Namibia
Population 2026
3,153,248
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.95%
- Density
- 4 per km²
- Land area
- 823,290 km²
- Capital
- Windhoek
- Currency
- Dollar (NAD)
- Official languages
- EN-NA, AF, DE, HZ
- Urban population
- 50.9%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 78,9272026
- Deaths
- 19,5382026
- Birth rate
- 25.9per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.21
- Life expectancy
- 67.5At birth, years
- Median age
- 21.5
- Net migration
- 1,866
Age distribution
- 0–1436.7%
- 15–6459.6%
- 65+3.8%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $15.1B
- GDP per capita
- $4.9K
- GDP growth
- +1.7%
- Inflation
- 3.5%
- Unemployment
- 19.3%
- Exports
- $6.7B
- Imports
- $9.6B
- Tourism receipts
- 4.0%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture7.0%
- Industry28.9%
- Manufacturing10.0%
- Services55.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture22.3%
- Industry16.5%
- Services61.1%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WindhoekKhomas Region | 386,2192024 |
| 2 | RunduKavango East | 75,1802026 |
| 3 | Walvis BayErongo Region | 73,5982024 |
| 4 | SwakopmundErongo Region | 53,0092026 |
| 5 | OshakatiOshana Region | 43,3092026 |
| 6 | RehobothHardap Region | 34,1852024 |
| 7 | Katima MuliloZambezi Region | 33,6152026 |
| 8 | OtjiwarongoOtjozondjupa Region | 33,4812026 |
| 9 | OndangwaOshana Region | 27,0492024 |
| 10 | OkahandjaOtjozondjupa Region | 26,8322024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,153,248 | 78.9K | 19.5K |
| 2020 | 2,728,760 | 75.6K | 20.5K |
| 2010 | 2,109,815 | 65.4K | 23.4K |
| 2000 | 1,818,650 | 57.5K | 22.2K |
| 1990 | 1,369,309 | 56.1K | 12.1K |
| 1980 | 981,440 | 39.9K | 11.7K |
| 1970 | 757,876 | 32.9K | 10.5K |
| 1960 | 591,473 | 24.9K | 10.6K |
| 1950 | 514,598 | 21.1K | 11.4K |