Editing Demographics of Namibia (section)

==Population==
[[File:Namibia population.svg|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Namibia, Data of [[FAO]], year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]
[[File:Namibia Population Density (2011).jpg|thumb|300px|right|Population density in Namibia by regions (census 2011)]]

===Census results===
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population
|percentages = pagr
|1921|228916
|1936|320457
|1946|362464
|1951|439081
|1970|761010
|1981|1033196
|1991|1409915
|2001|1830330
|2011|2113077
|2023|3022401
}}

As required by the Namibian ''Statistics Act'' #66 of 1976, and in accordance with [[United Nations]] recommendations, a [[census]] is conducted every ten years. After [[Independence of Namibia|Namibian independence]] the first Population and Housing Census was carried out in 1991, further rounds followed in 2001 and 2011.<ref name=2001Census>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.npc.gov.na/census/index.htm 
 |title=Census Summary Results 
 |publisher=National Planning Commission of Namibia 
 |access-date=21 February 2012 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111224420/http://www.npc.gov.na/census/index.htm 
 |archive-date=11 January 2012 
}}</ref> The data collection method is to count every person resident in Namibia  wherever they happen to be. This is called the ''de facto'' method.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201108080754.html
|title=Namibia: 2011 Census Officially Launched
|last=Kapitako
|first=Alvine
|date=8 August 2011
|work=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]
|publisher=via allafrica.com}}</ref> For enumeration purposes the country is demarcated into 4,042 ''enumeration areas''. These areas overlap with constituency boundaries in order to get reliable data for election purposes as well.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.npc.gov.na/census/index.htm 
 |title=Methodology 
 |publisher=National Planning Commission of Namibia 
 |access-date=21 February 2012 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111224420/http://www.npc.gov.na/census/index.htm 
 |archive-date=11 January 2012 
}}</ref>

The 2011 Population and Housing Census counted 2,113,077 inhabitants of Namibia. Between 2001 and 2011 the annual population growth was 1.4%, down from 2.6% in the previous ten–year period.<ref name=snapshot>{{cite news
|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=106621&page=archive-read
|title=Census gives snapshot of Namibia's population
|last=Duddy
|first=Jo Maré
|date=28 March 2013
|newspaper=[[The Namibian]]}}</ref>

In 2011 the total fertility rate was 3.6 children per woman, down from 4.1 in 2001.

===UN estimates===
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Namibia}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 485 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 36.4%, 59.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.7% was 65 years or older
.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80pt"|Total population
! width="80pt"|Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
| 485 000||38.8||57.1||4.1
|-
| 1955
| 538 000||40.5||55.6||4.0
|-
| 1960
| 603 000||41.6||54.7||3.7
|-
| 1965
| 683 000||42.5||53.9||3.6
|-
| 1970
| 780 000||43.1||53.3||3.6
|-
| 1975
| 906 000||44.3||52.2||3.5
|-
| 1980
|1 013 000||46.6||49.9||3.5
|-
| 1985
|1 150 000||47.0||49.5||3.5
|-
| 1990
|1 415 000||43.7||53||3.4
|-
| 1995
|1 651 000||42||54.6||3.4
|-
| 2000
|1 896 000||40.3||56.3||3.4
|-
| 2005
|2 080 000||38.9||57.6||3.4
|-
| 2010
|2 283 000||36.4||59.9||3.7
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Based on the results of the 2011 Population Census.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 217 976
| align="right" | 1 286 522
| align="right" | 2 504 498
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 168 415
| align="right" | 164 699
| align="right" | 333 114
| align="right" | 13.30
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 157 646
| align="right" | 154 774
| align="right" | 312 420
| align="right" | 12.47
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 137 092
| align="right" | 135 235
| align="right" | 272 327
| align="right" | 10.87
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 118 166
| align="right" | 117 873
| align="right" | 236 039
| align="right" | 9.42
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 118 207
| align="right" | 121 535
| align="right" | 239 742
| align="right" | 9.57
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 110 095
| align="right" | 115 411
| align="right" | 225 506
| align="right" | 9.00
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 94 967
| align="right" | 99 744
| align="right" | 194 711
| align="right" | 7.77
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 74 591
| align="right" | 80 644
| align="right" | 155 235
| align="right" | 6.20
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 61 719
| align="right" | 67 206 
| align="right" | 128 925
| align="right" | 5.15
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 49 370
| align="right" | 56 034
| align="right" | 105 404
| align="right" | 4.21
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 37 319
| align="right" | 44 620
| align="right" | 81 939
| align="right" | 3.27
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 28 792
| align="right" | 37 243
| align="right" | 66 035
| align="right" | 2.64
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 20 002
| align="right" | 28 448
| align="right" | 48 450
| align="right" | 1.93
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 15 303
| align="right" | 21 162
| align="right" | 36 465
| align="right" | 1.46
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 11 841
| align="right" | 16 460
| align="right" | 28 301
| align="right" | 1.13
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 6 904
| align="right" | 11 064 
| align="right" | 17 968
| align="right" | 0.72
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 7 547
| align="right" | 14 370
| align="right" | 21 917
| align="right" | 0.88
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 463 153
| align="right" | 454 708
| align="right" | 917 861
| align="right" | 36.65
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 713 228
| align="right" | 768 758
| align="right" | 1 481 986
| align="right" | 59.17
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 41 595
| align="right" | 63 056
| align="right" | 104 651
| align="right" | 4.18
|-
|}