Namibia's Demographics

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The population of Namibia is estimated by the United Nations to be 0.0 million in 2021.

The population of Namibia grew at N/A% in the last year and is ranked the 38th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Gambia.

Population data for Namibia has been rated as Grade E - E. The primary reasons being that Namibia last conducted a national census in 2011 and 78.1% of births in Namibia are recorded.


Source: World Economics, World Bank & United Nations
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Namibia's Population Data Quality

Namibia last conducted a national census in 2011 and 78.1% of births are recorded.

Namibia's data quality ranks 129th out of 150 countries in the World Economics Global Population Data Quality Ratings. In the Africa region, Namibia ranks 29th for the region.

It is important to have good quality population data as this impacts other key indicators such as GDP per capita. See the World Economics Wealth Indicators for re-estimated wealth levels for Namibia.


Key Demographic Data

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Population
Total Size (Millions) Million people
Annual Growth Rate (%) N/A Year on Year Percentage Change
 
Employment
Unemployment Rate (%) Percentage of the working population out of work
 
Age Dependency Ratio
Young (2019, %) 62.3 The ratio of younger dependents, compared to the number of people of working age
Old (2019, %) 6.2 The ratio of elderly dependents, compared to the number of people of working age
Total (2019, %) 68.5 The ratio of all dependents (young + elderly), compared to the number of people of working age
 
Additional Data
Last Census Year 2011 % of GDP
Registration of Births 78.1% The percentage of births recorded in offical population data each year
 
 
Population Quality Rating Grade E Grade E - E


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