Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Afrikaans (secondary) · German (secondary) · Namibian Sign Language (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Namibia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Kwanyama, Oshiwambo	878000	Oshiwambo	Christianity
Nama, Khoekhoe	434000	Khoekhoe	Christianity
Ambo, Ndonga	433000	Ndonga	Christianity
Herero	333000	Herero	Christianity
Luyana, Kwangali	286000	Kwangali	Christianity
Afrikaner	94000	Afrikaans	Christianity
Gciriku	72000	Gciriku	Christianity
Baster, Rehobother	69000	Afrikaans	Christianity
Mbukushu, Gova	56000	Mbukushu	Christianity
Kung-Tsumkwe	52000	Ju'hoan	Ethnic Religions
Kwambi	50000	Kwambi	Christianity
Lozi	49000	Lozi	Christianity
German	49000	German, Standard	Christianity
Subia, Chikwahane	40000	Kuhane	Ethnic Religions
Namibians, English-speaking	36000	English	Christianity
Heikum, San	28000	Haiom	Ethnic Religions
Ngandyera	21000	Ngandjera	Christianity
Nyemba, Ngangela	18000	Nyemba	Christianity
Fwe	17000	Fwe	Christianity
Kung-Ekoka	12000	Kung-Ekoka	Ethnic Religions
Chokwe	9900	Chokwe	Christianity
Yeyi, Koba	8900	Yeyi	Ethnic Religions
Dhimba	8900	Dhimba	Christianity
Deaf	8500	Namibian Sign Language	Unknown
Tswana	8200	Setswana	Christianity
Bangologa, Kgalagadi	6100	Kgalagadi	Ethnic Religions
Ovimbundu, Umbundu	5400	Umbundu	Christianity
Kxoe, Xun	5200	Khwedam	Ethnic Religions
Naro	2600	Naro	Ethnic Religions
Vasekela Bushman, Maligo	1800	Northwestern Kung	Ethnic Religions
Nusan, West Xo	600	Taa	Ethnic Religions
Mbalanhu	400	Mbalanhu	Ethnic Religions
Masi	400	Mashi (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions

Languages

32 languages recorded here.

Afrikaans

Chokwe

Dhimba

English

Fwe

Gciriku

German, Standard

Haiom

Herero

Ju'hoan

Kgalagadi

Khoekhoe

Khwedam

Kuhane

Kung-Ekoka

Kwambi

Kwangali

Lozi

Mashi (Zambia)

Mbalanhu

Mbukushu

Namibian Sign Language

Naro

Ndonga

Ngandjera

Northwestern Kung

Nyemba

Oshiwambo

Setswana

Taa

Umbundu

Yeyi

All catalogue fields

154 fields recorded

rog3: WA
iso3: NAM
iso2: NA
ctry: Namibia
poplpeoples: 3093000
cntpeoples: 33
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 8500
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 88.292642511143
percentevangelical: 12.490337960541
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 1
harvest_rog3: WA
harvest_iso3: NAM
harvest_iso2: NA
harvest_owcountrycode: NAMI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: NA
harvest_countrynumber: 147
harvest_ctry: Namibia
harvest_ctryshort: Namibia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 纳米比亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 纳米比亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Namibië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Namibie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Namibie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Namibia
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Namibia
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Namibia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Namibia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Namibia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Namibia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 나미비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 나미비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Namibia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Namibia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Namíbia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Namíbia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Намибия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Намибия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Namibia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Namibia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Namibia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Namibia
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
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harvest_regioncode2414: 6
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 018
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: AI
harvest_capital: Windhoek
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harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/namibia.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 76878223
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-wa.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/namibia
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 84
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harvest_owpctevang: 12.2
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harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 2.2
harvest_owcountrypage: namibia
harvest_literacyrate: 92
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 50
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: eng
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: afr
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 3
harvest_pctanimist: 4.52
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 0
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.04
harvest_pctnonreligious: 4
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 91.44
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 60.64000000000001
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 11.59
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 5.2
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 17.86
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.19
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 3.29
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -7.32999990506488
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.64
harvest_hdirank: 125
harvest_internetusers: 31
harvest_flashmapzoom: 300
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -112
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -149
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: -22
harvest_googlemaplng: 17
harvest_ctrylatitude: -22.95764
harvest_ctrylongitude: 18.49041
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/namibia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 104
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.18774860779634
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=na&joshua=wa
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-namibia
harvest_internetusage: 51
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.nambible.org.na/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 318259
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 823144
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 6
harvest_countryphonecode: 264
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 86
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 17
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 63
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 8.800000000000001
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 79.95
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 10.3
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .na
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/namibia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00