Namibia

Facts

Population:  1,797,677 note:  estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  42.74% (male 389,028; female 379,229) 15-64 years:  53.54% (male 480,075; female 482,375) 65 years and over:  3.72% (male 29,109; female 37,861) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.38% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  34.71 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  20.9 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.77 male(s)/female total population:  1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  71.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  40.62 years male:  42.48 years female:  38.71 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  19.54% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  160,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  18,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Namibian(s) adjective:  Namibian
Ethnic groups:  black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5% note:  about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups are: Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
Religions:  Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
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:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  38% male:  45% female:  31% (1960 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $7.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $4,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  12% industry:  25% services:  63% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  9.1% (2000)
Labor force:  500,000
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 47%, industry 20%, services 33% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:  30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $883 million expenditures:  $950 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)
Industries:  meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)
Industrial production growth rate:  NA
Electricity - production:  1.198 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  2% hydro:  98% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  1.948 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  56 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  890 million kWh note:  supplied by South Africa (1999)
Agriculture - products:  millet, sorghum, peanuts; livestock; fish
Exports:  $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins
Exports - partners:  UK 43%, South Africa 26%, Spain 14%, France 8%, Japan (1998 est.)
Imports:  $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Imports - partners:  South Africa 81%, US 4%, Germany 2% (1997 est.)
Debt - external:  $217 million (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $127 million (1998)
Currency:  Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)
Currency code:  NAD; ZAR
Exchange rates:  Namibian dollars per US dollar - 7.78307 (January 2001), 6.93983 (2000), 6.10948 (1999), 5.52828 (1998), 4.60796 (1997), 4.29935 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 April - 31 March

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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