Geographic Statistics:
Population: 1,771,327
Independence: 21 March 1990 From South African mandate.
Capital: Windhoek, 130,000.
Shared Borders: Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia.
Highest Elevation: Konigstein; 2,606 m.
Lowest Elevation: Atlantic Ocean; 0 m.
Environmental Statistics:
Climate: Desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic.
Terrain: Mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari
Desert in east.
Average Rainfall:
Temperature Extremes:
Population Statistics:
Main Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans, German 32%,
Indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
Main Religions: Christian 80% to 90%, indigenous beliefs 10% to
20%.
Population growth rate: 1.57% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 35.23 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 19.49 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 42.46 years
male: 44.33 years
female: 40.53 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.89 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Literacy: (People age 15 and over that can read and write)
total population: 38%
male: 45%
female: 31%
Economic Statistics:
Currency: Namibian Dollar; 1 Namibian dollar (N$) = 100 cents.
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,300 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):8.5% (1999)
Unemployment rate: 30% to 40% (1999 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 100,848 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 20,000 (1999)
Number of Persons per Telephone Line: 18
