Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Pakistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	Pakistan
1960	6.24	6.8
1961	6.29	6.8
1962	6.35	6.8
1963	6.41	6.8
1964	6.43	6.8
1965	6.45	6.8
1966	6.47	6.8
1967	6.49	6.8
1968	6.5	6.8
1969	6.51	6.8
1970	6.52	6.8
1971	6.52	6.8
1972	6.53	6.81
1973	6.54	6.81
1974	6.55	6.81
1975	6.53	6.81
1976	6.49	6.81
1977	6.44	6.8
1978	6.38	6.78
1979	6.31	6.76
1980	6.24	6.73
1981	6.16	6.7
1982	6.08	6.67
1983	6	6.64
1984	5.94	6.62
1985	5.88	6.59
1986	5.79	6.55
1987	5.7	6.52
1988	5.61	6.48
1989	5.52	6.43
1990	5.4	6.36
1991	5.29	6.29
1992	5.11	6.21
1993	4.91	6.11
1994	4.68	6.01
1995	4.42	5.89
1996	4.2	5.77
1997	4.17	5.64
1998	4.18	5.51
1999	4.14	5.46
2000	3.99	5.35
2001	3.83	5.18
2002	3.69	5.01
2003	3.58	4.89
2004	3.55	4.68
2005	3.57	4.6
2006	3.6	4.59
2007	3.61	4.55
2008	3.62	4.51
2009	3.63	4.47
2010	3.66	4.4
2011	3.66	4.31
2012	3.68	4.2
2013	3.65	4.13
2014	3.64	4.06
2015	3.6	3.99
2016	3.57	3.9
2017	3.51	3.9
2018	3.46	3.86
2019	3.4	3.81
2020	3.35	3.77
2021	3.3	3.72
2022	3.25	3.66
2023	3.21	3.61
2024	3.21	3.55
2025	3.17	3.5
2026	3.13	3.44
2027	3.09	3.39
2028	3.06	3.34
2029	3.02	3.3
2030	2.98	3.25
2031	2.94	3.21
2032	2.91	3.16
2033	2.88	3.12
2034	2.84	3.08
2035	2.81	3.04
2036	2.78	3.01
2037	2.75	2.97
2038	2.72	2.94
2039	2.68	2.9
2040	2.66	2.87
2041	2.63	2.83
2042	2.6	2.8
2043	2.58	2.77
2044	2.56	2.74
2045	2.53	2.71
2046	2.51	2.69
2047	2.49	2.66
2048	2.47	2.63
2049	2.45	2.61
2050	2.43	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Pakistan
1960	42.2%	41.3%
1961	42.4%	41.4%
1962	42.6%	41.6%
1963	42.7%	41.8%
1964	42.9%	42.2%
1965	43%	42.7%
1966	43.2%	43%
1967	43.3%	43.3%
1968	43.5%	43.5%
1969	43.6%	43.7%
1970	43.8%	43.9%
1971	43.9%	44%
1972	44.1%	44.1%
1973	44.3%	44.1%
1974	44.6%	44.1%
1975	44.8%	44.1%
1976	45%	44%
1977	45.3%	43.9%
1978	45.9%	43.8%
1979	46.3%	43.7%
1980	46.6%	43.3%
1981	47.1%	43.1%
1982	47.2%	43%
1983	46.9%	43.1%
1984	46.6%	43.3%
1985	46.2%	43.5%
1986	45.8%	43.6%
1987	45.3%	43.7%
1988	44.8%	43.8%
1989	43.4%	44%
1990	42.3%	44.1%
1991	42.2%	44.1%
1992	42.2%	44.3%
1993	42.2%	44.5%
1994	42.2%	44.5%
1995	42.1%	44.5%
1996	42%	44.3%
1997	41.9%	44.1%
1998	41.8%	43.9%
1999	41.7%	43.6%
2000	41.5%	43.3%
2001	41.3%	42.9%
2002	41%	42.6%
2003	40.5%	42.3%
2004	40%	41.8%
2005	39.4%	41.3%
2006	38.7%	40.9%
2007	38.1%	40.4%
2008	37.5%	40%
2009	37.1%	39.6%
2010	36.8%	39.3%
2011	36.7%	39.1%
2012	36.6%	39%
2013	36.6%	38.9%
2014	36.5%	38.9%
2015	36.5%	38.8%
2016	36.5%	38.6%
2017	36.7%	38.5%
2018	36.8%	38.3%
2019	37%	38.1%
2020	37.1%	37.9%
2021	37.4%	37.6%
2022	37.5%	37.3%
2023	37.3%	37%
2024	37%	36.7%
2025	36.7%	36.2%
2026	36.3%	35.8%
2027	35.9%	35.3%
2028	35.5%	34.9%
2029	35.1%	34.5%
2030	34.6%	34.2%
2031	34%	33.8%
2032	33.5%	33.5%
2033	32.9%	33.3%
2034	32.4%	33%
2035	31.8%	32.7%
2036	31.1%	32.5%
2037	30.6%	32.2%
2038	30.3%	32%
2039	30%	31.7%
2040	29.7%	31.5%
2041	29.5%	31.3%
2042	29.2%	31%
2043	29%	30.8%
2044	28.8%	30.5%
2045	28.5%	30.3%
2046	28.3%	30%
2047	28.1%	29.7%
2048	27.9%	29.5%
2049	27.7%	29.2%
2050	27.5%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia and +2.23% in Pakistan. 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
	Namibia	Pakistan
1960	14,307	1,217,147
