NAMIBIA NAMIBIA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MARCH 21 1990 FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN MANDATE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MARCH 12 1990 POPULATION 1648270 1999 EST AREA 318580 SQ MI CAPITAL WINDHOEK FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES DIAMONDS COPPER URANIUM GOLD LEAD TIN LITHIUM CADMIUM ZINC SALT VANADIUM NATURAL GAS FISH MAIN INDUSTRIES MEATPACKING FISH PROCESSING DAIRY PRODUCTS MINING DIAMOND LEAD ZINC TIN SILVER TUNGSTEN URANIUM COPPER FISHING AGRICULTURE MILLET GRAIN SORGHUM GRAIN PEANUTS LIVESTOCK CURRENCY SOUTH AFRICAN RAND GDP 6.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4100 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL AFRIKAANS GERMAN OSHIVAMBO HERERO NAMA RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY LUTHERANISM OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 38 LIFE EXPECTANCY 42 YEARS MALE 41 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 36 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 20 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
