Where is Namibia?
Namibia is a country in Southern Africa, bordered by Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and Zambia.
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Crazy but True
Namibia's Skeleton Coast is lined with the wrecks of ships that ran aground in the fog, some of them now stranded far inland as the desert advanced. Namibia was also the first country in the world to write environmental protection directly into its constitution.
Namibia facts
- Capital
- Windhoek
- Population
- 3,092,816 (2025)
- Area
- 825,615 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Southern Africa
- Currency
- Namibian dollar (NAD) and South African rand (ZAR)
- Languages
- Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, and Tswana
- Coordinates
- -22°, 17°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- NA · NAM
How Namibia compares
- Namibia is the 35th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Pakistan and larger than Mozambique.
- It is the 133rd most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 4 countries.
- Within Africa, it is the 15th largest of 49 countries by area.