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Republic of Namibia
President: Sam Nujoma (1990)
Prime Minister: Hage Geingob (1990)
Status: Independent Country
Area: 318,261 sq. mi. (825,418 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 1,648,270 (average annual growth rate: 1.57%); birth rate: 35.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 65.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 5
Capital and largest city (1992 est.): Windhoek, 161,000
Summer capital (est. 1980): Swakopmund, 17,500
Monetary unit: Namibian dollars
Languages: Afrikaans, German, English (official), several indigenous
Ethnicity/race: 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; other ethnic groups are: Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
Religion: Predominantly Christian
Literacy rate: 38%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $6.6 billion; $4,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 2%. Inflation: 7% (1996 est.). Unemployment: 30%–40% including underemployment (1997). Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: millet, sorghum, peanuts; livestock; fish. Labor force: 500,000; agriculture, 49%; industry and commerce, 25%; services, 5%; government, 18%; mining, 3% (1994 est.). Products: meat packing, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper). Natural resources: diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, fish, suspected deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore. Exports: $1.44 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. Imports: $1.48 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals. Major trading partners: U.K., South Africa, Spain, Japan, Germany, U.S.
