# Population in Namibia

Population in Namibia was 3.09 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `na`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/namibia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/namibia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=na

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3,092,816 |
| 2024 | 3,030,131 |
| 2023 | 2,963,095 |
| 2022 | 2,889,662 |
| 2021 | 2,810,548 |
| 2020 | 2,728,762 |
| 2019 | 2,650,494 |
| 2018 | 2,577,327 |
| 2017 | 2,506,853 |
| 2016 | 2,439,213 |
| 2015 | 2,374,300 |
| 2014 | 2,312,139 |
| 2013 | 2,252,508 |
| 2012 | 2,194,654 |
| 2011 | 2,146,325 |
| 2010 | 2,109,811 |
| 2009 | 2,077,394 |
| 2008 | 2,047,056 |
| 2007 | 2,018,600 |
| 2006 | 1,991,888 |
| 2005 | 1,966,582 |
| 2004 | 1,942,082 |
| 2003 | 1,917,464 |
| 2002 | 1,889,970 |
| 2001 | 1,857,048 |
| 2000 | 1,818,647 |
| 1999 | 1,776,368 |
| 1998 | 1,732,745 |
| 1997 | 1,689,264 |
| 1996 | 1,646,103 |
| 1995 | 1,602,170 |
| 1994 | 1,556,304 |
| 1993 | 1,508,697 |
| 1992 | 1,461,322 |
| 1991 | 1,415,684 |
| 1990 | 1,369,303 |
| 1989 | 1,288,947 |
| 1988 | 1,209,696 |
| 1987 | 1,167,889 |
| 1986 | 1,131,081 |
| 1985 | 1,096,890 |
| 1984 | 1,065,989 |
| 1983 | 1,037,511 |
| 1982 | 1,010,308 |
| 1981 | 992,500 |
| 1980 | 981,434 |
| 1979 | 962,825 |
| 1978 | 947,269 |
| 1977 | 931,104 |
| 1976 | 906,566 |
| 1975 | 881,032 |
| 1974 | 854,320 |
| 1973 | 828,928 |
| 1972 | 804,399 |
| 1971 | 780,584 |
| 1970 | 757,868 |
| 1969 | 736,120 |
| 1968 | 715,542 |
| 1967 | 696,045 |
| 1966 | 677,655 |
| 1965 | 660,558 |
| 1964 | 644,530 |
| 1963 | 629,589 |
| 1962 | 615,759 |
| 1961 | 603,067 |
| 1960 | 591,465 |