Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Palestine

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Namibia vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.24	-
1961	6.29	-
1962	6.35	-
1963	6.41	-
1964	6.43	-
1965	6.45	-
1966	6.47	-
1967	6.49	-
1968	6.5	-
1969	6.51	-
1970	6.52	-
1971	6.52	-
1972	6.53	-
1973	6.54	-
1974	6.55	-
1975	6.53	-
1976	6.49	-
1977	6.44	-
1978	6.38	-
1979	6.31	-
1980	6.24	-
1981	6.16	-
1982	6.08	-
1983	6	-
1984	5.94	-
1985	5.88	-
1986	5.79	-
1987	5.7	-
1988	5.61	-
1989	5.52	-
1990	5.4	6.81
1991	5.29	6.75
1992	5.11	6.65
1993	4.91	6.5
1994	4.68	6.33
1995	4.42	6.16
1996	4.2	5.99
1997	4.17	5.82
1998	4.18	5.69
1999	4.14	5.58
2000	3.99	5.46
2001	3.83	5.34
2002	3.69	5.22
2003	3.58	5.06
2004	3.55	4.97
2005	3.57	4.87
2006	3.6	4.74
2007	3.61	4.63
2008	3.62	4.51
2009	3.63	4.44
2010	3.66	4.43
2011	3.66	4.31
2012	3.68	4.15
2013	3.65	4.05
2014	3.64	4
2015	3.6	3.98
2016	3.57	3.89
2017	3.51	3.77
2018	3.46	3.67
2019	3.4	3.59
2020	3.35	3.51
2021	3.3	3.44
2022	3.25	3.38
2023	3.21	3.31
2024	3.21	3.25
2025	3.17	3.19
2026	3.13	3.13
2027	3.09	3.07
2028	3.06	3.02
2029	3.02	2.97
2030	2.98	2.93
2031	2.94	2.89
2032	2.91	2.85
2033	2.88	2.81
2034	2.84	2.78
2035	2.81	2.75
2036	2.78	2.71
2037	2.75	2.68
2038	2.72	2.65
2039	2.68	2.62
2040	2.66	2.59
2041	2.63	2.56
2042	2.6	2.53
2043	2.58	2.51
2044	2.56	2.48
2045	2.53	2.45
2046	2.51	2.43
2047	2.49	2.41
2048	2.47	2.38
2049	2.45	2.36
2050	2.43	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Palestine
1960	42.2%	-
1961	42.4%	-
1962	42.6%	-
1963	42.7%	-
1964	42.9%	-
1965	43%	-
1966	43.2%	-
1967	43.3%	-
1968	43.5%	-
1969	43.6%	-
1970	43.8%	-
1971	43.9%	-
1972	44.1%	-
1973	44.3%	-
1974	44.6%	-
1975	44.8%	-
1976	45%	-
1977	45.3%	-
1978	45.9%	-
1979	46.3%	-
1980	46.6%	-
1981	47.1%	-
1982	47.2%	-
1983	46.9%	-
1984	46.6%	-
1985	46.2%	-
1986	45.8%	-
1987	45.3%	-
1988	44.8%	-
1989	43.4%	-
1990	42.3%	49.1%
1991	42.2%	49.1%
1992	42.2%	49%
1993	42.2%	49%
1994	42.2%	48.9%
1995	42.1%	48.8%
1996	42%	48.6%
1997	41.9%	48.4%
1998	41.8%	48.1%
1999	41.7%	47.8%
2000	41.5%	47.4%
2001	41.3%	47.1%
2002	41%	46.6%
2003	40.5%	46.1%
2004	40%	45.6%
2005	39.4%	45%
2006	38.7%	44.3%
2007	38.1%	43.7%
2008	37.5%	43%
2009	37.1%	42.4%
2010	36.8%	41.9%
2011	36.7%	41.5%
2012	36.6%	41.1%
2013	36.6%	40.7%
2014	36.5%	40.4%
2015	36.5%	40.1%
2016	36.5%	39.9%
2017	36.7%	39.7%
2018	36.8%	39.6%
2019	37%	39.5%
2020	37.1%	39.3%
2021	37.4%	39%
2022	37.5%	38.7%
2023	37.3%	38.4%
2024	37%	38%
2025	36.7%	37.6%
2026	36.3%	37%
2027	35.9%	36.5%
2028	35.5%	35.9%
2029	35.1%	35.3%
2030	34.6%	34.7%
2031	34%	34%
2032	33.5%	33.4%
2033	32.9%	32.8%
2034	32.4%	32.3%
2035	31.8%	31.8%
2036	31.1%	31.4%
2037	30.6%	31%
2038	30.3%	30.6%
2039	30%	30.3%
2040	29.7%	30%
2041	29.5%	29.7%
2042	29.2%	29.4%
2043	29%	29.2%
