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Namibia

22.0S 17.0E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM SOUTH AFRICA · 21 MARCH 1990
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1990 – present · Independent Namibia since 1990
5 EVENTS
21 March 1990 · Independence and Nujoma's inauguration 2 REFS
1 March 1994 · Reincorporation of Walvis Bay 2 REFS
1966 – 1990 · The liberation struggle, the Border War and the road to independence
5 EVENTS
26 August 1966 · Armed struggle begins at Omugulugwombashe 3 REFS
29 September 1978 · Security Council Resolution 435 3 REFS
1915 – 1966 · South African rule, the mandate, and apartheid
5 EVENTS
July 1915 · South Africa conquers the colony 2 REFS
1920 · League of Nations mandate 2 REFS
1884 – 1915 · German South West Africa and the genocide of the Herero and Nama
5 EVENTS
12 January 1904 · The Herero uprising begins 3 REFS
1905–1908 · Shark Island and the concentration camps 4 REFS
1485 – 1884 · The desert coast, the Orlam migration and the Nama polities
3 EVENTS
1485 · Diogo Cão reaches the coast 2 REFS
from 1823 · Jonker Afrikaner and the Orlam 2 REFS
Deep prehistory – c. 1800 · First peoples: the San, Khoekhoe, Damara and the engravings of Twyfelfontein
4 EVENTS
deep prehistory · San hunter-gatherers of the Namib 2 REFS
c. 2000 years ago · The engravings of Twyfelfontein 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Windhoek
Population
2.5 m
Area
825,615 km²
Region
Southern Africa
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English
Currency
Namibian dollar ($)
Demonym
Namibian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$15 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$4,876’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.7%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.5%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
108.6%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
3.1 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
67.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
50.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
87.6%’23 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
62.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
75.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
53.3’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
57.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
62.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
50.4’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
9.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.55’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
39.5’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
79.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
87.6%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
9.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
120.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
82.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
26.1%’22 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.6%’22 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
225’22 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
64.9%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
85’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.1%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
823,290 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
7.8%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
47.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.2’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
30.0%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
4.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
3.2%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.9%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
59.3%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
2.7%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$362 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
16,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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