Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Southern Africa

How many babies are born in Namibia?

78.9 thousand babies born in Namibia in 2026 — 0.06% of all births worldwide, and the 116th largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Namibia through history

10K 1 CE1000150018002026
Estimated annual births in Namibia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Namibia's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.9K ~46K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~3.8K ~94K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~5.4K ~130K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~9.51K ~229K 41.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~8.46K ~204K 41.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 21.1K 515K 41.0 UN estimate
2000 57.5K 1.82M 31.6 UN estimate
2024 78.5K 3.03M 25.9 UN projection
2026 78.9K 3.15M 25.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Namibia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 78.9K. That is roughly 42 times the estimated ~1.86K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.13 children per woman, fertility in Namibia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.