Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Tajikistan 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 3.07 in Tajikistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	Tajikistan
1960	6.24	6.24
1961	6.29	6.35
1962	6.35	6.48
1963	6.41	6.62
1964	6.43	6.68
1965	6.45	6.74
1966	6.47	6.82
1967	6.49	6.89
1968	6.5	6.91
1969	6.51	6.91
1970	6.52	6.91
1971	6.52	6.91
1972	6.53	6.89
1973	6.54	6.84
1974	6.55	6.77
1975	6.53	6.69
1976	6.49	6.6
1977	6.44	6.49
1978	6.38	6.4
1979	6.31	6.31
1980	6.24	6.21
1981	6.16	6.12
1982	6.08	6.03
1983	6	5.98
1984	5.94	5.96
1985	5.88	5.94
1986	5.79	5.91
1987	5.7	5.84
1988	5.61	5.75
1989	5.52	5.61
1990	5.4	5.46
1991	5.29	5.28
1992	5.11	5.06
1993	4.91	4.92
1994	4.68	4.79
1995	4.42	4.66
1996	4.2	3.94
1997	4.17	4.06
1998	4.18	4.07
1999	4.14	3.85
2000	3.99	3.49
2001	3.83	3.49
2002	3.69	3.47
2003	3.58	3.42
2004	3.55	3.51
2005	3.57	3.4
2006	3.6	3.34
2007	3.61	3.37
2008	3.62	3.39
2009	3.63	3.43
2010	3.66	3.46
2011	3.66	3.46
2012	3.68	3.42
2013	3.65	3.43
2014	3.64	3.46
2015	3.6	3.46
2016	3.57	3.38
2017	3.51	3.29
2018	3.46	3.29
2019	3.4	3.28
2020	3.35	3.21
2021	3.3	3.17
2022	3.25	3.13
2023	3.21	3.07
2024	3.21	3.04
2025	3.17	2.99
2026	3.13	2.96
2027	3.09	2.93
2028	3.06	2.89
2029	3.02	2.86
2030	2.98	2.83
2031	2.94	2.8
2032	2.91	2.76
2033	2.88	2.73
2034	2.84	2.7
2035	2.81	2.68
2036	2.78	2.65
2037	2.75	2.63
2038	2.72	2.6
2039	2.68	2.58
2040	2.66	2.55
2041	2.63	2.53
2042	2.6	2.51
2043	2.58	2.49
2044	2.56	2.46
2045	2.53	2.44
2046	2.51	2.42
2047	2.49	2.4
2048	2.47	2.38
2049	2.45	2.37
2050	2.43	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Tajikistan
1960	42.2%	40.2%
1961	42.4%	41.4%
1962	42.6%	42.5%
1963	42.7%	43.4%
1964	42.9%	44.1%
1965	43%	44.4%
1966	43.2%	44.6%
1967	43.3%	44.7%
1968	43.5%	44.7%
1969	43.6%	44.6%
1970	43.8%	44.6%
1971	43.9%	44.5%
1972	44.1%	44.4%
1973	44.3%	44.3%
1974	44.6%	44.2%
1975	44.8%	44%
1976	45%	43.8%
1977	45.3%	43.6%
1978	45.9%	43.4%
1979	46.3%	43.2%
1980	46.6%	43.2%
1981	47.1%	43.2%
1982	47.2%	43.2%
1983	46.9%	43.3%
1984	46.6%	43.3%
1985	46.2%	43.3%
1986	45.8%	43.1%
1987	45.3%	43.1%
1988	44.8%	43.2%
1989	43.4%	43.4%
1990	42.3%	43.7%
1991	42.2%	44%
1992	42.2%	44.3%
1993	42.2%	44.6%
1994	42.2%	44.8%
1995	42.1%	44.9%
1996	42%	44.7%
1997	41.9%	44.3%
1998	41.8%	43.7%
1999	41.7%	43%
2000	41.5%	42.3%
2001	41.3%	41.5%
2002	41%	40.7%
2003	40.5%	39.9%
2004	40%	39.3%
2005	39.4%	38.6%
2006	38.7%	38%
2007	38.1%	37.6%
2008	37.5%	37.3%
2009	37.1%	37%
2010	36.8%	36.8%
2011	36.7%	36.7%
2012	36.6%	36.7%
2013	36.6%	36.5%
2014	36.5%	36.4%
2015	36.5%	36.3%
2016	36.5%	36.3%
2017	36.7%	36.2%
2018	36.8%	36.2%
2019	37%	36.3%
2020	37.1%	36.4%
2021	37.4%	36.6%
2022	37.5%	36.6%
2023	37.3%	36.5%
2024	37%	36.3%
2025	36.7%	35.9%
2026	36.3%	35.4%
2027	35.9%	35%
2028	35.5%	34.5%
2029	35.1%	33.9%
2030	34.6%	33.2%
2031	34%	32.5%
2032	33.5%	32%
2033	32.9%	31.6%
2034	32.4%	31.2%
2035	31.8%	30.8%
2036	31.1%	30.4%
2037	30.6%	30.1%
2038	30.3%	29.8%
2039	30%	29.6%
2040	29.7%	29.4%
2041	29.5%	29.2%
2042	29.2%	29.1%
2043	29%	29%
2044	28.8%	28.9%
2045	28.5%	28.7%
