Ghana vs Namibia: Natural population growth rate

Ghana

1.9%

in 2023

Namibia

2.0%

in 2023

Ghana rank

51st

Namibia rank

50th

Natural population growth rate over time

Namibia currently reports 2.0% against 1.9% in Ghana, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 51st and Namibia ranks 50th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Natural population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.