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Namibia vs Uganda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 33rd vs. 84th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Main facts and rankings

Namibia Uganda
Population
3141364
52490669
Population rank 134/197 30/197
GDP
$13.4B
2024
$53.7B
2024
GDP rank 147/197 89/197
GDP per capita
$4,413
2024
$1,073
2024
GDP per capita rank 126/197 173/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,687
2024
$3,276
2024
Government debt
$9.05B
2024
$27.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
63.9%
2025
54%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,988
2024
$556
2024
Government debt per person rank 100/185 162/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,325
2025
$1,648
2025
Land area
317,874 sq mi
2025
77,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.53 ppl/mi²
2024
646 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.21
2023
4.28
2023
Median age
22.1 years
2024
17.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.7 years
2025
68.7 years
2025

Namibia and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Namibia and Uganda economies compared

GDP
Namibia

Uganda
Year GDP
Namibia Uganda
1960 - $423,145,605
1961 - $441,667,335
1962 - $449,158,233
1963 - $516,315,231
1964 - $589,247,687
1965 - $884,502,310
1966 - $925,381,492
1967 - $967,240,655
1968 - $1,037,379,252
1969 - $1,168,556,629
1970 - $1,259,554,809
1971 - $1,417,191,656
1972 - $1,490,970,181
1973 - $1,701,829,789
1974 - $2,098,944,967
1975 - $2,359,555,556
1976 - $2,447,300,000
1977 - $2,936,470,588
1978 - $2,420,260,870
1979 - $2,139,025,000
1980 $2,421,990,338 $1,244,610,000
1981 $2,249,908,578 $1,337,300,000
1982 $2,118,710,248 $2,177,500,000
1983 $2,297,400,688 $2,240,333,333
1984 $1,951,260,038 $3,615,647,477
1985 $1,608,237,350 $3,519,695,444
1986 $1,809,048,527 $3,923,244,050
1987 $2,300,068,217 $6,269,522,042
1988 $2,495,094,746 $6,508,931,652
1989 $2,535,135,798 $5,276,480,799
1990 $2,789,921,854 $4,304,399,310
1991 $2,996,869,281 $3,321,729,160
1992 $3,429,521,699 $2,857,457,762
1993 $3,251,188,833 $3,220,439,044
1994 $3,666,503,530 $3,990,430,447
1995 $3,978,514,206 $5,755,818,842
1996 $3,989,163,197 $6,044,585,327
1997 $4,154,989,950 $6,269,333,313
1998 $3,873,109,866 $6,584,815,847
1999 $3,868,551,730 $5,998,563,258
2000 $3,922,232,165 $6,193,246,837
2001 $3,557,341,215 $5,840,503,869
2002 $3,349,169,826 $6,178,563,591
2003 $4,926,439,384 $6,606,884,275
2004 $6,609,205,995 $7,939,487,548
2005 $7,248,374,838 $9,239,221,763
2006 $8,001,779,551 $9,977,647,683
2007 $8,839,536,476 $11,902,564,495
2008 $8,607,431,497 $14,440,404,132
2009 $8,938,847,189 $25,127,805,567
2010 $11,431,412,421 $26,673,441,431
2011 $12,523,359,441 $27,871,725,241
2012 $13,042,053,592 $27,305,915,911
2013 $12,043,307,277 $28,915,786,517
2014 $12,435,430,970 $32,612,397,257
2015 $11,335,161,084 $32,387,183,730
2016 $10,722,018,732 $29,203,988,696
2017 $12,895,153,371 $30,744,473,841
2018 $13,682,019,076 $32,927,025,620
2019 $12,541,928,303 $35,353,061,008
2020 $10,583,748,542 $37,600,368,240
2021 $12,402,486,184 $40,529,788,744
2022 $12,569,449,123 $45,565,333,216
2023 $12,408,271,448 $48,768,955,859
2024 $13,372,354,269 $53,651,874,314

