Namibia: Fertility rate
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| Namibia |
Fertility rate, births per woman |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 3.25 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Measure | births per woman |
| Data availability | 1960 - 2022 |
| Average | 5.02 |
| Min - Max | 3.25 - 6.56 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2022 is 3.25 births per woman, a decline from 3.3 births per woman in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 2.51 births per woman, based on data from 192 countries. Historically, the average for Namibia from 1960 to 2022 is 5.02 births per woman. The minimum value, 3.25 births per woman, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 6.56 births per woman was recorded in 1973.
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Definition: Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Health spending per capita | 379.54 | 2020 | U.S. dollars |
| Health spending as percent of GDP | 8.90 | 2020 | percent |
| Life expectancy | 58.06 | 2022 | years |
| Life expectancy, female | 61.70 | 2022 | years |
| Life expectancy, male | 54.59 | 2022 | years |
| Birth rate | 27.44 | 2021 | births per 1000 people |
| Death rate | 11.46 | 2022 | deaths per 1000 people |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 | 2022 | births per woman |
| HIV infections | 11.00 | 2022 | percent |
| Tuberculosis | 450.00 | 2022 | cases per 100,000 people |
| Diabetes prevalence | 6.70 | 2021 | percent |
| Prevalence of anemia among children | 46.10 | 2019 | percent |
| Prevalence of undernourishment | 17.10 | 2021 | percent |
| Suicides | 9.70 | 2019 | suicides per 100,000 people |
| DPT immunization rate | 84 | 2022 | percent |
| Hepatitis B immunization rate | 84 | 2022 | percent |
| Measles immunization rate | 91 | 2022 | percent |
| Traffic accident deaths | 34.80 | 2019 | deaths per 100,000 people |