Namibia
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 3.1M (2025). World rank 136 of 216; in Africa, 41 of 54. Area: 825,615 km². World rank 36 of 249; in Africa, 15 of 59. Life expectancy: 67.5 years (2024). World rank 171 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 19 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 2.4M → 3.1M, GDP $11.3B → $15.1B, and GDP per person $4,774 → $4,876.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Namibia
- Local name
- Namibië
- Capital
- Windhoek
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
- Head of government
- Elijah Ngurare
- Independence
- March 21, 1990
- Women in parliament
- 42.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 3,092,816 2025
- Area
- 825,615 km²
- GDP
- $15.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $4,876 2025
- Life expectancy
- 67.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
- Currency
- Namibian Dollar (NAD), South African Rand (ZAR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +264
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- D
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,572
- Neighbours
- Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia
- Agricultural land
- 47.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Brandberg, 2,573 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,141
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- January, 24°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 12°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 285 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 3.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 50.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.9K 2025
- Born in another country
- 3.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 36.7% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 59.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 71.5 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 63.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 25.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 97.5% and no religion 1.9% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 64.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 51 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 54.4 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 56.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 64.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $11,986 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $4,340 2025
- Inflation
- +3.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 41 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 7% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 29% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 55% 2025
- Unemployment
- 19.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 38% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 54.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 44.7% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 63.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -13.4% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +9.6% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 33.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 59.1 2015
- Living on under $3 a day
- 22.9% 2015
Education
- Adult literacy
- 87.6% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 121% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 82% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 26.1% 2022
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 9.1% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $397 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 7.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.4 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.7 2009
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 79% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 36.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 39.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 139 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 9% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 5.3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 36.5% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 86.5% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 38.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 46% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 11.2 2021
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 34.8 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 78.6 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 14.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 9.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 24.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,132 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 0.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 64.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 85 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 2.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .na
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 59.3% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,246 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 30% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 93.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 1.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 60,304 2023
- Airports
- 259 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,628 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2022
- Researchers per million people
- 225 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 231 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.1% 2024