Key demographics
- Population
- 2.5M
- Density
- 3.1/km²
- HDI
- 0.665 (Medium)
- Gini index (2015)
- 59.1
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.5 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.21
- Urban population (2025)
- 50.9%
- Literacy rate (2023)
- 87.6%
- Labor force (2025)
- 60.1%
- Gender wage gap (2018)
- 0.2%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 67.9%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 50.9%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 25.9 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 6.2 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 32.5%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.21
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 36.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 41.4%
- Tourism (2020)
- 187.1K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans |
| German | Native name not recorded |
| English | English |
| Herero | Native name not recorded |
| Khoekhoe | Native name not recorded |
| Kwangali | Native name not recorded |
| Lozi | Native name not recorded |
| Ndonga | Native name not recorded |
| Tswana | Native name not recorded |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 87.9% |
| Other | 10.5% |
| No religion | 1.6% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Indigenous african | 93.2% |
| Coloured | 3.6% |
| White | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Namibian
- Demonym (female)
- Namibian
- National anthem
- Namibia, Land of the Brave
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.5 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 52.8 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 9.5% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 36.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 66/100
- Hospital beds (2009)
- 2.7/1000
- Physicians (2022)
- 0.55/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 5.39/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $397
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 7.5%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2023)
- 87.6%
- Education spending (2024)
- 9.1% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 407
- Internet users (2024)
- 64.9%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 85.2/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 2.8/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 427/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 2.8
Geography and practical
- Area
- 825,615 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00
- Calling codes
- +264
- TLD
- .na
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Namibia features a white-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. A gold sun with twelve triangular rays is situated on the hoist side of the upper triangle.
- National anthem
- Namibia, Land of the Brave