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Namibia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
3.09 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.7%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20313.45Forecast
20303.39Forecast
20293.33Forecast
20283.27Forecast
20273.21Forecast
20263.15Forecast
20253.09
20243.03
20232.96
20222.89
20212.81
20202.73
20192.65
20182.58
20172.51
20162.44

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1989–2023
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Namibia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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