Namibia and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita
Namibia

Uganda
Year GDP per capita
Namibia Uganda
1960 - $55.4
1961 - $56.2
1962 - $55.5
1963 - $62
1964 - $68.6
1965 - $100
1966 - $101.4
1967 - $102.8
1968 - $106.9
1969 - $116.7
1970 - $122
1971 - $133.5
1972 - $137
1973 - $152.7
1974 - $183.7
1975 - $201.2
1976 - $203.3
1977 - $237.6
1978 - $190.7
1979 - $164.5
1980 $2,468 $93.8
1981 $2,267 $98.6
1982 $2,097 $157
1983 $2,214 $157.5
1984 $1,830 $247.5
1985 $1,466 $234.3
1986 $1,599 $253.6
1987 $1,969 $393
1988 $2,063 $395
1989 $1,967 $310
1990 $2,037 $245
1991 $2,117 $183
1992 $2,347 $152.1
1993 $2,155 $165.6
1994 $2,356 $198.4
1995 $2,483 $278.5
1996 $2,423 $284.7
1997 $2,460 $286.8
1998 $2,235 $292.5
1999 $2,178 $257.9
2000 $2,157 $258.1
2001 $1,916 $236
2002 $1,772 $242
2003 $2,569 $250.7
2004 $3,403 $292.4
2005 $3,686 $330
2006 $4,017 $347
2007 $4,379 $401
2008 $4,205 $473
2009 $4,303 $799
2010 $5,418 $823
2011 $5,835 $836
2012 $5,943 $795
2013 $5,347 $818
2014 $5,378 $896
2015 $4,774 $863
2016 $4,396 $753
2017 $5,144 $765
2018 $5,309 $792
2019 $4,732 $822
2020 $3,879 $846
2021 $4,413 $883
2022 $4,350 $963
2023 $4,188 $1,002
2024 $4,413 $1,073

Namibia vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Namibia

Uganda
Year Life expectancy, years
Namibia Uganda
1950 41.9 39.7
1951 42.5 40.2
1952 43.1 40.8
1953 43.8 41.3
1954 44.4 41.8
1955 45 42.4
1956 45.7 43
1957 46.4 43.7
1958 47.1 44.3
1959 47.8 45
1960 48.5 45.6
1961 49.2 46.3
1962 50 46.8
1963 50.6 47.4
1964 51.3 47.8
1965 52 48.3
1966 52.3 48.5
1967 52.9 49
1968 53.6 49.3
1969 54.1 49.5
1970 54.7 49.6
1971 55.3 47.1
1972 55.8 47.2
1973 56.4 47
1974 56.9 46.9
1975 57.6 46.5
1976 58 46.2
1977 58.6 45.8
1978 59.1 45.6
1979 59.5 45.4
1980 56.6 43.5
1981 56.9 43.5
1982 57.3 43.3
1983 57.6 43.5
1984 58.1 43.7
1985 58.5 45.5
1986 58.7 45.7
1987 59.1 47.4
1988 59 47.5
1989 60.8 47.5
1990 61.4 47.6
1991 60.8 47.5
1992 60.2 47.7
1993 59.3 47.7
1994 58.4 47.7
1995 57.5 47.7
1996 56.6 47.8
1997 55.8 48
1998 54.8 48.3
1999 54 49
2000 52.9 49.6
2001 52 50.6
2002 52 51.4
2003 51.9 52.4
2004 52.2 53.7
2005 52.6 54.9
2006 53.2 56.1
2007 54 57.2
2008 54.7 58.3
2009 55.3 59.2
2010 56.1 60
2011 56.6 60.8
2012 57.7 61.6
2013 58.5 62.4
2014 59.3 63.1
2015 60 63.8
2016 60.8 64.5
2017 61.7 65.2
2018 62.6 65.8
2019 63.5 66.4
2020 64.1 66.4
2021 60.8 66.4
2022 64.2 67.7
2023 67.4 68.3
2024 67.5 68.5
2025 67.7 68.7

Namibia and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population
Namibia

