Fertility in Namibia, 2024

Namibia
2024
Total fertility rate: 3.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Namibia is projected at 3.21 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 78,452 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.21
Births
78,452
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
3,030,131
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.40.4%399
15-1965.910.3%9,349
20-24149.923.3%19,485
25-29148.223.0%19,110
30-34130.820.3%16,369
35-3996.215.0%9,749
40-4439.96.2%3,349
45-499.11.4%617
50-540.50.1%25