Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and United States

Fertility rate in Namibia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Namibia vs the United States 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	United States
1960	6.24	3.65
1961	6.29	3.62
1962	6.35	3.46
1963	6.41	3.32
1964	6.43	3.19
1965	6.45	2.91
1966	6.47	2.72
1967	6.49	2.56
1968	6.5	2.46
1969	6.51	2.46
1970	6.52	2.48
1971	6.52	2.27
1972	6.53	2.01
1973	6.54	1.88
1974	6.55	1.84
1975	6.53	1.77
1976	6.49	1.74
1977	6.44	1.79
1978	6.38	1.76
1979	6.31	1.81
1980	6.24	1.84
1981	6.16	1.81
1982	6.08	1.83
1983	6	1.8
1984	5.94	1.81
1985	5.88	1.84
1986	5.79	1.84
1987	5.7	1.87
1988	5.61	1.93
1989	5.52	2.01
1990	5.4	2.08
1991	5.29	2.06
1992	5.11	2.05
1993	4.91	2.02
1994	4.68	2
1995	4.42	1.98
1996	4.2	1.98
1997	4.17	1.97
1998	4.18	2
1999	4.14	2.01
2000	3.99	2.06
2001	3.83	2.03
2002	3.69	2.02
2003	3.58	2.05
2004	3.55	2.05
2005	3.57	2.06
2006	3.6	2.11
2007	3.61	2.12
2008	3.62	2.07
2009	3.63	2
2010	3.66	1.93
2011	3.66	1.89
2012	3.68	1.88
2013	3.65	1.86
2014	3.64	1.86
2015	3.6	1.84
2016	3.57	1.82
2017	3.51	1.77
2018	3.46	1.73
2019	3.4	1.71
2020	3.35	1.64
2021	3.3	1.66
2022	3.25	1.66
2023	3.21	1.62
2024	3.21	1.62
2025	3.17	1.62
2026	3.13	1.62
2027	3.09	1.62
2028	3.06	1.62
2029	3.02	1.62
2030	2.98	1.62
2031	2.94	1.62
2032	2.91	1.62
2033	2.88	1.63
2034	2.84	1.62
2035	2.81	1.63
2036	2.78	1.63
2037	2.75	1.63
2038	2.72	1.63
2039	2.68	1.63
2040	2.66	1.63
2041	2.63	1.63
2042	2.6	1.63
2043	2.58	1.63
2044	2.56	1.63
2045	2.53	1.64
2046	2.51	1.64
2047	2.49	1.63
2048	2.47	1.64
2049	2.45	1.63
2050	2.43	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	United States
1960	42.2%	31.3%
1961	42.4%	31.4%
1962	42.6%	31.3%
1963	42.7%	31.1%
1964	42.9%	30.9%
1965	43%	30.7%
1966	43.2%	30.4%
1967	43.3%	30%
1968	43.5%	29.5%
1969	43.6%	29%
1970	43.8%	28.6%
1971	43.9%	28%
1972	44.1%	27.4%
1973	44.3%	26.6%
1974	44.6%	25.9%
1975	44.8%	25.2%
1976	45%	24.4%
1977	45.3%	23.8%
1978	45.9%	23.2%
1979	46.3%	22.8%
1980	46.6%	22.4%
1981	47.1%	22.1%
1982	47.2%	22%
1983	46.9%	21.8%
1984	46.6%	21.7%
1985	46.2%	21.5%
1986	45.8%	21.3%
1987	45.3%	21.3%
1988	44.8%	21.3%
1989	43.4%	21.5%
1990	42.3%	21.6%
1991	42.2%	21.7%
1992	42.2%	21.8%
1993	42.2%	21.9%
1994	42.2%	21.9%
1995	42.1%	21.8%
1996	42%	21.7%
1997	41.9%	21.5%
1998	41.8%	21.4%
1999	41.7%	21.3%
2000	41.5%	21.2%
2001	41.3%	21%
2002	41%	20.9%
2003	40.5%	20.7%
2004	40%	20.5%
2005	39.4%	20.3%
2006	38.7%	20.2%
2007	38.1%	20%
2008	37.5%	19.9%
2009	37.1%	19.8%
2010	36.8%	19.7%
2011	36.7%	19.6%
2012	36.6%	19.5%
2013	36.6%	19.4%
2014	36.5%	19.3%
2015	36.5%	19.2%
2016	36.5%	19.1%
2017	36.7%	18.9%
2018	36.8%	18.8%
2019	37%	18.6%
2020	37.1%	18.4%
2021	37.4%	18.1%
2022	37.5%	17.9%
2023	37.3%	17.6%
2024	37%	17.3%
2025	36.7%	17.1%
2026	36.3%	16.9%
2027	35.9%	16.7%
2028	35.5%	16.6%
2029	35.1%	16.4%
2030	34.6%	16.3%
2031	34%	16.1%
2032	33.5%	16%
2033	32.9%	16%
2034	32.4%	15.9%
2035	31.8%	15.9%
2036	31.1%	15.9%
2037	30.6%	15.9%
2038	30.3%	15.9%
2039	30%	15.9%
2040	29.7%	15.9%
2041	29.5%	16%
2042	29.2%	16%
2043	29%	16%
2044	28.8%	16%