Uganda
Year Population
Namibia Uganda
1960 591,465 7,640,973
1961 603,067 7,862,217
1962 615,759 8,092,231
1963 629,589 8,333,663
1964 644,530 8,586,363
1965 660,558 8,849,203
1966 677,655 9,122,864
1967 696,045 9,408,924
1968 715,542 9,708,632
1969 736,120 10,014,858
1970 757,868 10,321,603
1971 780,584 10,618,206
1972 804,399 10,885,796
1973 828,928 11,144,236
1974 854,320 11,424,846
1975 881,032 11,725,240
1976 906,566 12,037,294
1977 931,104 12,359,669
1978 947,269 12,692,113
1979 962,825 13,002,163
1980 981,434 13,275,741
1981 992,500 13,556,452
1982 1,010,308 13,873,631
1983 1,037,511 14,221,881
1984 1,065,989 14,607,677
1985 1,096,890 15,023,681
1986 1,131,081 15,467,579
1987 1,167,889 15,954,170
1988 1,209,696 16,470,483
1989 1,288,947 17,010,698
1990 1,369,303 17,569,897
1991 1,415,684 18,155,901
1992 1,461,322 18,785,032
1993 1,508,697 19,445,161
1994 1,556,304 20,108,801
1995 1,602,170 20,665,667
1996 1,646,103 21,231,550
1997 1,689,264 21,856,046
1998 1,732,745 22,515,806
1999 1,776,368 23,257,281
2000 1,818,647 24,000,150
2001 1,857,048 24,745,676
2002 1,889,970 25,532,870
2003 1,917,464 26,352,124
2004 1,942,082 27,154,515
2005 1,966,582 27,963,289
2006 1,991,888 28,794,003
2007 2,018,600 29,653,430
2008 2,047,056 30,539,553
2009 2,077,394 31,451,151
2010 2,109,811 32,390,802
2011 2,146,325 33,354,543
2012 2,194,654 34,337,438
2013 2,252,508 35,337,042
2014 2,312,139 36,395,539
2015 2,374,300 37,531,446
2016 2,439,213 38,799,152
2017 2,506,853 40,177,388
2018 2,577,327 41,565,831
2019 2,650,494 42,999,637
2020 2,728,762 44,457,152
2021 2,810,548 45,910,930
2022 2,889,662 47,312,719
2023 2,963,095 48,656,601
2024 3,030,131 50,015,092

Fertility rates in Namibia and Uganda

Fertility rate
Namibia

Uganda
Year Fertility rate
Namibia Uganda
1960 6.24 6.91
1961 6.29 6.93
1962 6.35 6.96
1963 6.41 6.98
1964 6.43 7.01
1965 6.45 7.04
1966 6.47 7.07
1967 6.49 7.1
1968 6.5 7.13
1969 6.51 7.12
1970 6.52 7.15
1971 6.52 7.18
1972 6.53 7.19
1973 6.54 7.19
1974 6.55 7.19
1975 6.53 7.2
1976 6.49 7.19
1977 6.44 7.18
1978 6.38 7.16
1979 6.31 7.14
1980 6.24 7.11
1981 6.16 7.12
1982 6.08 7.11
1983 6 7.07
1984 5.94 7.02
1985 5.88 7.04
1986 5.79 7.08
1987 5.7 7.12
1988 5.61 7.1
1989 5.52 7.05
1990 5.4 7.01
1991 5.29 6.94
1992 5.11 6.91
1993 4.91 6.89
1994 4.68 6.9
1995 4.42 6.87
1996 4.2 6.84
1997 4.17 6.86
1998 4.18 6.84
1999 4.14 6.83
2000 3.99 6.79
2001 3.83 6.76
2002 3.69 6.74
2003 3.58 6.67
2004 3.55 6.61
2005 3.57 6.53
2006 3.6 6.43
2007 3.61 6.33
2008 3.62 6.2
2009 3.63 6.12
2010 3.66 6.02
2011 3.66 5.89
2012 3.68 5.73
2013 3.65 5.56
2014 3.64 5.41
2015 3.6 5.25
2016 3.57 5.11
2017 3.51 4.99
2018 3.46 4.87
2019 3.4 4.74
2020 3.35 4.62
2021 3.3 4.51
2022 3.25 4.39
2023 3.21 4.28

