Elephant locations in Namibia

23 locations has kept elephants in Namibia

There is presently 18 (6,8) living elephants in locations in Namibia in this database

Namibia
Region: Namibia is in this database included in africa
Location holdings: 23 locations has kept 44 elephants in Namibia

(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations18 (6,8) living 26 (5,2) dead
1884-1915: Present Namibia was refered to as German South-West Africa.

1915-1988 (officially 1990): Present Namibia was refered to as South-West Africa.

2016: The elephant population in Namibia currently stands at 24 091, as stated in the census of the 2016 elephants survey.

2020: The Namibian elephant population has trebled since 1990, which has resulted in a sharp spike in human-elephant conflict.

2022: Namibia has an estimated elephant population of 24 000. According to CITES, since 1996, Namibian elephants have been classified under Appendix two - which means they are not necessarily threatened with extinction, but trade must be controlled to avoid selling them to conditions not compatible with their survival.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Namibia. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2026) available online retrieved 2026-03-15 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Namibia.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

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