2045	28.5%	16%
2046	28.3%	16%
2047	28.1%	16%
2048	27.9%	16%
2049	27.7%	15.9%
2050	27.5%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	14,307	2,565,530
1961	14,936	2,571,681
1962	15,656	2,406,337
1963	16,430	2,289,826
1964	17,134	2,245,099
1965	17,902	1,943,030
1966	18,635	1,749,387
1967	19,498	1,669,181
1968	20,470	1,565,507
1969	21,387	1,702,487
1970	22,414	1,824,965
1971	23,467	1,640,519
1972	24,606	1,301,355
1973	25,754	1,165,499
1974	26,844	1,218,968
1975	27,882	1,252,644
1976	28,785	1,264,604
1977	29,241	1,431,556
1978	29,821	1,402,283
1979	28,930	1,597,894
1980	28,142	1,608,450
1981	27,938	1,652,153
1982	27,474	1,714,317
1983	28,307	1,636,544
1984	29,395	1,627,192
1985	30,575	1,689,258
1986	31,764	1,656,917
1987	33,340	1,720,252
1988	34,798	1,735,943
1989	37,715	1,875,826
1990	43,956	2,026,068
1991	44,523	1,926,543
1992	43,945	1,875,328
1993	42,861	1,717,685
1994	41,316	1,633,302
1995	39,119	1,546,031
1996	37,177	1,510,137
1997	37,256	1,501,014
1998	37,500	1,573,857
1999	37,233	1,564,050
2000	35,280	1,664,758
2001	32,942	1,595,826
2002	31,947	1,581,938
2003	31,115	1,653,615
2004	31,478	1,698,271
2005	32,909	1,684,445
2006	34,690	1,849,955
2007	36,430	1,897,757
2008	38,147	1,794,154
2009	39,942	1,717,920
2010	42,046	1,548,182
2011	43,557	1,441,697
2012	46,204	1,411,822
2013	47,801	1,322,711
2014	49,581	1,357,281
2015	50,846	1,270,126
2016	52,228	1,197,627
2017	52,975	1,028,037
2018	53,970	955,022
2019	54,769	887,476
2020	55,034	208,862
2021	50,160	199,137
2022	54,534	399,926
2023	58,435	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	United States
1985	354	11
1986	348	11
1987	336	11
1988	342	12
1989	306	12
1990	325	12
1991	337	12
1992	346	11
1993	354	12
1994	367	11
1995	369	12
1996	387	11
1997	383	11
1998	396	11
1999	371	12
2000	384	12
2001	376	13
2002	313	13
2003	290	13
2004	282	13
2005	344	13
2006	408	13
2007	489	13
2008	537	14
2009	547	15
2010	531	15
2011	498	15
2012	439	16
2013	402	16
2014	369	17
2015	307	17
2016	250	18
2017	213	18
2018	198	18
2019	175	18
2020	143	22
2021	254	31
2022	127	20
2023	139	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	9.66%	2.57%
1968	9.64%	2.49%
1969	9.65%	2.41%
1970	9.65%	2.32%
1971	9.67%	2.24%
1972	9.68%	2.15%
1973	9.73%	2.06%
1974	9.79%	1.97%
1975	9.89%	1.88%
1976	10%	1.79%
1977	10.2%	1.71%
1978	10.3%	1.63%
1979	10.3%	1.56%
1980	10.3%	1.5%
1981	10.2%	1.44%
1982	9.93%	1.39%
1983	9.61%	1.34%
1984	9.22%	1.3%
1985	8.81%	1.27%
1986	8.43%	1.24%
1987	8.09%	1.21%
1988	7.81%	1.19%
1989	7.57%	1.16%
1990	7.39%	1.12%
1991	7.24%	1.09%
1992	7.14%	1.05%
1993	7.1%	1.01%
1994	7.13%	0.98%
1995	7.24%	0.95%
1996	7.39%	0.92%
1997	7.56%	0.89%
1998	7.7%	0.87%
1999	7.79%	0.86%
2000	7.79%	0.84%
2001	7.71%	0.83%
2002	7.61%	0.82%
2003	7.51%	0.81%
2004	7.41%	0.81%
2005	7.05%	0.8%
2006	6.49%	0.79%
2007	6.06%	0.77%
2008	5.64%	0.76%
2009	5.29%	0.75%
2010	5.08%	0.73%
2011	5.16%	0.72%
2012	5.51%	0.7%
2013	5.4%	0.69%
2014	5.31%	0.68%
2015	5.5%	0.68%
2016	5.42%	0.67%
2017	5.19%	0.66%
2018	5.01%	0.65%
2019	4.78%	0.65%
2020	4.57%	0.65%
2021	4.38%	0.65%
2022	4.2%	0.65%
2023	4.07%	0.65%