World Development Indicators

Population, total: Namibia

Most recent: 3,092,816 (2025)
Earliest: 591,465 (1960)
Highest: 3,092,816 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: Namibia at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Population
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

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