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Namibia: Rural population

49.13percent · 2025-9.8% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Namibia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202549.133
202449.591
202350.045
202250.471
202150.943
202051.453
201951.998
201852.577
201753.186
201653.825
201554.49
201455.179
201355.889
201256.62
201157.372
201058.205
200959.148
200860.167
200761.237
200662.328
200563.413
200464.464
200365.454
200266.354
200167.142
200067.883
199968.628
199869.358
199770.061
199670.723
199571.329
199471.866
199372.319
199272.676
199172.928
199073.133
198973.32
198873.49
198773.643
198673.78
198573.904
198474.016
198374.117
198274.208
198174.29
198074.366
197974.437
197874.503
197774.567
197674.63
197574.692
197474.756
197374.824
197274.895
197174.972
197075.056
196975.149
196875.251
196775.365
196675.491
196575.632
196475.788
196375.96
196276.151
196176.361
196076.605

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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