Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Namibia

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Namibia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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 Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Namibia
1960	6.51	6.24
1961	6.53	6.29
1962	6.56	6.35
1963	6.59	6.41
1964	6.61	6.43
1965	6.63	6.45
1966	6.66	6.47
1967	6.68	6.49
1968	6.7	6.5
1969	6.72	6.51
1970	6.78	6.52
1971	6.84	6.52
1972	6.9	6.53
1973	6.96	6.54
1974	7.02	6.55
1975	7.08	6.53
1976	7.13	6.49
1977	7.19	6.44
1978	7.23	6.38
1979	7.25	6.31
1980	7.29	6.24
1981	7.31	6.16
1982	7.34	6.08
1983	7.35	6
1984	7.36	5.94
1985	7.34	5.88
1986	7.32	5.79
1987	7.29	5.7
1988	7.26	5.61
1989	7.23	5.52
1990	7.2	5.4
1991	7.16	5.29
1992	7.13	5.11
1993	7.09	4.91
1994	7.05	4.68
1995	7	4.42
1996	6.93	4.2
1997	6.87	4.17
1998	6.79	4.18
1999	6.72	4.14
2000	6.65	3.99
2001	6.58	3.83
2002	6.5	3.69
2003	6.4	3.58
2004	6.3	3.55
2005	6.19	3.57
2006	6.05	3.6
2007	5.89	3.61
2008	5.7	3.62
2009	5.49	3.63
2010	5.28	3.66
2011	5.08	3.66
2012	4.89	3.68
2013	4.71	3.65
2014	4.61	3.64
2015	4.53	3.6
2016	4.47	3.57
2017	4.4	3.51
2018	4.37	3.46
2019	4.35	3.4
2020	4.27	3.35
2021	4.18	3.3
2022	4.08	3.25
2023	3.99	3.21
2024	3.91	3.21
2025	3.81	3.17
2026	3.72	3.13
2027	3.64	3.09
2028	3.57	3.06
2029	3.5	3.02
2030	3.43	2.98
2031	3.36	2.94
2032	3.3	2.91
2033	3.24	2.88
2034	3.19	2.84
2035	3.14	2.81
2036	3.08	2.78
2037	3.03	2.75
2038	2.99	2.72
2039	2.94	2.68
2040	2.9	2.66
2041	2.86	2.63
2042	2.83	2.6
2043	2.79	2.58
2044	2.75	2.56
2045	2.72	2.53
2046	2.68	2.51
2047	2.65	2.49
2048	2.62	2.47
2049	2.59	2.45
2050	2.55	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Namibia
1960	42.2%	42.2%
1961	42.2%	42.4%
1962	42.1%	42.6%
1963	42.2%	42.7%
1964	42.3%	42.9%
1965	42.5%	43%
1966	42.9%	43.2%
1967	43.2%	43.3%
1968	43.5%	43.5%
1969	43.8%	43.6%
1970	44.2%	43.8%
1971	44.5%	43.9%
1972	44.9%	44.1%
1973	45.2%	44.3%
1974	45.4%	44.6%
1975	45.6%	44.8%
1976	45.7%	45%
1977	45.9%	45.3%
1978	46.1%	45.9%
1979	46.2%	46.3%
1980	46.3%	46.6%
1981	46.4%	47.1%
1982	46.5%	47.2%
1983	46.4%	46.9%
1984	46.2%	46.6%
1985	46.1%	46.2%
1986	46%	45.8%
1987	46%	45.3%
1988	46%	44.8%
1989	46.1%	43.4%
1990	46.2%	42.3%
1991	46.2%	42.2%
1992	46.2%	42.2%
1993	46.4%	42.2%
1994	46.5%	42.2%
1995	46.7%	42.1%
1996	46.9%	42%
1997	47.1%	41.9%
1998	47.4%	41.8%
1999	47.6%	41.7%
2000	47.7%	41.5%
2001	47.8%	41.3%
2002	47.8%	41%
2003	47.7%	40.5%
2004	47.6%	40%
2005	47.4%	39.4%
2006	47.2%	38.7%
2007	46.9%	38.1%
2008	46.6%	37.5%
2009	46.2%	37.1%
2010	45.7%	36.8%
2011	45.2%	36.7%
2012	44.6%	36.6%
2013	44%	36.6%
2014	43.4%	36.5%
2015	42.9%	36.5%
2016	42.3%	36.5%
2017	41.8%	36.7%
2018	41.3%	36.8%
2019	40.9%	37%
2020	40.5%	37.1%
2021	40.1%	37.4%
2022	39.7%	37.5%
2023	39.4%	37.3%
2024	39.1%	37%
2025	38.8%	36.7%
2026	38.5%	36.3%
2027	38.3%	35.9%
2028	38.1%	35.5%
2029	37.8%	35.1%
2030	37.6%	34.6%
2031	37.3%	34%
2032	37%	33.5%
2033	36.6%	32.9%
2034	36.2%	32.4%
2035	35.8%	31.8%
2036	35.4%	31.1%
2037	34.9%	30.6%
2038	34.5%	30.3%
2039	34%	30%
2040	33.6%	29.7%
2041	33.2%	29.5%
2042	32.8%	29.2%
2043	32.4%	29%
2044	32%	28.8%
2045	31.7%	28.5%
2046	31.3%	28.3%
