Namibia
- People
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Population
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Population: 2147585
(July 2011 est.)
Rank: 142
- Estimated population in
2025: 2,500,000
- Estimated population in 2050:
3,100,000
Population growth rate: 0.95%
(2010)
Rank: 127
Population density:
2
people per sq km
Net migration rate: 0.3
(2010 est.)
Birth rate: 22.51
(2010 est.)
Rank: 84
Death rate: 13.3
(July 2010 est.)
Rank: 26
Life expectancy at
birth 2010 est.
-
total
population:
total population: 51.24 years
years
- male:
male: 51.61 years
years
- female: female: 50.86 years
years
Total
fertility rate: 2.69
(2010 est.)
Rank: 85
Infant
mortality
(2010 est.)
Rank: 57
- total: 45.51
- male: male: 48.98
- female: female: 41.94
- difference male/female: 6.22
Sex ratio ( 2005 est.)
- total US: 1 male(s)/female
- at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
- under 15: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 15-64: 1 male(s)/female
- at 65+: 0.84 male(s)/female
Age
structure
((2009 est.))
- 0-14 US: 35.9% (male 381,904/female 375,059)
- 15-64 US: 60.2% (male 641,995/female 627,146)
- 65 and Over US: 3.9% (male 36,894/female 45,667)
Median age
(2010 est.)
- Median total US: total: 21.4 years
Rank: 56
- Median male US: male: 21.3 years
- Median female US: female: 21.4 years (2010 est.)
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Health
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Physician density:
(4328 )
HIV/Aids
- Adult prevalence rate: 21.30
(2003 est.)
Rank: 5
- People living with Aids: 210,000
(2001 est.)
Rank: 30
- Aids related deaths: 16.000
(2003 est.)
Rank: 43
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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
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Religions
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Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
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Urbanization
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Urbanisation now: 32.4%
Urbanisation
2030: 50.9
Rural Change: 0.6
Urban change: 3
Capital city:
Windhoek
Other cities:
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Indices
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Human development
index:
0.606
Rank:
105
Happy people index:
38.4 |
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