COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Namibia Population
Namibia population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1989, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,09 m | 62.685 |
| 2024 | 3,03 m | 67.036 |
| 2023 | 2,96 m | 73.433 |
| 2022 | 2,89 m | 79.114 |
| 2021 | 2,81 m | 81.786 |
| 2020 | 2,73 m | 78.268 |
| 2019 | 2,65 m | 73.167 |
| 2018 | 2,58 m | 70.474 |
| 2017 | 2,51 m | 67.640 |
| 2016 | 2,44 m | 97.213 |
| 2015 | 2,34 m | 60.000 |
| 2014 | 2,28 m | 59.000 |
| 2013 | 2,22 m | 57.000 |
| 2012 | 2,17 m | 39.000 |
| 2011 | 2,13 m | 34.000 |
| 2010 | 2,09 m | 31.000 |
| 2009 | 2,06 m | 30.000 |
| 2008 | 2,03 m | 27.000 |
| 2007 | 2,01 m | 26.000 |
| 2006 | 1,98 m | 25.000 |
| 2005 | 1,95 m | 24.000 |
| 2004 | 1,93 m | 25.000 |
| 2003 | 1,91 m | 30.000 |
| 2002 | 1,88 m | 36.000 |
| 2001 | 1,84 m | 41.000 |
| 2000 | 1,80 m | 43.000 |
| 1999 | 1,76 m | 44.000 |
| 1998 | 1,71 m | 43.000 |
| 1997 | 1,67 m | 43.000 |
| 1996 | 1,63 m | 45.000 |
| 1995 | 1,58 m | 31.000 |
| 1994 | 1,55 m | 45.000 |
| 1993 | 1,50 m | 49.000 |
| 1992 | 1,46 m | 52.000 |
| 1991 | 1,40 m | 58.000 |
| 1990 | 1,35 m | 61.000 |
| 1989 | 1,28 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
1 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 2009 | 2,06 m | 2,06 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesNamibia recorded 3,09 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 62.685.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 37 observations from 1989 to 2025, the average was 2,09 m; the minimum was 1,28 m in 1989 and the maximum was 3,09 m in 2025.
Namibia ranks 136 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Demographic scale and market size.