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Namibia

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Key facts

  • currency: Namibian dollar
  • capital city: Windhoek
  • region: Southern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 823,290 km²
  • population: 2,604,172 people
  • political leader: Hage Geingob (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-22°0′S, 17°0′E]

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Summary

Namibia is a country. The capital city is Windhoek, located in the Southern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 823,290 km², a population of 2,604,172 people and uses the currency Namibian dollar. The President is Hage Geingob.

Environment

Namibia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Southern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 388,120.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 17.79 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 4.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.46 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 97.79 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 1.76 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 74.44 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 3.25 births per woman
  • Forest area: 65,678 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 66.72 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 13.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 17.40
  • Methane emissions: 6.48 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 2.04 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 1,347,919 people
  • Male population: 1,256,253 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 30.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 827,174.29 km²
  • Rural population: 1,174,846 people
  • Urban land area: 342.32 km²
  • Urban population: 1,429,326 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.11 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Namibia by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Namibia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Namibia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Namibia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Namibia

Namibia relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Namibia relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Namibia

Namibia relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Namibia

Namibia relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Namibia

Namibia relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Namibia relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Namibia relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Namibia

Evolution of historical internet access in Namibia

Evolution of historical land area in Namibia

Evolution of historical median age in Namibia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Namibia

Namibia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Namibia relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Namibia relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Namibia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Namibia relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Namibia relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Namibia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Namibia

Namibia relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Namibia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Namibia relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Namibia

Namibia relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Namibia

Evolution of historical male population in Namibia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Namibia

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Namibia

Evolution of historical rural population in Namibia

Namibia relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Namibia

Namibia relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Namibia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Namibia

Namibia relationship between date and population over time

Namibia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Namibia

Namibia relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Namibia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Namibia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Namibia

Namibia relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Namibia relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Namibia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Namibia relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Namibia relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Namibia

Namibia relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Namibia relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Namibia relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Namibia relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Namibia relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Namibia relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Namibia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Namibia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Namibia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Namibia

Distribution of sites in Namibia by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Namibia by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Namibia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Namibia by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Namibia

Cities in Namibia

Sites in Namibia

Wildfires in Namibia

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Business

  • Central government debt: 117.52 % of GDP
  • Expense: 35.72 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 12,351,024,843.75 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.88 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 39.00 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 27.17 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 19.42 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 32.49 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Namibia by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Namibia

Evolution of historical expense in Namibia

Evolution of historical GDP in Namibia

Namibia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Namibia

Evolution of historical self employed in Namibia

Namibia relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Namibia

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Namibia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Namibia

Distribution of shops in Namibia by country

Companies in Namibia

Exchanges in Namibia

Shops from Namibia

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Health

  • Birth rate: 26.92 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 11.46 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 456.44 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 9.38 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 2.39 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.70 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 58
  • Suicide mortality rate: 9.70 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Namibia by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Namibia by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Namibia

Namibia relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Namibia relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Namibia relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Namibia relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Namibia relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Namibia

Namibia relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Namibia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Namibia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Namibia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Namibia

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Namibia

Namibia relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Namibia relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Namibia

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Namibia

Evolution of historical covid cases in Namibia

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Namibia

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Namibia

Diseases in Namibia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.25
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 3.00 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 44.23 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Namibia

Namibia relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Namibia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Namibia relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Namibia relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Namibia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Namibia relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Namibia relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Namibia

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Namibia

Distribution of politicians from Namibia by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Namibia by gender

Political parties in Namibia

Politicians from Namibia

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Namibia by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Namibia

Distribution of competitions by city in Namibia

Distribution of competitions by country in Namibia

Distribution of competitions in Namibia by start date

Distribution of medals won by Namibia at the Olympics

Athletes from Namibia

Competitions in Namibia

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Namibia by birth date

Distribution of artists from Namibia by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Namibia by visitors

Artists from Namibia

Museums in Namibia

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Namibia by total students

Distribution of universities in Namibia by foundation year

Universities in Namibia

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In literature

There are 169 books written about Namibia in the database

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