Namibia
Country statistics
Total area: 318,694 sq miles (825,418 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 2,128,471 (growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate: 21.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 45.5/1000; life expectancy: 51.9; density per sq km: 2
Capital City: Windhoek
Monetary unit: Namibian dollar
Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans is common language of most of the population and of about 60% of the white population, German 32%; indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
Ethnicity/race: 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%-90% (Lutheran at least 50%), indigenous beliefs 10%-20%
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