Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Namibia vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	6.24	5.41
1961	6.29	5.41
1962	6.35	5.36
1963	6.41	5.24
1964	6.43	5.08
1965	6.45	4.88
1966	6.47	4.62
1967	6.49	4.35
1968	6.5	4.11
1969	6.51	3.86
1970	6.52	3.71
1971	6.52	3.61
1972	6.53	3.55
1973	6.54	3.47
1974	6.55	3.32
1975	6.53	3.21
1976	6.49	3.14
1977	6.44	3.12
1978	6.38	3.13
1979	6.31	3.13
1980	6.24	3.15
1981	6.16	3.13
1982	6.08	3.11
1983	6	3.07
1984	5.94	3.02
1985	5.88	2.99
1986	5.79	2.9
1987	5.7	2.78
1988	5.61	2.65
1989	5.52	2.53
1990	5.4	2.39
1991	5.29	2.29
1992	5.11	2.21
1993	4.91	2.13
1994	4.68	2.06
1995	4.42	1.97
1996	4.2	1.89
1997	4.17	1.83
1998	4.18	1.78
1999	4.14	1.76
2000	3.99	1.73
2001	3.83	1.71
2002	3.69	1.67
2003	3.58	1.65
2004	3.55	1.63
2005	3.57	1.63
2006	3.6	1.62
2007	3.61	1.62
2008	3.62	1.62
2009	3.63	1.62
2010	3.66	1.61
2011	3.66	1.61
2012	3.68	1.61
2013	3.65	1.6
2014	3.64	1.6
2015	3.6	1.6
2016	3.57	1.6
2017	3.51	1.59
2018	3.46	1.59
2019	3.4	1.58
2020	3.35	1.57
2021	3.3	1.56
2022	3.25	1.54
2023	3.21	1.53
2024	3.21	1.54
2025	3.17	1.52
2026	3.13	1.52
2027	3.09	1.51
2028	3.06	1.51
2029	3.02	1.51
2030	2.98	1.51
2031	2.94	1.51
2032	2.91	1.51
2033	2.88	1.51
2034	2.84	1.51
2035	2.81	1.51
2036	2.78	1.51
2037	2.75	1.51
2038	2.72	1.51
2039	2.68	1.51
2040	2.66	1.51
2041	2.63	1.51
2042	2.6	1.51
2043	2.58	1.51
2044	2.56	1.51
2045	2.53	1.51
2046	2.51	1.51
2047	2.49	1.51
2048	2.47	1.52
2049	2.45	1.52
2050	2.43	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Trinidad
1960	42.2%	43.1%
1961	42.4%	43.2%
1962	42.6%	43.2%
1963	42.7%	43.3%
1964	42.9%	43.2%
1965	43%	43.1%
1966	43.2%	42.9%
1967	43.3%	42.7%
1968	43.5%	42.3%
1969	43.6%	41.9%
1970	43.8%	41.2%
1971	43.9%	40.4%
1972	44.1%	39.7%
1973	44.3%	39.1%
1974	44.6%	38.4%
1975	44.8%	37.6%
1976	45%	36.8%
1977	45.3%	36%
1978	45.9%	35.3%
1979	46.3%	34.8%
1980	46.6%	34.4%
1981	47.1%	34.2%
1982	47.2%	34.2%
1983	46.9%	34.2%
1984	46.6%	34.3%
1985	46.2%	34.4%
1986	45.8%	34.4%
1987	45.3%	34.4%
1988	44.8%	34.2%
1989	43.4%	34%
1990	42.3%	33.7%
1991	42.2%	33.3%
1992	42.2%	32.8%
1993	42.2%	32.2%
1994	42.2%	31.6%
1995	42.1%	30.8%
1996	42%	29.9%
1997	41.9%	28.9%
1998	41.8%	27.9%
1999	41.7%	27%
2000	41.5%	26%
2001	41.3%	25%
2002	41%	24.2%
2003	40.5%	23.4%
2004	40%	22.7%
2005	39.4%	22.1%
2006	38.7%	21.6%
2007	38.1%	21.2%
2008	37.5%	20.8%
2009	37.1%	20.5%
2010	36.8%	20.3%
2011	36.7%	20.1%
2012	36.6%	20%
2013	36.6%	19.9%
2014	36.5%	19.7%
2015	36.5%	19.6%
2016	36.5%	19.5%
2017	36.7%	19.3%
2018	36.8%	19%
2019	37%	18.8%
2020	37.1%	18.7%
2021	37.4%	18.5%
2022	37.5%	18.3%
2023	37.3%	18%
2024	37%	17.8%
2025	36.7%	17.5%
2026	36.3%	17.2%
2027	35.9%	16.9%
2028	35.5%	16.6%
2029	35.1%	16.4%
2030	34.6%	16.1%
2031	34%	15.8%
2032	33.5%	15.5%
2033	32.9%	15.3%
2034	32.4%	15.1%
2035	31.8%	14.9%
2036	31.1%	14.7%
2037	30.6%	14.5%
2038	30.3%	14.4%
2039	30%	14.2%
2040	29.7%	14.1%
2041	29.5%	14.1%
2042	29.2%	14%
2043	29%	13.9%
2044	28.8%	13.9%
2045	28.5%	13.8%
