1,771,327
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population
and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age
and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2000 est.)

0-14 years: 43% (male 384,900; female 375,282)
15-64 years: 53% (male 468,942; female 475,504)
65 years and over: 4% (male 28,905; female 37,794) (2000 est.)

1.57% (2000 est.)

35.23 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

19.49 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

70.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

total population: 42.46 years
male: 44.33 years
female: 40.53 years (2000 est.)

4.89 children born/woman (2000 est.)

noun: Namibian(s)
adjective: Namibian

black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5%
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%

Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous
beliefs 10% to 20%

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

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 38%
male: 45%
female: 31% (1960 est.)