Namibia and Uganda demographics compared

Median age
Namibia

Uganda
Year Median age, years
Namibia Uganda
1960 18.9 17.1
1961 18.7 16.9
1962 18.6 16.8
1963 18.5 16.7
1964 18.4 16.6
1965 18.4 16.6
1966 18.3 16.6
1967 18.3 16.6
1968 18.2 16.6
1969 18.1 16.6
1970 18.1 16.6
1971 18 16.6
1972 17.9 16.5
1973 17.8 16.3
1974 17.7 16.3
1975 17.6 16.2
1976 17.5 16.2
1977 17.3 16.2
1978 17 16.1
1979 16.8 16.1
1980 16.6 16
1981 16.4 15.9
1982 16.3 15.9
1983 16.4 15.9
1984 16.5 15.9
1985 16.7 15.9
1986 16.9 15.9
1987 17 15.9
1988 17.3 15.9
1989 17.8 15.8
1990 18.3 15.8
1991 18.4 15.8
1992 18.4 15.7
1993 18.5 15.7
1994 18.5 15.6
1995 18.6 15.4
1996 18.7 15.3
1997 18.8 15.1
1998 18.9 15
1999 18.9 15
2000 19 15
2001 19.1 15
2002 19.2 15
2003 19.3 15
2004 19.4 15
2005 19.6 15
2006 19.7 15
2007 19.9 15
2008 20 15.1
2009 20.3 15.1
2010 20.5 15.2
2011 20.7 15.3
2012 20.9 15.4
2013 21.1 15.5
2014 21.3 15.6
2015 21.4 15.8
2016 21.5 16
2017 21.6 16.3
2018 21.7 16.5
2019 21.8 16.8
2020 21.8 17
2021 21.8 17.2
2022 21.8 17.4
2023 21.9 17.6
2024 22.1 17.8

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Finance

Namibia Uganda
GNI, Atlas method
$12.8B
2024
$50.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.3%
2025
21.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
9.08%
2024
2.55%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.74%
2023
1.98%
2023
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.24%
2025
-6.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
19.9%
2018
3.42%
2021
Services, % of GDP
54.5%
2024
43.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
28.9%
2024
24.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.7
2025
51.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
47.2%
2015
34.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1%
2015
2.4%
2019
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.48B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.36B
2024
$3.36B
2018
Personal remittances received
$146M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
187,100
2020
473,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.99%
2020
9.21%
2020
Banked people share
72.9%
2024
72.8%
2024

Energy

Namibia Uganda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
692 kg
2022
483 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.4
2022
$6.05
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.36 megatons
2023
7.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.47 tons
2023
0.15 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
53.5%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
30%
2021
90.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.88%
2022
1.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share
60.5%
2022
20.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,231 kWh
2022
89.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
90.9%
2021
90%
2021
Hydroelectric share
58.7%
2022
86.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
56.7%
2023
51.5%
2023

Society

Namibia Uganda
% of world population
0.04%
2024
0.61%
2024
Annual migration change
+4,211
2024
-117,924
2024
Urban population
55.8%
2024
27.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.57 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.26 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
43.1
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
49
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
41
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
12.5
2021
8.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
34.8
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
80
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
87.6%
2023
80.6%
2022
English speaking
17.2%
2023
44.7%
2023
People using the Internet
64.4%
2023
8.95%
2024

Health

Namibia Uganda
Government health expenditure per capita
$406
2022
$44.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$32.9
2022
$15
2022
Life expectancy
67.7 years
2025
68.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.92%
2022
41.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.54
2022
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
21.6 years
2025
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
139
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.7
2023
38.8
2023
Obesity rate
17.5%
2022
8.05%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.3%
2024
2.2%
2024
Air quality index
36
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.1%
2022
7.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.05 liters
2020
11.3 liters
2020

Territory

Namibia Uganda
% of world land
0.55%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
104,904 sq mi
2024
1,548 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
149,854 sq mi
2025
55,657 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24,810 sq mi
2025
8,549 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
90,720 mi
2019

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