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==Vital statistics== Registration of vital events in Namibia is not complete. The website [[Our World in Data]] prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population & Demography Data Explorer |url=https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?facet=none&Metric=Population&Sex=Both+sexes&Age+group=Total&Projection+Scenario=None&country=~NAM |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |- ! ! style="width:80pt;"|Mid-year population ! style="width:80pt;"|Live births ! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths ! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change ! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000) ! style="width:80pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000) ! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1000) ! style="width:80pt;"|[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR) ! style="width:80pt;"|[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 live births) ! style="width:80pt;"|[[Life expectancy]] (in years) |- |1950 | 515 000 | 22 000 | 12 000 | 10 000 |42.0 |22.5 |19.5 |5.75 |141.7 |41.5 |- |1951 | 521 000 | 22 000 | 12 000 | 10 000 |42.0 |22.4 |19.6 |5.79 |140.3 |41.8 |- |1952 | 527 000 | 22 000 | 12 000 | 11 000 |42.0 |22.0 |20.0 |5.83 |137.6 |42.4 |- |1953 | 534 000 | 22 000 | 12 000 | 11 000 |42.0 |21.6 |20.4 |5.89 |134.7 |43.0 |- |1954 | 540 000 | 23 000 | 11 000 | 11 000 |41.9 |21.1 |20.8 |5.93 |131.8 |43.7 |- |1955 | 547 000 | 23 000 | 11 000 | 12 000 |41.7 |20.7 |21.1 |5.97 |128.8 |44.3 |- |1956 | 555 000 | 23 000 | 11 000 | 12 000 |41.6 |20.2 |21.4 |6.01 |125.7 |44.9 |- |1957 | 562 000 | 23 000 | 11 000 | 12 000 |41.6 |19.7 |21.8 |6.05 |122.6 |45.6 |- |1958 | 571 000 | 24 000 | 11 000 | 13 000 |41.6 |19.2 |22.3 |6.10 |119.4 |46.3 |- |1959 | 580 000 | 24 000 | 11 000 | 13 000 |41.6 |18.8 |22.8 |6.14 |116.1 |46.9 |- |1960 | 590 000 | 25 000 | 11 000 | 14 000 |41.8 |18.2 |23.5 |6.21 |112.9 |47.7 |- |1961 | 601 000 | 25 000 | 11 000 | 15 000 |42.0 |17.8 |24.2 |6.27 |109.7 |48.4 |- |1962 | 614 000 | 26 000 | 11 000 | 15 000 |42.3 |17.3 |25.0 |6.34 |106.6 |49.1 |- |1963 | 627 000 | 27 000 | 11 000 | 16 000 |42.6 |16.9 |25.7 |6.40 |103.5 |49.7 |- |1964 | 642 000 | 28 000 | 11 000 | 17 000 |42.8 |16.4 |26.3 |6.43 |100.6 |50.4 |- |1965 | 658 000 | 28 000 | 11 000 | 18 000 |43.0 |16.0 |26.9 |6.46 |97.8 |51.0 |- |1966 | 675 000 | 29 000 | 11 000 | 18 000 |43.1 |15.7 |27.4 |6.49 |95.1 |51.4 |- |1967 | 693 000 | 30 000 | 11 000 | 19 000 |43.3 |15.4 |27.9 |6.51 |92.5 |52.0 |- |1968 | 712 000 | 31 000 | 11 000 | 20 000 |43.5 |15.0 |28.5 |6.54 |90.1 |52.6 |- |1969 | 733 000 | 32 000 | 11 000 | 21 000 |43.6 |14.6 |29.0 |6.55 |87.7 |53.1 |- |1970 | 754 000 | 33 000 | 11 000 | 22 000 |43.7 |14.3 |29.4 |6.55 |85.4 |53.6 |- |1971 | 777 000 | 34 000 | 11 000 | 23 000 |43.9 |13.9 |30.0 |6.55 |83.1 |54.2 |- |1972 | 801 000 | 35 000 | 11 000 | 24 000 |43.9 |13.5 |30.4 |6.55 |80.8 |54.8 |- |1973 | 825 000 | 36 000 | 11 000 | 26 000 |style="color: blue"|44.1 |13.1 |30.9 |style="color: blue"|6.56 |78.6 |55.4 |- |1974 | 850 000 | 37 000 | 11 000 | 27 000 |44.1 |12.8 |31.3 |6.56 |76.3 |55.9 |- |1975 | 877 000 | 39 000 | 11 000 | 28 000 |43.9 |12.4 |31.5 |6.54 |74.2 |56.5 |- |1976 | 902 000 | 39 000 | 11 000 | 28 000 |43.5 |12.0 |31.5 |6.50 |72.2 |57.0 |- |1977 | 926 000 | 40 000 | 11 000 | 29 000 |42.9 |11.7 |31.3 |6.45 |70.5 |57.6 |- |1978 | 942 000 | 40 000 | 11 000 | 30 000 |42.3 |11.3 |31.0 |6.38 |69.0 |58.1 |- |1979 | 957 000 | 39 000 | 11 000 | 29 000 |41.0 |11.1 |29.9 |6.32 |67.6 |58.4 |- |1980 | 976 000 | 40 000 | 11 000 | 28 000 |40.6 |11.6 |28.9 |6.25 |66.3 |56.8 |- |1981 | 987 000 | 40 000 | 11 000 | 28 000 |39.7 |11.4 |28.4 |6.16 |64.9 |57.1 |- |1982 | 1 006 000 | 39 000 | 11 000 | 28 000 |38.6 |11.0 |27.6 |6.08 |63.3 |57.6 |- |1983 | 1 033 000 | 40 000 | 11 000 | 29 000 |38.5 |10.8 |27.8 |6.00 |61.5 |58.0 |- |1984 | 1 062 000 | 41 000 | 11 000 | 30 000 |38.5 |10.4 |28.1 |5.93 |59.5 |58.5 |- |1985 | 1 093 000 | 42 000 | 11 000 | 31 000 |38.5 |10.1 |28.3 |5.85 |57.3 |59.0 |- |1986 | 1 128 000 | 43 000 | 11 000 | 32 000 |38.5 |9.8 |28.7 |5.77 |55.0 |59.6 |- |1987 | 1 165 000 | 45 000 | 11 000 | 34 000 |38.7 |9.5 |29.2 |5.67 |52.8 |60.2 |- |1988 | 1 208 000 | 47 000 | 11 000 | 36 000 |38.9 |9.4 |29.5 |5.58 |51.0 |60.2 |- |1989 | 1 288 000 | 49 000 |style="color: blue"| 10 000 | 39 000 |39.3 |8.4 |30.9 |5.47 |49.2 |62.6 |- |1990 | 1 369 000 | 55 000 | 11 000 | 44 000 |40.6 |8.3 |style="color: blue"|32.2 |5.32 |48.0 |62.5 |- |1991 | 1 416 000 | 57 000 | 12 000 | 45 000 |40.1 |8.4 |31.6 |5.23 |47.0 |62.1 |- |1992 | 1 462 000 | 57 000 | 13 000 | 45 000 |39.1 |8.6 |30.5 |5.07 |46.4 |61.5 |- |1993 | 1 510 000 | 57 000 | 13 000 | 44 000 |37.8 |8.8 |29.1 |4.89 |46.1 |60.9 |- |1994 | 1 558 000 | 57 000 | 14 000 | 42 000 |36.3 |9.1 |27.2 |4.67 |46.4 |59.8 |- |1995 | 1 605 000 | 55 000 | 15 000 | 40 000 |34.6 |9.5 |25.1 |4.43 |47.2 |58.6 |- |1996 | 1 650 000 | 54 000 | 17 000 | 38 000 |33.1 |10.2 |22.8 |4.21 |48.1 |56.9 |- |1997 | 1 693 000 | 55 000 | 18 000 | 37 000 |32.6 |10.8 |21.8 |4.15 |48.9 |55.6 |- |1998 | 1 736 000 | 56 000 | 20 000 | 36 000 |32.6 |11.6 |21.0 |4.15 |49.5 |54.1 |- |1999 | 1 778 000 | 57 000 | 22 000 | 36 000 |32.3 |12.1 |20.1 |4.11 |49.8 |53.0 |- |2000 | 1 819 000 | 57 000 | 23 000 |34 000 |31.4 |12.7 |18.7 |3.98 |49.8 |52.0 |- |2001 | 1 856 000 | 56 000 | 24 000 | 32 000 |30.4 |13.1 |17.3 |3.83 |49.7 |51.3 |- |2002 | 1 889 000 | 56 000 | 25 000 | 31 000 |29.7 |13.1 |16.6 |3.72 |49.1 |51.3 |- |2003 | 1 915 000 | 56 000 | 25 000 | 31 000 |29.2 |13.2 |15.9 |3.62 |49.0 |51.1 |- |2004 | 1 939 000 | 56 000 | 26 000 | 31 000 |29.0 |13.2 |style="color: red"|15.8 |3.58 |48.9 |51.2 |- |2005 | 1 963 000 | 57 000 | 25 000 | 32 000 |29.0 |13.0 |16.1 |3.56 |46.8 |51.8 |- |2006 | 1 987 000 | 58 000 | 25 000 | 33 000 |29.0 |12.5 |16.5 |3.54 |43.9 |52.7 |- |2007 | 2 011 000 | 59 000 | 24 000 | 35 000 |29.3 |12.0 |17.2 |3.55 |41.2 |53.7 |- |2008 | 2 039 000 | 61 000 | 24 000 | 37 000 |29.7 |11.6 |18.1 |3.59 |38.1 |54.7 |- |2009 | 2 068 000 | 62 000 | 23 000 | 39 000 |30.1 |11.2 |18.9 |3.61 |36.2 |55.5 |- |2010 | 2 099 000 | 64 000 | 23 000 | 41 000 |30.4 |11.1 |19.4 |3.63 |34.3 |56.0 |- |2011 | 2 132 000 | 66 000 | 23 000 | 43 000 |30.8 |10.9 |19.9 |3.66 |34.6 |56.6 |- |2012 | 2 167 000 | 67 000 | 23 000 | 45 000 |31.1 |10.4 |20.7 |3.68 |35.0 |57.6 |- |2013 | 2 205 000 | 68 000 | 22 000 | 46 000 |30.9 |9.9 |21.0 |3.65 |34.2 |58.7 |- |2014 | 2 243 000 | 69 000 | 21 000 | 