Namibia vs Zambia statistics compared

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 33rd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Namibia and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Namibia and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Namibia

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Namibia	Zambia
1960	-	$698,739,721
1961	-	$682,359,727
1962	-	$679,279,729
1963	-	$704,339,719
1964	-	$822,639,671
1965	-	$1,061,199,576
1966	-	$1,238,999,505
1967	-	$1,340,639,464
1968	-	$1,573,739,371
1969	-	$1,926,399,230
1970	-	$1,788,779,285
1971	-	$1,653,259,341
1972	-	$1,872,416,680
1973	-	$2,434,255,237
1974	-	$2,910,981,262
1975	-	$2,442,672,141
1976	-	$2,742,859,263
1977	-	$2,515,296,940
1978	-	$2,811,032,473
1979	-	$3,353,445,378
1980	$2,421,990,338	$3,884,530,854
1981	$2,249,908,578	$4,008,126,497
1982	$2,118,710,248	$3,871,117,093
1983	$2,297,400,688	$3,321,048,451
1984	$1,951,260,038	$2,719,518,933
1985	$1,608,237,350	$2,252,454,500
1986	$1,809,048,527	$1,664,413,508
1987	$2,300,068,217	$2,265,250,972
1988	$2,495,094,746	$3,728,878,149
1989	$2,535,135,798	$3,994,673,161
1990	$2,789,921,854	$3,288,381,797
1991	$2,996,869,281	$3,376,806,697
1992	$3,429,521,699	$3,182,810,841
1993	$3,251,188,833	$3,273,505,344
1994	$3,666,503,530	$3,656,806,166
1995	$3,978,514,206	$3,806,983,413
1996	$3,989,163,197	$3,597,220,962
1997	$4,154,989,950	$4,303,288,480
1998	$3,873,109,866	$3,537,741,942
1999	$3,868,551,730	$3,404,284,891
2000	$3,922,232,165	$3,600,632,111
2001	$3,557,341,215	$4,094,441,301
2002	$3,349,169,826	$4,193,850,445
2003	$4,926,439,384	$4,901,869,764
2004	$6,609,205,995	$6,221,110,219
2005	$7,248,374,838	$8,331,870,169
2006	$8,001,779,551	$12,756,858,899
2007	$8,839,536,476	$14,056,957,976
2008	$8,607,431,497	$17,910,858,638
2009	$8,938,847,189	$15,328,342,304
2010	$11,431,412,421	$20,265,559,484
2011	$12,523,359,441	$23,459,515,276
2012	$13,042,053,592	$25,503,060,420
2013	$12,043,307,277	$28,037,239,463
2014	$12,435,430,970	$27,141,023,558
2015	$11,335,161,084	$21,251,216,799
2016	$10,722,018,732	$20,958,412,538
2017	$12,895,153,371	$25,873,601,261
2018	$13,682,019,076	$26,311,507,274
2019	$12,541,928,303	$23,308,667,781
2020	$10,583,748,542	$18,137,764,931
2021	$12,402,486,184	$22,096,416,932
2022	$12,569,449,123	$29,163,782,140
2023	$12,408,271,448	$27,577,956,471
2024	$13,372,354,269	$26,325,775,287

Namibia and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Namibia

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Namibia	Zambia
1960	-	$221.6
1961	-	$209.7
1962	-	$202.3
1963	-	$203.2
1964	-	$230
1965	-	$287.4
1966	-	$325
1967	-	$341
1968	-	$387
1969	-	$459
1970	-	$414
1971	-	$372
1972	-	$410
1973	-	$518
1974	-	$601
1975	-	$490
1976	-	$533
1977	-	$474
1978	-	$514
1979	-	$595
1980	$2,468	$669
1981	$2,267	$670
1982	$2,097	$627
1983	$2,214	$520
1984	$1,830	$413
1985	$1,466	$332
1986	$1,599	$238.2
1987	$1,969	$315
1988	$2,063	$504
1989	$1,967	$526
1990	$2,037	$422
1991	$2,117	$423
1992	$2,347	$389
1993	$2,155	$391
1994	$2,356	$426
1995	$2,483	$433
1996	$2,423	$400
1997	$2,460	$466
1998	$2,235	$373
1999	$2,178	$350
2000	$2,157	$359
2001	$1,916	$397
2002	$1,772	$394
2003	$2,569	$446
2004	$3,403	$549
2005	$3,686	$711
2006	$4,017	$1,052
2007	$4,379	$1,119
2008	$4,205	$1,376
2009	$4,303	$1,136
2010	$5,418	$1,451
2011	$5,835	$1,625
2012	$5,943	$1,710
2013	$5,347	$1,821
2014	$5,378	$1,707
2015	$4,774	$1,296
2016	$4,396	$1,239
2017	$5,144	$1,483
2018	$5,309	$1,464
2019	$4,732	$1,259
2020	$3,879	$952
2021	$4,413	$1,127
2022	$4,350	$1,447
2023	$4,188	$1,331
2024	$4,413	$1,235