2046	28.3%	28.6%
2047	28.1%	28.4%
2048	27.9%	28.1%
2049	27.7%	27.9%
2050	27.5%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	14,307	65,415
1961	14,936	68,182
1962	15,656	70,700
1963	16,430	73,065
1964	17,134	74,030
1965	17,902	75,139
1966	18,635	76,702
1967	19,498	78,733
1968	20,470	80,698
1969	21,387	82,931
1970	22,414	85,645
1971	23,467	88,618
1972	24,606	91,677
1973	25,754	94,523
1974	26,844	97,481
1975	27,882	100,604
1976	28,785	103,777
1977	29,241	106,920
1978	29,821	110,564
1979	28,930	114,496
1980	28,142	117,888
1981	27,938	121,418
1982	27,474	127,838
1983	28,307	133,280
1984	29,395	139,145
1985	30,575	145,720
1986	31,764	155,987
1987	33,340	163,611
1988	34,798	172,805
1989	37,715	179,212
1990	43,956	178,429
1991	44,523	177,585
1992	43,945	163,652
1993	42,861	157,975
1994	41,316	167,590
1995	39,119	168,934
1996	37,177	138,287
1997	37,256	149,825
1998	37,500	153,508
1999	37,233	147,622
2000	35,280	136,549
2001	32,942	142,276
2002	31,947	146,492
2003	31,115	150,391
2004	31,478	161,201
2005	32,909	160,189
2006	34,690	164,046
2007	36,430	173,200
2008	38,147	182,337
2009	39,942	192,851
2010	42,046	201,389
2011	43,557	208,429
2012	46,204	213,078
2013	47,801	220,693
2014	49,581	227,304
2015	50,846	230,903
2016	52,228	228,547
2017	52,975	224,396
2018	53,970	228,597
2019	54,769	231,817
2020	55,034	219,467
2021	50,160	222,850
2022	54,534	228,336
2023	58,435	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Tajikistan

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 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Tajikistan
1985	354	98
1986	348	91
1987	336	91
1988	342	83
1989	306	85
1990	325	80
1991	337	79
1992	346	84
1993	354	84
1994	367	85
1995	369	81
1996	387	82
1997	383	76
1998	396	72
1999	371	64
2000	384	58
2001	376	58
2002	313	48
2003	290	39
2004	282	36
2005	344	36
2006	408	35
2007	489	30
2008	537	29
2009	547	29
2010	531	26
2011	498	25
2012	439	23
2013	402	21
2014	369	21
2015	307	20
2016	250	20
2017	213	17
2018	198	16
2019	175	16
2020	143	25
2021	254	25
2022	127	14
2023	139	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1967	9.66%	-
1968	9.64%	-
1969	9.65%	-
1970	9.65%	-
1971	9.67%	-
1972	9.68%	15.5%
1973	9.73%	15%
1974	9.79%	14.4%
1975	9.89%	14%
1976	10%	13.5%
1977	10.2%	13.2%
1978	10.3%	13%
1979	10.3%	12.8%
1980	10.3%	12.7%
1981	10.2%	12.6%
1982	9.93%	12.5%
1983	9.61%	12.3%
1984	9.22%	12%
1985	8.81%	11.6%
1986	8.43%	11.1%
1987	8.09%	10.5%
1988	7.81%	10.1%
1989	7.57%	9.88%
1990	7.39%	9.92%
1991	7.24%	10.2%
1992	7.14%	10.6%
1993	7.1%	10.9%
1994	7.13%	11%
1995	7.24%	10.8%
1996	7.39%	10.4%
1997	7.56%	9.86%
1998	7.7%	9.26%
1999	7.79%	8.62%
2000	7.79%	7.97%
2001	7.71%	7.34%
2002	7.61%	6.75%
2003	7.51%	6.18%
2004	7.41%	5.67%
2005	7.05%	5.22%
2006	6.49%	4.82%
2007	6.06%	4.47%
2008	5.64%	4.17%
2009	5.29%	3.92%
2010	5.08%	3.7%
2011	5.16%	3.52%
2012	5.51%	3.36%
2013	5.4%	3.23%
2014	5.31%	3.12%
2015	5.5%	3.02%
2016	5.42%	2.94%
2017	5.19%	2.88%
2018	5.01%	2.83%
2019	4.78%	2.81%
2020	4.57%	2.8%
2021	4.38%	2.79%
2022	4.2%	2.77%
2023	4.07%	2.73%