Population: 1,595,567 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.45% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 43.4 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 8.87 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 61.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 61.65 years
male: 58.97 years
female: 64.4 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Namibian(s)
adjective: Namibian

Ethnic divisions: black 86%, white 6.6%, mixed 7.4%
note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe

Religions: Christian

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1960)
total population: 38%
male: 45%
female: 31%
Labor force: 500,000
by occupation: agriculture 60%, industry and commerce 19%, services 8%, government 7%, mining 6% (1981 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Namibia on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Namibia People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Namibia People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.