European Union vs Namibia: Birth rate, crude

European Union
7.91 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Namibia
25.89 per 1,000 people
in 2024
European Union rank
46th
Namibia rank
47th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • European Union
  • Namibia
10203040196019922024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 25.89 per 1,000 people against 7.91 per 1,000 people in European Union, a difference of 17.98 per 1,000 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 3.3 times European Union's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

European Union ranks 46th and Namibia ranks 47th of 47 groups.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade European Union Namibia Difference Ahead
1960s 18.05 per 1,000 people 42.72 per 1,000 people 24.67 per 1,000 people Namibia
1970s 15.24 per 1,000 people 43.2 per 1,000 people 27.96 per 1,000 people Namibia
1980s 13.01 per 1,000 people 38.76 per 1,000 people 25.76 per 1,000 people Namibia
1990s 10.96 per 1,000 people 36.06 per 1,000 people 25.09 per 1,000 people Namibia
2000s 10.33 per 1,000 people 29.96 per 1,000 people 19.63 per 1,000 people Namibia
2010s 9.84 per 1,000 people 30.38 per 1,000 people 20.54 per 1,000 people Namibia
2020s 8.62 per 1,000 people 26.57 per 1,000 people 17.95 per 1,000 people Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, European Union or Namibia?
Namibia, at 25.89 per 1,000 people against 7.91 per 1,000 people in European Union as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between European Union and Namibia?
17.98 per 1,000 people, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for European Union and Namibia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do European Union and Namibia rank globally for birth rate, crude?
European Union ranks 46th and Namibia ranks 47th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

European Union vs Namibia: Birth rate, crude. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/birth-rate-crude-per-1-000-people/european-union/namibia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/birth-rate-crude-per-1-000-people/european-union/namibia/">European Union vs Namibia: Birth rate, crude</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.