Key facts
Capital: Windhoek
Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Government: Republic of Namibia
Currency: Namibian dollars (NAD)
Area: 824,292 sq km
Population: 2,678,191 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Oshiwambo languages 49.7%, Nama/Damara 11%, Kavango languages 10.4%, Afrikaans 9.4% (also a common language), Herero languages 9.2%, Zambezi languages 4.9%, English (official) 2.3%, other African languages 1.5%, other European languages 0.7%, other 1% (2016 est.)
Religion: Christian 80% to 90% (at least 50% Lutheran), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
TimeZone: UTC+1
Tel Code: +264
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