1961	14,936	1,273,772
1962	15,656	1,328,675
1963	16,430	1,384,934
1964	17,134	1,447,394
1965	17,902	1,496,050
1966	18,635	1,566,343
1967	19,498	1,626,737
1968	20,470	1,683,296
1969	21,387	1,733,601
1970	22,414	1,793,570
1971	23,467	1,695,374
1972	24,606	1,912,774
1973	25,754	1,971,909
1974	26,844	2,028,061
1975	27,882	2,099,811
1976	28,785	2,171,812
1977	29,241	2,257,849
1978	29,821	2,356,601
1979	28,930	2,461,311
1980	28,142	2,598,421
1981	27,938	2,790,454
1982	27,474	2,934,689
1983	28,307	3,052,738
1984	29,395	3,145,772
1985	30,575	3,233,315
1986	31,764	3,341,643
1987	33,340	3,448,813
1988	34,798	3,554,755
1989	37,715	3,648,132
1990	43,956	3,731,730
1991	44,523	3,822,363
1992	43,945	3,888,637
1993	42,861	3,915,776
1994	41,316	3,956,699
1995	39,119	3,977,175
1996	37,177	4,021,758
1997	37,256	4,043,912
1998	37,500	4,104,824
1999	37,233	4,228,026
2000	35,280	4,281,169
2001	32,942	4,304,297
2002	31,947	4,307,607
2003	31,115	4,340,688
2004	31,478	4,294,654
2005	32,909	4,294,393
2006	34,690	4,538,426
2007	36,430	4,690,187
2008	38,147	4,885,855
2009	39,942	5,028,132
2010	42,046	5,147,142
2011	43,557	5,189,412
2012	46,204	5,191,263
2013	47,801	5,176,590
2014	49,581	5,148,994
2015	50,846	5,113,507
2016	52,228	5,044,922
2017	52,975	5,090,200
2018	53,970	5,103,858
2019	54,769	5,127,011
2020	55,034	5,011,177
2021	50,160	5,065,913
2022	54,534	5,268,077
2023	58,435	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Pakistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Pakistan
1985	354	432
1986	348	436
1987	336	442
1988	342	441
1989	306	439
1990	325	434
1991	337	443
1992	346	459
1993	354	473
1994	367	479
1995	369	485
1996	387	482
1997	383	476
1998	396	456
1999	371	438
2000	384	419
2001	376	400
2002	313	380
2003	290	358
2004	282	333
2005	344	316
2006	408	284
2007	489	265
2008	537	254
2009	547	246
2010	531	240
2011	498	234
2012	439	227
2013	402	220
2014	369	211
2015	307	202
2016	250	193
2017	213	184
2018	198	178
2019	175	173
2020	143	178
2021	254	193
2022	127	160
2023	139	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia and 5.85% in Pakistan. 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
	Namibia	Pakistan
1960	-	25%
1961	-	24.1%
1962	-	23.3%
1963	-	22.5%
1964	-	21.8%
1965	-	21.2%
1966	-	20.6%
1967	9.66%	20.2%
1968	9.64%	19.7%
1969	9.65%	19.4%
1970	9.65%	19%
1971	9.67%	18.7%
1972	9.68%	18.4%
1973	9.73%	18.1%
1974	9.79%	17.8%
1975	9.89%	17.6%
1976	10%	17.4%
1977	10.2%	17.1%
1978	10.3%	16.9%
1979	10.3%	16.7%
1980	10.3%	16.5%
1981	10.2%	16.3%
1982	9.93%	16.1%
1983	9.61%	15.8%
1984	9.22%	15.6%
1985	8.81%	15.3%
1986	8.43%	15%
1987	8.09%	14.8%
1988	7.81%	14.5%
1989	7.57%	14.2%
1990	7.39%	14%
1991	7.24%	13.7%
1992	7.14%	13.4%
1993	7.1%	13.1%
1994	7.13%	12.8%
1995	7.24%	12.5%
1996	7.39%	12.1%
1997	7.56%	11.8%
1998	7.7%	11.5%
1999	7.79%	11.1%
2000	7.79%	10.8%
2001	7.71%	10.5%
2002	7.61%	10.3%
2003	7.51%	10.1%
2004	7.41%	9.85%
2005	7.05%	9.65%
2006	6.49%	9.47%
2007	6.06%	9.29%
2008	5.64%	9.1%
2009	5.29%	8.91%
2010	5.08%	8.71%
2011	5.16%	8.49%
2012	5.51%	8.27%
2013	5.4%	8.04%
2014	5.31%	7.8%
2015	5.5%	7.56%
2016	5.42%	7.33%
2017	5.19%	7.1%
2018	5.01%	6.88%
2019	4.78%	6.67%
2020	4.57%	6.46%
2021	4.38%	6.25%
2022	4.2%	6.05%
2023	4.07%	5.85%