Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Namibia

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Namibia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Namibia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	Namibia
1960	6.74	6.24
1961	6.71	6.29
1962	6.66	6.35
1963	6.58	6.41
1964	6.48	6.43
1965	6.33	6.45
1966	6.16	6.47
1967	5.96	6.49
1968	5.74	6.5
1969	5.51	6.51
1970	5.28	6.52
1971	5.06	6.52
1972	4.86	6.53
1973	4.68	6.54
1974	4.53	6.55
1975	4.4	6.53
1976	4.29	6.49
1977	4.16	6.44
1978	4	6.38
1979	3.89	6.31
1980	3.8	6.24
1981	3.71	6.16
1982	3.62	6.08
1983	3.5	6
1984	3.35	5.94
1985	3.23	5.88
1986	3.15	5.79
1987	3.09	5.7
1988	3.04	5.61
1989	3.01	5.52
1990	3	5.4
1991	2.98	5.29
1992	2.98	5.11
1993	2.98	4.91
1994	2.94	4.68
1995	2.85	4.42
1996	2.77	4.2
1997	2.74	4.17
1998	2.72	4.18
1999	2.64	4.14
2000	2.57	3.99
2001	2.52	3.83
2002	2.49	3.69
2003	2.45	3.58
2004	2.38	3.55
2005	2.31	3.57
2006	2.24	3.6
2007	2.19	3.61
2008	2.15	3.62
2009	2.1	3.63
2010	2.01	3.66
2011	1.94	3.66
2012	1.9	3.68
2013	1.86	3.65
2014	1.82	3.64
2015	1.77	3.6
2016	1.72	3.57
2017	1.72	3.51
2018	1.72	3.46
2019	1.71	3.4
2020	1.69	3.35
2021	1.68	3.3
2022	1.66	3.25
2023	1.65	3.21
2024	1.63	3.21
2025	1.62	3.17
2026	1.6	3.13
2027	1.6	3.09
2028	1.59	3.06
2029	1.59	3.02
2030	1.58	2.98
2031	1.58	2.94
2032	1.57	2.91
2033	1.57	2.88
2034	1.57	2.84
2035	1.57	2.81
2036	1.57	2.78
2037	1.57	2.75
2038	1.57	2.72
2039	1.57	2.68
2040	1.57	2.66
2041	1.57	2.63
2042	1.57	2.6
2043	1.57	2.58
2044	1.57	2.56
2045	1.57	2.53
2046	1.57	2.51
2047	1.58	2.49
2048	1.58	2.47
2049	1.58	2.45
2050	1.58	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Namibia
1960	46.8%	42.2%
1961	47%	42.4%
1962	47.1%	42.6%
1963	47.2%	42.7%
1964	47.3%	42.9%
1965	47.2%	43%
1966	47.1%	43.2%
1967	46.9%	43.3%
1968	46.7%	43.5%
1969	46.4%	43.6%
1970	46%	43.8%
1971	45.6%	43.9%
1972	45.1%	44.1%
1973	44.6%	44.3%
1974	44%	44.6%
1975	43.4%	44.8%
1976	42.8%	45%
1977	42.2%	45.3%
1978	41.5%	45.9%
1979	40.9%	46.3%
1980	40.3%	46.6%
1981	39.7%	47.1%
1982	39.1%	47.2%
1983	38.6%	46.9%
1984	38.1%	46.6%
1985	37.6%	46.2%
1986	37.2%	45.8%
1987	36.9%	45.3%
1988	36.5%	44.8%
1989	36.2%	43.4%
1990	35.9%	42.3%
1991	35.6%	42.2%
1992	35.3%	42.2%
1993	35%	42.2%
1994	34.7%	42.2%
1995	34.4%	42.1%
1996	34%	42%
1997	33.7%	41.9%
1998	33.3%	41.8%
1999	32.9%	41.7%
2000	32.5%	41.5%
2001	32.1%	41.3%
2002	31.7%	41%
2003	31.3%	40.5%
2004	30.9%	40%
2005	30.4%	39.4%
2006	29.9%	38.7%
2007	29.3%	38.1%
2008	28.7%	37.5%
2009	28.1%	37.1%
2010	27.5%	36.8%
2011	26.9%	36.7%
2012	26.3%	36.6%
2013	25.7%	36.6%
2014	25.1%	36.5%
2015	24.5%	36.5%
2016	23.9%	36.5%
2017	23.3%	36.7%
2018	22.7%	36.8%
2019	22.1%	37%
2020	21.7%	37.1%
2021	21.3%	37.4%
2022	21%	37.5%
2023	20.6%	37.3%
2024	20.3%	37%
2025	20%	36.7%
2026	19.7%	36.3%
2027	19.5%	35.9%
2028	19.3%	35.5%
2029	19.1%	35.1%
2030	18.8%	34.6%
2031	18.6%	34%
2032	18.4%	33.5%
2033	18.2%	32.9%
2034	18%	32.4%
2035	17.7%	31.8%
2036	17.4%	31.1%
2037	17.2%	30.6%
2038	16.9%	30.3%
2039	16.7%	30%
2040	16.4%	29.7%
2041	16.2%	29.5%
2042	16%	29.2%
2043	15.7%	29%
2044	15.5%	28.8%
2045	15.4%	28.5%
2046	15.2%	28.3%
2047	15%	28.1%
2048	14.8%	27.9%
2049	14.7%	27.7%
