Africa · Southern Africa
Namibia
Republic of Namibia
Capital
Windhoek
Population
3,153,246
2026 estimate
Area
825,615 km²
Code
NAM
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Currencies
Namibian dollar ($), South African rand (R)
Angola
Botswana
South Africa
ZambiaDid you know?
- 🏜The Namib is the world's oldest desert — at least 55 million years old — and its dunes reach 380 m.
- ✨Second-least densely populated country on Earth, after Mongolia.
- 🌊Skeleton Coast is so named for the whale bones and shipwrecks scattered along it.
- 🥇First country in the world to put environmental protection into its constitution.
- ✨Sossusvlei's clay pan with dead camelthorn trees is one of the most photographed landscapes on Earth.
Location
-22.00°, 17.00°
Actual size
Compared to Australia.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Namibia
825,615 km²
% of Australia
10.73%