Official name
Republic of Namibia
Name in local language
Republic of Namibia (en)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
Southern Africa
Population (ranking: 147e )
2,352,592 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
1.55 % / year
Area
824,116 km²
Density
2.85 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 132e )14.522 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
5,931 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
-0.10 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
63.40 years (2018)
Birth rate
29.73 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
3.52 children / woman (2014)
Death rate (ranking )
7.10 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
32.80 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
94.88 % (2015)
Official languages
English
Currency
Namibian dollar ($ NAD)
HDI (ranking: 168e )0.645 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )58.46 (2018)
Government
Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
Head of State
President Hage Geingob
National Day
21 March (independence in 1990)
ISO Codes NA, NAM
Demonym
Namibian
Tourists (ranking )
1,469,000 people (2016)
A country still too dependent on the outside
Namibia is a sparsely populated country in southern Africa bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, South Africa to the south, Botswana to the east, Angola to the north and Zambia to the northeast. Although it has no border with Zimbabwe , only 200 meters separate the two countries at the crossroads of Kazungula. It is largely desert, with one of the lowest population densities in the world.
Namib desert, Namibia. Source: NASA Namib-Naukluft National Park sand dunes, Namibia. Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa, Most Beautiful Spots Windhoek, capitale of Namibia Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Windhoek
404,958 inhabitants
Rundu
86,139 inhabitants
Walvis Bay
75,260 inhabitants
Swakopmund
64,373 inhabitants
Lüderitz
12,926 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Caprivi
90,596 inhabitants
14,528 km²
Erongo
150,809 inhabitants
63,579 km²
Hardap
79,507 inhabitants
109,651 km²
Karas
77,421 inhabitants
161,215 km²
Kavango
223,352 inhabitants
48,463 km²
Khomas
342,141 inhabitants
37,007 km²
Kunene
86,856 inhabitants
115,293 km²
Ohangwena
245,446 inhabitants
10,703 km²
Omaheke
71,233 inhabitants
84,612 km²
Omusati
243,166 inhabitants
26,573 km²
Oshana
176,674 inhabitants
8,653 km²
Oshikoto
181,973 inhabitants
38,653 km²
Otjozondjupa
143,903 inhabitants
105,185 km²
See also
