Population: 1,520,504 (July 1991), growth rate 3.6% (1991)

Birth rate: 45 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 69 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 58 years male, 63 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 6.6 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Namibian(s); adjective--Namibian

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

Religion: predominantly Christian

Language: English is official language; Afrikaans is common language of most of population and about 60% of white population, German 32%, English 7%; several indigenous languages

Literacy: 38% (male 45%, female 31%) age 15 and over can read and write (1960)

Labor force: 500,000; agriculture 60%, industry and commerce 19%, services 8%, government 7%, mining 6% (1981 est.)

Organized labor: 20 trade unions representing about 90,000 workers

NOTE: The information regarding Namibia on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Namibia People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Namibia People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.