.80 M3.05 %  3,762 M2.10 %
19720.83 M3.14 %  3,839 M2.04 %
19730.86 M3.13 %  3,915 M1.98 %
19740.88 M2.97 %  3,991 M1.96 %
19750.90 M2.73 %  4,066 M1.87 %
19760.93 M2.50 %  4,139 M1.79 %
19770.95 M2.34 %  4,212 M1.75 %
19780.97 M2.22 %  4,286 M1.75 %
19790.99 M2.16 %  4,361 M1.77 %
19801.01 M2.16 %42.7 ‰11.4 ‰4,439 M1.79 %
19811.03 M2.13 %42.2 ‰11.1 ‰4,518 M1.77 %
19821.06 M2.14 %41.7 ‰10.8 ‰4,599 M1.80 %
19831.08 M2.34 %41.2 ‰10.6 ‰4,681 M1.78 %
19841.11 M2.78 %40.7 ‰10.3 ‰4,763 M1.75 %
19851.15 M3.35 %40.2 ‰10.0 ‰4,846 M1.75 %
19861.19 M3.94 %39.8 ‰9.7 ‰4,932 M1.77 %
19871.25 M4.39 %39.4 ‰9.4 ‰5,020 M1.78 %
19881.30 M4.55 %39.0 ‰9.2 ‰5,109 M1.77 %
19891.36 M4.39 %38.6 ‰8.9 ‰5,198 M1.74 %
19901.41 M4.03 %38.2 ‰8.8 ‰5,288 M1.74 %
19911.47 M3.61 %37.7 ‰8.6 ‰5,375 M1.65 %
19921.51 M3.27 %37.1 ‰8.6 ‰5,460 M1.57 %
19931.56 M3.06 %36.5 ‰8.7 ‰5,545 M1.56 %
19941.61 M3.00 %35.8 ‰8.8 ‰5,629 M1.51 %
19951.66 M3.03 %35.1 ‰9.0 ‰5,714 M1.51 %
19961.71 M3.09 %34.4 ‰9.3 ‰5,797 M1.45 %
19971.76 M3.08 %33.6 ‰9.7 ‰5,879 M1.43 %
19981.81 M2.93 %32.9 ‰10.1 ‰5,961 M1.39 %
19991.86 M2.62 %32.3 ‰10.6 ‰6,042 M1.35 %
20001.90 M2.22 %31.7 ‰11.0 ‰6,122 M1.32 %
20011.93 M1.81 %31.2 ‰11.4 ‰6,201 M1.30 %
20021.96 M1.48 %30.7 ‰11.7 ‰6,281 M1.28 %
20031.99 M1.24 %30.3 ‰11.9 ‰6,360 M1.26 %
20042.01 M1.14 %30.0 ‰12.1 ‰6,440 M1.26 %
20052.03 M1.14 %29.8 ‰12.0 ‰6,520 M1.25 %
20062.06 M1.16 %29.6 ‰11.8 ‰6,601 M1.25 %
20072.08 M1.18 %29.6 ‰11.5 ‰6,683 M1.24 %
20082.11 M1.27 %29.7 ‰11.0 ‰6,766 M1.24 %
20092.14 M1.46 %29.9 ‰10.5 ‰6,850 M1.23 %
20102.17 M1.69 %30.0 ‰9.9 ‰6,933 M1.22 %
20112.22 M1.95 %30.1 ‰9.3 ‰7,015 M1.18 %
20122.26 M2.18 %30.2 ‰8.7 ‰7,100 M1.21 %
20132.32 M2.32 %30.1 ‰8.2 ‰7,185 M1.20 %
20142.37 M2.35 %29.9 ‰7.8 ‰7,271 M1.20 %
20152.43 M2.30 %29.6 ‰7.5 ‰7,357 M1.18 %
20162.48 M2.23 %29.2 ‰7.2 ‰7,444 M1.18 %


Birth- and deathrate in Namibia

Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2016 in the graph: The population in Namibia increased by about 54,200 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 7.2 per 1000 people (~ 17,500 deaths) and the birth rate was 29.2 per 1000 people (~ 70,800 births). As a result, around 900 inhabitants have to be added by migration from other countries.

The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.





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