48 000 |30.7 |9.4 |21.3 |3.64 |33.5 |59.8 |- |2015 | 2 283 000 | 70 000 | 21 000 | 49 000 |30.4 |9.1 |21.3 |3.60 |33.4 |60.7 |- |2016 | 2 323 000 | 70 000 | 20 000 | 50 000 |30.1 |8.7 |21.4 |3.57 |32.5 |61.7 |- |2017 | 2 365 000 | 70 000 | 20 000 | 50 000 |29.5 |8.5 |21.0 |3.51 |31.6 |62.3 |- |2018 | 2 406 000 | 70 000 | 20 000 | 50 000 |29.0 |8.4 |20.6 |3.46 |31.0 |62.6 |- |2019 | 2 447 000 | 70 000 | 20 000 | 49 000 |28.4 | 8.2 |20.2 |3.40 |29.8 |63.1 |- |2020 | 2 688 000 | 76 000 | 21 000 | 55 000 |27.7 |7.5 |20.2 |3.35 |29.5 |64.1 |- |2021 | 2 770 000 | 76 000 |style="color: red"| 26 000 | 50 000 | 27.0 |9.2 |17.8 | 3.30 |28.7 |60.9 |- |- |2022 | 2 851 000 | 76 000 | 22 000 | 55 000 |27.9 |7.5 |18.9 |3.25 |28.7 |64.2 |- |2023 | 2 928 000 | 77 000 | 18 000 | 58 000 |25.9 |6.2 |19.7 |3.21 |27.2 |67.4 |} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=year | yAxisTitle= million | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 0.52,0.52,0.53,0.53,0.54,0.55,0.56,0.56,0.57,0.58,0.59,0.6,0.61,0.63,0.64,0.66,0.68,0.69,0.71,0.73,0.75,0.78,0.8,0.83,0.85,0.88,0.9,0.93,0.94,0.96,0.98,0.99,1.01,1.03,1.06,1.09,1.13,1.17,1.21,1.29,1.37,1.42,1.46,1.51,1.56,1.61,1.65,1.69,1.74,1.78,1.82,1.86,1.89,1.92,1.94,1.96,1.99,2.01,2.04,2.07,2.1,2.13,2.17,2.21,2.24,2.28,2.32,2.37,2.41,2.45,2.49,2.53 | y1Title= population (million) }} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= ‰ | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 19.5,19.6,20.0,20.4,20.8,21.1,21.4,21.8,22.3,22.8,23.5,24.2,25.0,25.7,26.3,26.9,27.4,27.9,28.5,29.0,29.4,30.0,30.4,30.9,31.3,31.5,31.5,31.3,31.0,29.9,28.9,28.4, 27.6,27.8,28.1,28.3,28.7,29.2,29.5,30.9,32.2,31.6,30.5,29.1,27.2,25.1,22.8,21.8,21.0,20.1,18.7,17.3,16.6,15.9,15.8,16.1,16.5,17.2,18.1,18.9,19.4,19.9,20.7,21.0, 21.3,21.3,21.4,21.0,20.6,20.2,19.4,16.7 | y1Title=Natural change (per 1000) }} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= ‰ | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 141.7,140.3,137.6,134.7,131.8,128.8,125.7,122.6,119.4,116.1,112.9,109.7,106.6,103.5,100.6,97.8,95.1,92.5,90.1,87.7,85.4,83.1,80.8,78.6,76.3,74.2, 72.2,70.5,69.0,67.6,66.3,64.9,63.3,61.5,59.5,57.3,55.0,52.8,51.0,49.2,48.0,47.0,46.4,46.1,46.4,47.2,48.1,48.9,49.5,49.8,49.8,49.7,49.1,49.0,48.9,46.8,43.9,41.2,38.1,36.2,34.3,34.6,35.0,34.2,33.5,33.4,32.5,31.6,31.0,29.8,28.7,27.7 | y1Title=Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births) }} {{GraphChart | width = 450 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= TFR | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 5.75,5.79,5.83,5.89,5.93,5.97,6.01,6.05,6.10,6.14,6.21,6.27,6.34,6.40,6.43,6.46,6.49,6.51,6.54,6.55,6.55,6.55,6.55,6.56,6.56,6.54,6.50,6.45,6.38,6.32,6.25, 6.16,6.08,6.00,5.93,5.85,5.77,5.67,5.58,5.47,5.32,5.23,5.07,4.89,4.67,4.43,4.21,4.15,4.15,4.11,3.98,3.83,3.72,3.62,3.58,3.56,3.54,3.55,3.59,3.61,3.63,3.66,3.68, 3.65,3.64,3.60,3.57,3.51,3.46,3.40,3.35,3.30 | y1Title=Total Fertility Rate }} ===Demographic and Health Surveys=== Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (followed by wanted fertility rate in brackets) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=11&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=|title=MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys|website=microdata.worldbank.org}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2| Year ! colspan=2| Total ! colspan=2| Urban ! colspan=2| Rural |- ! CBR !! TFR ! CBR !! TFR ! CBR !! TFR |- | 1992 | style="text-align:right;"| 42 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.4 (4.8) | style="text-align:right;"| 43 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.0 (3.