ACOG - Namibia  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa

Area:
total area: 825,418 sq km
land area: 825,418 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than half the size of Alaska

Land boundaries: total 3,824 km, Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 855km, Zambia 233 km

Coastline: 1,572 km


People

Population: 1,651,545 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (female 384,885; male 394,216)
15-64 years: 50% (female 414,283; male 405,938)
65 years and over: 3% (female 26,783; male 25,440)

Population growth rate: 3.44% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 43.04 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 8.61 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 59.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 62.1 years
male: 59.37 years
female: 64.9 years

Total fertility rate: 6.34 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: black 86%, white 6.6%, mixed 7.4%

Religions: 80%-90% Christian (50% Lutheran; at least 30% other Christian denominations)

Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1960)
total population: 38%
male: 45%
female: 31%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Namibia
conventional short form: Namibia

Type: republic

Capital: Windhoek

Independence: 21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)

Constitution: ratified 9 February 1990; effective 12 March 1990


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $5.8 billion

National product real growth rate: 5.8%

National product per capita: $3,600

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 11%

Unemployment rate: 35% in urban areas

Electricity:
capacity: 406,000 kW
production: 1.29 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 658 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.