Birth rate, crude in Namibia
Namibia: Birth rate, crude was 25.89 per 1,000 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Birth rate, crude in Namibia, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in per 1,000 people.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 25.89 per 1,000 people for birth rate, crude in 2024.
The figure is down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, birth rate, crude in Namibia peaked at 43.87 per 1,000 people in 1974 and was at its lowest, 25.89 per 1,000 people, in 2023.
Namibia ranks 47th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.72 per 1,000 people | 42.09 per 1,000 people | 43.29 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.2 per 1,000 people | 40.84 per 1,000 people | 43.87 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.76 per 1,000 people | 38.23 per 1,000 people | 40.6 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.06 per 1,000 people | 32.63 per 1,000 people | 40.96 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.96 per 1,000 people | 28.92 per 1,000 people | 31.61 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.38 per 1,000 people | 28.39 per 1,000 people | 31.35 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.57 per 1,000 people | 25.89 per 1,000 people | 27.69 per 1,000 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 44 Solomon Islands 26.71 per 1,000 people compare
- 45 Palestine 26.46 per 1,000 people compare
- 46 Ghana 25.92 per 1,000 people compare
- 48 Iraq 25.58 per 1,000 people compare
- 49 Uzbekistan 25.56 per 1,000 people compare
- 50 Tajikistan 25.33 per 1,000 people compare
More health data for Namibia
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 28,860 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 27,970 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 43,578 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.7% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 73,734 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 29,582 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 31,119 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 30,096 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 28,053 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 29,210 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is birth rate, crude in Namibia?
- Birth rate, crude in Namibia was 25.89 per 1,000 people in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest birth rate, crude recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.87 per 1,000 people in 1974.
- What is the lowest birth rate, crude recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.89 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- How does Namibia rank for birth rate, crude?
- Namibia ranks 47th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is birth rate, crude rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.