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 42 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.3 (5.8) |- | 2000 | style="text-align:right;"| 30.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.2 (3.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 29.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 (2.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 30.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.1 (4.2) |- | 2006–2007 | style="text-align:right;"| 29.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.6 (2.7) | style="text-align:right;"| 28.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.8 (2.2) | style="text-align:right;"| 29.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.3 (3.3) |- | 2013 | style="text-align:right;"| 29.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 3.6 (2.9) | style="text-align:right;"| 30.0 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.9 (2.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 29.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 (3.5) |- |} Fertility data as of 2013 (DHS Program):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR298/FR298.pdf|title=Namibia Demographic and Health Survey 2013|date=2013|website=Namibia Demographic and Health Survey}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:100pt;"| Region ! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate ! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15–49 currently pregnant ! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49 |- |[[Zambezi Region|Zambezi]]|| 4.2 || 4.5 || 4.4 |- |[[Erongo Region|Erongo]]|| 2.9 || 6.1 || 3.3 |- |[[Hardap Region|Hardap]]|| 3.7 || 3.8 || 3.4 |- |[[ǁKaras Region|Karas]]|| 3.4 || 6.4 || 3.4 |- |[[Kavango Region|Kavango]]|| 4.6 || 6.8 || 5.4 |- |[[Khomas Region|Khomas]]|| 2.6 || 6.4 || 2.7 |- |[[Kunene Region|Kunene]]|| 4.5 || 8.5 || 4.6 |- |[[Ohangwena Region|Ohangwena]]|| 5.3 || 9.8 || 5.2 |- |[[Omaheke Region|Omaheke]]|| 4.6 || 8.6 || 4.2 |- |[[Omusati Region|Omusati]]|| 4.2 || 6.3 || 3.6 |- |[[Oshana Region|Oshana]]|| 2.7 || 6.2 || 3.1 |- |[[Oshikoto Region|Oshikoto]]|| 4.2 || 5.7 || 4.0 |- |[[Otjozondjupa Region|Otjozondjupa]]|| 4.1 || 5.4 || 4.0 |} ===Life expectancy at birth=== Life expectancy from 1950 to 2015 (''UN World Population Prospects''):<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Period !Life expectancy in<br />Years |- |1950–1955 |41.75 |- |1955–1960 |{{increase}} 45.27 |- |1960–1965 |{{increase}} 48.43 |- |1965–1970 |{{increase}} 51.20 |- |1970–1975 |{{increase}} 53.52 |- |1975–1980 |{{increase}} 56.63 |- |1980–1985 |{{increase}} 58.34 |- |1985–1990 |{{increase}} 60.67 |- |1990–1995 |{{increase}} 61.52 |- |1995–2000 |{{decrease}} 58.11 |- |2000–2005 |{{decrease}} 53.83 |- |2005–2010 |{{increase}} 54.98 |- |2010–2015 |{{increase}} 61.75 |}
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