Namibia vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Namibia

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Namibia	Zambia
1950	41.9	46.8
1951	42.5	47.2
1952	43.1	47.6
1953	43.8	48
1954	44.4	48.4
1955	45	48.8
1956	45.7	49.1
1957	46.4	49.5
1958	47.1	49.9
1959	47.8	50.3
1960	48.5	50.6
1961	49.2	51
1962	50	51.3
1963	50.6	51.6
1964	51.3	51.2
1965	52	52.1
1966	52.3	52.3
1967	52.9	52.5
1968	53.6	52.7
1969	54.1	53
1970	54.7	53.4
1971	55.3	53.9
1972	55.8	54.4
1973	56.4	54.9
1974	56.9	55.4
1975	57.6	55.7
1976	58	56.1
1977	58.6	56.3
1978	59.1	56.3
1979	59.5	56
1980	56.6	55.5
1981	56.9	55
1982	57.3	54.4
1983	57.6	53.7
1984	58.1	52.9
1985	58.5	52
1986	58.7	51.1
1987	59.1	50.4
1988	59	49.7
1989	60.8	48.9
1990	61.4	48.2
1991	60.8	47.4
1992	60.2	47
1993	59.3	46.7
1994	58.4	46.3
1995	57.5	46.1
1996	56.6	45.8
1997	55.8	45.7
1998	54.8	45.7
1999	54	45.9
2000	52.9	46.6
2001	52	47.4
2002	52	48.5
2003	51.9	49.6
2004	52.2	50.5
2005	52.6	51.6
2006	53.2	52.7
2007	54	53.7
2008	54.7	54.8
2009	55.3	55.9
2010	56.1	56.9
2011	56.6	57.8
2012	57.7	58.7
2013	58.5	59.4
2014	59.3	60.1
2015	60	60.7
2016	60.8	61.1
2017	61.7	61.6
2018	62.6	62.1
2019	63.5	62.9
2020	64.1	63.4
2021	60.8	62.4
2022	64.2	65.3
2023	67.4	66.3
2024	67.5	66.5
2025	67.7	66.7

Namibia and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Namibia

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Namibia	Zambia
1960	591,465	3,153,729
1961	603,067	3,254,086
1962	615,759	3,358,099
1963	629,589	3,465,907
1964	644,530	3,577,017
1965	660,558	3,692,086
1966	677,655	3,812,003
1967	696,045	3,936,343
1968	715,542	4,065,593
1969	736,120	4,197,116
1970	757,868	4,321,718
1971	780,584	4,442,525
1972	804,399	4,569,309
1973	828,928	4,702,693
1974	854,320	4,842,746
1975	881,032	4,990,086
1976	906,566	5,143,842
1977	931,104	5,302,480
1978	947,269	5,465,374
1979	962,825	5,631,728
1980	981,434	5,802,833
1981	992,500	5,983,289
1982	1,010,308	6,178,637
1983	1,037,511	6,381,038
1984	1,065,989	6,580,490
1985	1,096,890	6,780,953
1986	1,131,081	6,986,471
1987	1,167,889	7,191,282
1988	1,209,696	7,391,440
1989	1,288,947	7,589,216
1990	1,369,303	7,786,169
1991	1,415,684	7,981,650
1992	1,461,322	8,176,680
1993	1,508,697	8,373,921
1994	1,556,304	8,576,269
1995	1,602,170	8,785,763
1996	1,646,103	9,004,053
1997	1,689,264	9,237,063
1998	1,732,745	9,482,408
1999	1,776,368	9,740,005
2000	1,818,647	10,017,631
2001	1,857,048	10,325,185
2002	1,889,970	10,647,949
2003	1,917,464	10,983,595
2004	1,942,082	11,338,198
2005	1,966,582	11,718,819
2006	1,991,888	12,129,553
2007	2,018,600	12,565,085
2008	2,047,056	13,021,324
2009	2,077,394	13,490,389
2010	2,109,811	13,965,594
2011	2,146,325	14,437,796
2012	2,194,654	14,913,629
2013	2,252,508	15,398,997
2014	2,312,139	15,895,315
2015	2,374,300	16,399,089
2016	2,439,213	16,914,423
2017	2,506,853	17,441,320
2018	2,577,327	17,973,569
2019	2,650,494	18,513,839
2020	2,728,762	19,059,395
2021	2,810,548	19,603,607
2022	2,889,662	20,152,938
2023	2,963,095	20,723,965
2024	3,030,131	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Namibia and Zambia

Fertility rate

Namibia

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	Zambia
1960	6.24	6.95
1961	6.29	6.98
1962	6.35	7.01
1963	6.41	7.06
1964	6.43	7.09
1965	6.45	7.12
1966	6.47	7.14
1967	6.49	7.15
1968	6.5	7.18
1969	6.51	7.18
1970	6.52	7.22
1971	6.52	7.26
1972	6.53	7.3
1973	6.54	7.34
1974	6.55	7.36
1975	6.53	7.42
1976	6.49	7.39
1977	6.44	7.35
1978	6.38	7.29
1979	6.31	7.22
1980	6.24	7.14
1981	6.16	7.07
1982	6.08	7.04
1983	6	7.01
1984	5.94	6.97
1985	5.88	6.93
1986	5.79	6.87
1987	5.7	6.8
1988	5.61	6.7
1989	5.52	6.64
1990	5.4	6.57
1991	5.29	6.46
1992	5.11	6.35
1993	4.91	6.3
1994	4.68	6.26
1995	4.42	6.23
1996	4.2	6.18
1997	4.17	6.12
1998	4.18	6.07
1999	4.14	6
2000	3.99	5.92
2001	3.83	5.85
2002	3.69	5.77
2003	3.58	5.71
2004	3.55	5.7
2005	3.57	5.7
2006	3.6	5.68
2007	3.61	5.61
2008	3.62	5.53
2009	3.63	5.45
2010	3.66	5.36
2011	3.66	5.26
2012	3.68	5.14
2013	3.65	5.01
2014	3.64	4.89
2015	3.6	4.78
2016	3.57	4.67
2017	3.51	4.57
2018	3.46	4.49
2019	3.4	4.42
2020	3.35	4.32
2021	3.3	4.25
2022	3.25	4.18
2023	3.21	4.1

Namibia and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Namibia

Zambia

Table

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

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