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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 · READ THE BED →
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 · READ THE BED →
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
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
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($15 B), superseding 2024 ($13 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($4,876), superseding 2024 ($4,413) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (1.7%), superseding 2024 (3.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (3.5%), superseding 2024 (4.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (108.6%), superseding 2024 (109.6%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (59.3%), superseding 2023 (56.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (3.1 m), superseding 2024 (3.0 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (50.9%), superseding 2024 (50.4%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14