2050	14.6%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +2.04% in Namibia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Colombia	Namibia
1960	529,316	14,307
1961	545,627	14,936
1962	559,985	15,656
1963	572,355	16,430
1964	581,435	17,134
1965	587,677	17,902
1966	590,855	18,635
1967	591,649	19,498
1968	589,407	20,470
1969	586,559	21,387
1970	583,396	22,414
1971	582,011	23,467
1972	581,361	24,606
1973	583,608	25,754
1974	589,035	26,844
1975	598,580	27,882
1976	612,265	28,785
1977	622,814	29,241
1978	626,378	29,821
1979	635,747	28,930
1980	649,872	28,142
1981	662,195	27,938
1982	675,339	27,474
1983	674,767	28,307
1984	666,315	29,395
1985	625,379	30,575
1986	659,701	31,764
1987	659,429	33,340
1988	663,796	34,798
1989	674,102	37,715
1990	682,409	43,956
1991	690,266	44,523
1992	697,763	43,945
1993	709,287	42,861
1994	708,660	41,316
1995	694,968	39,119
1996	682,547	37,177
1997	686,073	37,256
1998	687,704	37,500
1999	668,576	37,233
2000	652,176	35,280
2001	642,933	32,942
2002	640,840	31,947
2003	642,144	31,115
2004	628,424	31,478
2005	610,618	32,909
2006	594,388	34,690
2007	583,115	36,430
2008	576,654	38,147
2009	559,017	39,942
2010	533,657	42,046
2011	511,524	43,557
2012	503,285	46,204
2013	489,069	47,801
2014	470,916	49,581
2015	446,778	50,846
2016	425,087	52,228
2017	426,538	52,975
2018	433,622	53,970
2019	441,087	54,769
2020	378,965	55,034
2021	311,122	50,160
2022	406,143	54,534
2023	422,598	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Namibia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Namibia
1985	143	354
1986	123	348
1987	120	336
1988	113	342
1989	106	306
1990	102	325
1991	99	337
1992	97	346
1993	94	354
1994	93	367
1995	91	369
1996	89	387
1997	90	383
1998	92	396
1999	96	371
2000	95	384
2001	94	376
2002	91	313
2003	87	290
2004	84	282
2005	82	344
2006	81	408
2007	80	489
2008	78	537
2009	77	547
2010	76	531
2011	75	498
2012	73	439
2013	72	402
2014	71	369
2015	70	307
2016	69	250
2017	68	213
2018	67	198
2019	66	175
2020	94	143
2021	147	254
2022	74	127
2023	59	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 4.07% in Namibia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Colombia	Namibia
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	-
1967	10.8%	9.66%
1968	10.4%	9.64%
1969	10.1%	9.65%
1970	9.72%	9.65%
1971	9.36%	9.67%
1972	8.99%	9.68%
1973	8.6%	9.73%
1974	8.2%	9.79%
1975	7.8%	9.89%
1976	7.39%	10%
1977	6.98%	10.2%
1978	6.58%	10.3%
1979	6.2%	10.3%
1980	5.84%	10.3%
1981	5.5%	10.2%
1982	5.17%	9.93%
1983	4.88%	9.61%
1984	4.62%	9.22%
1985	4.89%	8.81%
1986	4.17%	8.43%
1987	3.99%	8.09%
1988	3.84%	7.81%
1989	3.7%	7.57%
1990	3.57%	7.39%
1991	3.45%	7.24%
1992	3.33%	7.14%
1993	3.21%	7.1%
1994	3.1%	7.13%
1995	2.99%	7.24%
1996	2.88%	7.39%
1997	2.78%	7.56%
1998	2.68%	7.7%
1999	2.59%	7.79%
2000	2.51%	7.79%
2001	2.43%	7.71%
2002	2.35%	7.61%
2003	2.28%	7.51%
2004	2.22%	7.41%
2005	2.15%	7.05%
2006	2.09%	6.49%
2007	2.02%	6.06%
2008	1.96%	5.64%
2009	1.89%	5.29%
2010	1.83%	5.08%
2011	1.77%	5.16%
2012	1.72%	5.51%
2013	1.66%	5.4%
2014	1.61%	5.31%
2015	1.56%	5.5%
2016	1.51%	5.42%
2017	1.46%	5.19%
2018	1.41%	5.01%
2019	1.37%	4.78%
2020	1.32%	4.57%
2021	1.28%	4.38%
2022	1.24%	4.2%
2023	1.2%	4.07%