Oshakati has a population of 43,309, making it the 5th largest place we list in Namibia. It is in Oshana Region.
Oshakati holds 1.4% of Namibia's 3,153,246 people. Windhoek, the largest place we list there, is 8.9 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 33,618, a rise of 29%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Rundu | Kavango East | 75,180 |
| Walvis Bay | Erongo Region | 73,598 |
| Swakopmund | Erongo Region | 53,009 |
| Rehoboth | Hardap Region | 34,185 |
| Katima Mulilo | Zambezi Region | 33,615 |
| Otjiwarongo | Otjozondjupa Region | 33,481 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.