Fertility in Namibia, 2025

Namibia
2025
Total fertility rate: 3.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 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 3.17 children per woman in 2025 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 78,688 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.17
Births
78,688
Births per 1,000 people
25.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
3,092,816
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%411
15-1964.710.2%9,459
20-24148.123.4%19,044
25-29146.323.1%19,112
30-34128.920.3%16,477
35-3995.215.0%10,103
40-4439.16.2%3,419
45-499.01.4%634
50-540.50.1%25