Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Windhoek
- Region
- Africa, Southern Africa
- Population
- 3,092,816 (2025)
- Area
- 825,418 km²
- Currency
- Namibian dollar (NAD), South African rand (ZAR)
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans, German, Herero, Khoekhoe
- Calling code
- +264
- Internet domain
- .na
- ISO codes
- NA, NAM, 516
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Namibia covers about 825,418 square kilometres. By area it ranks 35th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Venezuela and a little larger than Pakistan. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia. Its centre lies at about 22° south, 17° east, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 3.09 million people live in Namibia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 137th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 3.7 people to each square kilometre. About 51 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 68 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Afrikaans, German, Herero, Khoekhoe. A person from Namibia is called Namibian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Namibian dollar (code NAD, symbol $). Also listed as used here: South African rand (ZAR). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 15.1 billion (2025), which is about US$ 4,876 for each person (2025).
Time
Namibia uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Africa/Windhoek). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Windhoek | 386,219 |
| Rundu | 75,180 |
| Walvis Bay | 73,598 |
| Swakopmund | 53,009 |
| Oshakati | 43,309 |
| Rehoboth | 34,185 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Africa
Eswatini, Lesotho. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.