Namibia: Facts & Statistics

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Statistics

Population: 2 million.
Population density: 2 people per km2.
Area: 824.292 km2. As a reference: Namibia is 3.5 times the size of the United Kingdom; 20 times the size of The Netherlands; 2.3 times the size of Germany; 1.5 times the size of France, 27 times the size of Belgium. Australia however, is 9.3 times the size of Namibia.
Borders: Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Atlantic coast line.
Capital City: Windhoek, population 250000.
Politics: Namibia is a Democratic Republic.
Namibia has 13 administrative regions.
Namibia is a member of the United Nations, African Union and the Commonwealth.
Religion: 80-90% Christianity, 10% traditional religions.
Currency: Namibian dollar (pecked to the South African Rand).
Export: Diamonds and other mining products, as well as food articles.
Import: machinery, transport products, food articles and tobacco.
Independence: Namibia gained independence on the 21st of March 1990.
Before independence, it was a German colony and a South African mandated territory.

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