2046	28.3%	13.8%
2047	28.1%	13.7%
2048	27.9%	13.7%
2049	27.7%	13.6%
2050	27.5%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	14,307	24,766
1961	14,936	25,518
1962	15,656	25,763
1963	16,430	25,507
1964	17,134	25,065
1965	17,902	24,349
1966	18,635	23,228
1967	19,498	21,992
1968	20,470	20,849
1969	21,387	19,652
1970	22,414	19,074
1971	23,467	19,400
1972	24,606	20,116
1973	25,754	20,617
1974	26,844	20,412
1975	27,882	20,468
1976	28,785	20,875
1977	29,241	21,660
1978	29,821	22,538
1979	28,930	23,475
1980	28,142	24,557
1981	27,938	25,015
1982	27,474	25,181
1983	28,307	25,118
1984	29,395	24,738
1985	30,575	24,487
1986	31,764	23,705
1987	33,340	22,398
1988	34,798	21,028
1989	37,715	19,636
1990	43,956	18,052
1991	44,523	16,903
1992	43,945	15,910
1993	42,861	14,878
1994	41,316	14,032
1995	39,119	12,971
1996	37,177	12,101
1997	37,256	11,405
1998	37,500	10,964
1999	37,233	10,821
2000	35,280	10,588
2001	32,942	10,438
2002	31,947	10,316
2003	31,115	10,169
2004	31,478	10,149
2005	32,909	9,822
2006	34,690	9,889
2007	36,430	9,939
2008	38,147	9,872
2009	39,942	9,769
2010	42,046	9,698
2011	43,557	9,601
2012	46,204	9,376
2013	47,801	9,020
2014	49,581	8,571
2015	50,846	7,963
2016	52,228	7,436
2017	52,975	6,779
2018	53,970	5,869
2019	54,769	5,647
2020	55,034	4,558
2021	50,160	2,091
2022	54,534	3,773
2023	58,435	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Trinidad
1985	354	87
1986	348	89
1987	336	86
1988	342	87
1989	306	86
1990	325	84
1991	337	82
1992	346	85
1993	354	85
1994	367	84
1995	369	85
1996	387	84
1997	383	82
1998	396	79
1999	371	78
2000	384	76
2001	376	72
2002	313	69
2003	290	67
2004	282	63
2005	344	60
2006	408	58
2007	489	57
2008	537	55
2009	547	54
2010	531	54
2011	498	53
2012	439	51
2013	402	50
2014	369	50
2015	307	50
2016	250	51
2017	213	51
2018	198	53
2019	175	53
2020	143	35
2021	254	54
2022	127	30
2023	139	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	-	6.74%
1961	-	6.53%
1962	-	6.33%
1963	-	6.14%
1964	-	5.96%
1965	-	5.8%
1966	-	5.66%
1967	9.66%	5.53%
1968	9.64%	5.4%
1969	9.65%	5.28%
1970	9.65%	5.17%
1971	9.67%	5.06%
1972	9.68%	4.95%
1973	9.73%	4.84%
1974	9.79%	4.72%
1975	9.89%	4.6%
1976	10%	4.48%
1977	10.2%	4.37%
1978	10.3%	4.25%
1979	10.3%	4.14%
1980	10.3%	4.03%
1981	10.2%	3.92%
1982	9.93%	3.83%
1983	9.61%	3.73%
1984	9.22%	3.64%
1985	8.81%	3.56%
1986	8.43%	3.49%
1987	8.09%	3.42%
1988	7.81%	3.36%
1989	7.57%	3.3%
1990	7.39%	3.25%
1991	7.24%	3.21%
1992	7.14%	3.16%
1993	7.1%	3.13%
1994	7.13%	3.09%
1995	7.24%	3.06%
1996	7.39%	3.02%
1997	7.56%	2.99%
1998	7.7%	2.96%
1999	7.79%	2.92%
2000	7.79%	2.88%
2001	7.71%	2.84%
2002	7.61%	2.81%
2003	7.51%	2.76%
2004	7.41%	2.72%
2005	7.05%	2.68%
2006	6.49%	2.64%
2007	6.06%	2.59%
2008	5.64%	2.55%
2009	5.29%	2.51%
2010	5.08%	2.47%
2011	5.16%	2.43%
2012	5.51%	2.38%
2013	5.4%	2.35%
2014	5.31%	2.3%
2015	5.5%	2.26%
2016	5.42%	2.22%
2017	5.19%	2.18%
2018	5.01%	2.14%
2019	4.78%	2.1%
2020	4.57%	2.06%
2021	4.38%	2.01%
2022	4.2%	1.96%
2023	4.07%	1.91%