2047	31%	28.1%
2048	30.7%	27.9%
2049	30.3%	27.7%
2050	30%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Namibia
1960	511,694	14,307
1961	538,518	14,936
1962	563,650	15,656
1963	590,998	16,430
1964	618,667	17,134
1965	642,359	17,902
1966	616,281	18,635
1967	695,283	19,498
1968	715,602	20,470
1969	736,428	21,387
1970	760,821	22,414
1971	787,047	23,467
1972	779,808	24,606
1973	807,535	25,754
1974	777,306	26,844
1975	801,425	27,882
1976	899,577	28,785
1977	929,381	29,241
1978	943,388	29,821
1979	987,203	28,930
1980	1,007,516	28,142
1981	1,018,838	27,938
1982	1,080,853	27,474
1983	863,472	28,307
1984	920,670	29,395
1985	997,050	30,575
1986	1,050,277	31,764
1987	1,356,853	33,340
1988	1,393,356	34,798
1989	1,441,769	37,715
1990	1,479,663	43,956
1991	1,579,416	44,523
1992	1,673,839	43,945
1993	1,734,851	42,861
1994	1,788,133	41,316
1995	1,831,068	39,119
1996	1,896,364	37,177
1997	1,945,112	37,256
1998	1,984,989	37,500
1999	2,010,987	37,233
2000	2,083,622	35,280
2001	2,137,791	32,942
2002	2,189,683	31,947
2003	2,231,223	31,115
2004	2,296,999	31,478
2005	2,353,375	32,909
2006	2,393,585	34,690
2007	2,436,753	36,430
2008	2,465,283	38,147
2009	2,467,118	39,942
2010	2,498,048	42,046
2011	2,527,811	43,557
2012	2,533,398	46,204
2013	2,546,020	47,801
2014	2,623,647	49,581
2015	2,713,529	50,846
2016	2,809,889	52,228
2017	2,899,143	52,975
2018	3,015,231	53,970
2019	3,132,780	54,769
2020	3,199,718	55,034
2021	3,204,673	50,160
2022	3,300,114	54,534
2023	3,338,649	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Namibia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Namibia
1985	1,329	354
1986	1,317	348
1987	1,289	336
1988	1,306	342
1989	1,296	306
1990	1,320	325
1991	1,239	337
1992	1,218	346
1993	1,168	354
1994	1,113	367
1995	1,060	369
1996	1,008	387
1997	957	383
1998	911	396
1999	901	371
2000	870	384
2001	856	376
2002	826	313
2003	797	290
2004	764	282
2005	754	344
2006	729	408
2007	704	489
2008	678	537
2009	649	547
2010	619	531
2011	588	498
2012	545	439
2013	494	402
2014	444	369
2015	401	307
2016	364	250
2017	327	213
2018	297	198
2019	269	175
2020	244	143
2021	250	254
2022	207	127
2023	195	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Namibia
1966	27.8%	-
1967	24.9%	9.66%
1968	24.8%	9.64%
1969	24.8%	9.65%
1970	24.7%	9.65%
1971	24.7%	9.67%
1972	24.7%	9.68%
1973	24.6%	9.73%
1974	28.3%	9.79%
1975	28.2%	9.89%
1976	24.5%	10%
1977	24.5%	10.2%
1978	24.4%	10.3%
1979	24.2%	10.3%
1980	24%	10.3%
1981	23.8%	10.2%
1982	23.5%	9.93%
1983	32%	9.61%
1984	31.4%	9.22%
1985	30.3%	8.81%
1986	29.7%	8.43%
1987	21.5%	8.09%
1988	21%	7.81%
1989	20.6%	7.57%
1990	20.2%	7.39%
1991	19.7%	7.24%
1992	19.1%	7.14%
1993	18.5%	7.1%
1994	17.9%	7.13%
1995	17.2%	7.24%
1996	16.6%	7.39%
1997	15.9%	7.56%
1998	15.3%	7.7%
1999	14.7%	7.79%
2000	14%	7.79%
2001	13.4%	7.71%
2002	12.8%	7.61%
2003	12.1%	7.51%
2004	11.5%	7.41%
2005	10.9%	7.05%
2006	10.3%	6.49%
2007	9.74%	6.06%
2008	9.23%	5.64%
2009	8.76%	5.29%
2010	8.32%	5.08%
2011	7.91%	5.16%
2012	7.53%	5.51%
2013	7.16%	5.4%
2014	6.82%	5.31%
2015	6.49%	5.5%
2016	6.17%	5.42%
2017	5.89%	5.19%
2018	5.64%	5.01%
2019	5.41%	4.78%
2020	5.2%	4.57%
2021	5%	4.38%
2022	4.82%	4.2%
2023	4.65%	4.07%