Population in Namibia
The population of Namibia was 3,092,816 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Namibia, 2025
3,092,816
Change from 2024
+2.1%
World, 2025
8,215,424,893 people
Position in 2025
136th of 217
Population in Namibia over time
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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Namibia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,092,816 people | 8,215,424,893 people |
| 2024 | 3,030,131 people | 8,140,897,523 people |
| 2023 | 2,963,095 people | 8,062,923,417 people |
| 2022 | 2,889,662 people | 7,988,550,201 people |
| 2021 | 2,810,548 people | 7,919,567,995 people |
| 2020 | 2,728,762 people | 7,853,863,139 people |
| 2019 | 2,650,494 people | 7,777,162,476 people |
| 2018 | 2,577,327 people | 7,696,159,728 people |
| 2017 | 2,506,853 people | 7,613,788,655 people |
| 2016 | 2,439,213 people | 7,528,221,579 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.1% from 3,030,131 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2,374,300 people, the figure has changed by +30.3%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Namibia has the 136th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.
More for Namibia
All statistics for Namibia
Population growth
2.05%
2025 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
2,963,095 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
21.0 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
3.21 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
2.37%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population aged 65 and over
3.8%
2025 · World Bank