2044	28.8%	28.9%
2045	28.5%	28.6%
2046	28.3%	28.4%
2047	28.1%	28.1%
2048	27.9%	27.8%
2049	27.7%	27.5%
2050	27.5%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	14,307	-
1961	14,936	-
1962	15,656	-
1963	16,430	-
1964	17,134	-
1965	17,902	-
1966	18,635	-
1967	19,498	-
1968	20,470	-
1969	21,387	-
1970	22,414	-
1971	23,467	-
1972	24,606	-
1973	25,754	-
1974	26,844	-
1975	27,882	-
1976	28,785	-
1977	29,241	-
1978	29,821	-
1979	28,930	-
1980	28,142	-
1981	27,938	-
1982	27,474	-
1983	28,307	-
1984	29,395	-
1985	30,575	-
1986	31,764	-
1987	33,340	-
1988	34,798	-
1989	37,715	-
1990	43,956	76,163
1991	44,523	79,444
1992	43,945	82,865
1993	42,861	86,434
1994	41,316	90,156
1995	39,119	94,037
1996	37,177	98,085
1997	37,256	102,307
1998	37,500	103,566
1999	37,233	104,823
2000	35,280	106,367
2001	32,942	107,320
2002	31,947	108,560
2003	31,115	109,162
2004	31,478	110,045
2005	32,909	110,569
2006	34,690	111,728
2007	36,430	112,453
2008	38,147	108,395
2009	39,942	111,724
2010	42,046	117,674
2011	43,557	119,021
2012	46,204	119,185
2013	47,801	120,503
2014	49,581	120,724
2015	50,846	126,189
2016	52,228	126,698
2017	52,975	125,688
2018	53,970	124,791
2019	54,769	124,508
2020	55,034	122,416
2021	50,160	120,396
2022	54,534	123,987
2023	58,435	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Palestine
1985	354	102
1986	348	96
1987	336	87
1988	342	85
1989	306	82
1990	325	78
1991	337	75
1992	346	73
1993	354	69
1994	367	66
1995	369	64
1996	387	61
1997	383	60
1998	396	59
1999	371	58
2000	384	59
2001	376	60
2002	313	58
2003	290	56
2004	282	55
2005	344	52
2006	408	51
2007	489	49
2008	537	49
2009	547	48
2010	531	42
2011	498	39
2012	439	36
2013	402	32
2014	369	29
2015	307	26
2016	250	23
2017	213	21
2018	198	19
2019	175	18
2020	143	20
2021	254	29
2022	127	17
2023	139	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1967	9.66%	-
1968	9.64%	-
1969	9.65%	-
1970	9.65%	-
1971	9.67%	-
1972	9.68%	-
1973	9.73%	-
1974	9.79%	-
1975	9.89%	10.8%
1976	10%	10.2%
1977	10.2%	9.55%
1978	10.3%	8.98%
1979	10.3%	8.45%
1980	10.3%	7.95%
1981	10.2%	7.48%
1982	9.93%	7.04%
1983	9.61%	6.63%
1984	9.22%	6.25%
1985	8.81%	5.89%
1986	8.43%	5.56%
1987	8.09%	5.25%
1988	7.81%	4.97%
1989	7.57%	4.72%
1990	7.39%	4.49%
1991	7.24%	4.28%
1992	7.14%	4.09%
1993	7.1%	3.92%
1994	7.13%	3.77%
1995	7.24%	3.62%
1996	7.39%	3.49%
1997	7.56%	3.36%
1998	7.7%	3.24%
1999	7.79%	3.13%
2000	7.79%	3.03%
2001	7.71%	2.94%
2002	7.61%	2.85%
2003	7.51%	2.77%
2004	7.41%	2.68%
2005	7.05%	2.6%
2006	6.49%	2.52%
2007	6.06%	2.43%
2008	5.64%	2.35%
2009	5.29%	2.28%
2010	5.08%	2.2%
2011	5.16%	2.12%
2012	5.51%	2.04%
2013	5.4%	1.97%
2014	5.31%	2.2%
2015	5.5%	1.83%
2016	5.42%	1.76%
2017	5.19%	1.69%
2018	5.01%	1.63%
2019	4.78%	1.57%
2020	4.57%	1.52%
2021	4.38%	1.47%
2022	4.2%	1.42%
2023	4.07%	2.63%